What Isn't What It Is

from Eternity Mongers by Michael Feuerstack

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lyrics

Invisible to the light
Until you open your eyes
It is what it is
But what isn’t what it is?

Decadent introspection
Got to make a stronger impression
It is what it will be
But what doesn’t follow that which it will be?

What is the thing you live for?
What is the resonant tone?
What is it that makes the time roll?
What is it that makes the slow motion go?

What is your strongest fear?
What is your last resort?
What is it that makes you wonder?
The question that spins and spins

Why don’t you give up the one thing that has no end?
Why not live in the one place that needs no home?

What is it that slips through your fingers
Only to fill your boots?
It isn’t what you wanted
It’s made of desire but can’t be held

Spill it in the lost and found
Throw it to the public domain
Bless all the decent people!

Why not just give up the one thing that has no end?
Why not live in the one place that needs no home?
What a waste its literally endless
Why must we fight with it all the time?

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from Eternity Mongers, released April 19, 2024

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Michael Feuerstack Montreal, Québec

Montreal-based song-maker, musician and producer Michael Feuerstack (fka Snailhouse) has built an ever growing archive of crooked and beautiful songs. Live and on record, Feuerstack’s panoramic and literate song-craft can be heard in many forms, transcending boundaries with his unmistakable voice and unique perspective hovering between humour and heartbreak. ... more

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