We dig down in the ocean.
Swing up to the stars.
We own the moon and the earth.
We're masters of Mars.
We're bodies in motion.
We embody the spirit of motion.
(1)
Our ancestors cowered in caves
Afraid of the dark and the thunder.
Wrapped up in black magic and rage
They were slaves to their hunger
(2)
Now we fly across mountains in planes
We know all about time and big numbers.
We're bodies in motion.
We embody the spirit of motion.
(3)
I love you with all my heart.
You have my devotion.
I loved you from the start.
We're bodies in motion.
We embody the spirit of motion.
(4)
Ooo the weight of the world. Eternal spin.
Puts a dent in my shoulder.
A burn in my spin.
A burn in my spin.
(5)
Some say the future is crowds
fighting for water and space.
Chaotic and dark and loud,
everything used up and taken
(6)
But I say the future's within
the still point of the mind
Where we escape the bounds of earth
And break the bonds of time.
(7)
If somebody asked me to design a religion
I would make it all about snow.
No good or evil and no suffering.
Just perfect crystals spinning
In ecstasy
ecstasy
ecstasy
ecstasy.
(8)
8: Fixed Light / Wassily Kandinsky, 1932
Photo source: www.wassilykandinsky.net
'Bodies in Motion' lyrics by Laurie Anderson
Photo source: www.wassilykandinsky.net
'Bodies in Motion' lyrics by Laurie Anderson
