You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the read more

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the read more

It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the past.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

Praise they that will times past, I joy to see
My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Thou unrelenting past.

Thou unrelenting past.