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Any Which Way

by Songs Of Dave

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Oh Well 03:50
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[Chorus] I was certain we would come good once our hibernation passed I was convinced we would keep close slow down life experience Positive would turn our back on bullshit job society Done and dusted we would reset new important understood [Verse 1] But I'm fearful Lessons learnt prove Superficial Little retrained Back to old ways Opportunity lost [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Now I'm resigned Pie in sky was Wishful thinking Fantasy Evaporated Opportunity lost [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Now I despair Politicians Finger point blame Truth abandoned And we don't care Opportunity lost [Repeat Chorus]
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As From A Dream 03:03
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[Chorus] Forgot myself Identified with someone else Now opened eyes, self realise As from a dream arise [Verse 1] Confused my me My who am I With land of birth Colour of skin wrapper With role I played As father, son Sibling, brother Soulmate, husband, lover [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Mistook my me Identity Conditioned deep Normality from birth Saw us and them Other dismissed My prejudice Oblivious denied [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] By body born Number of legs Species of life Divide identified [Instrumental] [Verse 4] As fallen soul As unworthy As karma bound Misunderstood my me [Repeat Chorus to fade]
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All I Have 03:37
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[Verse 1] It's all I have Personal experience No question humble/small Yet unique nevertheless [Verse 2] Individual Subjective my point of view Doubtful of interest to you But offer up just in case [Chorus] Forget yourself Open the door Collaboration Divine express/explore [Verse 3] It's all I have Through my prejudice filter Reality seen Feedback how it seems from down here [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] It's all I have By my blinkered mind focused Uncertainty rules My dreams, fear will never realise [Repeat Chorus to Fade]
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Are You The Same? 03:08
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[Chorus] Beauty create (even you know it's true) Are you the same Need someone else Appreciate - make complete? [Verse 1] Freedom to choose dislike or like Say not my cup of tea Sometimes wonder if clue how came to be [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Someone neutral - nothing to lose Individual apart Sometimes wonder if we play this for you [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Someone honest - nothing to gain People pleasers be gone Sometimes wonder if everyone the same [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 4] Someone 'other' - autonomous Someone independent Sometimes wonder if reason we exist
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Genuine Other 03:15
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[Spoken 1] I figure for a loving relationship to be worth something, to love has to be freely chosen, and should be more to do with valuing the happiness of another, or others, and less to do with infatuation or personal gratification. [Chorus] Am I your genuine other Father, mother, sister, brother Your one and different version Your independent part and parcel? [Spoken 2] I figure for a loving relationship to be meaningful, the choice to not love has to remain an option ... and one that is free from fear of consequences. Otherwise one can never be sure that expressions of love are not simply a smoke-screen for self-interest. [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken 3] I figure for a loving relationship to be real there has to be genuine independence between the lovers. It is the choosing to place importance on another's desires and needs that generates the substance ... more so than the experience of being loved or being in love. [Instrumental] [Spoken 4] I figure to love in a way that's of serious interest to God, it can't be motivated by desire for liberation or reunion with loved ones in heaven, or tainted in the way a fan loves a celebrity ... it needs to be to do with serving God's happiness above everything else, even at the cost of ones own. [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken 5] So what makes you happy? ... I'd like to know.
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If You Were Your Body 02:32
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[Verse 1] Logical position Reasonable argument Rational conclusion All very done and dusted, all wrapped up [Verse 2] Preach only get one life Nobody dying survives Came back from other side All very persuasive [Pre Chorus] If you were your body But what if you're not? [Chorus v1] What if you pre existed Already person complete Are you prepared to risk this? [Verse 3] Unborn claim property Demonise who disagree Live or die up to me All very human right [Repeat Pre Chorus] [Chorus v2] What if they pre existed Already person complete Are you prepared to risk this? [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Electro chemistry Physical maturity Define life ABC All very innocent [Repeat Pre Chorus] [Chorus v3] What if she pre existed Already person complete Are you prepared to risk this? (I'm not)
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So Advanced? 02:07
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[Chorus] We're so advanced By new technology Humanity will soon be free Everything will change [Verse 1] Less loneliness Less mental health Less suicide More empathy More acceptance More inclusion Then you might concede [Verse 2] Less poverty Less with without Less have have not More unity Equality Community Then you might concede [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Less us and them Less prejudice Other berate More celebrate Diversity Society Then you might concede [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Less murder rape Less blood on plate Species divide More right to life Dominion Duty of care Then you might concede [Repeat Chorus]
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No Sin To Forgive 03:53
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[Chorus v1] No sin to forgive No need for redemption For all your desires are rooted in me Express my divinity [Verse 1] Even the finite Mirror reflection Spark of my splendour Humble - wonderful [Verse 2] Even your dark stuff Equal both good and bad Worthy unworthy Ugly - beautiful [Chorus v2] No sin to forgive No need for redemption For all you enact is seeded in me Explores my divinity [Verse 3] Even the preacher Dogma believer Apple rejector Devil conceiver [Repeat Chorus v1] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Even atheists Existence deny Contribute humour Wisdom - make me smile [Repeat Chorus v2]
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Any Which Way But Blame 02:32
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[Chorus v1] Nothing moves God's will against Not a hair blows out of place Implicated logical How all is love cannot explain [Verse 1] Some people preach is all our fault Born into sin - Adam to blame He apple ate believers claim Our evil ways - God separate, but [Chorus v2] Nothing moves God's will against Not a single blade of grass Implicated logical How all is love cannot explain [Verse 2] Some people cite natural law All bodies food in nature's chain, For someone else, just to survive One should not blame the law maker, but [Chorus v3] Nothing moves God's will against Not a humble grain of sand Implicated logical How all is love cannot explain [Verse 3] Some people sure is karma's law Action-reaction carved in stone One only gets what one deserves Do something wrong - get just deserts [Instrumental] [Middle 8] Desire to understand Appreciate in truth Mysterious your game Any which way but blame [Chorus v4] Nothing moves God's will against Not a lonely drop of rain Implicated logical Somehow is love now keep my faith
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Middle Exclude 02:47
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[Chorus] Why can't explain Moved to embrace Truth resonates Fact absolute [Verse 1] Reality Is what I see Believe my eyes Is all wrapped up Is done and dust No need disguise [Verse 2] Pile evidence Man my defence Faith justify See day and night Either wrong or right No in between [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] My certainty Simplicity No ifs or buts Who disagree View point dismiss Submit insist [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Friend enemy Choose them or me For or against Philosophy See false or true Middle exclude [Repeat Chorus x2]
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But You Have Some Truth 02:52
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[Verse 1] But you have some truth Point of view worthy Something understood - valid [Verse 2] Comprehension keen Realisation deep Feels important slash :) profound [Chorus] Is it complete, All inclusive, Final version? This my question Blinkers: Wear them, Dare we admit, Own subjective, Celebrate this? [Verse 3] But you have some truth Seems to you revealed Like a lifted veil - red pill [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] But you have some truth Disposition skewed Seen from where you stand - view point [Repeat Chorus]
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Always A Person 03:15
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[Chorus] We are rounds playing squares Embracing limitation For serves our aspirations And after liberation Individual yet remain Satcitananda ... always a person [Spoken 1] Is it logical that once freed from the limitations of our present bodily senses and mind we cease to have any sense of I? Or is it possible that we can only play these limited person roles because we are fundamentally personal at a deeper level? For myself, I find the notion of the personal soul persuasive. Of course, you must satisfy yourself as to which explanations resonate for you. [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken 2] A person is a feeler of feelings, thinker of thoughts, desirer of desires. OK, in this world, through the medium of these bodies and minds, personal traits are expressed in limited ways, but is it reasonable to argue that in the liberated state these things MUST be absent altogether? If that's the case then liberation means rather less than more. [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken 3] Perhaps the limited roles we play in this world simply facilitate focused expression and exploration of particular types of relational enjoyment? That being the case, just as a professional actor retiring from the stage goes home to family and friends ... continues to be a person ... so likewise the liberated soul remains personal.
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Them Too 02:30
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[Verse 1] Everybody thinks it Privately admits it But publicly denies it For fear of accusation Anti people chosen accused [Verse 2] Everybody sees it Media - they feed it Tar and feather other Problem digging deeper Anti people chosen accused [Chorus] But believe every one of us Beloved child of God is, them too [Verse 3] Fund another movie Demonise the guilty People getting tired of it See evidence of prejudice Anti people chosen accused [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Everybody knows it But nobody dare say it Boot on other foot now Fear my retribution Anti people chosen accused [Repeat Chorus]

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released June 21, 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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