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Creation
04:50
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stirs inside a will to grow
roots stretch down
limbs reach out
for sunlight
it takes all of creation
and a little time
little lights float on an endless ocean
over waves fingers intertwine
thoughts weave til two are one
as if it always were
it takes all of creation
and a little time
for the rejuvenation
of humankind
there is no great or small
to the soul that makes us all
the round world fair to see
nine times bathed in mystery
it takes all of creation
arms to surround
give you life
what will you breathe life into
what will you multiply
it takes all of creation
and a little time
for the rejuvenation
of humankind
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Love of the Game
04:45
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oh the tangled webs we weave
when first we learn how to deceive
but we only fool ourselves
we're not as lost as we seem
it's just a walk in the woods
to reach the other side
where mountains shine like diamonds
and you can see for miles and miles
who knows
the treasure we will find
who can see the worlds unfolding
between our eyes
once upon a time
when life was but a dream
we made a deal you and i
to find each other again
for the love of the game
cinderella never asked
one word of human advice
she scrubbed the floors behind closed doors
learned how to survive
it was love that broke the spell
shattered the disguise
and a little faith in herself
bought her that castle in the sky
who could have known
the treasure she would find
who could see the world unfolding
before her eyes
once upon a time
between fairy tales and dreams
she made a deal with her soul
to try her hand again
for the love of the game
stumbling over stones in the road
wondering how we'll find our way
the walls cave in the rain pours down
feels like nothing left to say
it's just a walk in the woods
to reach the other side
gotta push our way through the cocoon
to grow strong enough to fly
who knows
the treasure we will find
who can see the worlds unfolding
before our eyes
once upon a time
when life was but a dream
we made a deal you and i
to find each other again
everything we know
everything we've seen
caught up like dewdrops
in the web of this earthly plane
once upon a time
is closer than it seems
we made a deal you and i
to find ourselves again
for the love of the game
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3. |
September (Loving Eyes)
03:56
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in a lovers breath
dreams entwine
words unspoken
softly collide
sleepy heartbeats mingle
with moonlight
til we awaken
cradled
in loving eyes
i drank down the sun
filled me to the brim
now fire pulses through these veins
burns my skin
at the mountaintop
i scream so loud
clouds gather my fury
til rain pours down
from loving eyes
don't catch me when i fall
so like a star i can explode
spread this feathered heart
and soar high
with a long exhale
i let my body fall
palms like leaves
outstretched fingers
like a waving child
with loving eyes
don't catch me when i fall
so like a star i can explode
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4. |
Passage
05:00
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behind the monastery wall
slightly to one side
stands a broken garden house
where lovers like to hide
there with arm and leg entwined
youth and joy intone
while monks deep chant their masses
and human sin bemoan
the lovers souls like candles
flame up and burn so bright
the glory of their passion
seems to sear away the night
the monks they raise their voices
fingers on their beads
and pray the darkness
swallow their earthly needs
the lovers satiated lie
in each other's arms
the monks file slowly cellward
whispering their psalms
sleep tucks its golden blanket
a kiss
a final oath
earth's giant cradle
rocks monk and lover both
drifting down
the stars creak in their orbits
a school of clouds rolls by
moon smiles like a baby
creeping higher in the sky
one half the world wears darkness
the other chooses light
we wind our way toward heaven
neither wrong nor right
to be free
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5. |
Down by the River
04:19
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i drink the water you hold in your hands
the sweet cool water
down by the river
velvet sun on your skin glistening
leaves dance on the warm breeze
down by the river
gathering stones
down by the river
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6. |
Poison Arrow
04:33
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as earth can fool and quicksand can pull you down
love like light can make you blind
as shadows fade in morning rays
and fear dies down
only glad it's far behind
this life moving forward into life
like a poison arrow
no longer lodged in my heart
like a poison arrow
no longer tearing me apart
no splinters here to blacken my blood
no one can take this oxygen
will to breathe
will to be
a lover's blade can pierce you deep but leave no scar
just echoes of another time
and memories drift like leaves
as they fall
out of sight out of mind
like a poison arrow
no longer lodged in my heart
like a poison arrow
no longer tearing me apart
no splinters here
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7. |
Shameless
04:21
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i could never monkeymind
such a subtle terrain
such a vast expanse
i could never claim
juxtapose this jagged edge of wantiing
with the lotus heart of peaceful sublimation
let me slip into
this silent conversation
strip me of my certainty
strip me down
strip me of this longing
strip me down
tempt me electricity
lure me away
from this greed for purity
part these petals
break me open
pierce this laughing bloom
taste the tender heart of me
strip me down
strip me of my certainty
strip me down
strip me of this longing
strip me down
out here on the precipice
the trees are leaning from the weight of the wind
let that passion move me
let me be shaped so beautifully
black my limbs upon the green
in the wind and the rain and the first breath of spring
all the canyons life carves into me
my blood flows freely
my heart is still beating
still beating
strip me of my certainty
strip me down
strip me of this longing
strip me down
to bare skin
and cool stone
and summer sun
and soft lips parting
round me
strip me down
shamelessly
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8. |
Begin Again
03:41
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feel it in your body
something getting into you
feel it in your heart
just might move you to
begin something
begin again
stop turn it around
begin again
feeling getting closer
closer all the time
love is getting stronger
just might move your mind to
begin something
begin again
stop turn it around
begin again
feel it in your heart
feel it in your soul
fire's getting hotter
just might lose control
begin something
begin again
stop turn it around
begin again
begin something
anything
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9. |
Here and Now
04:37
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if i had only one hour
spend it loving you
no rewind
we take it as it comes
each day precious and new
here and now
spinning and spinning and
never slowing down
i lose track of time
hold on tight
we're old as life
young as tomorrow
here and now
i hear the trees
their gentle leaves
cool morning flows
into warm sunshine
happy bluebird laughing lullabye
wraps its rays around my heart
and we paint our own sky
there are no goodbyes
only these small farewells
here and now
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10. |
So Long
05:04
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she and she and she and me
four trunks one strong tree
roots burrow down
sucking life through marrow
growing tall
she and she and she and me
walk along silently
up a mountainside
for to set him free
been so long
so long
feel footsteps kiss the ground
floating in a trance
breathe the cool forest air
as you dance down
breathing in breathing out
in afternoon sunlight
holding on letting go
making room for love to grow
been so long
so long
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11. |
Listen
04:31
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listen
til every sound
is a symphony
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Artemis San Francisco
Spectral keyboard washes and sinuous dance beats set up a feeling of warm alienation while Artemis’s voice heats things further. Over the thump and shimmer, she croons with detached fervor, the music dissolving in a storm of pixie-dust disco until a rude riot of effects snaps the tether and she vanishes. ... more
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