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Sapien

from Land Of Dream by Songs Of Dave

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[Verse 1]
Reasonable: human evolved from ape
Scientific ... at least that's what told me in school
Taught as factual, forget theoretical
Attenborough drip feeds idea of God no need

[Chorus]
Understanding ridiculous is to my mind
Mechanistic bodily concept of life lie
Party line

[Verse 2]
Identify as bag of chemicals
Consciousness is electro neurological
Love emotion reduce to chemistry
Procreation - my genes demand of me sew seed

[Repeat Chorus]

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Accidental mutation in the brain
Hocus pocus - the origin of man explain
Believable - at least some people find
Acceptable - reject intelligent design

[Repeat Chorus]

[Outro + Spoken word]
Mind you I have been cultivating prejudice against evolution theory for the past 40+ years ... so I'm hardly objective. Same time, honestly I don't find random mutation in the brain a persuasive explanation for the existence of homo sapiens. For me that's a little like explaining evolution of the motor car without reference to the desires of driver-market and the people designing cars to meet that market. As the driver is the active principle for the car, so the soul is to the body. And though I use the 'soul' word, this is not about religion, but about how you think your desires contribute to the situation you presently find yourself in ... the type of car you drive ... if you know what I mean.

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from Land Of Dream, released May 23, 2022

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Songs Of Dave England, UK

David's songs are generally confessional or observational in nature, sometimes comedic or ironic, mostly of philosophical or theosophical subject-matter ... often in the form of imagined dialogue with God.

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