In the river of dreams row, row, row your boat, don't try to get to the other side.

[originalpckelly]

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To the river so deep
I must be lookin' for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it's too hard to cross
even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and stand on the shore
I try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what I've been looking for
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the valley of fear
To a river so deep
I've been searching for something
Taken out of my soul
Something I'd never lose
Something somebody stole
I don't know why I go walking at night
But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I find what it is I've been looking for
(Three beat Pause)
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the jungle of doubt
To the river so deep
I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night (break)

I’m not sure about a life after this
God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river
That is runnin' through the promised land (Long Five beat Pause)

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the desert of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We're all carried along
By the river of dreams
In the middle of the night
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

You can keep swimming in the ocean for as long as you like, it's much easier than swimming in the stream. We're all just salmon, we went upstream to mate, now the eggs go to the stream. Only this is not a physical world we're talking about, we're talking about civilization, building ideas, and the wonders of chaos. We don't know which pendulum swing we're on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_pendulum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory

In a closed system there is probably nothing random, just shit that looks random. Dismiss me as a crazy, you will all soon see how right I am.

[ljm2002]

1. Did you write that?

I like it!

[cali]

2. just google it. it's billy joel.

[ljm2002]

3. Oh. Duh! thx, n/t