Name: The Universe Knows Nothing
Duration: P00H04M32S
Description: Written near the end of the recording of my first album, "Time Flies When You Are Sitting Still", but I didn't feel like it fit, so I didn't record it at that time even though the line about time flying away fit so well for that album.

The Universe Knows Nothing

from The Kitchen by Nathan TR Shaw

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Written near the end of the recording of my first album, "Time Flies When You Are Sitting Still", but I didn't feel like it fit, so I didn't record it at that time even though the line about time flying away fit so well for that album.

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Things aren't going the way I thought they'd be.
It's like waking up inside a bad dream.
Nothing ever seems to happen lately.
But then things aren't going as they should be
today.

Have you ever woke up clear, but hazy?
Like a rescue dog both quick and lazy.
Well, if Johnny calls please say I'm busy.
Then tell me if he kicks off in a tizzy
ok?

When I'm feeling old and tired
I will scream to the sky
loud, but humbly -
arms waived wildly -
"the universe has nothing on me."

She has a way of forcing me
to feel anything but significant.

If I stop making sense do try to stop me.
Living of thirst and
everybody knows the Greedo shot first.
Hooray!

I'm a brief spark in space, don't ya know?
The universe knows nothing
and time is flying away.

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from The Kitchen, released December 17, 2013

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Nathan TR Shaw Dayton, Ohio

Nathan is from the Cincinnati Ohio area and has been playing music for 27 years. He began with piano lessons when he was 8 years old and later taught himself guitar, drums and bass. He has been writing and performing his own songs for over 15 years.

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