Way back before this modern age
The ascending path was all the rage
The only way to sal-va-tion
Was to flee the many and find the one
But since that was the only thing they ever did
They never even saw the descending grid
Those descenders found their dignity
By embracing this world’s diversity
Reason replaced them old mythic gods
And democracy was given the nod
But while they mapped the world our spirit got muffled
And we all started doing the flatland shuffle
Flatland shuffle
They collapsed the cosmos, reduced it to rubble
Monological gazing brought the flatland shuffle
Flatland shuffle
Now were all bound to shuffle this flat land
So long as we keep confusing depth with span
Ya know rising up alone leads to repression
While only getting down must mean regression.
This modernity path ain’t got no depth
And even romantics are locked in step
Those trapped in ego or eco world views
Are shuffling along in flatland too
If we don’t burst ideological bubbles
We’re gonna keep doing this flatland shuffle
Flatland shuffle
And we could see our evolution stumble
If we keep on doing this flatland shuffle
Flatland shuffle
And we could be an evolutionary fumble
If we keep on doing this flatland shuffle
Flatland shuffle
Flat laaaaaand
Shuffle
