Lyrics Patterns On The Waves - Akira the Don , Alan Watts

Now, I want to put it two ways
I'm not saying
That it's a bad thing, something to be condemned
To take your own individual life seriously
In dead earnest
And to have all the problems that go with that
Do understand that being that way
That being a real mixed-up human being
Is a manifestation of nature
That is something just like the patterns on the waves out here

Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
Or like a seashell?
You know, we pick up shells
I always keep one around
As sort of an example for many things
And say, "My goodness, isn't that gorgeous!"
There's not an aesthetic fault in it anywhere
It's absolutely perfect
Now, I wonder
I wonder if these fish look at each other's shells and say
"Don't you think she's kind of fat?
Oh my, those markings aren't really very well spaced."
Because that's what we do

Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
That's what we do
Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
That's what we do

See, we don't realize that all of us
In our various goings-on, and behavior
And so on are more marvelous, much more complicated
Much more interesting
All these gorgeous faces that I'm looking at
You know, every one of them
Some of them are supposedly pretty
Some of them are supposedly not so pretty
But they're all absolutely gorgeous
And everybody's eyes is a piece of jewelry beyond compare
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Beautiful!
Beautiful!

Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
That's what we do
Patterns on the waves
Patterns on the waves
That's what we do