The Divine Comedy - The Certainty Of Chance

Fin de Siecle / 1998-12-08 1. Generation Sex 2. Thrillseeker 3. Commuter Love 4. Sweden 5. Eric The Gardener 6. National Express 7. Life On Earth 8. The Certainty Of Chance 9. Here Comes The Flood 10. Sunrise

The Certainty Of Chance

A butterfly flies through the forest rain
And turns the wind into a hurricane
I know that it will happen
'Cause I believe in the certainty of chance

A schoolboy yawns, sits back and hits return
While round the world computers crash and burn
I know that it will happen
'Cause I believe in the certainty of chance

And I believe
I can see it all so clearly now
You must go and I must set you free
'Cause only that will bring you back to me
I know that it will happen
Because I believe in the certainty of chance

Sometimes at night the darkness and silence weighs on me. Peace frightens me. Perhaps I fear it most of all. I feel it's only a facade, hiding the face of hell. I think of what's in store for my children tomorrow; "The world will be wonderful", they say; but from whose viewpoint? We need to live in a state of suspended animation, like a work of art; in a state of enchantment... detached. Detached.