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COLLABORATING WITH THE INEVITABLE (WISE CHILDREN)

by BABAL

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CALL OF THE WILD 06:01 video
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Call of the Wild (K.Langley) Sew up your mouths and follow your bliss, Live in your body again, Remember the time when you hunted to live, Now find the soul that you hunger for. Songlines in the dust x 4 In the distance there is an energy between right and wrong, Life and death, silence and song. Follow your songlines wherever they lead, Respect what you know and also what you need. I lived in Eden, on the roof There was a ladder But no solid proof So I took a dive into clarity, clarity, Sew up your mouths, follow your bliss, live in your body. Songlines in the dust.
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SPUN LIKE GLASS 04:36
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SPUN LIKE GLASS (K Langley) She is so alive as she dances But she is dancing in stolen skin And her dance is a counterfeit thing Why don’t you stop her dancing and hold her Before she drops like a stone to the floor Before she cannot dance And she doesn’t care anymore Take the chance Can’t you see there is no rest for her? Just the dry bones of death and moments of being Fly past her as she spins Take the chance and spin her around, spin her around Can’t you see she is spun like glass She shall dance from door to door Until she drops like a stone to the floor And becomes like a shadow In death she will dance no more for you She will dance no more for you She will dance no more for you If she can stay long enough to revive her hopes To try the try that will make it She will dance from door to door Until she drops like a stone to the floor And she will dance no more for you She is dancing down the bones She is dancing down the bones
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LANGUAGE OF THE SMILE 05:53
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Language Of The Smile (K Langley) Words are vague things Sad, real sounds fall continuously Learn the language of the smile (x4) Put the words in your pocket Try to smile and say what you mean what you say In the language I learned Thousands and thousands of years ago When there was no speech And people spoke in tongues But now the tongues are twisting and spitting And twisting and going black It's all there in the lines of the face Every person you've touched, every lost moment Every broken heart, every fear, every love, every mean act, every Beautiful hour How do the lips move, how do you do it Is it easy, can it be learned, stretch out and see - A distant reverberation on the smiling waters of paradise Can you hear? - the silent conversations of slumbering senses Electricity pervades my frame - Electricity The passionate fingers of deep-toned happiness Play around your mouth When there is no speech Only dust on the tongue And the eyes speak volumes in frequent unequal bursts An extravagance of precision A dull shock Then extreme quiescence How do the lips move, how do you do it, Is it easy, can it be learned? Stretch out and see - A distant reverberation on the smiling waters of paradise Can you hear - the silent conversations of slumbering senses - Electricity pervades my frame
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TOUCHED BY ANGELS 05:47
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TOUCHED BY ANGELS (K Langley) Touched by angels’ wings tonight – they’ve left impressions on us I’ve found my wings tonight with you – blissful We never wanted anything at all, it took years of yearning Deep inside, where no-one has seen the rivers of light We are touched by angels’ wings tonight. We are charmed by birds of many hues, spoken by the wind, Held inside a dream. The angels saw our plight, they flew from deep beyond the veil. They touched us deep inside – feel the soft wings over the horizon. Leaving me standing in this flesh alone, in this flesh alone. The spirit has flown to the world outside the one we’ve known And you can fly again, remember you once flew – I was with you I was with you We are children of the breath – trying our strength in new ways Moved by blissful things – opening our eyes Borrowed time has a way of rushing by – not meeting your eye, But turning you onto your back and leaving you To die, of hunger and thirst, while others come first and you just cry. You can fly again You can fly again. We are children of the breath Touched by angels’ wings We can fly if we believe It only takes innocence They touch us deep inside We can see them if we try – if we try We are children of the breath
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LOVE SURPRISED BY WISDOM 06:06
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LOVE SURPRISED BY WISDOM (K Langley) Love surprised by wisdom cannot be bought or exchanged It springs up when you live to the full The thing you do must be the thing that moves your Heart and soul in many secret ways To live, to love, to die to wanting, to breathe the air To not die wanting to know. A word spoken may save someone from despair – why do you keep it to yourself? Feel the need and don’t pretend you do not see the need of another Love surprised by wisdom cannot be bought or exchanged It springs up when you live to the full The thing you do must be the thing that moves your Heart and soul in many secret ways Invest your time – self indulgence must someday be extinguished on the altar of love To live, to love, to breathe, to know, to love, to live, to love, to die, to live A word spoken may save someone from despair – why do you keep it to yourself? Feel the need and don’t pretend you do not see the need of another Ecstasy and responsibility direct the drive that demands your attention Remember, there is plenty for everyone Love is close by, love is close by, love is close by Love is in your heart
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SEARCHING FOR THE DIVINE 04:39
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Searching For The Divine (K Langley) She came like water – she never asked your name She didn’t try to love you – she’s the keeper of the flame Is she your mother Is she your lover Is she your shame Do you know her name Following a circle in time She traces her name on your forehead You’ll remember when you cry in the night looking for her She carries no shame – only a love of all she sees And she carries it well You could learn from her passion and from her pain Shining like a diamond, never shading her face from your gaze For why should she For why should see Chains of anger on your mind and on your tongue The seal of forgiveness is in the web she has spun She’s looking for the divine in everything And if you meet her eyes, you will see yourself And if you meet her eyes, you will see yourself
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THE GLIMPSE 04:38
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The Glimpse (K.Langley) You’ll always feel me when I’m gone, I’m always nearby in every song, With love so golden, and so strong, In a breath from heaven, feel the print of my mind, That reaches out and says – remember, Nothing is lost, everything is found, The wheel of life goes round and round and round A fire has started in your dreams. Trust the taste of all that seems, All that is known is not told it can be felt, Out of the corner of your heart you saw the glimpse, All that is and can be, have no fear The mountain can be climbed even from here The wheel of life goes round and round and round, We touch the earth, we dance, we make our sound, The mountain can be climbed – even from here. The wheel of life goes round and round and round, We touch the earth, we dance, we make our sound. A fire has started in your dreams.
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WHAT SHALL WE DO? 06:06 video
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What Shall We Do? (K Langley) This is the time for mercy This is the time for saying no This is the time for poetry This is the time for faith and hope This is the time for you to move This is the time for you to let go This is the time of no time This is the time to be where you are This is the time to let go of everything you know This is the time to wake up - to let the darkness go At the crossroads of universal time At the crossroads of universal time This is the time for you to breathe This is the time of unity This is the time of truth What other way can there be? This is the time of knowledge This is the time of self-esteem This is the time of courage Make your life into the dream this is the time of plenty This is the end of not enough This is the time of energy This the time of endless love At the crossroads of universal time At the crossroads of universal time Choosing is the emptying of the heart Of all things other than the search for completion What shall we do? What shall we do? What shall we do? At the crossroads of universal time
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ADAM AND EVE 10:34
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ADAM AND EVE (K LANGLEY) YOU COME TO THE TABLE AND FREELY EAT OF THE FRUIT I OFFER DO NOT PRETEND THAT YOU DID NOT CHOOSE I CAN TAKE ANYTHING BUT A BOWLFUL OF LIES THEY TASTE LIKE HONEY, COMPARED TO THE WAY YOU DENY THE TRUTH I GIVE AND YOU TAKE I DON’T BELIEVE THE STORY YOU TOLD ME I CAN TASTE WHAT YOU HAVE BITTEN I SPIT THE PIECES IN MY HAND YOU MADE ME WHAT I AM IS THE CRY OF VICTIMS I PRESS AND YOU YIELD YOU ARE EXPOSED FOR THE ANIMAL YOU ARE I’M NOT THE WINDOW YOU WANT ME TO BE AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH LEAVES YOU BLIND AND UNABLE TO EAT YOU WILL DIE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE THIS WAY I’M NOT THE WINDOW YOU WANT ME TO BE YOU COME TO THE TABLE AND FREELY EAT OF THE FRUIT I OFFER DO NOT PRETEND THAT YOU DID NOT CHOOSE I CAN TAKE ANYTHING BUT A BOWLFUL OF LIES THEY TASTE LIKE HONEY, COMPARED TO THE WAY YOU DENY THE TRUTH I PRESS AND YOU YIELD I GIVE AND YOU TAKE YOU MADE ME WHAT I AM IS THE CRY OF VICTIMS EVERYWHERE I GIVE AND YOU TAKE I CAN TASTE WHAT YOU HAVE BITTEN I’M NOT THE WINDOW YOU WANT ME TO BE I CAN TASTE WHAT YOU HAVE BITTEN YOU MAD EME WHAT I AM….. I SPIT THE PIECES IN MY HAND I SPIT THE PIECES IN MY HAND I SPIT THE PIECES IN MY HAND I SPIT THE PIECES IN MY HAND I SPIT THE PIECES IN MY HAND ISTAFA SCHOMALA KEZ KEZ YEM
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LADY OF THE WILD THINGS 04:07 video
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Lady of the Wild Things (K Langley) On the edge of the world, there is a place where one tree is standing, Here lives the lady of the wild things, she protects the earth and now she is angry. Her shout is as loud as a thousand trumpets; her breath is the fire of a hundred dragons She is Kali, she is the dark one and she is moving she is coming. She’s the lady of the wild things and you can’t stop her (x 3) Let her in! She chews up the buildings, she chews up the cars, she chews up the people, she chews up the bars Of the cage that we have invented, she chews up the things that no-one really needs. She’s the lady of the wild things and you can’t stop her (x 2). (Break) She’s the lady of the wild things and you can’t stop her (x 4). She’s the lady of the wild things and she is coming in from the darkness. Open up the door and let her come in – she is here! she is here!, she is here! Open the door; see she is waiting, waiting to follow you in (x3).
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THROUGH HARDSHIP TO THE STARS 05:15
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Through Hardship to the Stars (K Langley) We are only a gaze, the rest is absence The rest isn't really there I feel the dance of the wind I feel the dance of the hours The dance of the spheres We are only a gaze The rest is absence We find our way,through hardship to the stars Nothing is really easy, if we really care For only a broken heart can let in love We are only a gaze, the rest is absence The dawn I feel The dance of the wind The music of the spheres The light of the stars My night and your day, we'll ignite We are only a gaze, the rest is absence
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PRAXIS (bonus track not on CD) 01:56
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FLYING AWAKE (bonus track not on CD) 01:45
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KAREN LANGLEY AND ROB WILLIAMS STARTED WORKING AND WRITING TOGETHER IN 1993 - AFTER RECORDING LOADS OF DEMOS THEY FINALLY RECORDED THEIR FIRST ALBUM "COLLABORATING WITH THE INEVITABLE" RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 1999 ON THEIR OWN LABEL - INEFFABLE
THEY RECORDED 2 ALBUMS AS WISE CHILDREN , CHANGED THE NAME TO BABBLE (AFTER A BREAK OF SOME YEARS) IN 2010, WHICH MORPHED INTO BABAL IN 2013 AND ARE STILL RECORDING AND PLAYING LIVE TOGETHER.

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released September 9, 1999

KAREN LANGLEY - VOCALS
ROB WILLIAMS - GUITAR AND SYNTHESIS
JON SHARP - DRUMS AND DRUM PROGRAMMING

TRACKS 1-7 PRODUCED BY ROB WILLIAMS AND KAREN LANGLEY
TRACKS 8 - 11 PRODUCED BY ROB WILLIAMS, KAREN LANGLEY AND JON SHARP. ENGINEERED BY MARTIN NICHOLS

TRACKS 1-7 RECORDED AT STUDIO INEFFABLE BRISTOL
TRACKS 8-11 RECORDED LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE KEWSTOKE

ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY KAREN LANGLEY AND ROB WILLIAMS
COPYRIGHT WILLIAMS/LANGLEY 1999

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One speaks and a thousand misunderstand
where millions are silent and a thunderous applause erupts
where chatter overwhelms humility and gossip destroys worlds
the tongues wag, the ears flap and the mind creates a wall
everything has been said but no one has understood
talking with conviction and concluding that knowledge is easy and effects a multitude of expanding smokescreens around truth ... more

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