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Reaching Back From The Afterlife

by Songs Of Dave

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Send My Love 02:33
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[Verse 1] Reaching back from the other side Extrapolate, logical surmise Forgotten yes, but philosophise You must exist - certainty decide [Chorus] So send my love to whoever you are I send my love to wherever you are I send my love [Verse 2] Reaching back from the other side I know first hand pain of last goodbyes To lose a love when a body dies To you I'm lost now I realise [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Reaching back from the other side You may be stupid, you may be wise But I suspect you believe I died In case you do, now I send my love to you [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Reaching back from the other side Maybe far fetched, but I won't deny The way I feel - I believe in you I can't reject - resonates as true [Repeat Chorus]
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Profit Motive Deception 03:40
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[Verse 1] Profit motive deception Brings the best for everyone Everybody benefits No poor get poorer rich get rich divide [Verse 2] Profit motive deception Everyone now better off Shared abundance guaranteed Utopian just society achieved [Chorus] Who buys this Ridiculous Propaganda ruse? [Verse 3] Profit motive deception Everything efficient run Public services much improved The human race today kinder place for all [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Profit motive deception Selfish interest - all there is Dangled carrot motivates Is only language human beings relate [Repeat Chorus]
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Soul Dark Night 02:44
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[Verse 1] Tears were weeping betrayal Fear was severed connection Turned around, my direction lost Path was calling-abandoned Feet were walking away from Heart for throwing my towel in - done [Chorus] I was doubting the hand of God Stumbling in my plight Eyes were blind to a plan divine Mind was slave to my soul dark night [Verse 2] Found me pointing my finger Blame creating excuses Shame for taking my power gave Focus framing abusers Trapped by playing my victim Self denying my choices made [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Gone is wishful my dreaming Make believe I am seeing No more realisation faked ... somehow it feels better ;)
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Too Important 02:47
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[Chorus] Is universal Forget religion or atheism Far too important let Male chauvinism or feminist hijack Is universal Forget LGBT XYZee (zed) Far too important let Political correctness gone mad hijack [Verse 1] Is all distraction Ignores the question What I think life is And when it begins How much I'm convinced And am I prepared To risk that I'm wrong? [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Is all distraction Ignores the question What I think death is And might I survive How much I deny Possibility Can come back again? [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Is all distraction Ignores the question Who I think I am Am I my body Or am I spirit Do I get one life Am I eternal? [Repeat Chorus]
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Don't Risk It 02:55
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[Chorus] What if is true? Possible, even though cannot prove But if I were you, don't risk it [Verse 1] Gamble is lie, there is no soul Nothing survives when body dies This is all there is, we get one life Pretend are sure, ignore error consequence [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Fact religion can some turn off But soul they don't own, no matter claim Soul - an English word to indicate Identify an inner self essential [Instrumental] [Verse 3] What if is fact, soul pre-exists Life does not start with body born Light did not spark week twenty four Journey began way back before conception [Repeat Chorus]
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Nature 03:44
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[Verse 1] Conditioned deep I made a plan Let go my hands - be free Old habits break Detoxicate Recalibrate my mind [Chorus] I'd wipe the slate I'd start again Tabula rasa Naked flame As day were born Such was my dream [Verse 2] I'd baggage shed I'd clear my head Transcend my prejudice I rise above Animal flesh Deny my self - suppress [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Yet here I stand Much as before My predisposed remains So seems to me Take birth this way Is DNA coded [Spoken word] DNA, not in the sense of cause, but as manifestation or expression of traits perpetuated from previous life cultivation. In this present life at least, it seems we have to now work with what we've got. Repression is not progressive, but if we don't like the way we are, we can of course cultivate habits in a new direction. Bhagavad-gita, chapter 3, verse 33 states 'Everyone follows their nature ... even a wise person acts according to their own nature' ... so there you have it.
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Approved 02:43
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[Verse 1] Remember dream, how real it seems You look at me - I'm worthy feel sure No trace of doubt - bow to the floor You run away but I recall today [Chorus] Know only dream, yet I believe Reality beyond the veil The way I felt I understand I am loved by you ... approved [Verse 2] Remember dream, memory saved I saw your face, familiar, known Doubt, not a trace, revealed to me You run away yet somehow you remain [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Remember dream, with me it stays Words for a song to celebrate you Hold in my soul, keep safe in heart You run away but in my mind retain [Repeat Chorus]
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Afterlife Now 04:05
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[Verse 1] When I was young I'd deny Old age ever for me But these days fate no longer hide Too many friends have died [Verse 2] Face it, our end is nigh One hundred years at best And that's if no untimely death Hard drive factory reset [Bridge] Yet something inside Convinced we survive My evidence - this life see afterlife [Chorus] Previous life, yes forget But keep faith some place yet will reminisce reconnect [Verse 3] No more pretend I'm immune From birth, death, disease, old age This bodily dress ragged worn Witnessed disintegration [Repeat Bridge] [Instrumental] If only I could remember, I'd track you down and let you know I survived ... wipe those tears away [Verse 4] To be or not to be question Mortal coil shuffle off To dream no more, dust to dust, gone It feels so real - final curtain [Repeat Bridge] [Repeat Chorus]
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If Only I Could Remember 02:40
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[Verse 1] Red eyed grave side Heart break finality Black cloth - no way back Is over - no escape [Verse 2] Convinced you must exist But who you are, my mind remiss My memory wiped clean Reboot, yet I believe [Chorus] If only somehow I Could remember who you are I'd try to track you down, say Hey, wipe now your tears away [Verse 3] Call from the other side My skin changed, but I survived My face mask unrecognised But know is me, see in my eyes [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Reach out from grave beyond Bone and flesh, but I am gone Whoever are, I love you yet Pray temporary my forget [Repeat Chorus]
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Home 03:13
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[Verse 1] The hour is late The day is night The path is road less travelled The stars are bright [Verse 2] The moon is high The sky is wide When morning dawns tomorrow My sun will shine [Chorus] Then/soon I will be home Adventure over And we will embrace And I will wake up Admit my mistake And celebrate us [Verse 3] My time is come Planets aligned Free choice is made - fate chosen Divine reclaimed [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] My body shed My death survived My ship awaits harbour safe To ferry me [Repeat Chorus]
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Circle 03:27
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[Verse 1] I was peering out my window Through my eyes I saw reflection framed Through my ears I heard an echo In my mind I tried to hide my pain Then I heard an old man talking Everyone is born to die he said Take another birth tomorrow Done and dust, but I am never dead [Chorus] Round and round and round in circle Up and down and to and fro all go [Verse 2] Fired my quest for deeper wisdom Contradiction dare to question ask Hope uncover hidden meaning From my armchair getting nowhere fast You're eternal soul with body Said this flesh is just an outer dress Get a handle on my problem More I know my certainty gets less [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] In my hunt for buried treasure In and out and high and low tide flows On my sofa isolated Really thought by now that I would know But my need for cosy answers Feeds my self-deception knows no bounds Hold out for a revelation Keeping faith is round my corner found [Repeat Chorus x2]
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Reprieved 03:51
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[Verse 1] I look to the sky HO2 in my eye I question the why I hear no reply [Verse 2] I bow to the ground I fall to the floor No answer is found I've been here before [Chorus] Why I take my birth? Why life on planet Earth? [Verse 3] I soak in my bath I pray I survive Today I'm alive Tomorrow the knife [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 4] I write them a note In case this my end 'I'm sorry' I wrote Hope see you again [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 5] I feared most of all Submission obliged For where is the love If choice is denied? [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 6] I'm back in my home Fire burning my note Now no need to read My exit reprieved

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released August 5, 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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