1. |
Always Your Face
02:40
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Verse 1
Conditioned by association
Often my mind rejects, abhors or disrespects
Verse 2
Please help me to see divine inside
Desire to walk my talk, but stumble by default
Chorus v1
Rain, thunder, blue sky, sunshine
I want to see always your face regardless
Verse 3
Try once more, external guise ignore
Beyond guna colour, beyond the dark and light
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental
Verse 4
Conditioned by association
Never give up the fight, struggle to see inspite
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2. |
Bird On A Tree
03:39
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Verse 1
Bird on a tree is watching me
What I believe is destinied
Is by design, facilitates
My state of mind fits my desires
Chorus v1
I take this birth under direction
No matter whom I choose to be, you stay with me
Verse 2
No stone unturned no bridges burned
Pleasure and pain perceive the same
And all the while a witness smiles
Swallow the lie, or question why ... either way
Chorus v2
I take this birth - my contribution
No matter how I choose to play, always with me
Instrumental
Verse 3
Bird on a tree still watching me
Reminding heart of things desired
To taste the fruit, or remain aloof
Or in between, is up to me
Chorus v3
I take this birth - an exploration
No matter where I choose to roam, you come with me
Outro
Bird on a tree
Bird on a tree, yeah
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3. |
Demigod
03:48
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Verse 1
You believe, but this isn't faith
You believe you really realise
Absolute truth carved in stone
Science of the soul you follow
Verse2
Never doubt - this is no dogma
Look about you - convinced you see clearly
Try to please - or co depend
At one who's feet you sit devotee'd
Chorus
I believe in you
Thank you for coming
Walk on planet Earth
Demigod
Verse 3
All around tinted glasses see
Imperfection is ev'rywhere you believe
Set the stage - mercy bestow
Save the fallen souls adventure
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental
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4. |
From Point Of View
03:33
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Verse 1
Where you coming from I can't say
Tell to me how it feels to you
Some people may not relate
But pay no mind, it's just a game
Verse 2
Wanna know how you making sense
Understand what appeals to you
Wanna hear it, what you think
Express your self with confidence
Chorus
Point of view - entitled to
Is relative to where we stand
May hold your ground, or make a move
Always one sees from point of view
Verse 3
Open eyes desire to see
Change your mind any time you want
Live life like a fantasy
No right or wrong, it's just for fun
Verse 4
Point of view entitled to
Reserve right, right to have your say
No comply defer to they
Unless you want to soul betray
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental
Verse 5
Flag wave, take birth on Planet Earth,
Represent all connect as one,
Celebrate diversity,
Communicate divinity
Repeat Chorus x 3
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5. |
Language Of My Soul
03:30
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Chorus
Feeling is language of my soul
What I am after here
Tasting emotion everywhere
Almost as if we were gods
Verse 1
Whenever I'm down I try to see
I'm never a victim bound, however seems
All situations setting the scene for me
To later experience something I choose and want
Verse 2
Take, for example, 'being apart'
From separation pains grow fonder heart
And ev'ryone knows it after the fact - later
Though when it is going on, nobody sees beyond
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
Take, for example, 'losing someone'
I'm facing a life ahead and no way back
Where is my power - my divinity?
But what if against all odds, how sweet embrace would be?
Repeat Chorus x 2
Instrumental
Repeat Verse 1 (first half)
Whenever I'm down I try to see
I'm never a victim bound, however seems
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6. |
Leave No Stone
04:04
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Verse 1
And so it begins / another birth
But don't be sad, it's not a curse
Just body mind interface for life on Earth
Designed for purpose / driven by dream
Verse 2
Side-quest / diversion along the way
Texture and colour deliver today
Reverses / adversities conspire and inform
Establish the stage where now we perform
Verse 3
Divine expression is everything
Just your desire to table bring
Unique perception, contribution
Nothing outside emotional spectrum
Verse 4
No wrong or right, no should or must
No black and white, no truth trust
Just what mind finds believable
Even for others inconceivable
Chorus
See beauty everywhere
Leave no stone left unturned
Verse 5
Sometimes aspire to making sense
Some fine sitting on the fence
While others choose never question why
Simply serves believe the lie
Verse 6
Sometimes follow another's path
Stumble blindly in the Dark
Distrust in own ability
Deny one's self divinity
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental
Verse 7
And all the while the witness smiles
Facilitates, is on our side
Out of site, behind the scenes
But always watching, never leaves
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7. |
Makes Me Wonder
02:28
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Verse 1
How can it be that I experience something you cannot know?
How could it be? To me that makes no sense
What sort of god would you be if I own something you do not?
Verse 2
How can it be that I enjoy/suffer feelings you cannot taste?
How could it be? To me true doesn't ring
What sort of god would you be if some thing for you out of reach?
Chorus v1
Makes me wonder who I am
Ask the question 'who am I to you?'
Verse 3
How can it be by my conditioning point of view unique gain
So only I can see from where I stand?
What sort of god would you be if I see in ways you can't see?
Verse 4
And by my perception context create - facilitate adventure
That I alone can truly enter in
What sort of god would you be if you're bound by reality?
Chorus v2
Makes me wonder who we are
Ask the question 'who are we to you?'
Instrumental
Repeat Chorus v1
Makes me wonder who I am
Ask the question 'who am I to you?'
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8. |
Nameless Extra
02:12
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Verse 1
Am I your nameless extra
As we pass in the street?
If so, I hope I played it well
Or did I try too hard to act natural?
Verse 2
Am I your nameless extra
As I look to see your soul?
Within my mind - see you divine
Or do I strive too hard for non-judgemental?
Chorus v1
Okay, may never learn your name
Still I, I appreciate your style
And since we find us in this movie,
Maybe one day we could smile?
Verse 3
For now I'm nameless extra
As I make pavement space
Within my heart try celebrate
Or do I ask too much to see past external face?
Instrumental
Chorus v2
Okay, may never learn your name
Still I, I appreciate your style
And since we find us in this movie,
Maybe one day we should smile?
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9. |
On The Edge
03:00
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Chorus v1
Been walking
Been walking on the edge
Stumbling
Stumbling in my head
Mind racing, I'm facing contradictions
Verse 1
Found it hard to keep my faith
Follow my heart, stay in a good place lately
Chorus v2
Been walking
Been walking on the edge
Stumbling
Stumbling in my head
Mind racing, I'm facing complications
Verse 2
Worst of all doubted myself
The whom I am, was some one else then not you
Instrumental
Verse 3
Just one smile, show me a sign
So I believe you're on my side still my plea
Spoken
Of course time passes, and then everything again seems ok.
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10. |
Other
02:32
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Chorus v1
I thought that you were a Other
Judged you by skin colour
Neither as sister nor brother
But now we seem like family
Verse 1
I saw in terms, ... in terms of land of birth
Identified with where was born, loved my country
Verse 2
As up I grew, bought into social norms
Absorbed notions of us and them, like carved in stone
Chorus v2
I thought that they were all Others
Species of life divide
Neither as sister nor brother
But now they feel like family
Verse 3
Meat on my plate, complete normality
I couldn't understand sister's tears for Big Ears
Instrumental
[spoken: Big Ears was our former pet lamb]
Chorus v3
I thought that I was a Other
Judged me by hat I wear
Neither as sister nor brother
But now believe I'm family
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11. |
Ponder
02:24
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Verse 1
I ponder why always wonder who am I?
Do animals also question why they are here?
Why we walk this earth?
Verse 2
I ponder what - what, I wonder, do I want?
Do grass and trees also desire, enjoy feeling,
Life experience?
Verse 3
I ponder who, whom I wonder might you be?
Are you the same as me - combined body and soul
Mind fit like a glove?
Breakdown
Verse 4
I speak in words - point of view communicate
Does anybody out there see similarly?
Think the same as me?
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12. |
Pull Wool From Eyes
03:02
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Verse 1
Rounds are ev'rywhere
Nobody is only square
One may not know all in and outs
But I have no doubt
Verse 2
Rise beyond my mind
Kill the thought 'I don't have time'
Let's celebrate all works of art
Expression divine
Chorus
Pull wool from eyes
Appreciate
See through disguise
Try recognise your face
Verse 3
Walking down the street
Ev'ryone happen to meet
Let me conclude it's always you
Emotion tasting
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental
Outro
Pull the wool from eyes
Recognise who you are
Beyond your disguise
Throw a bone - smile on me
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13. |
Walking In Five
03:10
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Walking In Five
Verse 1
See you walking in the morning rain
Wonder force has drawn you here today
Maybe you are come for peace to taste
To collect your thoughts before the storm begins
Verse 2
See you heading for that old oak tree
Sure I saw you pause as if to speak
Wonder were you friends an other life?
Maybe you believe all living beings connect?
Instrumental
Verse 3
As I pass you at the kissing gate
Wonder might I be version of you,
Somehow one yet same time poles apart?
Something tells me we will meet again ... don't be late!
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14. |
What Would It Be Like?
02:17
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Verse 1
What would it be like to fly as a bird?
What would it be like to soar high?
What would it be like - desire to migrate?
How I'm gonna find out?
Verse 2
What would it be like to hunt as tiger?
What would it be like to food kill,
Law of nature dictate - not by free will?
How I'm gonna find out?
Verse 3
What would it be like to reign as human?
What would it be like to presume
Four legged exist to meet our meat need?
How I'm gonna find out?
Chorus
That's where we come in
That's where we come in
That's where we come in
That's where we come in
Verse 4
What would it be like to play as victim?
What would it be like to know fear?
What would it be like to feel powerless?
How I'm gonna find out?
Verse 5
What would it be like to buy religion?
Believe ev'ry one is fallen?
What would it be like to save a lost soul?
How I'm gonna find out?
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental
Verse 6
What would it be like to lose awareness?
What would it be like without light?
What would it be like to climb from darkness?
How I'm gonna find out?
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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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