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Piece Of Mind
06:57
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From the forest to the city, to the mountains by the sea
To the canyon and the valley - have you seen a guy called me?
I've been searching all the corners and haven't found him yet
Maybe he's looking too, maybe we've already met
When we catch each other up I've got a piece of mind for him
He's got the other piece for me - we can trade and start again
I'm writing a diary from the perspective of a tree
It's not what it sounds like - It's symbolic
It means a lot to me - It's symbolic
From the forest to the city, to the mountains by the sea
To the canyon and the valley - have you seen a guy called me?
I've been searching all the corners and haven't found him yet
Maybe he's looking too, maybe we've already met
When we catch each other up I've got a piece of mind for him
He's got the other piece for me - we can trade and start again
But what if he was here the whole time next to me?
Would it be a waste of time to be searching endlessly?
Would it be a waste of time in my destiny to search and search and never find the other piece of my mind.
Who could have it if it's not right here?
Well if it is it isn't clear..
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I Always Sing About
05:19
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I always sing about trees and death and things
And about my mother
I sing a lot of songs about my feelings for my lover
I write a lot of songs about freedom and the road
And right now I'm singing about everything I know
And everything I know amounts to nothing - It's worth nothing at all
Everything I have seen means nothing at all
All of my experiences don't mean much to you
But who am I talking to? There's no one here but me..
I'm on my own in this moment and I can see
That sometimes I'm alone in moments that they are here with me
Who are they, are they the common people?
Who are they, are they religious people?
Who are they, are they working people?
Who are they, are they normal people?
Who are they, are they real people?
Who are they, imaginary people?
I'd like to say that I can't tell what's real anymore
But that wouldn't be quite true
That would insinuate that I have lost my mind
And I haven't quite yet - but if you find it, could you let me know?
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Crash and Pull Away
11:02
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I know that I'm in control
I know that I'm powerful
I know that it's up to me
Then why do I make these choices?
Why do I make these choices?
What is it that tantalises me to play in the shadows and live life for free
What is it that compels me to make the same mistakes again and again
I must be crazy
I must be nuts
I must be insane
I must not know what's what
But I just strut
I just strut
But look at the way you walk sometimes, it doesn't match the way you talk sometimes
Look at the way you walk sometimes, it doesn't match the way you walk sometimes
Look at yourself, look at yourself
Look at the choices that you made
Look at yourself, look at yourself
Look at the way that you behave
I know you don't want to but you got to face it
I know you don't want to but you got to embrace it
I know you don't want to - but it's part of you
Do you want to let go of that part and make room for another part?
Or do you just want to hold on to it until it's so big that it doesn't fit
Do you just want to hold on to it, just hold on to it.
But what are you holding on to, it is hurting you
And I hate to see you hurting, I hate it so much
I hate to see you hurting, I just want to touch you
and make you feel good
and make you feel pretty
and make you feel alive
Alive
And I don't want to put you in the naughty corner cause I know it's not your fault
I see that you do the best you can to do just what you're told
But you are told so many things, where do you begin?
You are told so many things, oh where oh where oh where to begin..
And what if some of those things contradict each other?
What if some of those things don't make sense?
What if those things are dangerous, what if those things will hurt you
Would you do them anyway just because they told you to
Would you jump off of that cliff, just because I did?
Would you jump off that cliff, just because I did tell you that you have to.
Oh I told you that you have to.
When I told you that you have to, I didn't really mean it
I didn't really mean it
You are free to do what you want to do
Do as thou wilt shall be the law
Do as thou wilt shall be the law that you abide by
That you abide by
And you can have whatever you want now as long as it doesn't hurt others
But don't listen to me. No don't listen to me.
Just listen to the wind
And the birds when they sing
And the crickets chirping
And the sound of the waves as they crash and pull away
And the sound of the waves as they Crash and Pull Away
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Artificial Cave
08:04
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What is this cave I'm sitting in?
There's so many walls
Not enough light coming from outside
Everything is artificial
Nothing in here is real
Nothing in here is wonderful
Nothing makes me feel
Like I want to do anything or get outside and live life
I just want to sit in my room and close the curtains and sleep
It's the most uninspiring environment that I could ever find myself in
..But here i am creating
Oh what is it about uncomfortableness that makes me be my best, that makes me do more?
What is it about feeling unsatisfied that makes me want to satisfy my hunger?
What is it about seeing what is wrong and wanting to be part of the solution?
Not the problem
But that's the problem - I AM!
I am part of the problem
And so are you - yeah so are you - yes you are - don't lie to yourself anymore
You are part of it and more
You are here to explore but you've been stuck inside an artificial cave
With no natural lighting and nothing exciting could happen any time soon
Even if it did you would look the other way
Change the channel, change the station just do whatever it takes to ignore what you know
To Ignore what is wrong
To ignore the fact we destroy the planet we are from
Why would you treat your home like that?
Why would you put up those walls?
Between you and your neighbour
Why would you want to live inside anyway?
You can't feel the air, you can't feel the Sun, you can't feel the Earth, you can't see everyone
You're alone, isolated, alienated on your own
Lonely, lonely, lonesome loner sitting in a cave
With your artificial gadgets - isn't that great?
You lonely, lonely loner in that artificial cave with your artificial gadgets
Isn't that just great? Now you can say distracted, stay in denial
You can stay repressing your feelings for a while
We'll see how long it lasts then.
We'll see how long it lasts.
We'll see how long you can keep it up,
See how long before you blow up
Ooooh - You know you will
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Everything Is Beautiful
07:28
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Life is beautiful, Love is beautiful
Death is beautiful and your breath is beautiful
Oh everything is beautiful
You are beautiful, I am beautiful
Oh we are beautiful and our love is beautiful
The world is beautiful oh the world is beautiful
Oh everything is beautiful
Birth is beautiful, the Earth is beautiful
Nature's beautiful - chaos beautiful
Consistency is beautiful and spontaneity is such a beauty. Oh it's such a beauty
Everything is beautiful
Pain is beautiful, pleasure is beautiful
Fears are beautiful, hopes are beautiful
Desires are beautiful and all your dreams are beautiful
All your skin is beautiful and all your hair is beautiful
All your flaws are beautiful, all your perfections beautiful
Everything is beautiful
The fire is beautiful, the water is beautiful, the air is beautiful, the plants are beautiful
The rocks are beautiful, the mud is beautiful, the swamp is beautiful, the flowers are so beautiful
Oh everything is beautiful
All these sounds are beautiful, all these smells are beautiful, all these senses are beautiful
The physical world is beautiful,
The spiritual is beautiful,
The mental world is beautiful
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Kaeru Dawn Portland, Oregon
Independent and experimental musical artist from Australia.
From raw recordings of original folk
music, captured alone in a rainforest..
..all the way to Hi-Fi electronic productions fit for any jungle dance floor.
I put it all here first.
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