BEATING TIME
Copyright © Geoff Allnutt (The Speech Painter) 1999

 

BEAT

 

LIFES RHYTHM TICKING ONWARDS
HOURS MINUTES SECONDS TIME BOMB
ONE TWO TESTING TESTING ONE TWO
BEATING BASIC ONE TWO ONE TWO
SEVENTY BEATS WITH BODY RESTING
WE ARE RHYTHM ONE TWO ONE TWO
OVER ONE FIFTY HEART BEAT RACING
POUNDING RHYTHM SOUNDING DANGER
BODY CLOCK TICKING REPRODUCING
CELL COUNT GROWING DIVIDING SPLITTING
WE ARE DRIVEN BY PUMPING RHYTHM
COUNTING UPWARDS TOWARDS ENDING

YOU CAN'T BEAT TIME ONLY BEAT TIME OUT

WE MAKE MUSIC AS CONSOLATION

HITTING RHYTHM STARTING MUSIC
CAUSING SOUND STRIKING POUNDING
HEART RATE BACK BEAT USED AS TIMING
STRUCTURED SOUNDS TEMPO DRUMMING
ONE AND TWO AND THREE AND FOUR
INTRODUCING THE ART OF COUNTING
BORN TO THE BEAT OF BODIES PUMPING
IN BUILT TIME CODE ONE TWO ONE TWO
WE ARE MUSIC ONE TWO ONE TWO
PULSING BEATS OF SELF EXPRESSION
EACH HEART BEAT THUMPING ACTION
DRUMMING EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION

YOU CAN'T BEAT TIME ONLY BEAT TIME OUT

USING NATURE FOR INSPIRATION

CLOCKWORK GEARING DRIVING TURNING
TIME AND MOTION WE ARE MOVEMENT
GRINDING RHYTHMS OF TRIBAL DANCING
CAPTIVES OF TIMES WHEEL REVOLVING
SPLIT SECOND NATURE SLOW EVOLVING
COMPLEX PATTERNS SPINNING SPEEDING
HELD IN CHECK BY STEADY BREATHING
BREATHS PER MINUTE ONE TWO ONE TWO
WE ARE IN TIME ONE TWO ONE TWO
MOVING MATTER OF CELLS VIBRATING
SOUNDING BOARDS FOR MUSIC MAKING
VOCAL CHORDS FOR SINGING HOWLING

 

YOU CAN'T BEAT TIME ONLY BEAT TIME OUT

SOUND AND TIME NEED FIXED DURATION

FATHER TIME WITH KILLER RHYTHM
THE ENEMY BEATS KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
TIME IS A CONSTRUCT OF HUMAN MAKING
ARE WE SLAVES TO THE MASTER CLOCK
COUNTING EVERY SECOND COUNTING
BEATEN SOULS SING OUT DOUBTING
WE MAKE MOMENTS LAST FOREVER
KILLING TIME WHEN WE MAKE MUSIC
IF TWO HEARTS BEATS BEAT TOGETHER
THIS FROZEN TIME WILL NEVER THAW
DANCING ANTHEM BUILDING BREAKING
BEATING TIME ON THE HEAVING FLOOR

 

Copyright © Geoff Allnutt (The Speech Painter) 1998