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Atavistic dreams

from Besides​.​.​. (2012) by Utopia Now

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"Atavistic dreams" is another one those grim visions of the future where we have lost all interpersonal warmth and compassion. I frequently feel as though this is where we're heading in many societies.
The song was performed live with my old band "Indigo" a few times, and there actually exist two audio/video recordings of it. One is even a professional recording shot with nine cameras for a live dvd. Alas, both versions are so embarrassingly horrible (in the way we played and I sang the song) that I can't really see myself making them public ;)
And atavism in biology is a recurring feature of, say, a body plan that has already been abandoned evolutionarily, like extra digits that we normally don't find in an organism today.

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- Atavistic dreams -

There's a child alone at night
snuggled up close to the heater.
There's a tear drop and a smile and twitching eyes.
Hand in hand underneath blue skies,
dancing, rejoicing on pastures open wide,
protective comfort and intimacy and love.

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But the day is so disenchanting
in a world without understanding.
In eternal emotional winter
these are but atavistic dreams.

There's an old, sequestered man
snuggled up close to the bridge pier,
a face to petrified but sparking, absent eyes.
Congregating in family peace,
talking, embracing with interhuman ease,
sweet vulnerability, benevolence and love.

Chorus:

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from Besides​.​.​. (2012), released December 3, 2012
Music and lyrics written, performed, and recorded by Stephan Serowy

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Utopia Now Berlin, Germany

Utopia Now started out in 2006 but had been known under the name Indigo since 2002, sharing the stage with bands such as Lagwagon, Anti Flag, A Wilhelm Scream, No Trigger, Good Clean Fun, Venerea and many more. However, the band was short-lived and split in 2007. Today the band lives on in the form of an online solo project by the band’s founder, singer, and songwriter, Stephan Serowy. ... more

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