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Fluid Key- 1. Ever​-​changing Forms of its Children (Journey of Becoming)

by Paul Willson

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1.
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?
2.
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
3.
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
4.
It's Just 04:01
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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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"in the front image, the black & white being (who is actually many beings) has ingested the fluid key of awakening. In this back image the fluid key has completed its transformation and it floats in the center of the universal yoni-womb which gives birth to the clear eye of seeing and color which in turn brings the many other eyes into rhythmic balance and true vision. This womb of generation and regeneration then surrounds itself with the endless circular flow of the cosmic river, eternally flowing into and out of itself... the source of all life. Form within the formless. Balance within boundlessness" - Mark Bryant

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released April 27, 2015

Album Artwork: Copyright © Mark Bryant

All Songs and Lyrics by Paul Willson

Ralph Mason- Drums

Eric Godsey- Synthesizers, Cool Sounds

Kevin Johnson- Tabla and Auxiliary Percussion

Psalm Swarr- Backup Vox

Paul Willson- Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Vox

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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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