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All Of Nature
05:04
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So I had this doubt inside of me
some kind of crazy purgatory
and I took this doubt just as far as it would go
aaaww you don't want to know
and my mind, it was trying
but it was destined to fail
shadowboxing inside a linear jail,
'cause the answers don't come
if the questions are wrong
that's why I wrote this song
An’ when we ask the biggest questions of all time
and we choose to ignore what can't be quantified,
then we hide
with euphemisms
like, incidentals and collateral,
and we pull
the wool over our own eyes
cos the set of things that science will never prove
is boundless and immeasurable
so it becomes illogical to think exclusively
materialistically
it's time to
love our mother x8
cause all of nature is conspiring for freedom
all of nature
so I pull myself back in, there's no fractioning
all of nature
pull invisible and make it seen
all of nature
so let all your problems face
the oneness in you now
for there is only one
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2. |
Back Into The Sky
04:51
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And the mantras fall down from the heavens
as we sing them back into the sky
outstretched on the grass in the starlight
clutching the blades as she cries
as the far away voices came tuning
her heart opened wide
and the thousands of years started streaming
down her face thro her hair earth inside
mother I'm so sorry for what we're doing to you
yeah we're pirates marauding
laying waste to your beauty
in our ignorance and greed
we done cut off your hair
and we poisoned your blood
we've forgotten your love
As the tuning fork went right through her
she was part of an infinite song
and as the multiverse stretched to evolve itself
she heard all conscious beings sing along
and as the faraway voices came closer
her heart burst open wide
because she knew that the balance existed
and the symphony could never die
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3. |
Come To The Garden
04:45
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Come to the garden
Be aware
our greatest ally
to the journey of the self
keeps us awake
and present to the Now
and then you hear
the wisdom of the heart.
Who are you ?
are you authentic?
can you touch ecstatic love?
well come to the garden
and free yourself now
in dharma's wheel,
divine Ideas
emerge through the Oneness
still this flickering mind
yes be in the stillness
and come to the garden
drop the veils feel insight
this body temple
is a filament for divine light
I want the sweet water of appreciation to bathe everything that I do
infinite love I want you
At your core
beyond the limited thought forms you have bought
there is a spiritual blueprint hanging out
so be aware
and dare to come out today
from material mode
then the birds will carry food to your doorstep
Come to the garden
yeah I'll get you back by Sunday night
our body temples are filaments for divine light
I want the sweetwater of appreciation to bathe everything that we do
infinite love I want you
Come to the garden with me
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4. |
Infinite Mind
04:59
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Come to
wake up , wake up
I spent so long
wondering the halls of loneliness
judging everyone else's delusion
and not seeing my own
now here I am
standing in the presence
whose center is everywhere
hey you know you better believe it
physics is proven this true for me
oh just meditate
come to this infinite mind
come to this infinite mind
swim in this infinite source
swim you and me and everything that ever shall be of course
Our quantum lights
are shattering the darkness
universal luminosity
Melts the veils
dissolves the drama
it's evolution to be
just come try to be
completely poised
objective and subjective mind
balanced perfectly
there's no need to feel alone now
because were already free.
Just one love you see
just be the love, just be the love
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God
so much baggage on that word
means so many different things to so many people
yeah what is God ?
God
maybe something infinite in all directions
those perceived and unperceived alike
those perceived and unperceived alike
infinite directions
Infinite directions
Dissolving into
love without resistance
love without a cure
love everlasting
love forever more
God
maybe something that was never born and never dies
yet contains every birth and every death
every birth and every death
across the multiverse
Beyond the boundaries of vocabulary
beyond the boundaries of dogma,
religion, philosophy, ownership, politics,
they all become temporary
in the oneness of this God
dissolving into
A love without resistance
a love without a cure
love everlasting
a love forever more,
it's always been here
So to this God
I can surrender into you
sitting still distills the binary
outside the mind
deep inside the senses
only sweetness
I love without resistance
love without a cure
love everlasting
love forever more
it's always been here,
it'll always be here
God
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6. |
Beyond The Wrath
04:36
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I don't always,
believe the things,
I say inside
this residue.
Of fork in path,
yeah we're done for now
but was still so strange and new.
It's funny how,
perfection shows,
itself to us
in such strange ways.
I loved you then
and I love you now
I will love you for always
Tied in waves
beyond the wrath
tied in ways
not slave to the math
new territory new dominion of my mind
and I thank you.
We met far out on fractal's edge,
cats walked about,
on bending ledge.
It's quantum here,
outside of fear,
symphonic view,
in tune with you.
...and I still want you
through space and time.
....and I still love you through rain or shine.
Maybe one day,
can I still dream?
You and me babe
strawberries and cream.
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7. |
An' It Builds
03:41
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An' it builds
it builds on top of what was always there
layer upon layer upon layer
and no one seems to know or remember
And it builds
every creatures past has been distilled
to make this moment now in which we stand
but the pyramid is too high for the land
well it's got me thinking
is there, is there
another shape that we could make? x2
Shape us again, we're dropping all those statues
shape us again, well this time horizontal
shape us again, well this time more affection
shape us again, so that I can trust you
And it builds
the orchards of our minds been left untilled
the purpose of the species unfulfilled
still Plato sits in cave where shadow puppetry enslaves
stick to entrenched believes rob the future pay the Chiefs
we are sent to duplicate when we conjoin the church and state
and all that sits behind the dam turns on itself inside the woman
And it builds
when wealthy men send poor kids off to war
dwindling resources is what that's for
and that is gaudy silence from the shores
of Easter Island
Is there, is there
another shape that we could make?
shape us again, this time horizontal
shape us again we're dropping all those statues
shape us again, well this time more affection
shape us again
so that I can trust you,
so that I can trust you, all of you
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8. |
Edge Of You
03:51
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On the edge of you,
we glue paper leaves to winter trees,
ambush memories
wrapped up teardrops, with rotting ribbon.
You'll open them later,
you never will
On the edge of you,
water falls to space.
The crevice took the path,
the hull has gone dissolved,
you're bleeding in the bath,
puncturing all resolve.
You'll patch it up later,
you never will
Songbirds stricken sobbing for your hearts arrest,
roots suspended in the eyes of the confessed.
Where does a young boys adoration grow?
Mother lost to the snow.
On the edge of you,
they just left you there.
A child's bewilderment,
at how skilled they were,
at the practice of
not feeling anything.
She'll return to you later,
she never well
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9. |
Caution To The Wind
04:14
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The beach was silent
the moon was low
the pier offered circles
but I was quick to let them go
you offered your kindness
you kept me warm
only then sensing
this was the eye of the storm
and I throw
caution to the wind
I am astray in you
it's futile to rescind
cause I can pray in you
braided divine
your hands in mine
we dissolve we dissolve
and I throw caution to the wind
I am astray in you
I see the skylights
crown your head
fluttering curtains
tea and shortbread.
Stained-glass patterns
the lights of your eyes
starry magnificence purifies
Dive dive dive you and me
submerge beneath debris
dive dive dive into swell
submerge let truth propel
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10. |
Joy In Store
02:39
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When I feel you
I feel everything
A walk in town reveals who's feeling down
and I can tell who's running fine
standing still in line
Cos when I feel you
I feel it all
you gift
you door
you joy in store
you bliss
you change
this tenderness exchange
when I feel you
I feel everything
you crystallize
my tainted eyes and give me back
what I've been longing for
yeah you give me back myself
what I've been longing for
I'm taking back myself
what I've been longing for t
aking back myself
yeah you give me back myself
what I've been looking for
When I feel you
I feel everything
tranquility
this pulse in me
it seems to be
the same as every bird and tree
cos when I feel you
I feel it all
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100 years had passed
surprisingly we had survived the boys fear-based stance
...and all the tension was gone,
mythological memory
just vapors
written in song
but I remember that day
when all of the Mothers in the world said
'put the guns away'
' just put the guns away'
they said
'we won't have sex with you ever again if there's one more child laying dead'
when the cup overflowed
clouds of compassion filled the air
until it snowed
well still you tried to control
you started issuing IDs to trees
and fish in a bowl
that's when your God got too small
and all of the definitions you could think of meant nothing at all.
That's when you're cowardice showed
already so dead inside
to trust the flux as it flowed
The love was too much for you to bear
blank eyed and bloated
your hearts exploded
and we stopped to stare
…..and as your species died out
a language older than words came back
bearing some kind of ancient aphrodisiac
and all the creatures that were left behind
well it was clear
that Heaven was here
yeah it was clear
that Heaven was always here to find
Well that was so long ago
and human capability has stretched so much farther than you'll ever know
so now we live sustainably
where hatred and fear and greed
own no vocabulary
and hierarchy has dissipated
along with that pyramidical slavery you perpetuated
and poverty and profit and rape are gone
the air and water clean
and still we all got enough to live on
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12. |
Reveal
04:31
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Reveal
the universe is here to
reveal
unlimited splendor
Reveal
the infinite diversity of expression
no one can withstand her allure
reveal
adore the colors and the shapes
reveal
her enchantment
reveal
the one who permeates us all
the one great lover
no one can withstand her allure
reveal
above and below
reveal
mortal and immortal
reveal
transient and eternal
Perceive the terrifying beauty be free to suffer and be thrilled
maayaa vi-mohinee naama
kalaayaah kalanam sthitam
iti aadi dharmam–tattvanaam
kalayan na prithak bhavet
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13. |
Music Of The Spheres
03:23
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Unstable emptiness
far out in space
something comes from nothing
and the universal one
sings us all right now
so let us open to this grace
open
cos everything is music
come on and raise that frequency
undo the limits of your thought
and know that it is possible
undo that patterning
and fly
can you hear
the music of the spheres
can you hear
will you bring
the songs
that only you can sing
The songs
that only you can sing,
bring
So let intentions manifest '
cause form follows consciousness
Let's wait in this feeling tone and build till it sustains
then we could take it anywhere
we could bring it everywhere
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Sheila Nicholls Los Angeles, California
Sheila Nicholls is an English singer songwriter based in Los Angeles. Sheila has released five albums and her songs have been featured in the films High Fidelity and Jackie & Ryan. Sheila has toured extensively, charted in the US top 10 in college radio and the Billboard top 40, and appeared on the Tonight show. ... more
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