61. “Through the Never” by Metallica (click here to listen)
All that is, was and will be
Universe much too big to see
Time and space never ending
Disturbing thoughts, questions pending
Limitations of human understanding
Too quick to criticise
Obligation to survive
We hunger to be alive yeah
All that is, ever, ever was
Will be ever
Twisting, Turning
Through the never
In the dark, see past our eyes
Pursuit of truth no matter where it lies
Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens
On a quest, meaning, reason
Came to be, how it begun
All alone in the family of the sun
Curiosity teasing everyone
On our home, third stone from the sun
All that is, ever, ever was
Will be ever
Twisting, Turning
Through the never
we must go
(On through the never)
Out of the Edge of forever
We must go
(on through the never)
Then ever comes
All that is, ever, ever was
Will be ever
Twisting, Turning
Who we are
Ask forever
Twisting Turning
Through the never
Never
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: James Alan Hetfield / Kirk L. Hammett /
Lars Ulrich
Through the Never lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
COMMENTS ON PREVIOUS SELECTION – “Spiritual Fantasy”
There is certainly a mood of frustration amid the words of “Spiritual Fantasy;” frustration that was exhibited in the Jesus of the gospels when people, especially his disciples, could not grasp what he was trying to tell them. Particularly troublesome was religion, at least as it was exercised by the Pharisees and Scribes, which could be filed under “the rubbish that had gathered in god’s name.”