Through a Glass Darkly

from Hope is Where the Heart is by The Quaint & the Curious

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A generation comes and a generation goes
But where the spark of life arrived from no-one seems to know
All streams run to the sea but the sea is never full
Tides go in and tides go out by order of the moon

What does man gain by all his toil under the sun
The Earth remains forever and the sun will have its fun
Sleep would soon seduce me as I lay upon my bed
But before it did I heard a still small voice inside my head say

That all we see
Through a glass darkly
Are hints of truth
And a glimpse of reality

I applied my heart to wisdom and to madness and to sin
But I perceived that this is but a striving after wind
Test myself with pleasure and then cheer myself with wine
But all of this was folly, the great deception of our time

The wise man's eyes are open but the fool walks in the dark
And yet they make the same mistakes in measures of the heart
Both men will be forgotten when the wise dies as the fool
And neither will have anything to show for all their toil

Yet all we see
Through a glass darkly
Are hints of truth
And a glimpse of reality

So listen now and listen good the voice was plainly heard
All are from the dust and to the dust they shall return
Cast your bread upon the waters and you'll find it in that day
When the watcher empties judgements as the falling of the rain

But all we see
Through a glass darkly
Are hints of truth
And a glimpse of reality

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from Hope is Where the Heart is, released August 9, 2019

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The Quaint & the Curious Chilliwack, British Columbia

The Quaint & the Curious is the solo project of singer/songwriter Taff Thatcher. After six years spent touring and recording with Alt. Country darlings The Whybirds, the Quaint & the Curious was formed as an output for all of the songs, sounds and styles that had been forgotten over the years, collecting dust in the corners of hard drives and tape machines. ... more

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