Name: Glide On By
Duration: P00H08M30S
Description: Glide On By finishes the album because afterwards “the rest is silence”... It was always a good opportunity for the bass to enjoy itself. The song is about frittering time away and failure to 'engage' in meaningful-interaction or 'purposeful activity' and was written long before twitter and facebook.

Glide On By

from 1st demo album: The Speed Of Sound At Tree Level by The Speed Of Sound

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Glide On By finishes the album because afterwards “the rest is silence”... It was always a good opportunity for the bass to enjoy itself. The song is about frittering time away and failure to 'engage' in meaningful-interaction or 'purposeful activity' and was written long before twitter and facebook.

lyrics

Glide On By

Flowing in a boundless place
Echoing throughout space
How much was there left behind
Lost to sight forgotten now
Trying to find the perfect way
To spend another lonely day

Glide on by
Casting thoughts into the air
Riding on the solar flare
Counting ripples in the sun
Watching whirlpools in the sky
Trying to find the perfect way
To spend another empty day

Glide on by
So in touch, so in tune, but so far far so far far away
Sinking slowly through the mist
Its warmth enfolding outstretched limbs
In perfect isolation
There is nothing more to be
So here and so now
But so far far so far far away

Drifting further out of reach
Curling closer closer closer
Inside there is nose sense of time
No sense of anything at all
So relaxed, so complete
But so far far so far far away

Glide on by
Remember when they felt so near
Terrified and gripped by fear
Clasping tightly holding on
Let go let go and fall
Spiraling out of control
Drawn towards the dark black hole
Inside there is no sense of time
No sense of anything at all
Retreat to meet the void within
Where nothingness is everything
How much was there left behind
Lost to sight forgotten now
Trying to find the perfect way
To spend another precious day

Glide on by
So in touch so in tune
but so far far so far away
Deeper deeper deeper still
Wrapped in soft solitude
Encased on comforts lair
Where all there is has always been
So far far so far far away

Glide on by
Flowing in a boundless place
Echoing throughout space
How much was there left behind
Lost to sight forgotten now
Trying to find the perfect way
To spend another lonely day

Glide on by
Casting thoughts into the air
Riding on the solar flare
Counting ripples in the sun
Watching whirlpools in the sky
Trying to find the perfect way
To spend another empty day

Glide on by
So in touch, so in tune, but so far far so far far away
Sinking slowly through the mist
Its warmth enfolding outstretched limbs
In perfect isolation
There is nothing more to be
So here and so now

Deeper deeper deeper still
Wrapped in soft solitude
Encased on comforts lair
Where all there is has always been
So far far so far far away
Glide on by

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from 1st demo album: The Speed Of Sound At Tree Level, released March 30, 2011
John Armstrong

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The Speed Of Sound are:
John Armstrong guitar/vocals, AnnMarie Crowley - vocals/percussion, Kevin Roache - bass guita, John Broadhurst - drums & Henry Armstrong - keyboards, ... more

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