Nontheon / trad. / Nontheon
Boys and girls come out to play
The moon is shining as bright as day
Leave your supper and loose your sleep
And join your friends out in the street [1]
(Come with a whoop and come with a call
Come with good will or not at all)
Up the ladder and down the wall
A penny loaf will serve us all [2]
But when the loaf is gone
what are you gonna do?
Those who want to eat
must work, you know it's true [3]
[1] An adaptation of an 18th century nursery rhyme.
[2] The verse may date back to the time when children were expected to work during the daylight hours, and play was reserved for late in the evening. (Wikipedia 2018)
[3] "In the world’s poorest countries, around 1 in 4 children are engaged in child labour" (UNICEF 2017)
Poikonen / Poikonen / Nontheon
rocket showers, iron domes
countless victims, burning homes
mutual acts of terror
ever-deepening divide
calling you to pick your side
either with or against them
and my dreams are of peace for all the world
"all quiet on the west front" is what i've heard [1]
systemathematical [2]
extension of political
commerce and agenda [3]
it's so Nineteen Eighty-Four[4]
propaganda, info war
all I know is what I've words for [5]
and my dreams are of peace for all the world
"all quiet on the west front" is what i've heard
welcome the fog of war [6]
[1] In reference the work of Erich Maria Remarque (1929), the situation in the area of conflict continues as before.
[2] Systematic, calculated
[3] "We see, therefore, that war is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means." (Carl von Clausewitz: On War, 1832)
[4] One of the themes in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949) is the use of language and propaganda as means of warfare.
[5] “The borders of my language are the borders of my world” (Ludwig Wittgenstein)
[6] "War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. A sensitive and discriminating judgment is called for; a skilled intelligence to scent out the truth." (Carl von Clausewitz: On War, 1832)
Poikonen / Poikonen / Nontheon
The builder draws a wave across the sky
history stands still before us
each crest holds a nation at its high
the troughs they chime a bloody chorus [1]
centuries
offer fruits of wisdom
could we please
just take the time and try to learn
dreaming of a chance to leave our mark
our pyramids and hanging gardens
to save our names from fading to the dark
a holy grail, a death row pardon [2]
gone
this morning brings the promise of the
fire
to wash away your lack of faith [3]
[1] Mika Waltari discusses the concept of waves of history in his novel Michael The Finn (Mikael Karvajalka, 1973)
[2] We dream about building something that lasts a thousand years, don't we?
[3] The concept of verifying the purity of one's faith in a trial by fire is discussed in the Bible, as well as other religious texts. This has led to extreme actions during events like the 17th century witch-hunts. In a more moderate sense it can be seen as a metaphor of personal inner strength.
Poikonen / Poikonen / Nontheon
Although her eyes are open,
she’s asleep
she’s asleep
What lands she might be roving,
we can’t see
we can’t see
The light of a candle
shining through
In the sea of silence
we are nearly weightless
Between canyons and craters
we are nearly weightless [1]
Always since she found us
we’re trading dreams
trading dreams
That’s how she defines us
she’s everything
everything
In the sea of silence
we are nearly weightless
Between canyons and craters
we are nearly weightless
This time is like sand, that
runs thru our fingers
A handful of water
forever in motion [2]
[1] The metaphor of the moon represents the vaguely unreal feeling of a sleepless night. The sea of silence is an imaginary place, like the seas of Serenity and Tranquillity.
[2] Panta rhei, "everything flows" or "Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers." (Heraclitus, 400s BC)
Nontheon / Poikonen / Nontheon
sweeping 'cross the floor
a narrow beam of light
like a knife that
cuts our lives open
reveals that everything ain't right [1]
that fine day in New York
he took the step
out of the window
like Peter Pan
on the way
to Never Land
out from the sixth floor
like Peter Pan
on the way
to Never Land [2]
like defying gravity
watch him gliding down his fall
there is time to
think out all the reasons
that brought him to his final call
that fine day in New York
he took the step
out the window
like Peter Pan
on the way
to Never Land
from the sixth floor
like Peter Pan
on the way
to Never Land
[1] This story is heavily influence by Michael Cunningham's The Hours (1998) and the fate of the character Richard.
[2] People who step out of 6th floor windows either dream of flying or of dying.