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Not This Time

by Songs Of Dave

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1.
How Then? 03:06
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[Verse 1] Person of faith Truth pedestalled Given judgement made [Verse 2] Embrace as known Fact absolute Not belief anymore [Chorus] How then faith maintain Same time celebrate Other life choices? Can't be God approves of [Verse 3] Choose to believe Sure self deceive Uncertain certainty [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 4] See false or true No in between One truth never two [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 5] Life goal prescribed Preach black and white Divide wrong and right [Repeat Chorus]
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Try, Try Again 02:46
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[Chorus] Philosophise Confront my stuff Call me my bluff Admit conviction contradiction Pick myself up Brush trouser down Dust ego off Try, try again [Verse 1] If at first you don't succeed said First the boot and then the heid instead How you feel so isolated? Know you know everyone related [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Don't give in to quest abandon Roll that boulder up that hill my son Even fail again tomorrow Keep the faith one day your will be done [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Even situation hopeless Round in circle start from scratch once more Never give up on what worthy Demigods applaud you rest assured [Repeat Chorus]
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Need To Know 03:23
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[Chorus] Why? I want to know Why I want to know Why I need to know [Verse 1] What's going on So make my plan Where I belong To understand [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Sense something wrong But what cannot Put finger on My ram forgot [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Objective fail Do not pass go Direct to jail Two hundred? No! [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Pining for home Regret I left Got turned around Way back forget [Repeat Chorus x2]
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Look For Sign 02:12
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[Verse 1] I look for sign To ease my doubt Pacify mind Search certainty Truth I believe Reliable [Verse 2] I look for sign So make things clear Illuminate Address my fear My inspiration Validate [Chorus] Not something ambiguous No thankyou Wishful thinking Not this time [Verse 3] I look for sign Right path I'm on Direction home Seek confidence Though far maybe This is the road [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 4] I look for sign You here with me God on my side Divine design This meant to be Open my eyes [Instrumental] [Verse 5] I look for sign I'm not alone No matter feel Lies never true Illusions real Reveal to me [Repeat Chorus]
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Mistaken Identification 02:50
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[Chorus] Body I identify As if I were clothes I wear As if I were car I drive Soul mistaken identification [Verse 1] On this basis Species divide Us and them see For or against Enemy or friend Ancestry Family line History mine Land of birth claim Set aside by God [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] On this basis Justify war Self defence ruse Propaganda Antisemite accuse Anyone who Disagrees with Government truth Judge them crazy Dismiss point of view [Instrumental] [Verse 3] On this basis Skin colour slave Closet racist Relationship Transcendental miss Preach religion Blinkered vision Spiritual blind Non-believer Sister brother deny [Repeat Chorus to Fade]
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Call Me Crazy 03:12
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[Verse 1] Accept 'resonates as true' No proof any part is fact Suspect may be predisposed Prefer this instead of that Admit really we know nothing Socrates was right, he understood [Verse 2] Givens - everybody craves Cliches - easy to embrace Blind faith - done and dusted truth Believe - wilful self deceive Admit really we know nothing Socrates was right, he understood [Chorus] Call me crazy And crazy I may be This folly to be wise Where ignorance be blissful [Verse 3] Credence - everybody yens Cosy easy certainty Dogma dub authority Suspend human disbelief Admit really we know nothing Socrates was right, he understood [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Believe soul divinity Prefer truth instead of lie Concede maybe I am wrong Keep faith maybe I am right Admit really we know nothing Socrates was right, he understood [Repeat Chorus to Fade]
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Really Thought I Would Know By Now 03:01
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[Verse 1] Oblivious of I don't know what Unconscious blind but I'm unaware Yet responsible for my consequences Reason enough to take stock [Verse 2] Conditioned deep from the day I'm born Mind prejudiced by the social norm Heart predisposed by my previous lives Their hopes and dreams set my stage [Chorus] Perpetuate soul bewilderment Misunderstood mission I really thought I would know by now some how [Verse 3] Believable coded D.N.A. Accept / rejection ordained by fate My nature born to obliged now embrace Facilitates my divine [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Trust in my gut for what resonates Invest my faith in the love of God Offer my time to collaboration Emancipation can wait [Repeat Chorus]
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Tell Me I'm Wrong 02:34
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[Verse 1] Interfaith pretence Strained toleration Staged celebration Tell me I'm wrong [Verse 2] Soon scratch the surface Face ugly rears head Prejudice abounds Tell me I'm wrong [Chorus] Spiritual vision Forget religion Sees transcendental Knows non-judgemental [Verse 3] Other look down on Claim moral high ground Holier than thou Tell me I'm wrong [Verse 4] All done and dusted Power corrupted Dogma enslave to Tell me I'm wrong [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 5] History centric Dissenters dismissed Exclusive insist Tell me I'm wrong [Repeat Chorus]
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Timing Decide 02:26
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[Verse 1] Misunderstood I'm on your side You got me wrong I don't know why [Verse 2] Believe in you Power is yours Reject your lies Open the door [Chorus] But up to you Timing decide Today's the day Reclaim divine Or turn away Is up to you [Verse 3] Misunderstood Unkind my words The victim game No longer serves [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 4] I mean no harm Apologise I may be wrong You may be right [Instrumental] [Verse 5] Epiphany Lifting the veil When choose you Only time will tell [Repeat Chorus] For up to you ...
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No Guarantee 03:38
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[Chorus] Religious verses spiritual [Verse 1] Religion no guarantee See with equal vision Find beyond species divide Every soul is divine [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Religion no guarantee Prejudice up ended Every one see family Us and them transcended [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Religion no guarantee Vision non judgemental Theist atheist alike Beloved of God all [Spoken Word] Bhagavad gita, chapter 5 verse 18 states: vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ The humble sages, by virtue of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an outcaste. Is my religion, or absence of religion, helping me develop such spiritual awareness? How about yours? [Repeat Chorus x2] [Verse 4] Religion no guarantee Transcendental seer Every soul see part of God Even non believers
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Misunderstood As Newton's 3rd Law 02:16
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[Chorus] I believe it somehow serves Sets the stage for Soul divinity explored Is misunderstood as Newton's third law [Verse 1] Law of action/reaction What you do returns to you Cross the law get punishment back No escape idea reject [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] Misery say just deserts Something bad done previous History fate you deserve preach No escape idea reject [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Suffering say karma cause Even past life wrong forget Karma police they track you down now No escape idea reject [Repeat Chorus]
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Let The Children 02:48
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[Intro] Let the children play [Verse 1] Even elder criticise Ever blinkers on their eyes Never seen in shades of grey Conceive only back and white [Chorus] Let them have their day Let them dismiss judge We were all young once after all Don't disturb their faith Let the children play [Verse 2] Even forefather reject Even lifer disrespect Thought free thinker demonise Worship fool parade as wise [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Even slave to ABC Abacus their 123 Ever certainty naive Keep their cosy self deceive [Instrumental] (please let us play ... please let me play) [Verse 4] Ever divide for against Never sit upon the fence Even doubters ostracise Other points of view deny [Repeat Chorus x2]
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Face My Doubts 02:50
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[Verse 1] Certainty I can live without If resonates that's enough Choose believe, but I may be wrong My cup of tea - own my stuff [Chorus] All I ask Honesty For my self Face my doubts [Verse 2] Self deceive equals make believe Reality fantasy Close your eyes, bury head in sand Is no escape understand [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] Obvious to the best of us Oblivious to the rest Everyone in their making sense Tend cherry pick evidence [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Conscious of verses unaware Is ignorance sliding scale Relative insignificance Truth-absolute no compare [Repeat Chorus x3]
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Maybe We Could Still Be Friends 03:00
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[Chorus] I agree to disagree Won't you extend the same to me? I am not your enemy, no matter seems Maybe we could still be friends ... transcend this fight? [Verse 1] Point of view entitled Everyone from where stands Sees reality direction contextual [Verse 2] Not for me to impose As if all wrapped up - known As if absolute God's eye view my opinion [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 3] There is no wrong or right Only like and dislike Just because not for you needn't mean mine invalid [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] How you measure worthy How decide boxes tick Up to you, choice is yours, mine is mine to choose likewise [Repeat Chorus]
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Presumption Of Preacher 02:54
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[Chorus] Presumption of preacher Authority meagre Yet pulpit as if God known Invested in good faith Uncertainty embraced But 'realised' masquerade My self deceived [Verse 1] My neophyte seer My black and white reader Choice wrong or right believer My fight the fight eager [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] My fallen soul buyer Redemption prescriber God everyone envy of Impure purifier [Instrumental] [Verse 3] My goal of life prescribed Divinity denied Know better what they should do In name of God play wise [Repeat Chorus x2] [Verse 4] My one in a million That genuine seer Now how will I recognise, Sort out wheat from chaff decide?
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Consider The What If 01:55
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[Chorus] I don't have the answers At least none say certain truths But as to the question, I suggest Consider the what if ... [Verse 1] A soul is eternal Existed before this life Already a person Is possible - you decide [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] The body external One wears like an outer dress Facilitates role play Divinity soul express [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental] [Verse 3] Is sacred arrangement Regardless of right to choose Divine obligation Yet life or death up to you [Repeat Chorus]
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Respect? 03:26
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[Verse 1] You read it in your news feed, watch on your TV Consume it in your Youtube recommended stream Your SERPs research predisposed entwines They piggy back prejudice, polarise the mind Impossible to know reality from lie these days To cut the BS remove blinkers from the eyes [Bridge] But you know You feel it The wool pulled You sense it [Verse 2] You hear it on radio driving in your car Find everywhere you go fate written in the stars Seems nobody immune from propaganda-buse Perpetuate unconscious bias point of views Impossible to know reality from lie these days To cut the BS remove blinkers from the eyes [Repeat Bridge] [Chorus] You only want the truth A truth safe to believe A truth worthy of trust Will you give it to me? Respect? [Verse 3] Neutrality GBC nothing but a joke Investigative J is just another bloke (or girl) Said objectivity like fire without the smoke Fact verify is ruse to validate/deny Impossible to know reality from lie these days To cut the BS remove blinkers from the eyes [Repeat Bridge] [Repeat Chorus]
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Scary 02:55
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[Chorus] Scary no doubt sincerity Certainty safe believe Embrace as if truth absolute As if see God's eye view [Verse 1] So sets the stage in name of God Claim only true religion Presumption to impose upon Save sinner sacred mission [Repeat Chorus] [Verse 2] So sets the stage in name of God Faith dogma never question Refuse consider may be wrong Complicit fact deception [Repeat Chorus] [Instrumental + spoken word] By refusal to entertain the possibility that cherished epiphanies are incomplete, what to speak wishful or even misguided, one is responsible for everything that follows. There's no hiding behind in-the-name of God sincerity, or good intention. [Verse 3] So sets the stage in name of God Outsider seen as other Cut, disconnect from family Lose sight of sister brother [Repeat Chorus]

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released March 31, 2024

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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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