1. |
First morning
00:42
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2. |
When the World Burns
00:49
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when it all starts to crumble
what will we build in its wake?
when the system falls apart
what else can we create?
a world where we can all be free
and we can all be safe
but if it should burn
may we dance in its flames
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3. |
Growing Days
04:44
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watched the moon set
and the sun rise
to put perspective on this little life of mine
i'm not all that big
let an old song go
made space inside
for something new to come alive
and i'm not all that big
maybe my problems aren't all that bad
just distractions from these gifts i have
like this body
this breath
and the words i can say
all blessings go to these growing days
intention set
but no plans are fixed
i'm opening to all that this is
and there's nothing that i have to do to prove i'm good
there's a lot that i know
but there's much more i never could
maybe my problems aren't all that bad
just distractions from these gifts i have
like this body
this breath
and the words i can say
all blessings go to these growing days
all blessings go to these growing days
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4. |
May We Remember
03:46
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if we could start over
build from the ground up
may it be liberating
may it serve all of us
clean water, living wages
maybe no wage at all
trusting each other's goodness
heeding our higher call
may we remember
that we know how to care for each other
and in the hard times
we learn how to be more together
so what's in the space of emptiness that awaits us now?
it's always been uncertain
nothing is ever sure
this moment is dramatic
but we've got time to burn
all the things that aren't working
and all the things that never were
this is a space for dreaming up a new world
may we remember
that we know how to care for each other
and in the hard times
we learn how to be more together
so what's in the space of emptiness that awaits us now?
may we remember
that we know how to care for each other
and in the hard times
we learn how to be more together
so what's in the space of emptiness that awaits us now?
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5. |
Holy
04:16
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i'll grow a garden
and i'll grow it tall
and when the wind blows
i'll let the seeds fall
in the direction
of all creation
i'll grow a garden
i'll tend the soil
and i'll tend the land
flowing with purpose
wherever i am
guided by trusting
using these hands
i'll do right by whatever i can
'cause this is much
bigger than me
it's something more holy
much bigger than me
something more holy
where do these roots go
if i let them run?
and if i drop my fear
who would i become?
infinite power
and it's bright like the sun
part of a system
that's all one
'cause this is much
bigger than me
it's something more holy
much bigger than me
something more holy
much bigger than me
something more holy
bigger than me
something more holy
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6. |
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and we keep saying
"a change is coming"
but every morning
i wake up to find
i'm stuck in the same thing
mundane cycling
do we keep waiting
to know when it is time?
and is it true
that anything gets better?
this is just
the world we've got for now?
can there be
a place where we can settle?
where freedom finds
it's solid ground?
we'll take what we can
make what we have to
learn something more than we've been shown
i'll tell myself that things'll get better
and hard times teach me how to grow
sometimes i daydream
that i'm somewhere further
and i start to miss you
remember when we'd talk about healing our sadness
like it's something we could fix?
now i've learned it is
just how we've all been burned
believing that
anything gets better
and this is just
the world we've got for now
can there be
a place where we can settle?
where freedom finds
it's solid ground?
we'll take what we can
make what we have to
tell ourselves this is a long road
keep hoping things'll get better
and hard times teach us how to grow
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7. |
Song for the Sun
03:34
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once i followed the sun
and she lead me to nowhere
except back to the light
she said had always been here
i asked her "oh why,
of all the places you could take me
why would you lead me back to
this place that i fear?"
she told me "stay here for now,
listen to the quiet
feel all the stillness
buried under your pain."
so i closed my eyes
and the night fell upon me
but once i could see the stars
the darkness did change
i saw
it's not "i" at all
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8. |
Second Morning
02:07
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9. |
Resilient
01:40
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got off the train
and felt i belonged
the smell of the ocean
and the hillside
and the sense
life moves on
don't check your phone
to see where we are
let's ask some strangers
or listen to the sounds in our hearts
after all
we've made it this far
not learning much
but about myself
and that i'm resilient
and a part of everything else
oh i am resilient
and a part of everything else
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10. |
Tides
04:41
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you're like the pull of the tides
you've got the force of the sea
and i thought i could swim
but i'm drowning
and i forget
the person i call 'me'
you're like the sun on my back
you've got a beautiful light
and i can stay in the shade
or i can burn away
i forget
which one is right
maybe time will tell me
but i think i left a clock back home
and if i were to start leaving
i would loose everything i know
everything would go
it's like you see in black and white
you've missed all the colors i can be
like the pink in the sky
and the fading night
and the nothing that floats through all we breathe
maybe i'm just asking for too much
and you are as good as it gets
so i will smile through all my time with you
and push past how i feel in the end
maybe time will tell me
but i think i left a clock back home
and if i were to start leaving
i would loose everything i know
everything would go
and every cry i've tried to make ends
with a tear-drawn wave
how can i?
how could i?
i know the door only needs one push
to leave you in my past for good
but
how can i?
how can i?
maybe time will tell me
but i know i left that clock back home
and i should really start leaving
so i'll wave goodbye to everything i know
i'll let everything go
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11. |
Seasons
01:39
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and the more i'm alive
the less scared i am
and the more seasons i get through
i start to understand
that when it gets bad
it'll get good again
and i don't need a thing at all
to be who i want
i don't need a thing at all
to be who i want to be
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12. |
Oscillation
05:25
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in oscillation
sometimes i fly
and sometimes i sink
will life always feel so uncertain?
will i always feel like this?
move me in the direction of service
please move me wherever that is
though lately i've been feeling like nothing
i know that i've got a lot to give
so open up a little wider now
you'll find light in the darkest hour
the pulse of the world
beats inside your chest
and it's rhythm will find you again
it all can't ever be seamless
i heard some struggle helps to make us strong
i believe that we've all got purpose
and we came here with a song
so open up a little wider now
there is light in the darkest hour
the pulse of the world
beats inside your chest
and it's rhythm will find you again
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13. |
Song for My Friends
05:20
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all of my friends they are humble and wise
gentle teachers of how to be alive
and every time i look into their eyes
it's an exhaled reminder it's gonna be alright
i cherish those moments on the tops of the hills
when we see the whole city
and promise we will
make space in the concrete before the pavement does kill
and plant a garden
where all of life is still
i know
time fleets
everything does change
and fluidity
is all that we can claim
yet i dream of the days when we wake to the sun
with a quiet buzz humming from people we love
and say
"oh my what community does
when we care for each other
look what we can become"
i know
time fleets
everything does change
and fluidity
is all that we can claim
but as long as the wind blows
as long as my heart goes
i'll give thanks
to those beings that guide me
to the light that's inside me
i'll try to do the same
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14. |
Thank You
03:49
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i'm part of everything
guided by spirit full
made in resilient ways
calling on a better world
i'm part of everything
guided by spirit full
made in resilient ways
calling on a better world
ooo, thank you
i can feel my place in you
i'm part of everything
guided by spirit full
made in resilient ways
calling on a better world
i'm part of everything
guided by spirit full
made in resilient ways
calling on a better world
ooo, thank you
i can feel my place in you
and it gets hard
and it gets good again
and it gets hard
and it gets good again
and it gets hard
and it gets good again
and it gets hard
and it gets good again
i'm part of everything
guided by spirit full
made in resilient ways
calling on a better world
i'm part of everything
guided by spirit full
made in resilient ways
calling on a better world
ooo, thank you
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15. |
Receive
03:06
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receive, receive
all the healing
receive, receive
rest from all your searching
there's a view as wide
as a thousand oceans
and dust from anywhere that you were going
already
all you need
lives within you
so receive, receive
all that light inside you
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