white light

Annoying, when a meeting goes on half an hour longer than scheduled. Interesting, but annoying.

Acquired dollars with which to pay nice doujinshi man. Good. Checked library for Joan Aiken books; none I didn't already have. Annoying. I believe several are being re-released in March, but was hoping to track down a few before then. Need to hit the secondhand bookshops in town, clearly.

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White Light

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On a lonely road at midnight did your engine cough and die
Was it dawn before you struggled back at last
Can you tell me just exactly how you made it home and dry
Are there any minutes missing from your past
Call your shrink or tell the Air Force, neither one will understand
It's invisible to radar but you felt it touch your hand
Is it nerves or premonition, overwork or ESP
Is there something breathing down your neck you're not supposed to see

Is the gap in the recording just an error, nothing more
Just an episode of rapture of the height
Are there constellations up there that you never saw before
Tell me
How long how long how long
Through the wild blue
How long how long how long
Till the breakthrough
How long how long how long
Till we reach white light

Are there any stars to guide you, any signposts in the sky
Over seas forever out of sight of land
Do you think the world around you's just a trick to fool the eye
What you're feeling's just a clever sleight of hand
If they offer you the answer are you sure you want to learn
Are you ready for what lies beyond the point of no return
Is it hotter than the sun or is it cold as outer space
Will you end up where you started from and finally know the place

There's no homing indication, there's no way on earth to tell
And there may be no escape but then there might
You have got to try for heaven if there's any chance in hell
Tell me
How long how long how long
To the first cause
How long how long how long
Till the fire falls
How long how long how long
Till we reach white light
White light
White light

-- John M Ford