Teleportation
By Cosmic Cairns on June 12, 2026 7:42 pm
My wife and I have often talked over the years how nice it would be if teleportation existed. We have friends and family scattered around all over the place and it's difficult to see a lot of them very often. But if you could just instantly drop in anywhere just to meet up for lunch or to hang out on a Friday night... that would be super cool.
I finally busted out my cello for the first time this year for this track. I've been wanting to use it for a while now, but early in the year my wife started a reorganizing project that piled a bunch of stuff in front of it and made it hard to access. Unfortunately she hasn't been able to focus on the project much because she's been having to do a lot for her parents who are in their 80's and who we are transferring into an assisted living facility. I finally decided to just move some stuff out of the way and get to my cello, so hopefully it'll be making some more regular appearances. I can use my musical saw now, too, because I needed the cello bow to play it.
Also my dog George (one of the cairn terriers I got my name from) makes an appearance on this. He pretty much always hangs out with me while I record and usually he stays chilled out, but this week he decided to start barking when I was about to do a vocal take. I took it as he wanted to make a vocal cameo, so he shows up at the end of the song.
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Greetings from a continent away
I wish I could laugh with you today
Hope that you believe me when I say
That I'm always working on a way
Measuring angles of shadows and the sun
I'm charting the movements of the night skies
Unlocking secrets of teleportation
And soon you'll be in for a surprise
I blinked my eyes and now I'm very sure
I'm not where I was just seconds before
I don't know what fate may have in store
Walking up the pathway to your door
Would you care to join me as I traverse the globe
And we could go anywhere at all now
Step through a portal and zap instantly away to
Somewhere that's not here anyhow
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