why we stand and applaud

the sound transmits a clarity of sense
we find ourselves transported to new shores
the music with strong meanings now is dense

in the beginning there was no pretense
all significance was stripped down to its cores
the sound transmits a clarity of sense

at first amusing the tone turns intense
jaguar-swift the rowers at their oars
the music with strong meanings now is dense

our spirits seem to offer no defense
the waves beat on us press down into our pores
the sound transmits a clarity of sense

at first we smiled and thought the thing nonsense
a phenomenon that rational mind abhors
the music with strong meanings now is dense

and now like some strange audible incense
we feel the energy that the theme stores
the sound transmits a clarity of sense
the music with strong meanings now is dense