Play

[Intro - Spoken: Alan Watts]

The physical universe is basically playful. There is no necessity for it whatsoever. It isn't going anywhere. That is to say, it doesn't have some destination that it ought to arrive at. But it is best understood by analogy of music. Because music, as an art form, is essentially playful. We say, "You play the piano", you don't work the piano. Why?

[Verse 1: Delta Goodrem]

Awake at 3 AM

I'm missing home again

Is this the life that I had planned?

Doesn't matter what I've done

Or how many things I've won

'Cause in the end, I'd feel the same

[Pre-Chorus: Delta Goodrem]

When the lights go down

And thеy call last round

I hope I lived, hope I lovеd

As much as I, I could've

Without rushing to the end

Stayed true to who I am

I hope that I played

[Chorus: Delta Goodrem]

Hope that I played my favourite song

While dancing all night long

And laughed until I cried with my friends

'Cause when this story ends

It's easy to forget just how to play

So I'm just going to play

[Verse 2: Delta Goodrem]

I'll play my symphony

Won't judge the melody

As long as it strikes a chord for me

See, my mum and dad, they told me

Regret will kill you slowly

Don't let it catch you in the end

[Pre-Chorus: Delta Goodrem]

So when the lights go down

And they call last round

Hope I lived, hope I loved

As much as I, I could've

Without rushing to the end

Stayed true to who I am

I hope that I play

[Chorus: Delta Goodrem]

I hope that I played my favourite song

While dancing all night long

And laughed until I cried with my friends

'Cause when this story ends

It's easy to forget just how to play

So I'm just gonna play, oh

[Post-Chorus: Delta Goodrem]

When the lights go down

And they call last round

[Spoken: Alan Watts]

In music, though, one doesn't make the end of a composition the point of the composition. If that was so, the best conductors would be those who played fastest. And there would be composers who only wrote finales. People would go to a concert just to hear one crashing chord, 'cause that's the end. Same way in dancing, you don't aim at a particular spot in the room. That's where you should arrive. The whole point of the dancing is the dance

[Outro: Delta Goodrem, Alan Watts - Spoken]

I hope that I play, play, play

But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or dance while the music was being played

Just go and play