1. |
Conditioned
04:37
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[Verse 1]
Mummy-daddy prejudice - water to sponge absorb
Birth community subjective point of view inform
Blinkered vision given social norm
[Verse 2]
Classroom teacher, big bang preacher, theory/fact mislead
One religion, chosen people, thank God lucky me
Good to go for lifetime-judgemental
[Chorus]
Layer on layer upon layer forgotten (wake up/stand up)
Layer on layer upon layer conditioned (rewind/reset)
[Verse 3]
Attenborough, Darwin, Adam and Ev-olution
Hansel Greta global warming, environ Mental
Now or never doubters ridicule
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Baby daycare, pay your taxes, get on back to work
Everything approached as business - down to giving birth
Target/quota, punishment/reward
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Validate sorry existence, like-for-like embrace
Serve my product placement masters monetize my face
Squander life consumerism slaved
[Repeat Chorus to Fade]
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2. |
People Say
02:34
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[Verse 1]
People say of life 'only get one'
Hear it all the time - throw away line
People say of love - perfect no one is
Better make the best/take your chances
[Chorus]
Random roll of dice situation
No divine design destination
No objective pre-selected
Preach
[Verse 2]
People say of death - one thing certain
Nobody survive - final curtain
Pass on DNA - tag successful life
When you dead and gone celebrate this
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
People say of God - where the proof of?
More believable evolution
Struggle to exist - best adapted win
Satisfactory explanation
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
People say of truth - absolute is
If you contradict you mistaken
Cannot both be right simultaneously
Better you submit - defer to me ;)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken]
Are you one of those people?
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3. |
Who Is Looking?
04:28
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[Verse 1]
Seated on my flesh machine
Through my eyes see
Watch my mind blow restless wind
Disconnected
[Verse 2]
Witness people come and go
Passing through - pause
Stay a while then on their way
Hello goodbye
[Chorus]
Everybody searching
Truth discover/uncover
Nobody consider
Who is looking?
[Verse 3]
Through the window of my eyes
Self expression
On the mirror of my mind
Self reflection
[Repeat Chorus]
[Middle 8]
Follow river flowing
Back to my sea
Who remain understand
Soul separation
[Instrumental 1]
[Verse 4]
Pray for right words find convey
Tat tvam asi
Same time one and different
That you also
[Instrumental 2]
[Verse 1 Variation]
Seated on my flesh machine
Through my eyes see
Ignore mind blow restless wind
Disconnected
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4. |
Afterlife
02:52
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[Verse 1]
Don't believe it
Where's your evidence?
No one come back
From an afterlife
No life after death
One is all you get - wishful thinking there's another one
[Verse 2]
Okay this life
It's miraculous
But be born again
Find implausible
Unbelievable
Reincarnate - take another birth - that's ridiculous
[Chorus]
Ask you how you so convinced - hard fact afterlife exists?
Comeback, twinkle in your eye, what I think today this life is?
[Verse 3]
You say we forget
Life time previous
This facilitates
Adventure anew
Otherwise confuse
It's a point of view, but I don't believe you can ever prove it
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Explain gift is
Past cultivation
Just picked up again
From where last left off
Is no roll of dice
Darwin people say look to D.N.A. for your explanation
[Repeat Chorus]
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5. |
Who Remain
03:59
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[Verse 1]
I can only look on helplessly
Powerless to change the way you see stuff
Watch you suffer - pain perpetuate
But there's nothing I can say you will hear
[Verse 2]
I can only witness powerless
Trust in God the time and place knows best plan
When and where epiphany trigger
Understand no one abandoned
[Chorus]
Happy day arrive I hope and pray
Very soon power realise
Wonder fill your eyes, shine the light, free your mind
Reclaim self-divine, remember who remain
[Verse 3]
I can only observe from the wings
Keep my distance - listen for my stage call
What part I'm to play I've no idea
But if possible prefer friend
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
I can only patient bide my time
Pray to God that happy day arrives soon
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6. |
In My Morning
02:10
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[Chorus]
In my morning I will rise up
I will climb out from my dream
Resurface to my real life
In my morning, when awaken
Resurrect reality
Forgotten I'll remember
[Verse 1]
I will fog-clear
All confusion
Objective regain
I will make sense
Truth uncover
Awareness reclaim
[Repeat Chorus - 1st half only]
[Verse 2]
I will take bow
Celebrate our
Collaboration
In my choosing
Understand
Is my contribution
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I will reflect
I will look back
On my adventure
I will take breath
I will breathe deep
Before my next one
[Repeat Chorus]
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7. |
#Me Also
02:55
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[Verse 1]
Everybody fears it, everybody hides it
Everybody dismiss / denies it
Everybody blank it - bury head in sandpit
No matter habit-perpetual
Everyone included, nobody excluded
No matter accept it / reject it
Everybody eat, drink, plight forget, be merry
Thought of tomorrow neglected
[Chorus]
I want to understand what going on
Desire reality know
How come we watch it happen all around
Yet never see me also?
[Verse 2]
Everyone taboos it, everyone avoids it
Tiptoes around it - ignores it
Everybody blinkered - hidden bigger picture
Oblivious of the beauty
Everybody runs from, everyone succumbs to
Everyone bows down to, believe me
Everybody rise up, everybody resume
Everyone rekindle - continue
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental] ... I don't wanna put on weight!
[Verse 3]
Everybody knows it, everybody shows it
Never extinguish the sparkle
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8. |
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[Chorus]
Great again?
Remind me of that first time
No, is not my memory
Recall like yesterday
[Verse 1]
Indian Removal Treaty
Bible beating relocation
Negro-owning Christianity
KK-lynching segregation
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Hiroshima Nagasaki
Propaganda Armageddon
Capitalist / commy-hating
Waterboarding / Watergating
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Luna landing NASA faking
Monkey business imitation
9-11 Osama blaming
Afghanistan/Iraq invading
[Instrumental]
But where's those WMDs? Where's the Axis of Evil?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Routing routing mispronouncing
Gun-a-toting cowboy shouting
Trump electing wall erecting
Finger pointing self deception
... don't get me started about the British empire ... what was so great about that?
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9. |
Players
02:54
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[Verse 1]
Time and again returns premiss
I remain divine
If I'm fallen what sort of god-part-version-of
Would I be?
[Verse 2]
Time and again comes back to this
Cannot be obliged
Situations against my will
No matter seem, never real
[Chorus]
Pray every time I lose my way
Forget divinity mine
Remind me why must dance this stage
Role-play collaborator
[Verse 3]
Time and again cannot escape
Love requires freedom
Freedom to choice-choose without fear
No consequence-limited
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Won't anybody take the time
Register problem
Before they rush to set me right
Address question never asked?
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10. |
Horses High
04:10
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[Verse 1]
After all
Worthy subjective
Point of view
Divinity
Expression equal
In dark and light
[Chorus]
Ride horses high
Across the sky
Won't you climb down
Appreciate - feet on ground?
[Verse 2]
No wrong and right
Better absolute
In eyes of God - odd
No should / should not
No goal prescribed by
For soul decide
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Everything
Unmanifested
Exists within
Facet explore
Sparkle of splendour
Ignite the flame
[Repeat Chorus]
[Spoken word]
If one wants to write or perform songs for commercial reasons, or in pursuit of fame, wealth, respect, approval, adoration of others, or, on the other hand, to simply connect with like-minded people ... or any combination of these, or for any other reasons, why should I dismiss as unworthy simply because a motivation is different from my own?
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11. |
Lost My Cosy
02:50
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[Chorus]
Chaita guru / speculation
Shastra-sadhu, cannot find confirmation
Inspiration, dare I trust you ... what my heart tells me today?
[Verse 1]
Lost my cosy - honesty chose
No more pretend, make believe fake
Riven cloud blown isolated
Alone, excommunicated
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Pray to God for certainty sure
Revelation reality
Not the same as way before was
Blind submission - dogma thinking
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Inspire within, no more games please
Faith / belief, certain self-deceit
Going backwards unattractive
Prefer hold out, forego cosy
[Repeat Chorus]
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12. |
For The Doubting Soul
02:31
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Some people say ...
[Chorus]
For the doubting soul
Is no happiness
In this life or the next
For the doubting soul
[Verse 1]
Is this the price for daring question,
A punishment for seeking answers/explanation?
Does God demand blinkered acceptance,
One bury deep desire for reason?
Really?
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Does love require unknown embracing,
Sincerity demand submission/leap of faith in,
To follow blind a headless guru,
To beat the mind with shoe surrender?
No way
[Repeat Chorus]
[Instrumental]
How is it that a willingness to elevate belief in something unknown to the pedestal of absolute truth is an indication of spiritual sincerity ... something required by God?
[Verse 3]
Does certainty require deception?
Does fantasy facilitate divine expression?
Does honesty get in the way of?
Another birth the price we pay God?
Pray no
[Repeat Chorus x2]
Some people say ... ha!
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13. |
When Will I Remember?
02:54
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[Chorus]
I know I know this
On tip of my tongue ... evades me
Stubborn-mule resists recollection
Pray when will I remember?
[Verse 1]
Like an actor face
Forgotten name
A centre stage
Forgotten line (ABCD)
[Verse 2]
My favourite song
Forgotten words
A poem known
Forgotten verse (EFGH)
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Like a room arrived
Forgotten why
A time to talk
Forgotten thought (IJKL)
[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
Like a day dream night
Forgotten love
Another life
Forgotten God (MNOP)
[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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