Temporary Ground
JACK WHITE · Lazaretto 2014 · Track 03 of 10
Written by Jack White
On a floating lily island Moving over slowly sideways Rest the temporary creatures Spending all of their days
Waiting for the floor to Buckle down below their belts Crashing into yet another Drifting continental shelf
[Chorus x2:] Moving without motion Screaming without sound Across an open ocean Flying there on temporary ground
The old explorers had it easy They discovered nothing new But returned on home with answers Of sad existent clues
All the creatures have it hard now Nothing but God is left to know And while he left us all here hanging With an illusion of a home
[Chorus x4]