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germinating
03:41
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What’s under the surface could be waiting or lurking
It could also be just what we need
What’s buried in the dark could be dead or could be growing
The hardest part end up being the wait
What’s bursting apart could be life doing its part
If we’d choose to accept the change
Even though it might hurt you’ll find that it’s worth
Anything when you’re germinating
Addicted to comfort, we’ve nearly forgotten
That the garden we’ve grown needs burned
The soil turned over, a planting of clover
To prepare us for what’s to come
What’s bursting apart could be life doing its part
If we’d choose to accept the change
Even though it might hurt you’ll find that it’s worth
Anything when you’re germinating
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it's time
02:39
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Here we are, we’ve been here before
With the world at war, the powerful trampling the poor
Sometimes I feel tied to the wheel
Anything i could do could be undone by one rich fool
So tell me why can we not learn
The loss of life, the world burned
For cost of pride and the illusion you’ll never die
But it’s time
It’s time
To open eyes and tables turn
Time to dream of how it could be
Instead of believe the myth they’ve tried to make us see
Where might makes right and what you desire
(if you feel so inspired) exists solely to be acquired
So tell me why can we not learn
The loss of life, the world burned
For cost of pride and the illusion you’ll never die
But it’s time
It’s time
To open eyes and tables turn
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we're all gonna die
02:41
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People keep trying by constantly buying to forget what they know in their bones
They could give up their greed for the planet in need but it’s hard to remember the point when
We’re all gonna die
In the end, we’re all gonna die
People pretending believing in heaven is freedom from fear over death
To save it for later doesn’t help it feel better when any afterlife is different and
we’re all gonna die
In the end, we’re all gonna die
I’ll live in the clarity of life’s fragile beauty, Crystal in all its briefness
I’ll care and be cared for by earth and in the end i will give myself to her embrace cause
We’re all gonna die
But it’ll be alright
We’re all gonna die
It’ll be alright
We’re all gonna die
And it’ll be alright
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moments
03:19
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How many times will i keep waiting
On moment in time that feels perfectly aligned and
How long until i remember
There’s no skipping to whatever without missing the present
Cause waiting on a moment means letting other moments pass
Living in this moment’s the only way to make life last
Why do i keep on escaping
Instead of facing what feels hard and then making it a part of me
That’s the thing with emotion
You can’t selectively numb without losing all the others
Cause waiting on a moment means letting other moments pass
Living in this moment’s the only way to make life last
Ah, Ah, Ah
Living in this moment
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circle
03:44
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When i first gave birth i did it on my own
And when i was reborn i woke up all alone
And i’d grown tired of the lie i knew
I finally recognized the truth
I need a circle
A circle around me
I need those people
The people to ground me
I know that i can bear it, I know i have the strength
But i want some hands upon me, I want to hear them say
Mmhmmm honey, breathe through it honey
Let the waves wash over you
I need a circle
A circle around me
I need those people
The people to ground me
And then i’ll circle round them too
I’m not looking for someone to save me
Or looking for people who need saving
I just want a witness i just want support
I want love unattached to outcome
I need a circle
A circle around me
I need those people
The people to ground me
And then i’ll circle round them too
(Breathe through it honey, let the waves wash over you)
I'll circle round them too
(Breathe through it honey, let the waves wash over you)
I'll circle round them too
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but i don't understand
03:30
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What am i carrying that i can lay down? What’s overflowing now that i can pour out?
Where am i holding back in fear of the unknown? Where am i standing still but ready to go?
Cause i’m growing but i don’t understand
How to know when it’s time
And i hope it goes according to plan but
You never know until you try
Where am i blinded by the lies i’ve been told? What’s really shiny but turns out it’s fool’s gold?
Where am i stuck bc i don’t want to choose? Where am i hiding but have nothing to lose?
Cause i’m growing but i don’t understand
How to know when it’s time
And i hope it goes according to plan but
You never know until you try
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home
04:43
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Spent a long time thinking i was wrong to want the things i want
I won’t live there anymore
Been a long time coming but i’m finally done
Keeping secrets buried in my mind, worried all the time
Am i gonna cross a line, but
The truth you’re hiding might just be what sets you free
And i won’t go back to thoughtless harm
But i won’t go back to hiding
It took this long, i’m finally home in me
I am free, home in me
Now I’m steady, rooted underneath in the ground beneath my feet
Seeing who will grow with me
And can release attachment to an ending
I’ll keep growing, changing all the time, no limit to my mind
And i swear to always try
To offer truth in healing to humanity
And i won’t go back to thoughtless harm
But i won’t go back to hiding
It took this long, i’m finally home in me
I am free, home in me
Take a look at yourself and see where you’re not well
Love on that part of you, watch it turn into your magic
There’s a part that’s inside that money can’t buy, or tap in
Let it transform you, help move the world into balance
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feet on the ground
03:20
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Don’t try to get me to buy the phony bill of goods you’ve been sold
Not here to satisfy my every whim with no thought for my soul
And I know a change is coming round the bend
And you won’t want to miss what’s after that
So I’m all good, man
You can keep your rocket ships and disconnection from the land
I’m all good to stand
With my feet firmly planted on the ground
And my brothers and my sisters coming round
Think it’s a lie that somebody has to lose if you’re going to win
Not satisfied, when there’s more than enough to be sure we all live
And if a system’s perfect made for its results
Then i don’t think that i accept this anymore
I’m all good, man
You can keep your seedy profits at expense of fellow man
I’m all good to stand
With my feet firmly planted on the ground
And my brothers and my sisters coming round
I’m all good, man
You can keep your rocket ships and disconnection from the land
I’m all good to stand
With my feet firmly planted on the ground
And my brothers and my sisters coming round
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intention
02:06
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I sort of always felt like a piece of shit
Don’t fully get it but i know i’m tired of living like it
So now I’m stepping into another phase
Where it’s ok if i wanna take up space
I accept the past and forget a new path
One that’s set in flow with my soul
I really love the life i’m starting to build
Finding the people who will love me for my natural self
I still get overwhelmed by the same old fear
But when you do it scared, that’s when you know you’re brave
I’ll keep showing up with the same love
I want and trust that love’s met with love
And i know to open to beauty is to open to the brutal too
Yet i’ve started to live open hearted to high and low, ebb and flow
Don’t know whether i will ever feel quite at home but this i know
That i always felt like a piece of shit
Don’t fully get it but decided i’m done living like it
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10. |
rebirthing
02:37
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Feeling empty in a way that’s cleansing
Feeling hungry for more beauty
So i’ll open up my heart without controlling where it leads
And i’ll own all that is mine and trust i’ll have just what i need
And i’ll feel the ebb and flow and know that life is constant rebirthing
Embracing endings for what they’re planting
Embracing dreaming and what it’s clearing
And i open up my heart without controlling where it leads
And i own all that is mine and trust i have just what i need
And i feel the ebb and flow and know that life is constant rebirthing
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Mother The Band Indianapolis, Indiana
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