The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904 (lyrics)

My take on the words:

Well some they say “it’s not even funny” 
And there you stand, not even trying 
They say it is in line with the ages 
Sometimes noise is just your mind

But the lesson is vague and the lightning 
Shows a deer with her mind on the moor 
And now something with the sun is just different 
Since they shook the earth in 1904

And as I lower down I hear it’s a message 
And it’s 1902 just telling people to get out 
And if there was just a way to tell them 
It’s been long, but your are right

And the singing is slow and so quiet 
Like the sound when you sweep up the floor 
And now something with the dirt is just different 
Since they shook the earth in 1904

And when the night is young with the bridges sunk (?) 
Something passing by our shore 
And the only one you can tell it to 
Well it’s the only one that’ll ever know

This is when Rob (?) was made to go through my window 
Hearing something so strange and something louder than before 
And you’re living with no light or direction 
But damn precise and now you know

When the leaving is hard but you go now 
And you feel what you drag ‘cross the floor 
Because some things with these dreams are just different 
Since they shook the earth in 1904

And when the night is young, but the bridge is sunk (?)
Something passing by our shore
And the only one you will tell it to
Well it’s the only one who’ll ever know.

And some will say it’s not even healthy
But body is young and mind is sure
That something is alright with your thinking
‘Cause they shook the earth in 1904

Has anyone got any changes to make? - http://soundcloud.com/rolling-stone-magazin/the-tallest-man-on-earth-1904

“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — and ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife.They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl. But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is. We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous - not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance… That pure chance could be so generous and so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful… The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.” Ann Druyan, about her husband Carl Sagan Repost, but this is just so startling. Understanding of reality culminates into pure love.
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“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me — it still sometimes happens — and ask me if Carl changed at the end & converted to a belief in an afterlife.
They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again.
Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions. The tragedy was that we knew we would never see each other again. I don’t ever expect to be reunited with Carl.
But, the great thing is that when we were together, for nearly twenty years, we lived with a vivid appreciation of how brief and precious life is.

We never trivialized the meaning of death by pretending it was anything other than a final parting. Every single moment that we were alive and we were together was miraculous - not miraculous in the sense of inexplicable or supernatural. We knew we were beneficiaries of chance…

That pure chance could be so generous and so kind… That we could find each other, as Carl wrote so beautifully in Cosmos, you know, in the vastness of space and the immensity of time… That we could be together for twenty years. That is something which sustains me and it’s much more meaningful…
The way he treated me and the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other and our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday.

I don’t think I’ll ever see Carl again. But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.”

Ann Druyan, about her husband Carl Sagan

Repost, but this is just so startling. Understanding of reality culminates into pure love.

Jason Mraz, what the hell happened to you?

He went from being a lyrical genius with awesome guitar chops and a sweet voice to singing things like “even the stars they burn - and sometimes they fall to the earth” … “I won’t give up” … “God knows we’re worth it” 

His new album title is “Love is a four letter word”.

Seriously?

The smallest star ever measured has a radius of 167,000 km. The earth’s mean radius is 6371,0 km. “Shooting star” is, just like “sunrise”, an outdated piece of language that didn’t evolve like our knowledge of the things they talk about did.

To think that he has another song about the distance between earth and sun…

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He went from being awesome to stating the blatantly, uninspired obvious and just plain factually incorrect statements.

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