Every Minute

from Every Minute by Thinkspeak

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Driving down a snow-slippery rural road out of western Wisconsin early one winter (1982) I got the idea to use the dismissive line, "seen one you've seen'em all" in that country tradition of irony and word-play. On the one hand it represents a cynical view incapable of enjoyment. On the other it references the fact that in essence, everything reduces to a mirror of everything else... every singularity is a holographic instance of the profound ONE. Aside from that to use the same phrase to mean two significantly different things makes for .... humor, right?And the rise or fall line: every minute is an opportunity to rise or fall, to see reality in its profound beauty or to succumb to ego.

lyrics

I don't know where I'm goin but I'm bound
and I don't know what I'm doin but I've found
every minute I've bumped into is a chance to rise or fall
seen one minute you've seen'em all

2.
I've been with my companions through the years
the reason some were lost was never clear
every friendship I've bumped into is a chance to rise or fall
seen one friendship you've seen'em all

3.
I've traveled the contours of this sphere
the places where I rested I hold dear
every country I've bumped into is a chance to rise or fall
seen one nation you've seen'em all

credits

from Every Minute, released September 2, 2012

license

about

Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia

Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.

thinkspeak.net

contact / help

Contact Thinkspeak

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Thinkspeak, you may also like:

Hertz
by Carla Geneve

Carla Geneve returns with a record of jittery alt-rock, topped with lyrics that are both wry and introspective. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 29, 2023
go to album
The Woman You Want
by Eliza Shaddad

Haddad returns with cinematic soundscapes that include introspective folk, post-grunge, and indie-pop influences. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 16, 2021
go to album
YTI⅃AƎЯ
by Bill Callahan

Callahan’s latest both comforts and unnerves. Bandcamp Album of the Day Oct 18, 2022
go to album
Notes From The Wonderground
by The Reflection Box

Irish singer-songwriter Sarah E. Cullen bares her heart over pastoral folk arrangements enshrouded in a dream-pop haze. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 29, 2021
go to album
Gold Record
by Bill Callahan

On a record full of small, observational songs, Callahan details life’s little wonders. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 9, 2020
go to album
Highway Songs
by Rachel Angel

Written as she was coping with an auto-immune disease, the new EP from Rachel Angel offers hushed, silvery ’50s-style Americana. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2020
go to album
Be There EP
by denitia

The new EP from denitia specializes in big, hooky pop songs that put her smoky voice front and center. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 16, 2018
go to album