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I'll Let You Decide
05:22
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Well, you ask me if I believe in God
And I suppose I do
If by God you mean you and me
And the ground beneath our feet
And everything that separates us
I have sat and thought my thoughts
'till my thoughts themselves get caught
In a logic-twisted knot
I had the answer from the start
You know it in your heart
I've seen men rich enough to rent heaven for a day
And others poorer than dirt, who'd it eat it if it'd pay
I've bathed in the holy river and prayed to the rising sun
And now I've quit waiting for the savior to come
The answer's simple as the sea
Deep but flowing free
Not some complex master plan
With rules to follow, if you can
C'mon, won't you take my hand?
Like any myth, most of em got something right
But like a long game of telephone, the words get twisted from the light
We let the little things get between us
Like what we eat and how we dress
And forgot the message, that on earth we're a guest
Love eachother and that's the best
Should I meddle, should I mend?
What's the difference in the end?
If it will be, then it will be
Just you wait and see.
Believe what you want, I won't keep you from doing that
Don't complicate, just meditate on the words I've said
Don't expect to be proven right, at least not in this life
Some things we can't know, that's a part of the show that goes on in your head
So in the meantime
let's pass the time
On this heaven earth of ours
A prison without bars or
A palace in the stars?
I'll let you decide
Yes, I'll let you decide.
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2. |
Waking Up
05:00
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Out of the indefinite beyond
Awareness.
Toes twitch. Nose scrunches.
An ambient warmth discovers a boundary- a body.
Suddenly, there is me and I am here.
But who am I and here is where?
From the thin horizon of parting eyelids, a watery image unfolds
Bold, solid colors in still-life, hanging,
like a stagnant mobile above an infant's crib.
They're crisp now, much sharper than the strange visions who now fade back into the unconscious, unremembered, unregistered.
Their lingering heartstrings waiver, un-grounded in the calmness, leaving only the shadow of a doubt.
A filament of uncertainty
Unworded but felt.
Is all this really so?
In this moment, seemingly attatched to no others, I am held in an hallucinatory existence; a tranquil bewilderment.
Without warning, the colors and shapes of the room gain another dimension, one of concepts.
Automatically categorized and codified, objects with meaning and purpose appear, and suddenly it all comes rushing back.
I am enveloped in the plot line of my life and I am once again the protagonist.
The dream is gone. Paradise found. I ask myself, 'where was I?'
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Hyacinths
06:08
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Listen, listen, listlessly, endlessly
There's a voice, in the deep
There's a voice, in my sleep
Whispers of doubt
Whispers and shouts
Shadows of night
Charlatan light
Silent, silence, sanguine, salience
There's no word, for what it's worth
There's a girl, for once in my world
Such a sight, heart of light
Hyacinth girl, smile and twirl
Nothing in my head, neither living nor dead
Wet hair hanging down, angel without a crown
I sat down beside
She picked a flower, and in offering, said
I don't know just where you been
But now that you're here, you're forgiven
Not, not a thing could I say to her
The love in her heart did swallow me whole
And now all I see are hyacinths
Hyacinths, hyacinths, a higher sense, than innocence
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4. |
Gaia
05:24
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Seeping softness
Feeble and fallow
Release, relent, recieve
Entwined, engrained, encircled
In motionless drama
Forgotten family
Estranged by time's imagination
Endless answers to an endless riddle
Folding in and flowing out
In fluid transition
Seeking equilibrium
In serene passivity
Unknowing intent
For peaceful dissent
A rhythm too slow to recognize
Breathing too low to empathize
I'm seeing it for the first time
A consciousness without eyes
An awareness without "I"
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5. |
About Time
07:03
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Small things take time
Grey birds take flight
Find love on a dime
When pockets are tight
Magic is a lie
Dust in a beam of light
Straining my eye
A glance held too tight
It's, it's about, about time
Blue smile
Still eyes
No need
No ties
Spun out
Pulled in
Mandala sky
Within
Gentle wind
Sailing mind
Horizon's glow
Close behind
Embrace
Let go
Waiting there
Forgotten flow
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6. |
Like Seeds to the Wind
02:52
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Like throwing seeds to the wind
These words may fly a hundred miles
Or fall at my feet
Fate is as fickle as the wind
Soft enough to graze a cheek
Or strong enough to break down a house, a family.
Like throwing seeds to the wind
These words may never find fertile ground
Lost to oblivion, to float forgotten in the air
A ritualized desperation, a call for help, a cry of joy, an obsession
Everyone does it.
Like throwing seeds to the wind
These words are nothing new
They would have happened anyway
Time has a way of scattering things
Packets of hope, covered by the dust
Like throwing seeds to the wind
I hold a thousand futures in my hand
Only chance can tell which will come to pass
And which we will not know
And cannot cry for
But like seeds to the wind
These words are a gift
Given for free
Each one packed with love to help it on its way
Each one a chance for new life
Thrown thus by me with the hope that they may find a home
Where they might take root
And hold strong against the rain and the tide
To prove wrong the odds
The audacity of life- to continue
The power of love- to endure
To grow, to multiply, ad infinitum
So if you hear me
Reach now and take a word
Any one you like
Take it home with you
And plant it in your heart
Soon it will be Spring
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7. |
To the East
07:41
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Yours Truly Seattle, Washington
Fin
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