The Modern Spirit
Chasing the Modern Spirit in the Shadows
Lyrics
In the dark before the train
In the obscurity preceding the train
Just beyond the barn glow
Just beyond the glow of a barn
Where no dissident remains
Where no dissenter remains
Driving it like we stole it
Driving with intensity, as if stolen
Snow falling, a silver poet
Snow descends, resembling a silver poet
To concentrate the gallows
To focus on the gallows
And subtracting us like the wolf does
And eliminating us like a wolf does
Driving it like we stole it
Continuing to drive recklessly, as if stolen
But we're getting nearer, nearer
Approaching, drawing closer
Getting near that modern spirit, yeah
Getting closer to that contemporary essence
I can hear it, hear it, hear it
I can perceive it, perceive it, perceive it
I can hear that modern spirit
I can perceive that contemporary essence
On the open road for boys
On the highway for young men
A white and an open throat
A white and open vulnerability
Night slips back with no noise
Night retreats silently
Inside the hitch-hiker's coat
Within the hitch-hiker's coat
But we're getting nearer, nearer
Approaching, drawing nearer
Getting near that modern spirit, yeah
Getting closer to that contemporary essence
I can hear it, hear it, hear it
I can perceive it, perceive it, perceive it
I can hear the modern spirit, yeah
I can perceive the contemporary essence
Can't you just hear it, hear it, hear it?
Can't you just perceive it, perceive it, perceive it?
Winter counting everything, we're near it
Winter tallying everything, we are close to it
We're getting nearer nearer, nearer
Approaching, drawing nearer, nearer
Friendship changing everything, we're near it
Friendship altering everything, we are close to it
I can hear it
I can perceive it
Is this the modern spirit?
Is this the contemporary essence?
Is this the modern spirit, yeah
-Is this the modern spirit
-This is the modern spirit, yeah
This is the contemporary essence
This is the modern spirit
-This is the modern spirit, yeah
-This is the modern spirit
-This is the modern spirit, yeah
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