Some of these teachers we know and in a sense are not secret at all. Yet in many cases what they have to teach remains so. Some are not so well known, indeed, are hardly known at all. One can be a secret teacher in the sense of being unknown, but one can also be a secret teacher in the sense that what you teach is secret, hidden, obscured, or perhaps in some cases, even purposely disguised. 1
Gary Lachman
The Secret Teachers of the Western World
Sundown all around
Walking through the summer’s end
Waves crash, baby, don’t look back
I won’t walk away again
Oh baby, anywhere you go
We are bound together
I begin, baby, where you end
Some things are forever
Circle in the sand
Round and round
Never ending love is what we’ve found
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
Cold wind, tide moves in
Shivers in the salty air
Day breaks, my heart aches
I will wait for you right here
Oh baby, when you look for me
Can you see forever?
I begin, baby, where you end
We belong together
Circle in the sand
Round and round
Rising of the moon as the sun goes down
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand
Circle in the sand
Oh, I wanna be that complete
Peter Gabriel
Your Eyes
Look up, look down, all around, hey satellite
Dave Matthews Band
Satellite
Oh, I,
I want to be with you everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
Everywhere
Birds fly in every direction
Imagine Dragons
Birds
See no evil in all directions
INXS
Don’t Change
For My Ally Is The Force.
And A Powerful Ally It Is.
Life Creates It, Makes It Grow.
It’s Energy Surrounds Us And Binds Us.
Luminous Beings Are We,
Not This Crude Matter. 2
Yoda
The Empire Strikes Back
Make believe I’m everywhere
Given in the light
Written on the pages
Is the answer to a never ending story
The Neverending Story
There’s no beginning and there is no end
Tom Tom Club
Genius of Love
It’s like a dream
No end and no beginning
Madonna
Like a Prayer
This is not the end,
this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
Linkin Park
Waiting For The End
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Grateful Dead
Ripple
Tell me your secrets
and ask me your questions
Oh, let’s go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
Coldplay
The Scientist
Rhymes that keep their secrets
Will unfold behind the clouds
And there upon the rainbow
Is the answer to a never ending story
The Neverending Story
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime
These loopy planetary orbits were hugely problematic for the
ancient Greeks, because all the orbits were supposed to be circular according to Plato and his pupil Aristotle.
They declared that the circle, with its simplicity, beauty and lack of beginning or end, was the perfect shape, and since the heavens were the realm of perfection then celestial bodies had to travel in circles. 3
Simon Singh
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
Wake up, wake up from the lie
A Perfect Circle
Believe
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime
I don’t need to walk around in circles
Walk around in circles,
walk around in circles
Walk around in
Soul Coughing
Circles
I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh, what a thing to do
Coldplay
Yellow
There’s a time when every man
draws a line down in the sand
Vampire Weekend
This Life
And she walks along the edge
Of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she’s walking on a wire in the circus
Counting Crows
Round Here
Now the verses I’ve sang
Don’t add much weight to the story in my head
So I’m thinking I should go and write a punchline
But they’re so hard to find in my cosmic mind
So I think I’ll take a look out of the window
Yes
Going for the One
Will you tell me what you saw,
and I’ll tell you what you missed
When the ocean met the sky
You missed when time and life shook hands
and said goodbye
When the Earth folded in on itself
Modest Mouse
Ocean Breathes Salty
All the things that I used to say
All the words that got in the way
All the things that I used to know
Have gone out the window
Sugar Ray
When It’s Over
Notes & References
- The Secret Teachers of the Western World
↩︎ - The Empire Strikes Back
↩︎ - Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
↩︎ - The Empire Strikes Back
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Belinda Carlisle – Circle In The Sand