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O Mystery!
05:18
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Open the eye of truth to see
Open the eye of hope to reach
O Mystery, there you are again
As I hesitate, I fear the hunger I contain
O Mystery, I feel you in the moon
What are you telling me?
I cannot find the tune
Yoo-hoo, do you know
Which way to go?
Yoo-hoo, do you know
Which way to go?
‘Cause I’m lost in the deep
Dark corners of my head
Curled up in a ball
At the base of my bed
O Nothingness, a stony path to tread
My unseeing heart leaves me feeling dead
O Mystery, I feel you in the night
O the courage to turn and face the light
Yoo-hoo, do you know
Which way to go?
Yoo-hoo, do you know
Which way to go?
‘Cause I’m lost in the deep
Dark corners of my head
Curled up in a ball
At the base of my bed
Hesitate and I’m lost again
Stuck in misery
Give me once more chance, I beg,
To change my history
Open the eye of night to dream
Open the eye of trust and be
Hey moon, can you see me?
I see you
Don’t tease me, moon,
Please, don’t tease me
Take me with you, moon,
Please, take me with you
Take me!
Open the eye of truth to see
Open the eye of hope to reach
O Mystery, there you are again
I’ll enter willingly
For all I can attain
O Mystery, in the phases of the moon
I feel you calling me
I know it will be soon
Yoo-hoo, now you know
Which way to go
Yoo-hoo, now you know
Which way to go
Now you know, now you know
Which way to go
Now you know, now you know
Which way to go
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2. |
Harvest Song
04:50
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Spring, as it came,
Brought a longing
Cut through the earth
Seed, then seedling,
Now, summer gone,
That longing matured
Each desire a new harvest brings
Even though I may not know how
Grey and wise, woven through with time
Peace with the fall is a long, slow climb
Wisdom never came from fear of pain
As harvest comes, let me not complain
Peace with the fall is a long, slow climb
Cut through the earth, there is longing there
Cut through the earth, there is longing there
Age, as you come,
Please come gently
Death, as you near,
Reinvent me
As I let go
And my heart unfurls
With each test, a new harvest brings
As I trust, I let down my hair,
Grey and wise, woven through with time
Peace with the fall is a long, slow climb
Wisdom never came from fear of pain
As harvest comes, let me not complain
Peace with the fall is along, slow climb
Cut through the earth, find the longing there
Cut through the earth, find the longing there
Find me there
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3. |
A Vow
05:04
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Give
Just give
Your heart to me
Can we just live?
Hand the broken
Pieces of your heart
To me
Surrender
Surrender to this love
Trust
Just trust
I’m here now
This is us
Can you allow this love
To grow a new eternity
Surrender to
Eternal love
Eternal love
It’s true, it’s hard
But is it fantasy?
I think not
We’re family
I’ll always be by your side
I’ve made my vow
I’m on this ride
Forever now
Grace,
Just grace
Something quiet
Takes its place
On the pathway of our love
We tend to everyday
Surrender
Surrender to this love
Trust
Just trust
Something lasting
Grows in us
As we learn the work
Of loving on our way
Surrender to
Eternal love
Eternal love
It’s true, it’s hard
But is it fantasy?
I think not
We’re family
I’ll always be by your side
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4. |
To Be Seen
04:17
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When you
Can see
Your soul
Through me
Your light
Will glow
So bright
So free
I know
I do
You’ll see
Me too
So deep
So true
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5. |
Alone
03:54
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From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were—I have not seen
As others saw—I could not bring
My passions from a common spring—
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow—I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone—
And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone—
Then—in my childhood—in the dawn
Of a most stormy life—was drawn
From ev’ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still—
From the torrent, or the fountain—
From the red cliff of the mountain—
From the sun that ’round me roll’d
In its autumn tint of gold—
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass’d me flying by—
From the thunder, and the storm—
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view—
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6. |
I Am The Law
04:23
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My life
I’m a fool for you
You who take no advice
You who think evil doesn’t exist
Just because you deny it is true
You’re lucky I care
For fools like you
You’re lucky I’m there
To stop people doing the things
That you know they are dying to do
You’re lucky I care
For fools like you
You’re lucky I’m there
To stop people doing the things
That you know they are dying to do
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I Am The Law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I Am The Law
A dog must bark
So evil calls
Both in the wild
And within these walls
You’re lucky I care
For fools like you
You’re lucky I’m there
To stop people doing the things
That you know they are dying to do
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I Am The Law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I Am The Law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I Am The Law
You know I am no stranger
I know rules are a bore
But just to keep you from danger
I Am The Law
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We ran for the train
Your raincoat
A crow in flight
Soaring
We ran from the rain
Your suitcase
A leather world
Of treasures
Now never the same
So breathless
We barely spoke
Such passion
You pulled me up the stairs
And the ground flew away
Embracing as the train was leaving
On that fateful day
Your heartbeat
My heartbeat
You spoke my name
Your hand brushed my arm
Underneath the awning
At the edge of that cafe
Your heartbeat
My heartbeat
I am on fire
Enfold me
To beg, beseech
To ask, to need
Adore me, and I will obey
Enfold me
Your heartbeat
My heartbeat
I am on fire
Enfold me
Now we are in flight
To see, to hold,
To bask, to mold,
Adore me and I will obey
I will obey
We ran for the train
Embracing as the train was leaving
On that fateful day
Your heartbeat
My heartbeat
I am on fire
Enfold me
Now we are in flight
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8. |
In Your Hand
04:49
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In your hand
I feel my hand
Knowing should I fail
To reach out to you
In no wise could you reach / out to me
So I strive
To love you
As I may love you
In my way
With my arms
With my arms
Longingly upraised
In your hand
I feel my hand
Knowing should I fail
To reach out to you
In no way could you reach
To be reached
To be touched
To be held
In return
As I live
I will love
And will know
What it truly means
To serve
In the cold
There is fire
In the dark
There will always be some light
And from weakness,
I’m stronger
Though I hunger
I will be satisfied.
In your hand
I feel my hand
Knowing should I fail
To reach out to you
In no way could you reach / out to me
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9. |
Hovering
04:00
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Here, by your bed
Where you've sailed
So alone
Here, as I reach
For your hand
Close to stone
Your body growing weak
You told me once
You could see happiness
From your bed
Just over you
In the air
Hovering, hovering
Over you
Joy, you said, was here
Hovering over you
Oh, when you said,
You could lift into joy
Up into joy
In the wind, for a while
You'd soar, with joy
For a little while, so peaceful
I want to go home, you said
I just want to go home
Here, by your bed
Where you stayed so strong
We are not so alone
Joy, take them home
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10. |
These Dark Hours
05:07
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There are only so many cars
One can count parked on a street
Only so much terrible news
Yet another tyrant, yet another war
So today, in these dark hours
I seek only flowers
Pushing up through the bloodstained snow
So today, in these dark hours
I seek only flowers
Pushing up through the bloodstained snow
I only notice bitter ones
Broken ones, half bitten and bent
Half bitten and bent
Snapped off before
Their blossoms could open
How do we survive this?
How do we survive?
I watch the woman on the corner
Her horn-of-plenty cart
Stuck in the snow
A desperate man is screaming
Into half-gloved hands
With frozen fingers
Tell me how, in these dark hours
Do I find flowers
Pushing up through the bloodstained snow?
Tell me how, in these dark hours
Do I find flowers
Pushing up through the bloodstained snow?
I only notice bitter ones
Broken ones, half bitten and bent
Half bitten and bent
Snapped off before
Their blossom could open
How will we survive this?
How will we survive?
There is only so much tirestained snow
One can endure through yet another winter
Only so many sleepless nights
Pressed to the wall, hearing neighbours fight
Tell me how, in these dark hours
Do we become flowers
Pushing up through the bloodstained snow?
Tell me how
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