lirik lagu matt gould - moment of insight
[verse 1]
i drove through the sahara, past endless mountains of sand
i went to do extraordinary things there in that land
i lived inside a village where they asked me to build them a wall
to keep the sand from coming in and covering them all
well, it wasn’t what i dreamed of, not why i thought i’d go
but we shoveled sand from roads and homes and anywhere the wind would blow
so i stayed for two years, i helped them build that wall
now i look at google earth some nights, the sand is piled six feet high
the wall is getting covered by the dunes
but i miss my friends there
building the wall all those endless afternoons
[chorus]
moment of insight
i am just ordinary
moment the wind blows, moment the grass grows
moment the stranger holds you tight
moment of insight
what is extraordinary
are the most ordinary moments of your la~la~la~life
la~la~la~life, la~la~la~life
[verse 2]
now i’m driving through these mountains toward a hospital across town
i feel like i’m flying, like my feet don’t touch the ground
i didn’t want to feel this, this joyous happy thrill
i wanted fame and fortune and to have some dream fulfilled
but making artful humming and l~sting what you lack
becomes intensely numbing when your passion doesn’t love you back
so you check your ego, admit you must give in
those pretty ads in magazines of artists living out their dreams
i’ve rarely been in magazines
but i have my friends
and i have my chosen family
[chorus]
moment of insight
i am just ordinary
moment the phone rings, moment you change things
moment you know you lost the fight
moment of insight
what is extraordinary
are the most ordinary moments of your la~la~la~life
la~la~la~life, la~la~la~life
[verse 3]
we walk into the maternity ward, the nurses look bereft
the interracial gays are here, we’re clearly not what they expect
they say, “this baby’s mother was here and she took off”
they say, “the baby’s grandfather was here and he went off”
demanding that they give him his grandson now at once
we had to call security to take him out before he packed a punch
and we’ve cared for him since these nurses have cared for him all weekend
i’d been scared a little baby was just lying here all alone
but he came into the world and they loved him like he was their own
how extraordinary
these women are extraordinary
[bridge]
and in the back of my mind, i already fear the worst
that i’ll have to give him back before he learns the story
of the nurses who loved him first
“do you want to see him?”
what?
the nurse asks, “do you want to see him?”
where is he?
“he’s right over there”
[interlude]
there’s the bassinet, the tuft of hair is all i see
the sp~ce between us now is what was and what will be
ten feet away, the choice between my dreams and my legacy
ten feet away is everything, everything to me
i am blank, they put me in a chair
they put a baby in my arms and i am right there
i am right there
[outro]
moment of insight
i am just ordinary
moment the earth shakes, moment the bough breaks
moment he holds your finger tight
moment of insight
what is extraordinary
are the most ordinary moments of your life
the most extraordinary moment of our lives
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