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Welcome to each one of you
Now that we have arrived
Won’t you come in from the wintry wind
We will gather inside
The hour is close we must make the most
Of the time before it is gone
As the fire grows small it is easy to fall
Asleep but we must press on
Who will bear the torch’s light
Through the darkness of the night
If not us?
When to listen when to heed
To the suffering and need
If not now?
Who will act upon the part
Of longing deep within your heart
If not you?
Who will come to realize
The visions of our dreaming eyes
If not us?
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Come Into My Life
04:21
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Come into my life
Don’t be afraid to be
Closer to me
I can’t say that I know
how it will go
But I know
Something’s there that draws me
I would like to know you
Better than I do
You’ve been hurt before and so have I
But isn’t that the way it is to be alive?
I can’t promise that you’d be safe
Any more than I could
Promise I would
I can’t say that I’m sure
Romance is pure
But I’m sure
The spring of your beauty
Will never run dry
In my eyes
Yes its true that feelings come and feelings go
But love remembers beauty when it doesn’t show
Let me come into your life
There’s no need to be
Guarded with me
Whatever comes I promise
To you this
I promise
I will care for you
no matter the end
You won’t lose a friend
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How can we answer for all of this?
In our hearts didn’t we know what we did?
Do you hear the voices?
Can you see the need?
Do you know we share it?
Does your heart still beat?
Who will tend the wounds of this world? Where is the salve? Where are you Avalokiteshvara?
I hear you
I have always been here
I am the medicine you need
I will never be apart from you
if you hear the voices
if you see the need
if you simply share it
if your heart still beats
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It's Just
04:01
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There's no reason I should be surprised
I felt it coming for a long time
but oh darling, it tears me apart just the same
oft-times I've pondered on our many goodbyes
but I'm so tired of thinking I just sigh
cause you can tie your thoughts in all kinds of knots
but what is there to do
when the one you love doesn't love you
You barely seemed 19 you were so young and green
much of love you had not seen
but oh darling, I had to be the one to break your heart
you loved me completely like a child so sweetly
I tore your innocence when you gave it to me
cause you can be so perfectly lovely
but what is there to do
when the one you love doesn't love you
But it would be more honest to say
that i did love you then much the same way
that you love me now
its just that you don't love me the way I love you
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Don't You Know
04:19
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Think what you will
Say what you may
Try as you might to keep it away
To keep it at bay
To push it below
To hide it inside so it won’t show
Don’t you know
There are things too big to hold
Alone
Want what you will
Take what you can
Try as you might to hold in your hands
To make all your plans
For how it should be
What you don’t have
Is all you see
Don’t be so
Sure the mind knows what’s best
For the soul
Through the twists and turns
Round the corner
Through the cracks
You can catch a glimpse
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Calling You By Name
05:23
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Where have you been all this time I’ve been waiting here alone?
Waiting for the day that you claim me as your own
I began to think that you would never come
But in the end, it was only a matter of when
Creeping through the hollow, Skulking in the shadows
You’re our forgotten child and estranged parent
Wailing when the wind blows hanging from the gallows
We tried to cut you out
We are afraid of you
I don’t understand this romance that I have with you
You make me feel so alive but you tear me in two
Everywhere I go I know that you are close
I can see your face, I can feel your embrace
Creeping through the hollow, Skulking in the shadows
You’re our forgotten child and estranged parent
Wailing when the wind blows hanging from the gallows
We tried to cut you out
We are afraid of you
How strange to deny her voice
When she keeps calling you by name
Come into my arms
I’ve been waiting for you
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I Would Not Keep You
03:54
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Though I may wish to I would not keep you my friend
But in such joyful company how quickly we reach its end
Deep in the forest a shadow and voice is casting a spell
In this darkness can be found riches profound
But don’t linger lest it drag you down
Though I may miss you I’d not hold onto our time
The wealth of your gifts is the world’s and not just mine
Deep in the vale lives a tree just a pale kiss of light does it know
In the humus down below decay gives way to growth
Let it lift you towards the sun’s glow
If you will to be filled
Let yourself be empty
awaken and set yourself free
If you’re in search of love
Let it flood your heart like blood
Open and so will it be
Though it may break you so will it make you again
It matters not the end but that you can continue to begin
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8. |
Into The Forest
03:53
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Have you been crossing your fingers
Or saying a prayer
Hoping that something or someone
Will take you there
Take your time to find
And settle in your nest
But once you have you've got to go
Into the forest
I know you want to stay
But the child must leave the womb
For its birthday
White wisps of flowers
May float on the breeze
And yet you don't water your
Lustrous red seeds
I feel the heat of the flaming trees
I'll follow where they lead
What could be said of where you'll be led
It's no place you have known
But the entrance is here
It won't disappear
Even if it gets overgrown
I know you want to stay
But so must we all pass some day
When you go below
You'll be amazed at what you'll find
When you let go the mind
The underworld, the night
Is full of a light you can't see with your day sight
I wish that you could come with me
And share this journey
But I know it can't be
We're just two leaves
Of the same tree
The same electricity
One purple, one green
Momentarily paired
Rocking gently with the air
If our paths don't cross again
I'll meet you there
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Paul Willson Richmond, Virginia
Paul Willson is based in Richmond, Virginia. He has released one album and three double-albums as a leader/primary composer. His work has been reviewed in RVA Mag and RVA News. Paul's compositions cross into several genres. He sings, plays guitar, fiddle, sarod, and sarangi. ... more
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