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Introduction
01:01
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The beginning of this story cannot be told. Let’s just say that there is nothing, though everything exists. Like a vast emptiness on the verge of which all is born. Everything is about to be imagined and everything imaginable about to happen. Like the meeting of the egg and sperm. In the resulting explosion is creation begun and in the loving universe of the womb is it harnessed.
This, however, is not the true beginning. For the beginning is void of even this. Beginnings cannot be told though they are sought. If we know how something started we feel more able to understand it. What we find, however, are not beginnings. For the beginning has none of this. It is void. It is the place from which all stories are born. The dreamless sleep from which you awaken into a world of anything. Upon your arrival you call it the beginning, but you’re already in the middle of it.
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2. |
Common Is The Sense
04:32
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Common is the sense
When the world is dense
With sights and sounds
All the way to the clouds
Common is the sense
Just over the fence
Where the tree still stands
Shading lion and lamb
If whatever starts
Must someday depart
Then all we can see
Are the bonds of freedom
If whatever starts
Begins in our hearts
Then at least in the end
We may all be friends
Our sixth sense is common
Close all your windows, bar all your doors
Look only inside and that sense is yours
Open your eyes
To the bonds that tie
You and me
To the creatures in the sea
Open your eyes
To the wide open skies
Saying to you
“This and more shall you do”
Our sixth sense is common
Close all your windows, bar all your doors
Look only inside and that sense is yours
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3. |
The Waiting Room
04:54
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I’m sitting in the waiting room
Hoping my turn will come soon
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Reading a magazine
I’m sitting in the waiting room
They say I’m next in line
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Hoping my turn will come soon
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Watching the time go by
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Dreaming about the sky
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Hoping my turn will come soon
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Thinking about the past
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Afraid that I’ll be last
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Hoping my turn will come soon
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Wondering if I will survive
Because once I walk through that door
I’ll finally be alive
I’m sitting in the waiting room
Hoping my turn will come soon
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4. |
If It Ain't Broke
03:43
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First come the cops
Then come the robbers
First come the doctors
And then the disease
You first choose to fight
And then find the reason
First is the sentence
Then the crime that agrees
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it don't screw, don't twist it
The more you try to fix, the more I'm feeling dizzy
We started using words
And stopped communication
Felt patriotic
Then created a nation
Going to war
We gave birth to our enemy
For sure there’s a goal
Before Manifest Destiny
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it don't screw, don't twist it
The more you try to fix, the more I'm feeling dizzy
First came religion
And then came belief
And what is holy
If not creation of sin
The genius definer
Became the first fool
The first to say saintly
Original sinner
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it don't screw, don't twist it
The more you try to fix, the more I'm feeling dizzy
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5. |
Slow Down
03:00
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I was cruising along
Minding my own business
When my car started to phase
In and out of existence
Well I pushed on the brakes
And moved toward the shoulder
But my car seemed steady
So I moved it back over
If you think your car might disappear, slow down
What do you do if you think your car might disappear?
Slow down
It’s not worth the risk
So don’t take the chance
If your car seems wobbly
Even at a glance
Just hit your brakes lightly
And try not to panic
When your car seems steady
Ease back into traffic
If you think your car might disappear, slow down
What do you do if you think your car might disappear?
Slow down
You may not believe it
But it happened to me
On that long stretch of highway
Down by the sea
My car it shimmered
In an unusual way
And I looked up above me
And saw a clear, sunny day
If you think your car might disappear, slow down
What do you do if you think your car might disappear?
Slow down
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Death is not proof of existence
Thought’s but an abstract word
And living is more than surviving
Yeah, living is more than surviving
Your debts keep you working
Your house keeps you stationary
And your car keeps you on the ground
Work is no longer a labor of love
Money no more a means to barter
And time is the distance between us
Yeah, time is the distance between us
Your debts keep you working
Your house keeps you stationary
And your car keeps you on the ground
Not all games need have a loser
Nor all our practices be preached
And I’ve done the tango alone
Yeah, I’ve done the tango alone
Your debts keep you working
Your house keeps you stationary
And your car keeps you on the ground
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7. |
You're Not Of This World
05:17
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You’re not of this world
There’s nothing about you that
I can call my own
You’re a far out girl
And I cannot hold you here
Away from your home
You’re free like a bird
And destiny’s calling you
Into the unknown
Love is a bond that
Will never hold on to you
When it’s time to go
I’d like to hold you
And never let go of you
‘Til the end of time
I would respect you
Defend and protect you and
Shield you from all crime
I’d never own you
My only wish for you is
That you always shine
Love is a bond that
Will never hold on to you
When it’s time to go
You’re not of this world
There’s nothing about you that
I can call my own
You’re a far out girl
And I cannot hold you here
Away from your home
You’re free like a bird
And destiny’s calling you
Into the unknown
Love is a bond that
Will never hold on to you
When it’s time to go
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8. |
Interlude
01:07
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As do you find yourself in the middle of this, though what this exactly is will have to be considered. In the meantime, it is enough to know that we are here. Together. And this is really the thing, is it not? This being here together. Someone once told me the secret to traveling at light speed. He said get a video recorder and record yourself riding a bicycle. Then get into a canoe and watch the video while canoeing. Being in two places at once, you must be traveling at light speed. This man also told me, over and over again, that “all things tend toward one”
In pictures the circle is really the correct symbol for one, not zero. The line, representing two polar opposites is more apt for that number. You can also get this way, from one to two, by taking opposite points on a circle and pulling them apart, thus forming a line. Symbolically, a circle is one. Written, a line is one.
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9. |
Dream A Dream
06:57
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Dream a dream at night
Monsters, falling and flight
Dream a dream in the day
Work, money and play
Dream a dream when you die
Release, review and retry
Dream an escape from all this
Connection, peace and bliss
Yet all are dreams trapped in time
Which never reach the truly sublime
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10. |
All Has Been Done
03:28
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It’s said all has been done
Under the Sun
But I must insist
There’s something we missed
I’ve heard all has been sung
And all has been said
All shit been flung
And all paths been tread
If you really see no new possibility
Let's get on with world war three
We’ve done all the drugs
Smoked all the flowers
Built all the cities
And knocked down the towers
Are we too blind
To see in our minds
A new kind of fun
Without an old, smoking gun
If you really see no new possibility
Let's get on with world war three
We’ve reached to great heights
Danced in the moonlight
Examined things tiny
And stolen the shiny
But through all of our doing
All these years long
One thing we missed
Is getting along
If we really see no new possibility
Let's get on with world war three
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11. |
A New Way To Rhyme
08:48
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A new way to rhyme
To be sublime
Take the time
Spend the dime
Or walk in line
You’ll look fine
And get to dine
With fancy wine
Look and see
What can be
Count to three
Pretend to be free
Lose the doubt
Let it all out
With a shout
And move about
Make a choice
Hear your own voice
Learn to rejoice
Beyond your exploits
Hold it back
Stay on track
Into the black
Of anxiety’s attack
Or spend the dime
And take the time
To be sublime
Find a new way to rhyme
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12. |
Put Yourself First
02:31
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Put yourself first
You’ll always be last
And all you’ll see
Is your boss' ass
Make yourself high
You’re bound to fall low
Try to go fast
You’re sure to move slow
Put all your leaders
Above normal man
And see repercussions
Far out in the sand
Put yourself first
You’ll always be last
And all you’ll see
Is your boss’s ass
Show yourself strong
You’re sure to be weak
Keep throwing bombs
And our outlook is bleak
Put yourself first
You’ll always be last
And all you’ll see
Is your boss’s ass
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13. |
Whoa!Man
04:27
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There I was walking
Checking the Sun
The moment I saw her
My legs, they went numb
Not a girl, but a Whoa!-
Man did I see
And more to the point
She was looking at me
Look! Who's that there?
Not a girl, woman, misses or ma’am
This is the territory of the Whoa!Man
She wasn’t a woman
With an ‘a’ or a ‘y’
But she was telling her story
Right through her eyes
That’s when it hit me
Like the back of a hand
This was no lady
She’s a Whoa!Man
Look! Who's that there?
Not a girl, woman, misses or ma’am
This is the territory of the Whoa!Man
Well I had to approach her
For I knew that she had
The secret of life
In the palm of her hand
But the moment I touched her
She vanished in air
And all that was left
Was that Whoa!Man’s stare
Look! Who's that there?
Not a girl, woman, misses or ma’am
This is the territory of the Whoa!Man
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14. |
We've Come So Far
04:06
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We’ve come so far
To get nowhere at all
Spinning our wheels
Grinding our heels
Focused on the past
Always the past
Not the first or the last
Thing that happened to us
When we lost our trust
In the powers that be
And the gods that see
Hitler changed nothing
In the flow we created
Not Napoleon, Julius
Nor Alexander the Greated
Just more links in a chain
Revered just the same
As all of the line-standers
Bystanders and innocent crime handlers
Living in the past
Always the past
Blame is in the past
Guilt, regret and oh what a shame
To be stuck in this dark tunnel
By that guy with the reins
Playing his game
But his power comes from me
Not you or anyone else I see
So what if I flow against the grain
Like the people who really made change
Not the peacemakers, terrorists and politicians
But those who said no
While we called it ego
And crushed them with our mighty blows
In the past
Always the past
Sitting in the past
Always the past
Looking at the last
Group of people who took me down
So I can visualize coming around
To their town
To turn it around
To repeat this cycle
But this time with me on top
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15. |
Epilogue
00:51
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And so it ends where it begins, which is to say it really went nowhere at all. But this is the way with all things, is it not? “Ashes to ashes and dust to dust” being just about the only truth that exists. Oh sure, you can say “cast your bread upon the waters” or “love your neighbor as you love yourself” or “what comes around goes around” or any other way you want to say it. Ultimately, the same thing is being said, is it not? The ending is the beginning, as it is with all things. It’s just the part in the middle that holds our attention. From the moment it begins the ending is assured. The journey of ten thousand miles is the first step. And your neighbor is yourself. We just like to see that part in the middle. That space between ourselves creating and created by the time it takes to close the gap.
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16. |
After The End
05:41
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After the end
When time begins
There you’ll wake up
From the land of the living
After the answers
Where the questions begin
There you’ll start living
Outside of your dreams
After the questions
Become your expression
There you’ll begin
To live your true essence
After the known
Is beyond understanding
There you’ll find love
In the depths of your soul
After a life
Well worth living
There you’ll see peace
And Noah’s Rainbow
After your blindness
Opens your vision
Then you’ll have sight
And begin to know wisdom
After your ears
Close up their holes
Then you’ll hear truth
From every direction
After the odors
Aren’t enticing
Then you’ll smell manna
Raining from Heaven
After your taste buds
Have all departed
Then you’ll taste life
In all you encounter
After your touching
Produces no pleasure
Then you’ll feel the pulsing
Of life on all levels
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A mass collaboration 6 years in the making.
What started with some lyrics and a weekly jam has become a
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