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Theater of the Mind

from Once Upon Deep Time by Matthew Bonnan

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Our hearing evolved from tiny ancestors surviving a dark, dangerous world – in the theater of the mind, sometimes we believe we’re still there ...

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Not so long ago
In a different time and space
We hid in the shadows
A nocturnal hiding place

While avoiding the daylight hours
When great reptiles ruled the light
A chain of little bones freed from our jaws
Helped us navigate the night

Then imagination took over
From our eyes so nearly blind
With sound we found our way
In the theater of the mind

In the theater of the mind (Still hunted)
In the theater of the mind (Still blind)
Our imagination runs astray
In the theater of the mind
In the darkness you awake
But you’re not sure you know why
You listen while your heart pounds
And your eyes strain for a sign

In those moments your mind races
Flung back in deep time’s haze
You’re just a tiny creature
Hiding from a reptile’s gaze

When imagination took over
From our eyes so nearly blind
With sound we found our way
In the theater of the mind

In the theater of the mind (Still hunted)
In the theater of the mind (Still blind)
Our imagination runs astray
In the theater of the mind

In a past riddled with danger
Just trying to stay alive
Sound and imagination
Were keys that helped us survive

But if you don’t see or hear reality
You imagine the worst in me
If we place our trust in what isn’t there
We all become the enemy

In the theater of the mind (Still hunted)
In the theater of the mind (Still blind)
Our imagination runs astray
In the theater of the mind

In the theater of the mind (Reach out)
In the theater of the mind (Open your eyes)
Don’t let the past push us away
In the theater of the mind

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from Once Upon Deep Time, released December 16, 2022
Matthew Bonnan - all instruments and vocals
Blowing wind (Mark DiAngelo: soundbible.com/1810-Wind.html)

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Matthew Bonnan Hammonton, New Jersey

I am a dinosaur paleontologist and singer/songwriter. My songs focus on evolution and our connection to the tree of life.

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