Dance Floor At The End Of Time
“Dance Floor at the Edge of Time” is a tribute to all the creatures who have spent so much longer on this earth than we have. I draw inspiration from Loren Eiseley’s book THE IMMENSE JOURNEY (1955), where he traces the long evolution it took to create these creatures… which are so quickly disappearing due to our overbearing presence.
Here we stand at the edge of time (end of time, edge of time)
Place your trembling hand in mine … hold on now
Down below the rulers writhe, shake their fists and blind our eyes
How many thousand million years brought us here?
VERSE ONE:
Microbes from the broiling seas
Ride the coasts in murky green
Flowers, nectar, warbling tongues
Explode in forests, feed the young
CHORUS
Here we stand at the end of time (edge of time, end of time)
Place your trembling hand in mine … hold on now
VERSE TWO:
Creatures tumbling to survive
Roots & vines & insect eyes
Cheetah, tortoise, whale, frog
Salamanders under logs
CHORUS – Possible chorus change:
Here we stand at the edge of time (end of time, edge of time)
Place your trembling hand in mine … mine in yours
& yours in mine
VERSE THREE
Spiders in their midnight dens
Owls who ponder quivering stems
These are us & we are them
Must we see it end?
CHORUS
Here we stand and face the moon, watching from her perch
What will it take to turn around, grasp the hand of earth?
Friends around the world arise, clasp the hand of earth…