1. |
This Is Big
02:52
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[Chorus]
This is big: Divine Design
Players cast from cosmic pool
As souls aspire experience / explore
So brought together here by providence
This is big!
[Verse 1]
My parents desired to shower love in their own special way
I wanted to bathe in precisely their type of love
[Verse 2]
What my soulmate wanted I cannot say
But I desired to support, stand by and give my heart fully
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
My followers desired a seer to mirror and crystalise what they knew already
I wanted to believe I have something of value to offer
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
This is big, too big for my mind, that every exchange be by design, every surprise perfectly arranged to facilitate each soul's chosen adventure. Reverses - considered preparation for acts yet to play on the cosmic stage. This is big, bigger than the Beatles ... maybe it's even too big for God ;)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
My abuser desired to lord it over a punk like me, later to seek redemption
I desired take the journey to forgiveness
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2. |
Nobody Is Perfect?
03:04
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[Verse 1]
Establish context
Define what objective is
Divine to explore / express
Decision is yours
What want to achieve this time
Desire to experience
[Chorus]
May people point finger
May people see blinkered say
Nobody is perfect, not you
[Verse 2]
The concept is clear
Is part of a grand design
The destiny you prescribe
The now comprehend
As point on a journey long
The step before next to come
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental + Spoken Word]
What we're really after in life may not even be clear to us, what to speak of the aspirations of others. Why then are we so ready to conclude that nobody is perfect? What are we measuring against to decide they are not perfectly situated right now?
[Verse 3]
Soul mission recall
Remember a master plan
Then only today make sense
Know nobody else
Can measure success for you
Or understand best path choose
[Repeat Chorus]
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[Chorus]
Why we here predetermined by someone else
Goal of life for human birth believe prescribed
Sets the stage for judgement pass who squander chance
But what if truth is up to us how divine express - there is no test?
[Verse 1]
Read your books - embrace a point of view - someone else's attempt to make their own sense
That's okay - you take your leap of faith, but why now you preach as if is absolute truth?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Now you know, so you believe / deceive - find evidence - enough convince you faith is fact
That's okay - for you it resonates, but why assume is only one way for all?
[Chorus to Fade]
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4. |
Come On God!
01:54
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[Verse 1]
You want to cheat me
I want to see through
You want to lie to me
I want to hear truth
[Verse 2]
You want to blame me
I want you forgive
You want to hate me
I want you let live
[Chorus]
Call on my divine and I say no
You call on your divine and you say yes
Neither oblige, neither oppress
Both divinity express
Sacred adventure manifest
Now where solution? ... come on God!
[Verse 3]
You want abuse me
I want to be strong
You want to kill me
I want to live long
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
You want to use me
I want to refuse
You want to impose
I want to say no
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
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5. |
In Everybody's Heart
02:51
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[Verse 1]
I saw your face in strangest place
Yes, I am sure was really you
[Verse 2]
Mind confuse - there goes my truth
For so long convinced I knew
[Chorus]
Force me rethink day and night
Cosy separate dark
No more simple wrong or right
You in everybody's heart
[Verse 3]
Saw your beauty, felt your grace
In distant land, by different name
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
I spy your smile in darkest place
Always approve, no side against
[Repeat Chorus]
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[Verse 1]
Fallen soul, where begin?
Born of original sin?
Banished here, fall from grace?
Curse to wander, no escape?
[Verse 2]
Fallen soul, sinful black
Cast asunder, no way back
Hope and pray saviour save
A point of view entitled to - cannot embrace
[Chorus]
Oh child of God - beloved of - divine remain
Is now your time remember who you are reclaim (?/!)
Recall divinity is yours, was never lost, only denied - forgotten
[Verse 3]
Fallen soul, cruel lie
Envious identify
Unworthy - paralysed
A point of view entitled to - cannot subscribe
[Repeat Chorus]
[Middle 8]
Fallen soul, no more pretend
Believe in you, you have the power
Up to you decide direction
Choice is yours, always perfection
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
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[Chorus]
Fear stands at crossroads
Unclear path now choose
Make choice selection hesitation
Confusion
[Verse 1]
Pray for sign divine
Light your way to go
Defer where to to somebody else
Surrender independence
[Verse 2]
Pray for hand of God
Lead you by the hand
Imagine plan already in place
Divine design adventure ... but
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Freedom weighs heavy burden
If no wrong / right prescribed
How explore divinity - yours
Prefer other decide this
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
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8. |
God Knows I've Tried
02:49
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[Chorus]
God knows I've tried
Replace my truth
Embrace their lie
God knows I've tried
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 1]
Tried believe find happiness
Only in something possessed
Only when other impressed
Possessions more - higher I score
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Tried believe society
Best understood as business
G.D.P as litmus test
Economic growth defines success
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Tried believe my body me
I and mine identity
Consider home my land of birth
Where 'er I roam, my universe
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Tried believe my life succeeds
Only when I live their dream
Goal of life for me prescribed
Believe their lie, God knows I tried
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[Chorus]
Believe your hand in every act, on every life play stage
In every dance, in every step, in every circumstance
Believe in you through dark and light, in black and white and grey
Every birth born and outer dress worn, species of life disguise
[Verse 1]
I saw your smile on someone's face, no way to hide it
I saw your sparkle in their eyes, no point deny this
[Verse 2]
I heard your voice in someone's words, I recognised it
I felt your love in someone's arms, I realised this
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I saw your strength in someone's faith, appreciate this
I saw your beauty in their heart, I celebrate this
[Repeat Chorus]
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10. |
Matter
03:05
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[Verse 1]
Matter what you want
Matter what you know
Matter where wander
Matter where high or low
Your decision what's important 's up to you
[Verse 2]
Matter bucket list
Matter boxes tick
Matter heart's desire
Matter lights your fire
Your decision what's important 's up to you
[Chorus]
Salute you on the road
Where you head now no one knows
But I believe you've always plan
Even mind no understand
[Verse 3]
Matter dark or light
Matter wrong or right
Matter dumb or wise
Matter opened eyes
Your decision what's important 's up to you
[Repeat Chorus]
... I know who you are!
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Matter where explore
Matter what express
Matter more or less
Matter less or more
Your decision what's important 's up to you
[Repeat Chorus to fade]
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11. |
Naked You
02:54
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[Verse 1]
Stop think again this not what seems
Question certain review belief
Draw back curtain welcome the light
window open, open your eyes
[Verse 2]
Pierce blinker worn conditioning
Curse social norm from birth absorbed
Peer prejudice, parental baggage
Stop ask yourself what lies beyond?
[Chorus]
How much survives, much is lost
Original naked you?
[Verse 3]
Stop in your tacks, collect your thoughts
Scratch, start again, assess the facts
Know nobody knows, especially you
Why still pretend? My mind confused
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Breakdown + spoken word]
Stop think again - is not what seems ... peel back those layers of thought, opinion, fact, baggage, truth, lie, normality, morality ... try find the naked you!
[Repeat Chorus]
[Ending]
Stop think again - this not what seems
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12. |
Say Civilise
05:26
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[Verse 1]
Say educate, liberate from ignorance
Feign smile on face, truth disguise, eyes on prize
[Verse 2]
Say emancipate, set them free, democracy
But plain, plain to see, always end serving me
[Chorus]
Raise, raise your flag
Stake, stake your claim
Claim in the name of civilise
(don't forget about the gold!)
[Verse 3]
Say empower, agenda monetise
Manipulate heart and mind, believe the lie
[Repeat Chorus]
(don't forget about the oil!)
[Verse 4]
Say save their souls, name of God hide behind
Con confiscate sacred choice how to live
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
See blinkered eyes, imagine looking down
Convince yourself walk a moral higher ground
[Repeat Chorus]
(surely you don't really believe this?!)
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13. |
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[Chorus]
More of the same, merry go round day and night
Born again forget previous life
No matter step retrace the road brought you here
Turned around, believe now no way home
[Verse 1]
Is open book - the choice to choose - is no prescribe
Embrace the truth - believe the lie - is up to you
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Sacred express divinity - soul manifest
See fantasy - take leap of faith - reality
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Many become - completes the whole - remains the one
Divine explore - open the door - come back for more
[Repeat Chorus x2]
More of the same, merry go round
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14. |
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[Chorus]
Hear it all the time
Spoken like a throw away line
Accepted as if self evident
You only get one life ... or do you?
[Verse 1]
Tell me this is all there is, is nothing more, we know now for sure
They found no evidence, no one come back from dead the hard fact - face it
[Verse 2]
Tell me there's no way in hell or heaven after life exists
Wonder what you think this life you live with me on planet Earth today is?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Some people find idea of more than one life fantastical
Others feel just as much notion of one life only hard to conceive ... hard to conceive ... hard to conceive
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Seems to me sometime serves soul divine believe just one life only
Facilitates experiential explore life role play adventure
[Outro Conversation]
Seriously, I've tried to believe there's no God, no afterlife - that this life is all there is ... but I just find the whole idea implausible, even ridiculous. I'm sorry about that.
Really? I'm just the opposite! .... I wonder what determines which way one is inclined?
Could it be the hand of God? In both cases?
That's ridiculous!
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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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