[Verse 1] Once upon a time we looked ahead Horizon stretched beyond what we had read Experience behind us, hope before The future held what we were reaching for Koselleck saw the gap grow wide and deep Between the past we hold and dreams we keep [Chorus] Horizon of expectation, space of experience Time is not a circle anymore Progress became our new deliverance Secular eschatology at the core The future's not what it used to be When history learned to temporalize, you see [Verse 2] History got caught up in the flow Not cycles repeating what we know But linear time with direction clear Moving forward year by year The past became just prologue now To futures that we disavow [Chorus] Horizon of expectation, space of experience Time is not a circle anymore Progress became our new deliverance Secular eschatology at the core The future's not what it used to be When history learned to temporalize, you see [Bridge] Avant-garde means ahead of time Not just art but temporal design Always reaching for tomorrow Leaving yesterday in sorrow Progress promised paradise on earth But what was that promise really worth? [Verse 3] The gap keeps growing wider still Between our memory and our will What we've lived and what we dream Nothing's quite the way it seems The future lost its guiding light When progress failed to get it right [Chorus] Horizon of expectation, space of experience Time is not a circle anymore Progress became our new deliverance Secular eschatology at the core The future's not what it used to be When history learned to temporalize, you see [Outro] Now we're stuck between the then and when The future's lost its power again Koselleck showed us how we lost our way Between tomorrow and yesterday
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