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[Chorus]
They come and go
They ebb and flow
They kiss the sky
They live and die
[Verse 1]
Select a birth species of life
With body born identify
The predisposed facilitate
Life after life perpetuate
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Divine express, divine explore
Get sometimes less, get sometime more
Important make, value invest
Define success, sacred neglect
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
They soul evolve birth after birth
They float across the universe
Wherever go divine remain
Complete the whole collaborate
{Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Oblivious life after life
Resist the call - is time to rise
Go back to sleep, return to dream
The make believe reality
[Repeat Chorus to fade]
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2. |
Brutal Beautiful
02:41
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[Chorus]
Be it brutal/beautiful
Either way I choose to face it
Only truth desire to know
Now hope and pray that I can take it
[Verse 1]
Am I fallen?
Tell did I do something wrong?
An apple eater?
God - am I envious of?
[Verse 2]
Is it prescribed?
My goal of life decided
Objective defined
By someone other than I?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Law of karma
Is it real or make believe?
Am I entangled
By past deed reaction seeds?
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Am I worthy
Or is my divine compromised?
Do you accept me
Beloved part identify?
[Repeat Chorus]
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3. |
Fear Weaponised
02:50
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[Verse 1]
Father Christmas
Studies his list
Rechecks it twice
Naughty or Nice
Better watch out
Better not cry
Better not pout
She tells you why
Better be good
Or he'll pass you by
[Chorus v1]
Fear weaponise
End justify means
Silence prescribe
In name of nurture
[Verse 2]
Hellfire heaven
No in between
One chance decide
Better believe
Religion preach
Get free from sin
Faith blind jump in
No other way
Satan create
Manipulate
[Chorus v2]
Fear weaponise
End justify means
Dogma oblige
In name of Jesus
[Verse 3]
Be born again
Reincarnate
Samsara bound
By karma action
Reaction
Cause and effect
Newton's third law
Philosophy
Pair birth and death
Old age disease
[Chorus v3]
Fear weaponise
End justify means
Life goal impose
In name of save soul
[Instrumental]
[Chorus v4]
Fear weaponise
End justify means
Fill head with lies
In name of reason
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4. |
Sacred Divine
03:54
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[Chorus]
Divine sacred in the darkest place
So called enemy's plan or another faith
Spy hand of God where I least expect to
Find sacred divine, divine sacred
[Verse 1]
Open my eyes
Face up, no denying
Feel God on my side but
See on others at the same time
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
How can it be?
Simultaneous on all sides
Contradictory looks to me
Comprehension - logic defies
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
No for or against
No worthy unworthy
No include or excluded
Only love and beloved
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken Word]
This religion, that religion, atheist, agnostic, this side, that side, this species, that species... no matter, no one is excluded or rejected by God. This neutrality is not about indifference, I believe it has to do with unconditional love and awareness beyond the temporary roles we play. Subjectively good or bad, all of our roles are all faciliated and project managed by God. As the saying goes, not a blade of grass moves without the sanction of the Lord . I believe we can gain insight into God's disposition towards us by looking at that of a parent for their child. Especially a mother. The child can do no wrong ... even if in the eyes of the world they are judged and condemned. OK, some parents do reject their children. But not God. We remain forever His beloved ... at least this is what I suspect.
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5. |
In My Time
04:56
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[Chorus]
I suspect now for you hard to believe
But honest, this was how things used to be
People pushed back new ideas if contradict establishment
Resist question/reassess, even fresh evidence suggests high time dogma reject
[Spoken 1]
In my time people widely believed consciousness came from the brain. Science was preoccupied with material measurables - wanting to explain life, desire, even love, exclusively in terms of electro-chemistry and matter. Dismissive of everything else.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken 2]
In my day most people believed they were the body, and when one died nothing survived. And a human embryo was not a person until after birth - this the key reason termination became a fundamental woman's right in many parts of the world. What can you do?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken 3]
On my planet religions had little to do with promoting spiritual awareness - mostly they functioned to create notions of us and them, often leading to prejudice against other faiths or non-believers, and sometimes causing war between nations. All in the name of God.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken 4]
In my childhood Darwinism was taught in classrooms as the proven explanation for life as we knew it. From single celled creatures, by random gene copy mistakes and survival of the fittest, here we are today. No intelligent design, and certainly no soul!
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken 5]
In my lifetime most of those who spoke of the soul did so in terms of it being something one possessed. As if one were a body with a soul, rather than a soul with a body. 'My soul' rather than simply 'I' thus the general vernacular. Many preached animals had no soul, what to speak of plants. I know! ... How lucky are you to live when you do! I was pretty isolated to be honest.
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6. |
Taking Stock
03:20
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[Verse 1]
I'm taking stock
What I've imposed
My self believed
My self deceived
Faith blind embraced
Religion preached
Cosy rejected
Givens replaced
[Chorus]
Offer to you
Surrender ownership
Use as you will
Forgo desire fulfilled
[Verse 2]
What I've dismissed
What I confess
What I admit
What I regret
Awareness gained
Innocent lost
What I've remembered
What I've forgot
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I'm taking stock
What I've achieved
Should I go on
Or time to stop?
[Repeat Chorus x2]
[Spoken word outro]
For me it's eight hundred plus songs sharing a personal journey with spirituality placed in the public domain. My intention to somehow be a spiritual positive in the lives of those who enjoy them, or at least to help a lonely traveller or two feel a little less alone. I believe you're in everyone's heart ... guiding the wanderings of all ... the 'arranger of happy coincidences'. Can I therefore leave it up to you what happens now? Defer to your judgement? Herby forgo desire to directly enjoy the fruits of my activities? Is my mission complete? Am I done? Did I do good? Are you smiling?
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7. |
Dogma Attack
04:56
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[Spoken]
If what I'm saying in this song is not a spiritual positive for you please kindly ignore me or pigeon hole me as some sort of crazy English man.
[Verse 1]
Sorry I laughed - took by surprise
Straight serious now realise
Shock, take aback - the self deceive
Logic defies reality
So sets the stage
Others dismiss
[Verse 2]
Quote your deferred authority
Faith same as known certain believed
Preach not my words - this what God says
Dare disagree maya waylays
So sets the stage
Others dismiss
[Pre-Chorus]
For or against
Is us or them
[Chorus]
Reason hijacked, religion blinkered
Dogma attack in name of God
[Verse 3]
Truth hide behind as if not you
But jump leap of faith - it's you who choose
Proof evidence you cherry pick
Fool finger point who contradict
So sets the stage
Others dismiss
[Repeat Pre-Chorus & Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Hoodwink your self you've stepped aside
Central remain oblivious
Regurgitate your version of
Never escape conditioned mind
So sets the stage
Others dismiss
[Repeat Pre-Chorus]
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8. |
Complicit
02:40
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[Verse 1]
Up to them what they believe
Up to them themselves deceive
But when then they start to preach
As if faith embraced is known
Upon me presume impose
Push my buttons - off I go
[Chorus]
How can I silent remain?
Lie as truth must rail against
Contra view must represent
Otherwise I'm complicit
[Verse 2]
Point of view entitled to
Everyone, so long as own
But theirs claim the only truth
Pedestal as absolute
Deception my mind can't cope
Push my buttons - off I go
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Darwin theory taught as fact
Karma: action-reaction
Meat on plate as civilised
Abortion as human right
Sinners all, soul compromised
Push my buttons - off I go
[Repeat Chorus]
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9. |
Presumption Of Preachers
01:40
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[Chorus]
Presumption of preachers
In name of God deceivers
Yet positive roles may play
[Verse 1]
In spite self deception
Unconscious pretension
A point of view blinkered
Still possible serves me
[Verse 2]
Dismissive exclusive
Oblivious hubris
Habitual judgemental
Still possible serves me
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
The lost in translation
Linguistic conflation
Misunderstood wisdom
Still possible serves me
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Dogma believer
Authority meagre
Unqualified leader
Still possible serves me
[Repeat Chorus]
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10. |
Must I Blind Accept?
03:24
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[Verse 1]
Am I poisoned
Spindle pin-pricked
Cursed by evil witch
My beauty sleeping
Victim helpless
Spellbound these hundred years?
[Verse 2]
Am I sinner
Apple eater
Envious of God?
By karma obliged
Birth samsara
Soul fallen banished here?
[Chorus]
My not knowing
Must I blind accept
Yet some how serves you
But how forget?
[Verse 3]
Did I choose birth
Born by free will?
Reincarnation
Facilitates me
In my conquest
Divinity express?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
When I wake up
In my morning
Will this all make sense
Life lost to dreaming
Mind confusion
Who I remain recall?
[Repeat Chorus]
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11. |
Yours Mine
03:01
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[Verse 1]
I will prompt you, remind you, why you take birth this time
What you come for, explore more, cultivation continue
[Verse 2]
I will trigger remember, resurrection recall
Restart, resume where left off, incremental next level
[Chorus]
Always on your side, within your heart soul guide
Approve of your games, divinity yours mine
[Verse 3]
I will set stage arrangement, cast of players engage
Project manage production, coincidental assemble
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
I will witness as parent father Christmas believe
Love deception exception, sacred role-play adventure
[Repeat Chorus x2]
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12. |
No God Mistake
03:10
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[Chorus]
No God mistake
No fall from grace
This way by design
Perfect complete divine
[Verse 1]
Misconduct presumed
Punishment deserved
Banished here - sin proof
I disagree
[Verse 2]
Against will obliged
Karma bound hands tied
Atma compromised
I disagree
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Old age death disease
Samsara believe
Proof enough misdeed
I disagree
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Beautiful worthy
Soul divinity
Purpose misconceived
Always served
[Repeat Chorus x2]
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13. |
Hare Krishna
06:11
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Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
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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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