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Ruse Is Rumbled

by Songs Of Dave

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Just Say The Word 02:46
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[Chorus] Anytime you wanna wake up just say the word Delusion of the soul had enough Anytime decide illusion no longer serves Remember who you were all along [Verse 1] Country of birth identify with family kin By biology say who am I by colour of skin [Verse 2] Species of life, by body born, by number of legs By vehicle I drive, outer dress worn myself I forget [Chorus] [Verse 3] Collar colour says who am I - a cog in machine With orientation appetite I pigeon hole me [Instrumental] [Verse 4] My meaning of life believable, my trusted givens My why I am here question answered, my done and dusted [Chorus x2]
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Divinity Lost? 02:17
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[Verse 1] Talk self realisation Say God part and parcel See oneness and difference [Verse 2] Yet soul separated Claim no longer sacred Independence misused preach [Chorus] Divinity self deny As if own does not taking birth survive As if soul must reapply [Verse 3] In play of redemption Consider self fallen Identify envious [Verse 4] Say divine is forfeit By consciousness covered Divinity extinguished [Instrumental] [Chorus] [Verse 5] No everyone family Beloved God's children My spiritual ABC
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All At Sea 03:49
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[Verse 1] Evidence There's no escape I'm forced to face - reassess Prejudice Embedded deep Superimposed admit [Chorus] I'm all at sea (uncertainty) My simplicity (myself deceive) Of absolute truth (my make believe) Evaporates before eyes (my who am I?) [Verse 2] Can of worms Judge hallowed words Or point of view personal Social norms Childhood absorbed Subjective truth decide [Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] No escape Responsible My leap of faith mine to jump Why I'm here? My question press I'm fallen soul reject [Chorus]
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Positive Your Purpose 02:46
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[Verse 1] Took my birth on planet earth In human being species this time But no idea the reason I'm here Seems I'm made to want to know To understand the who am I Objective one many become why? [Chorus] I'm convinced is positive your purpose Divinity yet expressed at every moment [Verse 2] Fallen soul does not explain At least for me no one to blame There's no mistake, nobody banished Everyone divine explore Exactly what created for Two-bird-on-tree collaboration [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Goal of life misunderstood As if prescribed one must and should As if required to learn some lesson Samsara as punishment Reaction-karmic bad and good Forget about the one and difference ... but [Repeat Chorus x2]
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Pea Soup 02:56
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[Chorus] In name of fact proven Pea soup my mind In name of truth/given Blinker my eyes [Verse 1] One fool to trust Authorities Their spoken words respect worthy A fantasy [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] As science known Religious faith Predisposed both, neither escape Subjective taint [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Own prejudice Conditioned lies Caution myself eager embrace How much is wise? [Instrumental] [Verse 4] You've seen too much Cannot believe You've had enough kali yuga Hypocrisy [Repeat Chorus]
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Because Of Who 02:46
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[Chorus v1] It must be perfect It must be beautiful It must be full of wonder Because of what it comes from Because of where it comes from Because of who it comes from [Verse 1] Even opposite seems Place of darkness is Everybody food chain Struggles to exist Meal for someone else Still I choose believe this: It must be perfect [Chorus v2] You must be perfect You must be beautiful You must be full of wonder Because of what you come from Because of where you come from Because of who you come from [Verse 2] Even opposite seems Lips which lie to me Trust for exploitation Mind manipulate Done and dust betray Still I choose believe this: You must be perfect [Instrumental] [Chorus v3] I must be perfect I must be beautiful I must be full of wonder Because of what I come from Because of where I come from Because of who I come from [Verse 3] Even opposite seems Will to selfish serve Taste for ignorance bliss Prone to prejudice Wont to judgement pass Still I choose believe this: I must be perfect [Spoken] I apologise if your religion tells you something different.
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Truism False 03:14
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[Verse 1] Nobody is perfect One life only you get No one come back from death Drip feed truism-false [Verse 2] Dead and gone when you die Death nobody survives After life is a lie Drip feed truism-false [Verse 3] Human evolved from ape DN-A-BCD Genes must perpetuate Drip feed truism-false [Chorus] Conspire to wear me down Believe won't notice But see you all around Your ruse is rumbled (ruse is rumbled) [Verse 4] Communism is bad Capitalism good Propaganda is theirs Drip feed truism-false [Verse 5] Right and wrong black and white Choice is darkness or light Should already prescribed Drip feed truism-false [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 6] One religion the best Life is some sort of test Soul is something possessed Drip feed truism-false [Verse 7] Birth means envy of God Death is wages of sin Karma - Newton's third law Drip feed truism-false [Repeat Chorus]
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Differently Focused 02:22
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[Chorus] I'm differently focused And otherwise emphasised But not necessarily Am I saying I don't agree [Verse 1] Just prefer to see light Rather than darkness Prefer positive Rather than negative [Verse 2] Prefer to find good Rather than evil Prefer see God plan Rather than devil hand [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Just prefer see sacred Rather than envy A spark of splendour Rather than fallen soul [Verse 4] Prefer to forgive Rather than revenge Prefer to believe All make sense in the end [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 5] Just prefer now live life Rather than pass by Hold out for unknown After my body dies
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I Judge You Judge Me 03:12
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[Chorus v1] I judge-you-judge me You judge me, I judge you You judge me, I judge you I judge you, you judge me [Verse 1] Measure my important by your worthy Against your own boxes you tick As if believe your poison fix On everybody's wish list [Chorus v2] You judge me, I judge you I judge you, you judge me I judge-you-judge me You judge me, I judge you [Verse 2] Measure your choices make Evaluate against my own aspirations As if life goal not personal Were universal prescribed [Chorus v1] [Verse 3] Measure my conviction, my leap of faith Against religious dogma yours As if my own brimstone and fire In name of God sword impose [Chorus v2] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Measure your lifestyle choice Against my own desirable As if we share a fantasy, same make believe Were meaningful to us both
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Spiritual Loneliness 03:22
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[Verse 1] I stand alone although believe you're with me Out on my own although I feel you follow Yet hidden from my eyes [Verse 2] I see your hand - deny imagination God's plan believe - reject is wishful thinking Blinkered eyes, conviction [Chorus] So how now soul feels all alone? Fact seems to me contradictory Shallow is faith, doubtful is mind Otherwise why I'm isolated? [Verse 3] Maintain my faith - what resonates embrace it Bang on about you all the time - positive Wear friends down, do heads in [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 4] My ABC is all created perfect Dismiss ideas inconsistent with premiss Everything, even us [Instrumental] [Verse 5] In every wonder spy your spark of splendour Believe divinity expressed and explored Magical, beautiful [Repeat Chorus]
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Why Are We? 02:13
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[Chorus] Question ask why I'm here, who am I? Who are you, why are we satisfy [Verse 1] Fallen soul believe Self identify God rebellious Karma compromised Banished here - guilty Sinner through and through Only self to blame Naughty boy explain Here for punishment Rectification Preach as truth do you? [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Karma bandhana Rebirth samsara Reincarnation Soul transmigration Up and down species Action reaction Fruitive attachment Debt entanglement Explanation is Satisfactory Obvious is it? [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Divine expression Spark of splendour is Contribution to God completeness is Individual one One and different from Simultaneous Inconceivable Conscious unconscious Collaboration Always positive ... it's a bit far fetched! [Repeat Chorus]
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Although I Am One 03:28
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[Spoken Verse 1] Place of banishment or land of dreams Fallen soul or player of role plays Envious of God or chip of the old block Which opinion identify as yours? [Sung Chorus] Many become Ekoham bahuśyāma Although I am one (and one remain) I many become (why?) [Spoken Verse 2] Place of misery or stage for adventure Sinful activity or sacred inventor Misused independence or spark of the splendour Whose point of view decide today embrace? [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken Verse 3] God imitation or divine exploration God opposition or soul collaboration Action reaction or fruit cultivation Which understanding resonates today? [Repeat Chorus] [Spoken Verse 4] Divinity forfeit or divine expression Consciousness covered awareness forgotten Squandered existence or relation perfection Which explanation makes sense to you? [Repeat Chorus]

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released January 7, 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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