"Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land" lyrics

MARINA Lyrics

"Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land"

Our ancestors had to fight to survive
Just so we could have a chance of a life
We're not here so we can blow it all
We could bear witness to the rise and the fall

Ancient dreams in a modern land
I'm trying to get back as fast I can
Back to a time before I had form
Back to a time before I was born

You don't have to be like everybody else
You don't have to fit into the norm
You are not here to conform
I am here to take a look inside myself
Recognize that I could be the eye, the eye of the storm

I am not my body, not my mind or my brain (Ha!)
Not my thoughts or feelings, I am not my DNA
I am the observer, I'm a witness of life
I live in the space between the stars and the sky

What's your purpose, why were you put on Earth?
You could be lost but you belong to the world
We're now living in a seminal age
The walls are being broken and we're ready for change

Ancient dreams in a modern land
I'm trying to get back as fast I can
Back to a time before I had form
Back to a time before I was born

You don't have to be like everybody else
You don't have to fit into the norm
You are not here to conform
I am here to take a look inside myself
Recognize that I could be the eye, the eye of the storm

I am not my body, not my mind or my brain (Ha!)
Not my thoughts or feelings, I am not my DNA
I am the observer, I'm a witness of life
I live in the space between the stars and the sky

From the heart of Malaysia
To the dark Himalayas
From the day you were born
You are not here to conform

You don't have to be like everybody else
You don't have to fit into the norm
You are not here to conform
I am here to take a look inside myself
Recognize that I could be the eye, the eye of the storm

I am not my body, not my mind or my brain (Ha!)
Not my thoughts or feelings, I am not my DNA
I am the observer, I'm a witness of life
I live in the space between the stars and the sky


Thanks to Nat for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Marina Lambrini Diamandis
"Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" is the title track and the third single from MARINA's eponymous fifth studio album. The single and its video were released on the 19th of May, 2021. The track's music video was teased with a lyric snippet on Marina's Instagram on the 1st of May, 2021.
A snippet of this song and the single's cover-art picture were revealed by Marina on Instagram on the 11th and 12th of May, 2021, respectively.
The release of this track came with the announcement of the special global on-line live-stream launch party "MARINA presents Ancient Dreams Live from the Desert" on the 12th of June, 2021. The event was organized from the California desert to celebrate Marina's album "Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land" with the help of the premium digital live platform Moment House.
album: "Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land" (2021)
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