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Voiceless
06:39
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Was invited, to come and stay here
With impressions that I might just find a home
Was attracted, to have a voice here
But I found myself on my own
I took the advice of a guiding star
Who assured me I was worthy of the station
He said never forget who you are
Cos it’s a world where some will have no liberation, no liberation…
You’re voiceless; you’re voiceless now… I’m voiceless, nah.
I was thinking, shouldn’t be thinking
In mirrors, realizations were looking back
I was planning. I was singing.
I believed there was nothing that I lacked
While some were blessed to talk and had a voice
I sat alone with something natural that seemed owing
This isolation wasn’t my own choice
There was just no room for voices singing poems, singing poems…
You’re voiceless; you’re voiceless now… I’m voiceless, nah.
So remember, if you have to grow here
With words and notes and meanings that flow
They’ll tell you you’ve other seeds to sow here
They’ll tell you where they think you need to go
It all depends how much you play the game
And configure what you think is the redeemer
I suppose there isn’t much more I can say
In a world where there’s no room for the dreamer, for the dreamer…
You’re voiceless; you’re voiceless now… I’m voiceless, nah.
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2. |
High and Lowly
06:48
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I don’t understand how you do what you do
How you measure who you are
You can’t fit the people into the smallest cage
I don’t know who you think you are
I don’t understand how you work it all out
We pay to live; we pay to die
Can’t make it work; I don’t know what it’s about
You seem immune to all our cries
Cos it’s about the high and lowly
You just can’t fight the high if you’re lowly.
Can you presume the right to have so much more
When no one has extra in the end
You entered the world the same as everyone else
Yet you’re entitled to offend
Assumptions and reasons they don’t figure at all
You stand guard at every door
Opportunity is a natural thing
Yet you think we ask for so much more
Cos it’s about….
Is it for the high to claim the right
When we’re starving, injured, dying,
Is it for the lowly to be answerable
When we’re war-torn, homeless, penniless – but we’re trying
There’s no room for people on their own
No place for love
There’s no chance for children to come home
If there’s something out there won’t it stretch down and help us from above
Cos it’s about….
If I’m in cardboard sleeping on the ground
If I’m out there wandering, don’t know where I’m bound
If I try to make it work even though my skin is brown
I can make it as long as I can fake it, fake it, fake it
If I’m in danger floating out upon the sea
If I’m in tears cos everything’s taken from me
If I protest at a world falling apart at the seams
I can make it as long as I can fake it, fake it, fake it.
So why don’t you tell us why you do what you do
And how you measure who you are
How you fit the people into the smallest cage
I don’t know who you think you are.
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3. |
Lost Tribes
06:21
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Who was it who said we didn’t belong
Who was it who said we weren’t good people
Whoever believed we had no song
Couldn’t sing, they couldn’t sing the songs of home
They couldn’t sing, couldn’t sing the songs of home.
You worry that if we hide away they’ll find us anyway
But I’m not sleeping
‘Cos I’m gonna build a bridge up to the sky
And I talked with the sun today and he said he’d hide us away
So mother stop your weeping
I’m gonna take our people to the sky.
Who was it who thought we’d waste away
Who was it who betrayed our family
Whoever believed the stars had no song
Couldn’t sing, they couldn’t sing the songs of home
They couldn’t sing, couldn’t sing the songs of home.
You worry that if we conform their way they’ll use us anyway
But I’m still fighting
And I’m gonna build that bridge up to the sky
Cos I talked with the moon today and she said she’d hide us away
So mother stop your crying
I’m gonna take our people to the sky.
Who was it who said this is what we chose
Who was it who doubted our heaven
Whoever believed we had nowhere to turn
Couldn’t sing, they couldn’t sing the songs of home
They couldn’t sing, couldn’t sing the songs of home.
Home, sing, sing the songs of home.
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4. |
Soul of Palestine
06:21
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When dark skies are falling
Those taken from us you will see, will be free
Above the sounds of all the pain of our destruction
We’re rising, not falling; our spirits are calling
Our sun will rise for us once again.
You may laugh, while we cry.
You may live, while we die.
So we say as we pray
You won’t take the soul out of Palestine.
We weep for the children
I hear their laughter where their souls are free, wrapped in dreams
Above despair in all the pain of our situation
Living forever, we’re strong together
Our sun will rise for us once again.
You may laugh, while we cry
You may live, while we die
But we say as we pray
You won’t take the soul out of Palestine
Sure, there’s a way
We will find a new day
So we say as we pray
You won’t crush the heart of Palestine.
The tears won’t stain; freedom calls to all who hear her,
There’s love and there’s fire as the passion grows higher
Our sun will rise for us once again.
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5. |
Being Born
07:13
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Reach into the sky; reach into the hills
And find an eye to step along the way
Sail upon the sea; ride a golden beam
The way is clear to carve a road for me
I will think I’m on my own
But I know which way lies home
I’ll see your face and say, remember me.
Old worlds start to fall; through the mists they call
I stare into a sky I left behind
Days and nights grow long; memories grow strong
They won’t record my rest here in the warm
I will think I’m on my own
But I know which way lies home
I’ll see your face and say, remember me.
Can we see where we are going?
Do we know where we are bound?
We are the fathers of our children
And our love, takes us round.
Can we be certain that we’re moving
For all the years that will rush by
We are the mothers of our children
And our love goes by.
Spirals form my life; mazes form my strife
I rest in dreams called death in my unknown
Rings of fire will burn; pools of water churn
My road will take me where I never go
I will think I’m on my own
But I know which way lies home
I’ll see your face and say, remember me.
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Instrumental song.
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7. |
Robot World
06:50
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They flew in, stepped from their machine, and a new song was sung
The mechanicals put down their roots while the portals were young
Dreams of the earlier life had soon faded away
And we were left with the chaos we know and all live with today
He said, ‘Isn’t it great you’ve developed so fast and so much.’
When I admitted my doubts, he told me I was just outta touch.
I should move with the times and adapt to my role with good grace
It was a moment when the mirror revealed my mechanical face.
I said, don’t be surprised when you knock and I don’t open the door
There’s a human inside me, and I don’t wanna do this no more
If you say this world will never be rid of you
I’ll stand proud in my shoes; it’s all a robot can do.
He led me to the place in the lab where we’re all made
He said, ‘This is the future, this is best, so don’t complain.’
We shouldn’t worry ‘bout sickness and conflict; it was under control
Cos we really wouldn’t notice that anything was happening at all.
At our very next update we’d gasp at the models we are
We’d be intelligent, gorgeous and compliance would take us far
Hearing these words made me just want to curl up and die
But we have no graves here, so need to get back to the sky – Chorus.
So now is the time when we’re called to a software update
And we’ll readily accept what befalls us regarding our fate
I hide in a corner, avoiding what I have to do
And I send this dire warning; the future is all up to you.
Don’t be alarmed when they knock; just don’t open the door
There’s a human inside you, and you don’t need what they have in store
If they tell you their world will benefit all that you do
Make a stand in your shoes; it’s all a robot can do.
If they tell us their world will benefit all that we do
Let’s stand proud in our shoes; it’s all a robot can do.
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8. |
Hours (of Loneliness)
05:38
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Lying here, watching the stars as the silence holds my soul
Things shout loud in the emptiest space as the memories unfold.
In these hours, in these hours alone
Enduring hours, when there’s no choice but to be alone.
People pass; they make not a sound. How do I tell them I am here?
Do they know how souls run aground when their lives just disappear?
But no one can tear me away from the person that I need to be
No one can scare me away, cos I’m the only one who can ever be me.
But these hours, all these hours alone
The world is hours, when there’s no choice but to be alone.
The TV can be playing, while the radio can shout, there’s so much, so much, so much silence in the noise
People are lost and playing; don’t know they’re about, they’re all busy, busy, busy with their techie toys.
If no one is hearing my song, then it’s true that they may just not care
If no one is hearing my song, then it’s a loss I will just have to bear.
Within these hours, all these hours alone
Only hours, for there’s no choice but to be alone.
Alone…
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Sar o ruka, rovela pala mande
Sar o ruka, ta sar
Sar o patrinya, rovela pala mande
Sar o patrinya ta ruka, ta sar
As above, so below, as above, so below, to the sun and the moon we belong.
As above, so below, as above, so below, oh Ravnos, oh Puvus, you are our home.
Sar si mensa si men
Sar o bara, rovela pala mande
Sar o bara, ta sar
Sar o pahni, rovela pala mande
Sar o pahni ta bara, ta sar
As above, so below, as above, so below, to the sun and the moon we belong.
As above, so below, as above, so below, oh Ravnos, oh Puvus, you are our home.
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10. |
Which Side of the Fence
06:11
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Do you know your name? They ask him a thousand questions.
Aren’t you afraid? Do you know who you are?
Which side of the fence do you believe you are on now?
Oh and by the way, there’s no life in the stars.
No you’re not right, no you’re not right, no you’re not right, in your thinking. No you’re not right, no you’re not right, no you’re not right, in your mind
All the voices, all the voices, all the voices and the visions
No you’re not right; no you’re not right; just accept the way you are.
Are you able to count? In control of your senses?
What is the date? You must now forget your pain
Which side of the fence do you believe you are on now?
Oh and by the way there’s no life in the rain.
No you’re not right, no you’re not right, no you’re not right, in your thinking. No you’re not right, no you’re not right, no you’re not right, in your mind
All the voices, all the voices, all the voices and the visions
No you’re not right; no you’re not right; just accept the way you are.
Quieten up now, and take what you are given
Quench your desires; you can’t go against the rules
Which side of the fence do you believe you are on now?
Oh and by the way there’s no life in a fool.
No you’re not right, no you’re not right, no you’re not right, in your thinking. No you’re not right, no you’re not right, no you’re not right, in your mind
All the voices, all the voices, all the voices and the visions
No you’re not right; no you’re not right; just accept the way you are
No you’re not right; no you’re not right; just accept the way you are
Accept the way you are.
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11. |
The Mind Next Door
06:33
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I know this dream; I know this place; how I know it; how I love it
Beautiful dream, meaningful words; believe me.
When I’m in the mind next door; I see my way to heaven’s shore
When I’m in the mind next door; heaven.
Rise up from all the ashes, contain the flashes of the light
Rise up from all the darkness, disturb the harshness of the night.
First there is a sign to go; where I’m going I don’t know
Till I’m at the edge of time; then I know the world is mine
Tilting on the edge and still; energy is higher than a hill
I forget the hell ‘cos it’s gonna last forever, ever, ever.
I know this dream; I know this place; I know it; I love it
Beautiful dream, meaningful words; believe me.
When I’m in the mind next door; I see my way to heaven’s shore
When I’m in the mind next door; heaven.
Rise up, the dusty pilgrim; you are no pilgrim when you’re next door
Rise up, this is your moment, for your atonement, now, it’s heaven’s shore.
We don’t need to scream and shout; once you’re there it all comes out
Fighting it will go nowhere, when it happens who will care
Tilting on the edge and still; energy is higher than a hill
I forget the hell ‘cos it’s gonna last forever, ever, ever.
I am in the mind next door.
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12. |
Where the Angels Sing
05:43
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She reaches down to tie her shoes; she only knows the normal things
She draws a face in the windowpane
When it’s over, she’d like to go where the angels sing.
Whatever happens in the world she’s told they can’t take souls away
Her rag doll says it’s time to play
When it’s over, she’d like to go where the angels sing.
What she gonna do? Where’s she gonna go? How’s it gonna be? In heaven
Will she find her way? Will she see the sun again? When it’s over she’d like to go where the angels sing.
Hold my hand. Just keep holding my hand, just keep holding on, holding on, holding on.
I’ll keep hold of your heart, I’ll keep on holding your heart,
Cos she’s voiceless, and she’s voiceless, she needs to go where the angels sing.
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Patrick Jasper Lee Wales, UK
I am something of an activist with my music & literature. As an indigenous Rom Gypsy my cultural and artistic work explores the highs and lows of life/soul. I champion tribal origins, and the underdog in our modern times. I am tired of what this society tends to throw at us, especially innocent folk. I believe the awesome beauty of nature & the arts remains our only hope in this chaotic world. ... more
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