A fish swims through the sea While the sea is in a certain … - Aaron Weiss

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A fish swims through the sea While the sea is in a certain sense, Contained within the fish! Oh, what am I to think Of what the writing of a thousand lifetimes Could not explain If all the forest trees were pens And all the oceans - ink?

Aaron Weiss

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Aaron Weiss is the lead vocalist and lyricist for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based band mewithoutYou. The band's music is generally dominated by Weiss' dramatic spoken-word vocals and singing as well as free-ranging drums, bass, and guitar. Despite often being mistaken for a Christian, Weiss was raised in a Sufi Muslim household, after his parents converted from Judeism. When asked, he states having a non evangelical, personal relationship with God. Weiss took much inspiration for his lyrics from poets like Rumi and has several direct quotes from Rumi and other poets in his lyrics.

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If you look out and see a trace Of dark red that used to be my face, In the clarity of His grace: Remember me.

The Son of the widow You raised from the dead... Where did His soul go When He died again?

And You surround me, You're pretty but You're all I can see, Like a thick fog... If there was no way into God, I would never have laid in this grave of a body for so long.

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