[Verse 1] Ruth Levitas shows us method in her pages Utopia's not just dreams of distant ages It's archaeological, how we dig the past Ontological being, architectural at last Three modes of thinking when the future seems to fade Imaginary reconstitution of the world we've made [Chorus] When the future dimension starts to disappear We need utopian method to make tomorrow clear Dig and dream and build again Hope and change and "what if" when The loss of future dims our sight These readings bring back tomorrow's light [Verse 2] Muñoz cruises through the queer futurity "Then and there" beyond what we can see Present moments hold what's yet to come Potentiality for everyone Brown and black and queer bodies know How to dream beyond this status quo [Chorus] When the future dimension starts to disappear We need utopian method to make tomorrow clear Dig and dream and build again Hope and change and "what if" when The loss of future dims our sight These readings bring back tomorrow's light [Verse 3] Shevek leaves his moon for Terra's ground Le Guin's dispossessed where hope is found Anarres shows us anarchism's face While Urras mirrors our consumer race Two worlds dancing in the cosmic void Shows us futures we have not destroyed [Bridge] Cooper finds the everyday sublime Promising spaces in our present time Real utopias here and now exist In housing co-ops on her research list Not just theory floating in the air But lived examples everywhere [Chorus] When the future dimension starts to disappear We need utopian method to make tomorrow clear Dig and dream and build again Hope and change and "what if" when The loss of future dims our sight These readings bring back tomorrow's light [Outro] Four voices singing futures we can make When tomorrow's vision is at stake Read and learn and dream once more The future's knocking at our door
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