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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? (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 (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 (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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BABAL England, UK
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
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