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[Verse 1]
Time to open my eyes
See who's seeing
Time to open my ears - listen wise
Who is hearing - receiving?
[Verse 2]
Time to open my mind
Who is thinking?
Time to unlock the door - turn the key
Who is feeling emotion?
[Chorus v1]
All my life turning stones for my soul
No matter explore high and low
Sometime worry I'll never know
[Spoken]
Wait, who do you think's doing the looking?
[Verse 3]
Time to drop your facade
Be who you are
No more divinity self deny
Time to come clean - who am I?
[Chorus v2]
All my life turning stones for my soul
No matter explore far and wide
Sometime worry I'll never find
[Spoken]
Wait, who do you think's doing the looking?
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus v1 and v2]
[Spoken]
Who do you think's doing the looking?
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2. |
Forgiver In The Rough
03:30
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[Verse 1]
Look like a victim against your will obliged
Feel like a victim powerless to resist fate
Speak like a victim, think like a victim now
Why do I hesitate situation embrace?
[Verse 2]
Seem like a victim against your will obliged
Cry like a victim powerless to resist fate
Talk like a victim, walk like a victim now
Why do I second guess - situation reject?
[Chorus]
My fear God abandon you
Whisper in my ear
Truth only you can know
Pacify troubled mind
Stand somehow here by choice
Aspiration served
Times even you forget ruse
Forgiver in the rough - you
[Verse 3]
Appear a victim against your will obliged
Beg like a victim powerless to resist fate
Blame like a victim, shame like a victim now
Why do I look for more - situation question?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental + spoken word]
Karma is it? Well, I prefer to hold out for a more positive explanation.
[Repeat Chorus]
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3. |
My Bad
04:18
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[Chorus]
So sorry, soul regret
Unconsciousness caused you pain accept
No excuses, I confess - my bad
[Verse 1]
Eyes closed, oblivious
Mind numb, unaware
Sincere though my desire
Contribute positive
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
My truth now ignorance
View point limited
Absorbed in something else
But I never meant you harm
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Pursue enlightenment
Transcend - make amends
If only for secure
Freedom from consequence
[Repeat Chorus]
[Outro - spoken word]
This is not about fear of consequence in terms of punishment or some sort of karmic reaction. This is about understanding that unconsciousness may cause some sort of suffering or harm to others ... our brothers and sisters ... to avoid that is reason enough to go for enlightenment.
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4. |
My Soul Explore
02:52
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[Verse 1]
Inquiry stage
The witness called
The question ask
The finger point
The guilty shamed
The judgement passed
[Chorus]
Why I choose deceive my self, believe my lie?
Time and time again reject my self divinity deny?
Ping ... denial some how serves facilitate my soul explore!
[Verse 2]
The damage done
The dots connect
Apportioned blame
The bridges burn
The lesson learn
Never again
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Aggressor lords
Later regrets
Redemption seeks
Victim accepts
Transgression forgives
Divine expression
[Repeat Chorus]
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5. |
Uttama Vision See
05:10
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[Chorus]
I want to understand God
I need to make my sense of
To get beyond religion
Uttama vision see
[Verse 1]
But I'm no saint sage
Servant of servant
No people pleaser
Ego freedom from ... yet
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
But I'm no yogi
Soul transcendental
Speculation mental
Radio rental ... yet
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
My heart polluted
Question my motive
Senses limited
Unsure what truth is ... yet
[Repeat Chorus to fade]
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6. |
You Are Welcome
03:12
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[Chorus v1]
My heart now healed, I forgive you
"You are welcome" - strange words confuse
Why not "Thank you"? - I don't understand
[Verse 1]
Life one: I recall how you broke my heart
Betrayed, ran away with the new boy
Destroyed happy family dream
Therapy life-long for our children
[Chorus v2]
But my heart now freed, I forgive you
"You are welcome" - strange words bemuse
Why not "Sorry"? - I don't understand
[Verse 2]
Life two: I recall how you dumped your stuff
Anything to avoid own your baggage
Shame, blame, defame, soul-control, enslave
Made me feel your shit is my fault, Dad
[Chorus v3]
But my heart now full, I forgive you
"You are welcome" - strange words confound
Why not "Regret"? - I don't understand
[Verse 3]
Last life: I recall how you stole my calf
In tea drank my milk
Then you murdered me for meat
[Spoken Word]
So much you desired to explore and experience forgiveness to the fullest possible extent that we realised a very dedicated adversary would be required. Someone with whom you could cross paths over several lives ... each time on the receiving end of one kind of abuse or another. we advertised high and low ... across the three planetary systems ... nothing! no-one! ... even Hitler passed on the role!
Finally I stepped forward ... they warned me I would forget our plan as I got into character ... but that was necessary so I could play the parts in a believable way ... I accepted (what was I thinking?!) ... just one proviso I negotiated .... that at the very end we would get to sit down together and the whole scheme would be revealed. So here we are, my dear friend, and now I think you know it all. What say you?
[Chorus v4]
Now my soul rejoice, I thank you
"You are welcome" - no more words confuse
"I love you" ... "We always loved you"
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7. |
No Fob Me Off
03:28
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[Chorus v1]
I wanna know what going on
No fob me off with right and wrong
Impose your truth as absolute
How much believe you have the proof
I need to find my own way
[Verse 1]
Life mystery I'm thinking
One always see with blinker
Dismiss nothing else matter
[Verse 2]
My mind reject is given
My heart accept is hidden
Yet want to understand you
[Chorus v2]
I wanna know what name of game
No fob me off with victim blame
Impose your truth as absolute
How much believe you have the proof
I need to make my own sense
[Verse 3]
My ego make my role play
My soul explore my sacred
Divine collaborate with
[Instrumental]
[Chorus v3]
I wanna know what plan of God
No for/against - no fob me off
Impose your truth as absolute
How much believe you have the proof
I need to walk my own path
[Verse 4]
No goal of life singular
No done and dust position
No should or must prescription
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8. |
After All I'm British
03:18
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[Verse 1]
I believe in my truth
I imagine is true
But I keep to myself
After all I'm British
[Verse 2]
I believe I'm human
I accept my limits
Navigate my foibles
After all I'm British
[Chorus v1]
If I sometime seem guarded
I can only apologise, please forgive
Is that old time politeness curse
It's as if obliged in my D.N.A.
[Verse 3]
I believe I'm sincere
Try to own my baggage
Never victim to blame
After all I'm British
[Chorus v2]
If I sometime seem humble
I can only apologise, please forgive
Is that old time politeness curse
It's as if obliged in my D.N.A.
[Instrumental + spoken word]
I say "hello"
You say "good morning"
I say "nice weather, what"
You say "s'a bit hot"
"one shouldn't complain" I say
"after you" You say
I say "no, after you"
You say "no, I insist"
You say "Thank you"
I say "sorry"
You say "sorry"
[Verse 4]
I refuse to submit
I refuse to impose
I agree to differ
After all I'm British
[Chorus v3]
If I sometime seem remiss
I can only apologise, please forgive
Is that old time politeness curse
It's as if obliged in my D.N.A.
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9. |
Fact Foundation
04:48
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[Verse 1]
Speak your words with confidence
Educated, well informed
Reasonable, logical
But never go back check your facts
[Verse 2]
Re-evaluate day one position
Debt-based economy serve everybody
What if misconception up from bottom line
Key axiom like original sin?
[Chorus v1]
Premise remote
Wherefrom forgotten
Resist rethink
Fact foundation - truth embrace
[Verse 3]
Re-evaluate day one assumption
Life begins after twenty four week question
What if misconception before conception
Key axiom like original sin?
[Chorus v2]
Premise remote
Wherefrom forgotten
Never protest
Fact foundation - truth embrace
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Re-evaluate day one leap of faith
Species evolve by random mutation
What if misconception time of discovery
Key axiom like original sin?
[Verse 5]
Re-evaluate day one conjecture
Before big only bang black hole exists
What if misconception before beginning
Key axiom like original sin?
[Chorus v3]
Premise remote
Wherefrom forgotten
Leave unchallenged
Fact foundation - truth embrace
[Verse 1 - repeat 1st half]
Speak your words with confidence
Educated, well informed
[Outro - Spoken word]
Everything flows out from the starting truth, the fact foundation. Better make sure it's actually true then. Otherwise, no matter how educated and rational the following talk may seem, it all simply becomes variety of nonsense.
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10. |
Hand Of God
03:09
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[Verse 1]
Hand of God bewilders me
But let me not mistrust
Walk away, preach God is dead
Confusion in my head
[Verse 2]
Hand of God no understand
But let me not lose faith
Confidence in positive
No matter hour grows late
[Chorus]
Oh hand of God defy the odds, reveal yourself in my eyes
I hope and pray will come the day appreciate one love
[Verse 3]
Hand of God no comprehend
Yet let me not dismay
Is by design return again
My song remains the same
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Hand of God - no question ask
No test to pass prescribe
Right or wrong, no judgement pass
You always on my side
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11. |
Until The Next Time
02:57
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[Chorus]
I betrayed myself today
Let my mind get in my way
Won't be doing this again
At least until the next time - no way
[Verse 1]
Sang another's song
But it was not me - I faked it
I sang out of tune
I was out of time with my soul
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
I believed a lie
Absolute was truth (excuses)
Compromised my I
I deceived myself and others
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
I forgot myself
Really lost my way - I know it
Turned my back on you
And the cock crowed thrice I heard it
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
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12. |
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[Verse 1]
What if my unborn child's already a person
Is perfect, aware, complete long before conception?
What if, what if?
[Verse 2]
What if her body seed is not her beginning
Birth viability misnomer for living (right to life)
What if, what if?
[Chorus v1]
So what I am victim? My mother told me
Two wrongs don't make a right
OK, may be misinformed, confused by social norm
Still two wrong make no right
[Verse 3]
What if she loves me now, what if she chose me?
Question my certainty is truth you get one life only
What if, what if?
[Repeat Chorus v1]
[Instrumental + spoken word]
Are you a parasite, or is it more you're dependent upon me?
It's my body, yes, but does that mean I own you? You are somehow my property?
After all MY mum doesn't own ME ... or my body. I love you mum!
[Verse 4]
What if we two belong, souls sacred connected
Together again return, no random selected?
What if, what if?
[Chorus v2]
So what I am victim? My mummy told me
Two wrongs don't make no right
OK, may be misinformed, confused by social norm
Still two wrong make no right
[Spoken]
Hello - hello
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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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