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Not Alone
04:35
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I’d tell you all my secrets
But you already know
About the whole and all its pieces
I’m a sea without a shore
Every story has a moral
The marrow and the bone
And every path leads to a portal
Where the code is etched in stone
Eye to eye
And hand to heart
To soul
To be alive means never to be alone
We’re not alone
We’re matter reassembled
From millions of stars
And through time and space and splendor
Arrived at where we are
Both complex and simple
The whole and just a part
As we grow we will remember
How we got this far
Eye to eye
And hand to heart
To soul
To be alive means never to be alone
We’re not alone
Though at times it seems the road we’re on is lonely, know
Every stranger seeks the feeling of belonging, oh
The trip of being in a body
And that body flying through space
Among the billions of others
All different but the same
Can freak you out
But with a deep breath
Our shared atmosphere whispers to our stardust bodies
You have nothing to fear
Eye to eye
And hand to heart
To soul
To be alive means never to be alone
We’re not alone
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2. |
For Free
02:38
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To feel the pulse in the ground beneath your feet
Staring up at the sky in sweet reverie
Well it don’t cost a dollar
No mansions and no machines
Cause they can’t compare to what you get for free
When the water’s like wine and the wind blows you clean
When the loving’s so good there’s no need for sleep
If we give up the game
Money’s just energy
And it can’t compare to what you get for free
You can buy what you want
Forget what you need
Take three of these and go back to sleep
It’s easy
But if what you seek is feeling complete
It don’t cost a thing to take a beat
And breathe in
If you dare to glimpse eternity
Nothing compares to what you get for free
Nothing compares to what you get for free
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3. |
Stream of Consciousness
02:24
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Health in the body
In the spirit
Feel it
This that I wish for you
And all who hear this
Loving as praxis
Krishnamurti said that the truth is pathless
Maybe a question is the answer we’ve been asking for
Dancing towards the open door
All waves reaching for the shore
Building a bridge between the past and future
Listening for the song of Mahamudra
Calling onward
Ancestors chanting up from underground
Blood, bone, and breath buzzing with the sound
Of calling onwards
All a dream made manifest
Afloat in the stream of consciousness
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4. |
Holding On to You
03:05
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Seems like the news is always saying that the end is nigh
Pushing confusion, sowing fear, selling cheap highs
We could listen to them
But what good would that do?
Baby, the world is spinning fast
Not much is built to last these days
Castles may crumble and empires will fall as they do
But I’m holding on to you
Water is rising and our cellphones can read our minds
Every word we write is beamed to a satellite
What’s the big idea?
Are we wasting away?
Baby, the world is spinning fast
Not much is built to last these days
Castles may crumble and empires will fall as they do
But I’m holding on to you
Still I’m holding on to you
Hey, with a love this pure
The light endures
Free from all the politics and power trips
The hunt for more
What would we want that for?
Love will help the light endure
Baby, the world is spinning fast
(the world is spinning fast, I’d go crazy if not for you)
Not much is built to last these days
(not much is built to last)
Castles may crumble and empires will fall as they do
But I’m holding on to you
I’m holding on to you
Still I’m holding on to you
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5. |
Inside Your Heart
02:59
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Our love’s an ocean
Depth and motion
But sometimes there’s oceans between
Out of every lover
We chose each other
Still there’s no guarantees
Can we, with the light, embrace the dark?
Do I have a home inside your heart?
Is it already written
Our dharma, scripted
Or an accident of entropy?
Can the love of a lifetime
Of matter and mind
Live on for eternity?
Can we see the whole in every part?
Do I have a home inside your heart?
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6. |
Woven Together
02:49
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Break down the systems of hate and oppression
We’ll rebuild a world fed by collective vision
Radical communal healing and pleasure
Our liberation is woven together
Our liberation is woven together
Our liberation is woven together
Spirit embodied puts love into action
Speaks truth with courage and moves with compassion
May we be disciplined, may we be giving
Prayers to the ancestors, prayers for the living
Our liberation is woven together
Our liberation is woven together
Our liberation is woven together
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7. |
Thousand Ways
02:31
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In the touch a lover gives when they just know
In being held how only a mother can hold
To walk at night trusting the light of the full moon’s glow
It’s all a song when offered truly from the soul
In the art of holding silence
In the dance of making sound
In the blessing that is breathing in and out
In the radical, the ritual, the wild, and the devout
There’s a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground
A bow in reverence to the water, earth, and sky
Just for a moment, stepping outside of time
Giving thanks for all that stokes the inner fire
Sometimes it’s stillness that reminds us we’re alive
In the art of holding silence
In the dance of making sound
In the blessing that is breathing in and out
In the radical, the ritual, the wild, and the devout
There’s a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground
There’s a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground
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Emily Elbert Los Angeles, California
reveling, remembering :: music as nature
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