In his 1976 ballad “Looking for Space”, John Denver vocalized his struggles to discover the more esoteric aspects of existence… an endeavor that has perplexed humankind for centuries. In the chorus of that song, he articulates his continuing frustrations regarding an inability to fully resolve the interplay between his physical and cognitive realities via the lyric “sometimes I’m almost there….”. “Sometimes.” Time. Our common perceptions of time may represent the true source of his frustrations. The contrasts between quantum and classical physics provide compelling evidence that time is not the unrelenting automaton that we commonly perceive. Fundamental particles would appear to have little regard for the same temporal distinctions that appear to define us. What if our expectations regarding our cognitive processes are biased by spatial-temporal limitations that only appear to be immutable? Quantum phenomena clearly demonstrate that the mechanisms governing the interplay between space and time would appear to be much more robust than that which we are able to perceive. Evolutionary pressures would have undoubtedly adapted select aspects of these spatial/temporal distinctions to facilitate the phylogenetic expression of living organisms. The unique cognitive abilities that define our humanity (“who we are”) may then be a consequence of complex interactions between physiological and metaphysical mechanisms, with “memory,” “awareness” and, ultimately, sentience itself representing emergent characteristics of those adaptations. Resigned to the fact that definitive answers may prove unattainable, in the closing chorus of “Looking for Space” John Denver voices an enigmatic coda regarding the apparently insurmountable challenges of his quest: “When you’re looking for space and to find out who you are…when you’re looking to try and reach the stars…” While meant to demonstrate the difficulty of his aspirations, his lyrics may have provided a coincidental insight regarding his pursuit of enlightenment; the only way to “reach the stars” is to navigate the relativistic, four-dimensional construct that intimately blends space and time into a singular four-dimensional continuum: spacetime. Misconceptions regarding that medium may be obscuring the true nature of our existence. John Denver may have indeed, been “almost there”.