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After Party

by Songs Of Dave

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Cost Of My Moment 02:48
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[Verse 1] Promise of heaven Pass by my here and now Sinner redemption Roll on that afterlife Freedom from evil No more bad apple eater [Verse 2] Nietzsche despairs of Missed opportunity Place to escape from Land of the banished soul Realm of the fallen Prison of birth death disease [Chorus] Focus on future Intangible life Faith destination Cost of my moment now sacrifice [Verse 3] Prayers to my unseen Fear of uncertainty Slave to my cosy Loyal to my predisposed Blind to my gamble What if I'm already home? [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Lost to my dreaming Head in my fantasy Trapped in my scheming Pray what believe will be Dissatisfaction Anywhere else but here please [Repeat Chorus]
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Know Your Power 02:08
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[Chorus v1] Potent your intention Because of who you are Know your power Be careful what you wish for [Verse 1] Lest you take birth again Believe self fallen soul Sinner need of redemption given [Verse 2] Lest you past life forget Believe victim hopeless Feel abandoned by God - cast adrift [Chorus v2] Potent your intention Because of who you are Know your power Be careful what you work for [Verse 3] Lest you reincarnate Believe karma debt fate Only get what deserve manifest [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Lest you return for more Poison perpetuate Further explore - resume where left off [Chorus v3] Potent your intention Because of who you are Know your power Be careful what you desire
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Na Jāyate 02:40
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[Verse 1] Celebrate rising of the sun Samsara dawn reborn Some say this but another day Others you get just one Some say explore divinity Others soul sinner judge Either way, given wrong or right Foundation set for life [Chorus] Na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin Nāyaḿ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ Oṁ [Verse 2] Celebrate setting of the sun Tomorrow confident Certain your smile again will grace No need to night lament Even forget your yesterdays Tomorrow rise for sure Light hidden only from my eyes Somewhere your sunshine shines [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Celebrate waxing of the moon Night sky illuminates No more blind wander in the dark Always collaborate Soul part and parcel of the one Desire many become All contributions positive Even unconscious live [Repeat Chorus x2] [Bhagavad gita 2:20 Spoken] For the soul there is never birth nor death, nor having once been does the soul ever cease to be.
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Worthy Divine 03:08
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[Verse 1] So when you feel lonely Anonymous nobody Normality alienation And everywhere never connect Your point of view no one accepts And nobody gets we are stardust [Chorus] Believe now is time setting stage For beautiful future to come Contextual for act yet to play Finale grand worthy divine [Verse 2] So when you feel misunderstood Imposed upon what do you should And preacher forgets choice is sacred Religion decrees you are wrong Unauthorised thoughts don't belong Society judges you far gone [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] So when you see doubt all around Dependable truth can't be found Reliable trust just illusion And when you fear darkness tonight Sense everywhere absence of light Feel faith in God positive shaken [Repeat Chorus]
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Come Clean 03:29
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[Verse 1] Why hide you your divine Disguise you your sacred Play helpless Powerless Pretend? [Verse 2] Why play you karma slave Embrace you fate obliged Entangled Against will Hands tied? [Chorus] But don't fool me, I see you believe You can't hide it, you might as well come clean [Verse 3] Why reject your power Dismiss you your Goddess Play blame game Claim victim Abused? [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental + spoken word] I'm not saying you are God, but at the same time I'm not saying you are not God. Inconceivable simultaneous oneness and difference. That's what I'm saying. [Verse 4] Why argue unworthy Why deny entitled Buy fallen Fact given Ego? [Repeat Chorus]
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After Party 03:25
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[Chorus v1] If I, I were God I'd arrange an after party Question: How much more benign is God than I? [Verse 1] When the final show has curtain called And cast of players take their final bow [Chorus v2] I know if I, I were God I'd arrange an after party Question: How much more able is God than I? [Verse 2] When the troupe disperse - go separate ways Return to families, forget the stage [Chorus v3] I know if I, I were God I'd arrange an after party Question: How much more high five does God than I? [Instrumental] [Verse 3] All the world's a stage, so Shakespeare says Actors - the hats they wear, the roles they play [Chorus v4] Still know if I, I were God I'd arrange an after party Question: How much more divine sees God than I?
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Yours Too? 02:12
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Melody by Gustav Holst composed in 1906 for Christina Rossetti's 'Bleak Mid Winter' poem [Verse 1] Are my feelings yours too As this world explore Seen as for the first time Is my wonder yours? Are my joyful tears cried Beautiful anew? Is my point of view held Window you see through [Verse 2] Is my delusion yours Times I lose my mind? Are my baby steps yours Times I answers find? Is my everything yours Turn of every stone All experiences lived Mine and witness both? [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Conscious or unconscious Yours nevertheless Choice my love to offer I alone possess
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Loved By God 02:34
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[Chorus] You are loved by God, beloved of In eyes of God can do no wrong Facilitates your every whim ... does God [Verse 1] May not believe But you are doted on Always worthy Find inconceivable yet... [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] May not believe Is up to you decide Your heart desire No goal of life prescribed for ... [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] May not believe Illusion by design Is meant to be But God always on your side for ... [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] May not believe That everything you do Divine explore Experience approved [Spoken] I believe this, though I might be wrong.
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No Ears 01:58
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[Chorus] No ears for my words Hear me harshly Feel me heartless No ears for my words [Verse 1] Claim your divine Know your power Conscious own it No blame or judgement [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] You create things By your desires By your choices Perpetuate them [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] When you choose to You can end this Not you should do Choice up to you when [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Life is sacred Celebrate it Grief embrace it As long as need to [Repeat Chorus x2]
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Elephant In The Room 02:41
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[Chorus] Live a fantasy Bury head in sand Eyes refuse to see Still this elephant looms large [Verse 1] No matter you deny Death is out to get you Time and tide for no one waits No matter creative Is your wishful thinking You cannot avoid this fate [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Say you cannot let go Say you will not accept Is within your power? No Believe only get one Eat and drink, be merry Grim reality forget [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Flesh identify with When the body dies - end No one can survive - certain There's no after life - claim God does not exist - preach But you can't escape - out run [Repeat Chorus]
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Claustrophobia 02:58
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[Verse 1] Speculation unauthorised Conditioned soul disqualified Heart dare not trust deceit and lies Somebody else will set you right [Chorus] No room to move, no inspiration space Articulate oneness and difference Self divinity sacred adventure Claustrophobia (spiritual utopia) [Verse 2] Teacher knows best - better than I Snake preach is rope, no question why Drag to success, ego deny Envious of God identify [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Narrow my view, blinker my eyes Words read parrot as if were mine Dogma repeat as if were wise Mind follow blind, toe party line [Repeat Chorus]
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What Now You Think Here Is? 03:09
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[Verse 1] Said afterlife Wonder what it's like? Tunnel of light Some say saw [Verse 2] Was fantasy Or some astral place Disembodied souls Ghosts haunt? [Chorus] Whatever believe afterlife However death survive it Question: What now you think here is? [Verse 3] Said afterlife Choice heaven or hell Only get one chance Believe - preach [Verse 4] Or is open book Choose nirvana void Or angelic realm? You decide [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 5] Said afterlife Soul transmigration Reincarnate Again and again [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken] I propose this present life is simply your most recent afterlife
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Forever Personal 02:38
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[Chorus] Forever personal No question liberation lose Eternal individual you [Verse 1] And what are you Without desire To manifest And what are you Without mental Creative thought? [Verse 2] And what are you Without object Intelligence? To realise Divinity Divine express [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] And what are you Without eye sight To recognise? And memory To love recall Relational? [Instrumental] [Verse 4] And where are you In blob of bliss In spark of light Nirvana void Emotionless Ego denied? [Repeat Chorus]

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released February 27, 2023

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Songs Of Dave England, UK

David's songs are generally confessional or observational in nature, sometimes comedic or ironic, mostly of philosophical or theosophical subject-matter ... often in the form of imagined dialogue with God.

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