The Real Work-Great Lake Swimmers

[00:25.10]It passes my eyes and stuns my senses [00:30.67]The outside world flows through these fences [00:35.73]They let out more than they take in [00:40.61]They bleed me out and I can't staunch them [00:46.53]My mouth lets out more than it takes in [00:51.47]It leads me out and I can't help it [00:57.50]It is nothing but a muscle flexed [01:01.92]A swirling sea of now and next [01:07.27] [01:29.60]And the world was upside down, inside out [01:33.13]This whole time [01:35.19]Going the wrong way north was inverted [01:40.71]The directions, the plan, got me turned around [01:45.58]I was on the right path, but couldn't feel the ground [01:53.25] [02:20.54]And so started the test, retracing all the steps [02:26.25]When was the first strike, which dances were learned [02:30.91]In an ever-changing suit retailored with patches [02:36.59]Or a life blind and careless, popping stitches [02:41.87]Un-being, un-happening, becoming untangled [02:47.40]Dulling the edges and scaling transitions [02:52.91]Faith is a pattern composed by the wind [02:57.72]All movement, one movement, it reaches everything [03:03.41] [03:14.76]And the real work is to be it it, believe it [03:19.42]With each new set of eyes and the visions they provide [03:25.81]Be the taste, the warmth, the measure and the glow [03:31.01]By embracing it all, and then letting it all go [03:36.59]The real work is never done, and has no clear beginning [03:41.59]And shows no result, no losing, no winning