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Here By Chance

from Carnival of the Ghosts by KOBO TOWN

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HERE BY CHANCE

Time, you moving fast
Thieving all the sand from the hour glass
Time, you you moving fast
Thiefing all the sand from the hourglass
There is no pretender, no contender for your crown
Into dirt you grind them down
Against you who can hope to last
When the present is already past

Time you bad like a crab
You don’t ask you reach out and grab
No manners at all
Always eating, your belly never full
So why you can’t just take a break
To digest what you already ate

Time, you moving fast
Thiefing all the sand from the hourglass
Against your hand there is no defense
man, we go to great expense
(Dye our hair, cover wrinkle lines)
To hide your passing and its sign
You don’t leave noone behind

Time you bad like a beast
You always give what you intend to thief
You pull the tree out from the seed
Then suck the green from out the leaf
You pelt the sun from east to west
Why you don’t give yourself a rest

Time, why you moving so
Why you always in a rush to go
Everything made by our hand
Is just a castle built in sand
Waiting for that coming wave
That will wash it all away

Time, why you can’t stick around
Why you always have to rush along?
There is no escaping you
You are the course we all run through
The clock is ticking in the square
To remind us all that you are there

Here by Chance

So you say we’re here by chance
Blind and mindless circumstance
Born of an aimless accident
Without a helping hand

If that is so, I would rather be
With my one-celled great, great granddaddy
Without a worry or a care
Floating in that ancient sea

If I’m not duty-bound by my design
Please forgive me if I am not inclined
To ever lift a hand for a fellowman
I wouldn’t spend the effort, wouldn’t waste the time

I’d treat natural selection like divine election
Wouldn’t want to tamper with nature’s laws
If the conscience is a fiction, it’s a menacing malediction
A spoonful of guilt which only spoils the sauce

So you say we’re not alone
Not heaven’s image on nature’s throne
The bastard child of elements gone wild
Now tragically overgrown

If so, that’s great news to my ears
Banish contrition, put away the tears
Because I would love the chance to blame my flaws
On the endless dance of effect and cause

So I say we move along
Leave the race to the swift, the throne to the strong
Why shouldn’t the tyrant enjoy his crown
If there is no higher truth to pull him down

If all is pointless and random, I will stop chasing phantoms
If our only end is to be food for worms
No answer to the riddle? I won’t get stuck in the middle
And will gladly play my fiddle while the world burns


Written by Drew Gonsalves

Published by Stonetree Music, Administered Worldwide by District 6 Music Publishing Ltd.

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from Carnival of the Ghosts, released April 8, 2022

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KOBO TOWN Toronto, Ontario

Founded by Trinidadian-Canadian Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain where calypso was born. Kobo Town takes the intricate wordplay of Caribbean music and runs it through a 21st Century filter. In the world of Kobo Town calypso, roots reggae, and acoustic instrumentation meet innovative production techniques, social commentary and indie rock attitude. ... more

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