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Ok. The final song of 1988, written by Tim#2 and I on December 31, 1988. Also the final song of Archive Volume One: 1987-1988.

The original had a Latin beat (drum machine), and lots of cheesy keyboards. And I remember an electronic whip sound. This version is not that.

lyrics

Can you see the horizon, out in the distance?
Darkness all around us, noises everywhere
Do you feel the light, bright, burning deep inside us?
Do you scream in fury as your soul rips apart?

Open your eyes wide, a world full of people
All of us screaming: "Reach deep inside!"
The wind, it blows a torment, the desert sand stings
The pain is from below, lighting up the sky

The light on the horizon, slowly it fades away
Reach for my hand, I'm not really there
Shadows hunt us down using phony weapons
Life is an illusion, death is but a game

Run along in the fields, play with the children
Be not afraid here, don't run away
See, I smile too. Touch me, I'm real
Come not too close. Here, touch my hand

Fly with me, the wind is free, out to the end
Fall off the Earth, I won't be surprised
Do what you like, the horizon is still out there
Life is all just fun and games. Check-mate, I win

credits

from Archive Volume One: 1987​-​1988, released December 28, 2020
Music by Brad James Beske
Lyrics by Tim Ahrens and Brad James Beske
All instruments and vocals by Brad James Beske

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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey

Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more

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