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slow learner

from A Trip to Ignoreland by tom yam gai

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inspired by Steven Tesich

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I´m a slow learner digging for time
just to leave it behind

years on the floor trying to walk
a trayful of milk mugs you´re nothing but small
a play of the features simulating a talk
unknown feelings and meanings swamping your thought

you have destinations
the clock is tickin´ so fast
when present turns into past
you want to make it last

another slow learner
another rotating mind
another stone turner
digging for time
to leave it behind

years in relations, profession and pride
drug-and-dream oblivion `till it comes to a slide
experienced obedient it turns out all right

disillusion
the clock is tickin´ to fast
when present turns into past
you want to make it last

another slow learner
unperturbed on his line
still a stone turner
digging for time
to leave it behind

when present turns into past
present is passed

a million recognitions
millisecond delays
a million lonely planets
on a million days

so slow

years like an insect in a milling mass
sense of self lurching around in the dark

desperation
you want to make it last

another slow learner
digging through time
to keep it in mind

another slow burner
digging for time
to keep it in mind

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from A Trip to Ignoreland, released March 26, 2024

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Spirit moves, spirit grows, nothing more to know... "tom yam gai" is an individual sound project from Cologne. Under this moniker all sound is created by Tom Theunissen, including the input and contributions of real and virtual guests. It was set up in late 2020 to create music for films. And turned into a psychedelic song experiment. ... more

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