1. |
Shine Your Light
03:52
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[Chorus]
Throw me a bone, show me a sign
Give me a clue what's going on, I want to know
Shine your light, dispel my doubt
Illuminate my darkest night bewilderment
[Verse 1]
Every path discover contradictions
Every step uncover misconceptions
My progress hampered by misdirection
My success sullied by disillusion
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Honesty reveals unanswered questions
Certainty exposes self deception
Absolute invalidates personal
Point of view promotes appreciation
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Every win at cost of someone loser
Every up on head of somebody down
Every con at price of someone victim
Every fact on back of prejudition
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Part of you - yet I appear imperfect
Fallen soul - yet I remain untainted
Karma bound - as if I'm obligated
You in charge - so how come bad things happen?
[Repeat Chorus]
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2. |
Where's My ABC?
03:08
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[Verse 1]
Got my holy books
Got authority
Judge mental speculator
Dare you disagree
[Verse 2]
Got religious faith
Got belief in God
But unbeliever berate
Where's my ABC?
[Chorus]
Spiritual ABC
See brother / sister
Everyone family
Loved by God regardless
[Verse 3]
In the name of God
Realisation deep
But see other species as less
Where's my ABC?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Got parampara
Sampradaya embraced
But other schools dismiss 'upa'
Where's my ABC?
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Got unflinching faith
Got my certainty
But doubters excommunicate
Where's my ABC?
[Repeat Chorus]
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3. |
Feel You Don't Belong
02:34
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[Verse 1]
Day is winding down
You're from out of town
Just need a place to stay
Soon you'll be on your way
[Verse 2]
People come and go
Who they are you don't know
All seem to pass you by
Heading for other lives
[Chorus]
You feel you don't belong
Nobody sees you
You feel there's something wrong
Nobody needs you
[Verse 3]
Life is racing by
You see it all the time
But you don't get the point
Why they all run so fast
[Verse 4]
Night is closing in
Bolt up all the doors
Turn off all the lights
Hiding scared in the dark
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 5]
Ride out in the dark
Far away a dog barks
Leave that town behind
You don't need that life
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4. |
Nevertheless
03:09
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[Chorus]
May never mind-understand
Why so important to some
May never know the what-it-is that makes them tick
Yet determined I celebrate
Divinity explored / expressed
Nevertheless
[Verse 1]
OK, is clear is not for me
Prefer my simple country life
Big city? Home I'd rather be
Posh hotel? King-size restless night
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
OK, is not my cup of tea
Prefer my humble fantasy
Brand lifestyle? I cannot buy in
Deception - never get beyond
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
OK, to my mind unworthy
But contextual to the path I walk
Subjective to my point of view
Anyway, their life goals never mine to choose
[Repeat Chorus]
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5. |
Questions
03:53
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[Verse 1]
It seems you require of us
Blind leap of faith jump
Trust in unknown, fact unchallenged
Mind ignore contradictions apparent
[Chorus]
Unanswered questions in my head incessant flowing
Must I await until I'm dead before I'm knowing?
[Verse 2]
For seems you demand of us
Absolute submission
Us and them divide division
Spiritual A.B.C. truth abandon
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Believe designed this way
Confusion somehow serves
How? Don't ask me how - I can't say
But hold out will understand plan one day soon pray
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
It seems you oblige of us
Ego selfish surrender
Extinguish spark of splendour
As if divinity of jiva denied
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6. |
Damned If You Do
03:17
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[Verse 1]
If you intervene you're breaking
If you leave alone forsaking
[Verse 2]
If you speak the truth you're lying
If you live a life you're dying
[Chorus]
Oh you are damned if you do
Oh you are damned if you don't do
[Verse 3]
And if you laugh you're crying
If you where a frown you're smiling
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
And if you hide you're running
And if you go you're coming
[Repeat Chorus]
[Outro]
But if you love you're living
Even when you lose you're winning
You're living
Forgiving
You're growing
You're flowing
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7. |
Truth Believable
03:04
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[Chorus v1]
Truth believable
Although some say may not be true
You embrace given-faith serves you always
[Verse 1]
Law of karma carved in stone
Right and wrong prescribed by God
Good and bad - fixed absolutes
Heart resonates - makes sense find your
[Chorus v2]
Truth believable
Although some argue can't be true
You embrace given-faith serves you always
[Verse 2]
Not a single blade of grass
Moves without sanction of God
But at same time God removed
From suffering somehow find your
[Chorus v3]
Truth believable
Although some preach no way is true
Still embrace given-faith serves you always
[Verse 3]
Stepping stones on journey long
Destination far away
Life mission facilitates
At least today embrace believe true
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Yesterday consumed by fear
Action reaction afraid
Cultivated walk the
Straight and narrow path habit, found your
[Chorus v4]
Truth believable
Although now say no longer true
Still embrace given-faith serves you always
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8. |
Know You Are Out There
03:29
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[Chorus]
I don't know how
But I know you are out there
And some day I will find you again
I can't say when
I can't say where - the place
Still faith keep firm I will one day
[Verse 1]
I walked a way
I turned my back on you
Covered my eyes, denied relationship
You don't exist, I lied
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
I lost my I
I was ego confused
Almost forgot, but my unconscious mind
Always remembered you
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I sense your smile
As you prepare the stage
Fly on my wall witness / conditioned soul
Covered all points of view
[Repeat Chorus]
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9. |
Covided
04:00
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[Verse 1]
Even though I know for benefit of other
Reaching for my mask as if for own protection
Something in my brain illogical dysfunctions
Believe what I want to - rational regardless
Don my paper mask - security blanket cling on to
Self deny my reason - cosy self deception
[Chorus]
Find believable lie I tell to my mind is fact absolute
Fear statistical proof of opposite truth
Make reality real - exclude evidence if flies in my face
[Verse 2]
Even though I know for benefit of own health (maybe)
Somehow think other protected by my two jabs
Even evidence admits may still spread COVID
Believe what I want to - rational regardless
Demonise those anti vaxers jeopardise my progress
Stick my vaccination passport up their noses
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Even though I know for benefit of no one
Us and them divide as if there's only right-wrong
Contra points of view all crazy - ridicule them
Believe what I want to - rational regardless
Friend or enemy, for or against - embrace new normal
Yesterday forget my certainty rejected
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken Word]
You'd think we'd realise none of these things are really black and white. They're all shades of grey, subjective points of view. Certainty in personal perception may be cosy, but honestly, can any of us claim we have the God's-eye-view on any of these things?
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10. |
Look Into Their Eyes
04:47
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[Verse 1]
Every stone we turn
We hope to find the clue
Every lesson learned
We hope touch the truth
[Verse 2]
Every time we fail
We try to see some good
Heaven or in hell
Believe in Robin Hood
[Bridge v1]
Look into their eyes
You know there's someone there
Wearing a disguise
A furry friend
[Verse 3]
Every drop of rain
So we may quench our thirst
Every grain of sand
We find a universe
[Bridge v2]
Look into their eyes
You know there's someone there
Wearing a disguise
A feathered friend
[Chorus]
Is it so hard to comprehend
That we are all the same inside,
And this body's just a dress
For the soul within the flesh?
[Verse 4]
Every life they take
They like to hide away
Every blooded plate
Disguise as civilised
[Bridge v3]
Look into their eyes
You know there's someone there
Wearing a disguise
An ocean friend
[Instrumental]
[Bridge v4]
Look into their eyes
You know there's someone there
Wearing a disguise
A human friend
[Repeat Chorus]
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11. |
Progress Going Backwards
02:33
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[Chorus]
I was searching for the reason
Explanation believable
Something simple, intuitive
User-friendly - easy
[Verse 1]
All I find is headless chickens
Around and round in circles
Every answer - ask more questions
Progress going backwards
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
All I find is self deception
My given - wishful thinking
Destination - misdirection
Progress going backwards
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
All I find is broken record
My problem perpetuated
Situations self-created
Progress going backwards
[Repeat Chorus x 2]
[Verse 4]
All I find is nothing certain
Subjective is my view point
My confusion - good for nothing
Progress going backwards
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12. |
Sacred
02:28
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[Chorus]
Celebrate for God soul relationship sacred
Project management, object regardless, divine
[Verse 1]
Be it dark or light
Be it high or low
Be it wrong or right
Or unconscious / conscious by design
[Verse 2]
Be it black or white
Be it shade of grey
Be it day or night or dusk
Be it straight or gay, or bi
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Be it atheist
Be it believer
Be it agnostic (honest)
Or pretender to your cause
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Be it human being
Be it animal
Be it vegetable or worm
Be it alien life form
[Repeat Chorus x2]
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13. |
Prejudice
03:01
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[Chorus]
Alight my fire, fan my flame
Feed my mind - perpetuate
My finger-point, attribute blame
Escape my goat 'prejudice'
[Verse 1]
A childhood truth - a sponge absorbed
Normality conditioned
An us and them - for or against
Enemy/friend divisioned
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
A conclusion already reached
Reality decided
Vocabulary prior agreed
The good and bad divided
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Suspicious eyes see everywhere
Conspiracy against us
Filter evidence - cement, entrench
Facilitate cultivate
[Spoken Word]
Can any of us really get free from prejudice? We certainly can't trust TV news stations, newspapers, youtube and the like. They're not about provision of unbiased fact. They're all about ratings, sales or keeping us online for advertising purposes ... piggy-backing our loves and our hates, without consideration for polarisation of prejudice.
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14. |
Another Birth
03:17
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[Verse 1]
I looked to the East
For why explanation
My meaning of life answers
The why take this birth
My reincarnation
The reason we walk this Earth
[Chorus]
Something divine explore
Divinity express
Or born again karma-obliged
To settle my debts?
[Verse 2]
I look to my heart
My one and difference from
Divinity fundamental
A part serves the whole
Unconscious regardless
Collaboration sacred always
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I look to the sky
I contribute my confusion
I hope it some how serves the mission
Hold out that one day soon
Will understand the big picture
Be patient in the meantime I pray
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken]
Can it be both? They do seem a bit contradictory.
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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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