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Invocation
01:40
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speak through me,
grandmother, grandfather,
grandmother, grandfather
saba, savta
dad
speak through me
i call upon your spirits
to make this offering
let’s re-unite
this is
to lift everyone up
to help everyone rise
those who came before me
those who came before you
let’s rise
i’ll listen
my ears are open
my heart is open
i’m ready to be reconnected
with my roots
with soil
i know
it will give me the connection i need
to Earth
grounding
to Mercury
flying
i’m your channel
to heal the world you left behind
thank you
for giving me life.
thank you
for your directions
i’ll be present
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as one of the two seeds
you planted, still blossoming
i’m here to tell you
you’re missed
your absence shaped all of us
in ways you couldn’t foresee
but mama grew lotuses
in the mud you left behind
you knew the only way to truly rise
was to climb a thousand steps
still you tried to take the elevator
over and over again
you left
your lover’s heart forever broken
you left
your sisters seasoning september’s rain
running down their cheeks
you left
your brothers asking the night sky,
why, you left
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3. |
Metamorphosis
04:00
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your soul rose unexpectedly
but you knew, you wanted to fly
like a caterpillar
impatient to become a butterfly
transformation gave you wings
no crawling up staircases no elevators
but
wings to fly off to freedom
don’t fear the shadows
they just mean there’s a light shining somewhere
don’t fear the shadows
they just mean there’s a light shining somewhere
i hope to rise in this life
not by passing on to the next
don’t fear the shadows
they just mean there’s a light shining somewhere
don’t fear the shadows
they just mean there’s a light shining somewhere
but i grow weary sometimes
at those times, i need you most
to hold my heavy heart
refill my life’s force
light a flame so i can see
where to place my feet
while i wade my way
through the dark
remind me
not to fear the shadows
they just mean there’s a light shining somewhere
don’t fear the shadows
they just mean there’s a light shining somewhere
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4. |
Fathers & Daughters
03:48
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fathers,
we daughters
love you.
this recklessness you had,
i would have loved to imitate that for a while,
on special occasions only
when i sit with my right leg,
crossed over my left leg, lately i
talk like you.
when i stare up to the sky
before i sleep at night
i don’t look
i don’t look
i don’t look
for the brightest star anymore.
but i know you approach
as we gather near
to tell you how dear
you are to us here
and i know we are safe
when i look above
guarded by the stars
i still feel your love
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5. |
Breaking the Bread
04:04
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there he sits
in your sons seat
a fellow survivor of time
he turns quiet too
in crowds
you go inward
sit in your own peace
you enjoy the tumult
a soft smile on your lips
your eyes kind yet regal
you have never been
a woman of many words
but you know the art
of speaking with your eyes
sit in your own peace
you enjoy the tumult
a soft smile on your lips
your eyes kind yet regal
you look into that man’s eyes
your grandchild on his lap
and you know
you two are carved
from the same tree
you pick up some bread
break it in two
reach out to him
we are family now
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6. |
Healing
01:09
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In the presence
of your absence
healing was born
our family awoke
from the shock
your loss cast over us
and we rose
embracing new lights
we learned to grow in ashes
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7. |
The Wood Elves Dance
04:17
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born on summer solstice
you are the queen of light
long wavy white hair
and ocean blue sparkling eyes
born on summer solstice
you have a voice to rise
don’t let anybody ever
tell you otherwise
dance with me
bare feet
let’s go there
where wood elves meet
we will dance
like we used to
me and you
we used to dance
like the sun and the moon
united by sisterhood
sometimes life is hard on you
but still you laugh with ease
i hope i’ve been there for you
at all times that you’ve needed me
break the chains that hold you down
release the thoughts that cause you doubt
jump in the water and wash yourself clean
from hurtful memories and heartache tears
dance with me
bare feet
let’s go there
where wood elves meet
we will dance
like we used to
me and you
we used to dance
like the sun and the moon
united by sisterhood
sing to the moon let her be your ruler
be the sea who loves in floods
dance to the beat of a heart that dreams
in fluid motion in endless streams
dance with me
bare feet
let’s go there
where wood elves meet
we will dance
like we used to
me and you
we used to dance
like the sun and the moon
united by sisterhood
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8. |
Mama (live)
03:15
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dark hair blue eyes
is how i looked when we first met
over twenty years passed
my hair grew long like yours but i never said
that the older i get the more i see myself as you
sometimes it scares me
but most days i’m just proud
to take after you
when i see you
i know i’ll be fine
‘cause you raised me to be true
to chasing those dreams that make life mine
sometimes when we’d fight
we’d sit and think it over for a while
and then both want to
apologize at the same time
when i see you
i know i’ll be fine
‘cause you raised me to be true
to chasing those dreams that make life mine
but when i see you running through your days
faster than your legs can carry
i beg you mum be kinder to yourself
please set that example for me
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hold onto my wings
I’ll take you with me
we’ll soar high above the town
possibilities with no end
fly, fly, fly, fly
I’ll take you with me
we’ll go on journeys that were never walked
we’ll go to places that we’ve never been
we’re flying high above the sorrow
where our heart can be free and rest
alive, alive, alive, alive
I’ll take you with me
we’ll fly in the day
at night under the stars
we’ll fly in the wind
in rays of sun when the day breaks
alive, alive, alive, alive
i’ll take you with me
hold onto my wings
and I’ll teach you to fly
hold onto my wings
and I’ll teach you to fly
fly, fly, fly, fly
free to love
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do you remember when we first met
i was half your age and half your height
do you remember when we all crammed in the backseat
teaching each other how to speak
do you remember when Cobe would dance to make it rain
and Anna would stand in it’s drops, washing her worries away
do you remember how in love our parents were
loving each other was easy so we could see them soar
when you trust the wind
you will find land
when you trust the fire
the forest will grow again, grow again
do you remember how our four hands ran the keys
for hours and hours on end
do you remember when we’d walk through the woods
hearing the frog choir sing, whispering our dreams
or jumping on the trampoline in the pouring rain
do you remember feeling clean and so, so sane
do you remember how their love grew and changed
when you trust the wind
you will find land
when you trust the fire
the forest will grow again, grow again
do you remember when we never stopped sweating in New Orleans
scribbling in notebooks, while the ice cubes disappeared in our drinks
because neither of us can avoid the words we need to sing
‘cause music is family
our blood is not the same, but what runs through it is
it’s the will to sing pain, straight from our hearts,
love shining through our eyes
can’t close our mouths, because the voice is so, so human
to sing is to celebrate
do you remember when we wrote this song
let’s keep our memory strong
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11. |
Growing
01:30
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my mother’s mother
gave my sister and me
a patch of land in her garden
and if we promised to nurture it
we could grow what we wished for
my sister planted beautiful flowers
i solely planted carrots
these roots helped me grow, tall like a tree
growing up- and downward
simultaneously
i wait, for the moment
to grow past the shadows that shield me
till the moment I can feel the unfiltered sun
on the cheeks of my leaves
and every seed i plant
will sprout, when it needs
while the wind whispers through my branches
i grow tall, wide, old and deep
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12. |
Sending a Message
06:28
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when we met
i asked you to play green
when you did
i asked you to play spring
i heard the birds
so i asked you: “play a glistening stream”
then i knew
you play the strings
inside my heart
you show me
when i can’t find my head
you show me
when i can’t feel my eyes
you hold me
till light arrives
you love me
and i know we enrich
each other’s lives
release all the fears we share
for our love and dreams will take us there
where we’ll shine bright
like stars in the night sky
we’ll shine, you and i
you show me
when i can’t find my head
you show me
when i can’t feel my eyes
you hold me
till light arrives
you love me
and i know we enrich
each other’s lives
spread your wings
and dance with me
like the knight of cups
bear your message
straight from your heart
‘cause into the darkest night
you shine your light
it’s why i love you by my side
you show me
when i can’t find my head
you show me
when i can’t feel my eyes
you hold me
till light arrives
you love me
and i know we enrich
each other’s lives
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13. |
No Mud, No Lotus
04:09
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i pray to you, to ask your advice
to tell me what i already know deep inside
please lend me the strength to change
what can be changed
and please lend me the strength to bear
what can’t be changed
and please lend me the wisdom
to differentiate
you’ve seen love before
but told me it was no more
than a raindrop in the endless sea
compared to our love
you said “if this is not what brings purpose to my life
nothing else is”
but you see the splinter in my eye
while you can’t see the beam, blocking your own sight
you hurt me so bad, wounded me so deep
but i can’t let it go unsaid
that our love is stronger than our heads
you keep me in such tight grip, till i go mad
twenty-eight years past
now we both know what we struggled for
it’s these two lights
that now grace the world
we filled the voids in both our hearts
now we may rest yet far apart
but we knew love
deep deep love
and i wouldn’t have signed off
even had i known, what I signed up for...
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14. |
Reawakening
06:13
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many turns around the sun ago
there was indeed a speck of sand
locked inside a long forgotten land
the key is in the shape of a teacher
when i close my eyes i feel you close
every breath you breathe into my soul
it feels like a dream to see your light
but now I need to find my way back home
‘cause i realize
what i need to feel, every day i breathe
i know that this is real, you awakened me within
oh you woke me, for the light
i shine, you opened my eyes
know there’s such a thing as pure awareness
and out of it you’ll build the world you reflect
if it were as easy as it sounds
you wouldn’t need me to lend my hand
now I realize
what i need to feel, every day i breathe
i know that this is real, you awakened me within
oh you woke me, for the light,
i shine, you opened my eyes
now i realize
what i need to feel, every day i breathe
i know that this is real, you awakened me within
oh you woke me, for the light
i shine, you opened my eyes
and there is
no way back
from this path
i open my eyes
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let’s connect
in our humanity
let’s connect
in kindness
let’s connect
as an antidote
for the fear
that suffocates
hate that festers
in hurting hearts
let’s heal
the pain
carried through generations
of emphasizing our differences
let’s come to terms
with our ancestors
through the wisdom
of today
let us rise
to the understanding
that we are
Family
WE RISE, when we lift each other up
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16. |
Gratitude
02:17
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the sun and the moon
falling into itself
realize that your world has changed
the sun and the moon
falling into itself
realize that your world has changed
the sun and the moon
falling into itself
i realize
that my world has changed.
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