Louis Rosen

Lyrics

I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING
(Music and Lyric by Louis Rosen)

All I was taught
The school books I read –
Just figures and facts
That filled up my head
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything

The longer I live, the less that I know
You can run from the world
You can fight it or flow
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything

Trapped on this earth
In body and mind
We serve ourselves
Or we serve mankind.
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything

We all have a story of how we came to be who we are —
A mythical story, that helps us to heal every scar
But what if our story is only a story
To make sense of pain
Of distant glory?
A sister was cruel
Teachers darkened the light
Mama treated you wrong
But who are we if Mama was right?

The less that I look, the more that I see
The wonder of life in the mystery
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything

The softer I speak, the louder I hear
The static dissolves
The channel is clear
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything

I no longer claim my story is true
In tenuous times, it carried me through
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything

The canvas is white –
That’s where I start
I look at the sky
I open my heart
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
I don’t know anything
Anything…

© & ℗ 2020 Louis Rosen, Lullwater Music, ASCAP. All rights reserved.