Bruce Cockburn - Understanding Nothing Lyrics
High above valley
Above deep shade coloured with the calls of cuckoos
The ring of coppersmith's hammer high in the hiss of the wind
Wind filled with spirits and bright with the jangle of horse bells
After a crisp night crammed with stars
Over the scratched-up soil, scorched-earth wasted
Long shadows lead women bearing water
I watch the sway of skirts
Think of moist spice forests
Too many pictures
Swirling
Vertigo
Momentum of civilizations
And I hang here
In this mountain light
A balloon blown full of darkness
Got to let this ballast go
Got to float upward
Till I burst
Weavers' fingers flying on the loom
Patterns shift too fast to be discerned
All these years of thinking
Ended up like this
In front of all this beauty
Understanding nothing
Rhododendrons in bloom, sharp against
Spring snow
Remind me of another time
In Japanese temple
There was a single orange blossom
At the wrong time of year
Seemed like a sign
When I looked again
It was gone
Weavers' fingers flying on the loom
Patterns shift too fast to be discerned
All these years of thinking
Ended up like this in front of all this beauty
Understanding nothing
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Bruce Cockburn - All The Ways I Want You
- Bruce Cockburn - Listen For The Laugh
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Bruce Cockburn Understanding Nothing Comments
What can I say? I just love this man, his Music, his words!!! Everything sounds like real poetry to me.
Traveled 8 hours round trip to hear this man play and it was worth every second! Thanks Bruce! Keep on creatin'.
I watch the sway of skirts..Lol
moist spice forest
Pure........... brilliance....