Name: The old box and the sea
Duration: P00H01M48S
Description: This song is about the beauty and wonder of the natural world and the poetic beauty that can be found even in a scientific worldview, and how the cheap legerdemain of some imaginary creator pales in comparison to the real “magic” (strictly in a figurative sense) of the natural world.

The old box and the sea

from To the awoken (2009) by Utopia Now

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This song is about the beauty and wonder of the natural world and the poetic beauty that can be found even in a scientific worldview, and how the cheap legerdemain of some imaginary creator pales in comparison to the real “magic” (strictly in a figurative sense) of the natural world.

lyrics

The painting of the seasons, it's the ultimate Monet,
the serenade aquatic, the cetacean ballet,
the symphony of avifaunal ensemble in the trees,
the poetry of humming prairies in the morning breeze.

Chorus:
All natural intricacies are so much greater
than graceless, unsubtle tricks of some false creator.
Bow to something worthy of your awe,
splendor grander than art, faith, and law.
There's a world in a box and a sea of unbounded majesty.

The microscopic jungle in a eukaryotic cell,
the sculpturing artistry in a regular seashell,
the great millennial temples, the wooden porticos,
the metropolitan frenzy in a drop of H2O.

Chorus:
Those natural complexities are so much greater
than graceless, unsubtle tricks of some false creator.
Bow to something worthy of your awe,
splendor grander than art, faith, and law.
There's a world in a box and a sea of unbounded majesty.

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from To the awoken (2009), released January 31, 2009
Music and lyrics written, recorded, and performed 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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