1. |
Reasonable Today
02:25
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[Verse 1]
My sense of obvious
My given carved in stone
Ideas ridiculous
Maybe I'm not alone
Or maybe just for me
Subjective point of view admit
[Verse 2]
My us and them judgement
My worthy unworthy
My for against divide
My prejudice denied
But maybe just for me
Subjective point of view admit
[Chorus]
Honest, what I can say?
Mine maybe not your truth
Yet resonates for me
Find reasonable today
[Verse 3]
My goal of life defined
My reason take my birth
Ego identified
Earth centre universe
But maybe just for me
Subjective point of view admit
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
My one plus one is one
Divinity reclaimed
My contradictions faced
My certainty embraced
But maybe just for me
Subjective point of view admit
[Repeat Chorus]
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2. |
Belief vs Knowing
03:24
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[Chorus]
People say they know stuff
But you insist is belief
Confused with revelation
Self deceiving
[Verse 1]
They act as if they know
Presumption to their will impose
Educate those misinformed
They talk as if they know
Truth is all wrapped up, owned
Counter points of view unwelcome
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
They preach as if they know
Forgotten leap of faith taken
Demonise who won't submit
Prescribe as if they know
As if they represent God
As if they see the God's eye view
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
They speak as if they know
Surround themselves with sycophants
All who disagree are enemy
They fight as if they know
Perpetuate their cosy
Regardless truth reality
[Repeat Chorus x 2]
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3. |
Divinity Thing
02:53
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[Chorus]
Everything you touch - being infuse
In everything create - person imbue
In all you manifest you self-project
Yet you stand apart, undiminished/complete ... it's a divinity thing
[Verse 1]
Just like God you bring to life
Just like God you beautify
Just like God sunshine your light on
Just like God you walk away from
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Just like God you don disguise
Just like God half close your eyes
Just like God you role-play engage
Just like God you make believe/stage ... I wonder who you are
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Just like God you self-express
Just like God you self-explore
Just like God whatever serves you
Embrace as truth facilitates you ... I wonder who you are
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Just like God in all create
Palpable presence remains
Just like God one yet different from
Just like God beggars the question ... who are you?
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4. |
If I/We Were God
03:51
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[Verse 1]
Argue, but admit might be mistaken in your mind
Struggle somehow serves us - explanation none provide
Believe that this must be if divinity survives
Notion of a fallen soul incompatible find
[Verse 2]
Bang on like a broken record, on and on you go
Argue that this must be perfect - goal misunderstood
Make case for creative thinking objective rethink
Convinced life a sacred role play self divine explored
[Chorus v1]
Answer my question - satisfy me
If I were god say where's my power
How come obliged against my will?
[Verse 3]
Conviction in spite all evidence to contrary
This world, everything within it, must be without fault
Perfect, because God-from emanation divine too
God-like, everyone included, even me and you
[Chorus v2]
Answer my question - satisfy me
If we were god say where's our power
How come obliged against our will?
[Verse 4]
Reverse argue life stage set finale yet to play
Defeat - preparation for victory sweeter taste
Absence - separation causing heart ache fonder grow
Abuse - necessary evil - sinner to forgive
[Instrumental]
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5. |
Divine Design?
03:09
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[Spoken word]
If I accept that God exists and God is perfect, is it not then reasonable to conclude that everything that comes from God must also be perfect? Us and this world included?
[Verse 1]
Than what, then what of old age
And what of disease
Of physical pain
And what of memory loss
Of energy fade
Of bodily death?
[Chorus]
Search how is it perfect
Guess what is its purpose
What is objective
Divine design for?
[Verse 2]
Then what, then what about flesh
The killing to eat
The blood on the plate
And what, and what of abuse
Of twenty four weeks
Of murder and rape?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Then what of bewilderment
Confusion of mind
Beginning and end
And what of for and against
Of species divide
Of enemy / friend?
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken word]
Is it possible that my perception of imperfection ... be it of samsara, the cycle of birth death old age disease, to extreme things like abuse, rape, and even murder ... is caused by mistaken understanding of objective? But what on Earth could that possibly be?
[Repeat Chorus x2]
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6. |
Don't Forget To Own It
02:29
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[Verse 1]
Presumption of preacher
Ego to impose belief
Self appointed leader
Arrogant humility
By hook or crook they save you
Judge mundane morality
If stands in way of
[Verse 2]
Presumption of daughter
My body my right to choose
Ownership is given
Life and death now up to you
Legalise abortion
No more tell you what to do
Femme liberation
[Chorus]
Don't forget to own it
Obligation personal
Point of view subjective
Comprehension confidence/certainty/absolute
Presumptuous
[Verse 3]
Presumption of monarch
God ordained authority
Right to rule divine will
Empire build in name of God
Populace exploited
Protection neglected
For or 'gainst divided
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Presumption of species
Human being dominion
Two or four leg divide
Top of food chain by design
Nothing wrong with meat eat
For animals possess no soul
Do you believe that?
[Repeat Chorus]
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7. |
Why?
03:00
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[Verse 1]
Why evaluate
Choices you make
Against my goals
As if were yours?
[Verse 2]
Why, why elevate
My life objective
To pedestal
Of absolute?
[Chorus]
As if I know better than you
That my make believe more true
Tell me why
[Verse 3]
If not for me
Is unworthy
A fantasy
A waste of time?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Why I judgement pass
Pastime dismiss
God limited
Inside my mind
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Why not celebrate
Appreciate
Facet divine
Expressed/explored ... as if
[Repeat Chorus to Fade]
I know better than you
That my make believe more true
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8. |
Dream
03:20
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[Chorus]
You live the dream, dream the life
Live the dream a dream life
Live the dream, dream the life
Live the dream a dream life
[Verse 1]
Yours maybe proud or maybe humble
It maybe deep, it maybe shallow
[Verse 2]
It maybe loud, it maybe public
It maybe quiet, it maybe private
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Yours maybe rich - materialistic
Or maybe poor struggled existence
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Yours maybe sad you maybe depressed
You maybe glad to count your blessings
[Repeat Chorus to Fade]
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9. |
Would They Be Harmful
03:17
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[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be doubt promoter
Let them misconstrue, dub me crazy
Brush off, scheme against, denigrate me
Don't wanna be doubt promoter
[Verse 2]
Don't wanna be faith destroyer
Let them ridicule, slander, character
Assassinate, demonise me
Don't wanna be faith destroyer
[Chorus]
Aspire to be a spiritual positive
To whom I meet, view point regardless
Protect from my words would they be harmful to
Whoever needs it, whenever you determine
[Verse 3]
Don't wanna be bewilderer
Let them vilify, judge me harshly
Disassociate, Coventry me
Don't wanna be bewilderer
[Repeat Chorus]
[Breakdown/Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Don't wanna be soul misleader
Let them finger point 'speculator'
Excommunicate, exclude, unfriend
Don't wanna be soul misleader
[Repeat Chorus]
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10. |
Early Daze Revisited
02:31
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11. |
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[Verse 1]
And if I walk the road with you
Let us agree right from the start
That neither one is tying down
Even if we choose to fall in love
[Verse 2]
And if I share my path with you
Then let us try to stand apart
As we are one but not the same
Though we may overlap at times
[Chorus]
And as we journey side by side
I feel I almost know you
And I begin to realise /
Perfection in these moments
[Verse 3]
So as I give my life to you
And offer sacrifice for you
Please know I live my life for me
As this becomes the life I choose
[Repeat Chorus]
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12. |
Not So Cosy
03:54
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[Verse 1]
Before dive in
Better think twice
Will you pay the price
Forgo certainty?
Before bridge burn
Better be warned
A lonely road
With no turning back
[Chorus]
Okay, maybe reality faced
Integrity is maybe reclaimed
But caution must
It's not so cosy
Believe me
[Verse 2]
Before unplug
Swallow red pill
Consider this
No more confidence
Nothing given
Nothing is known
Just truth believable
But possibly wrong
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Before proceed
Better be sure
For no undo
Once open the door
Reality
Pulled out the rug
Never again
Authority trust
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Verse 1]
[Spoken word]
Of course you can always petition to be plugged back into the matrix ... to consciously opt for illusion over reality, but that represents failure and defeat ... better therefore to long it out, and hope for eventual break through to the other side. In the meantime, like I say, it's not so cosy out here. Don't come. I wouldn't come if I was you.
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13. |
All Worth While
03:33
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[Verse 1]
This maybe my last book
I've always said I'd stop
Simply fall silent
When nothing left to say
No writer block pain
I'd simply walk away
Into the night
Least I said I would
[Verse 2]
This maybe my last song
I've always said I won't go on
If nothing's flowing
If inspiration gone
Would not resist it
But I'd accept I'm done
I'd take my bow
Least I said I would
[Chorus]
Was I successful,
My mission realised?
My contribution,
I hope it made you smile,
Was all worth while
[Verse 3]
This maybe my last stand
I've always said the time will come
I'd lay my gloves down
Embrace my enemy
I'd navigate defeat
I'd move on gracefully
Never regret
Least I said I would
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
This maybe my last breath
I always said I accept
Temporary nature
Of life on Earth - birth and death
Was not a problem
For never lost my self divinity
Least I said I would
[Repeat Chorus]
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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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