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1/50 The Flower
03:09
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It’s alright
Take your time
Feel the stress go as you breathe it out
A leap of faith
On a journey
Fear is only when we give in to our doubt
When the mood is low
Build up slow, take your time and let it go
You need the space to grow and that’s alright now
Calm before
The storm is brewing
You prepare for what you expect
But it’s okay
It’s started snowing
The rain didn’t even happen in the end
So now you know
What you believe
Is exactly what you see ahead
So take the wish
Make it real now
You control this reality
When the mood is low
Build up slow, take your time and let it go
Cos you need the space to grow and that’s alright now
You will start to see, what you believe
Is all you need to know
So allow yourself to grow cos thats alright now
The flower blooms
Exactly when it’s meant to
The flower is you
It’s alright
Take your time
You control this reality
When the mood is low
Build up slow, take your time and let it go
Cos you need the space to grow and that’s alright now
You will start to see, what you believe
Is all you need to know
So allow yourself to grow cos thats alright now
The flower blooms
Exactly when its meant to
The flower is you
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2/50 Little Mischief
02:54
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Take your first breath in
And look around
Everything’s brand new
Take your first steps out
And walk about
Figure out what you legs do
They’ll hear you bark soon enough
You’ll learn to do things when they speak
Until then your just a little dog whose allowed to make mischief
You’re so sweet, you’re so innocent
Barefoot on the ground - Your just a little puppy now allowed to make mischief
Take your first listen
And hear a name
It will belong to you one day
Make your first mess
You won’t understand
Too find your forgiven every time
They’ll hear you bark soon enough
You’ll learn to do things when they speak
Until then your just a little dog whose allowed to make mischief
You’re so sweet, you’re so innocent
Barefoot on the ground - Your just a little puppy now allowed to make mischief
You’re so fresh, you aren’t aware just yet
That there’s a world beyond this house - your just a little puppy now allowed to make mischief
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Take a little bit of courage
Mix it with some faith
Add any seasoning you like
Salt and pepper to taste
Mix the ingredients to living
No advisable advice
Bake it all at 365 and
watch your dreams come to life
And oh, it’s easy when you know how
But don’t worry when you can’t figure it out
A recipe for you
I’ll put it in a book
Break it down into step by step
So you can all have a look
1. Take the less trodden path
2. Make no back up plans
3. Chose all of the choices that
Nobody understands
And oh, it’s easy when you know how
But don’t worry when you can’t figure it out
Take a little minute
Breathe a little breath
Become everything you believe you can
Don’t except nothing less
It’s easy when you know how
All you have to do is do
A cookbook recipe
On you doing you
And oh, it’s easy when you know how
But don’t worry when you can’t figure it out
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Why do people get bitter?
When someone questions their belief?
Argue til they fight each other
And that is the worst disease
Why do people get angry?
When they don’t know what to do
No need to diagnose it
The healing lies in you
Reporting live so you know
Right through your stereo
The best vaccine worth getting
Is one of positivity
The worse virus thats spreading
Is the fear that you believe
So the very next time you read the headlines
Notice what you see
Theres no lockdown in your mind baby
Love is always free
There’s a mask on your chin
A curfew through the night
Nobody else to talk to
And you can’t go outside
So quarantine the negative thoughts
Outbreak a little smile
Isolate the news stories
And stay there for a while
Anti-body ain’t nobody
Doing all this wrong
Isolation don’t go wasting
Your life ever long
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5/50 Goddess In Disguise
03:18
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There’s a beauty in your eyes
Cos you’re a goddess in disguise
And One day you’ll realise just what you’ve got
I can feel it somewhere deep inside your spirit
You can tell me that you don’t but I know you feel it
Right, somewhere deep inside
Listen in and tell me that you feel desire
You want more than this life so build the fire
High, time to burn sky
There’s a beauty in your eyes
Cos you’re a goddess in disguise
And One day you’ll realise just what you’ve got
Somewhere buried deep inside
There’s a feeling you elide
But one day you’ll realise just what you’ve got
Feels like they can’t hear anything your saying
They put you down, underground, so you don’t
Realise, what you have inside
You’re the lion, you’re the tiger, you’re the caterpillar
They might be small but don’t be fooled
Touch one and you will die, the caterpillar doesn’t hide and just like you
There’s a beauty in your eyes
Cos you’re a goddess in disguise
And One day you’ll realise just what you’ve got
Somewhere buried deep inside
There’s a feeling you elide
But one day you’ll realise just what you’ve got
Deep inside my heart
I feel it in my bones
Cos girl I just know, that we’ll make it
I can feel it somewhere deep inside your spirit
You can tell me that you don’t but I know you feel it
Right, somewhere deep inside…
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6/50 Do the Dance
02:43
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Every step in life’s a dance
You do the waltz and I’ll do the cha cha, now
Follow your feet, give them a chance
Step out of time and suddenly your out
Stay in rhythm, keep your time
Making moves like you have lost your mind
But there’s no pattern to this life
No sequencing so go do what you like
Hold on a little longer
Hold on a little more
Do the Dance.
Do the Dance now.
Ignore what you learned in school
They trained you up to live like a fool so
Put on your favourite dancing shoes
Show everybody all your moves
Hold on a little longer
Hold on a little more
Do the Dance.
Do the Dance now.
We’ll be dancing on our own
I guess we’re never going home
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Now it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay to make mistakes
We all do
And if you need, if you need, if you need to take a break
Then you should
And I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind
It’s all good
Just give yourself permission don’t let them thoughts in your way
Get to you
Cos sometimes its fine
Sometimes it is all you need
To lay down and do lots nothing and not much at all
So take your time, make a smile and let the world spin around
Cos where you are is what you need, so just let it be
Baby just let it be
Now I can’t think, I can’t think, I can’t think anymore
I’m brain dead
My body is aching and I wanna lay on floor
Instead
It’s a sign of the times
The crazy world that we living in
With everyone running and rushing about
I’m just moving and grooving around
Well, not really, right now I’m doing nothing
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8/50 Crossroads
03:36
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I’d like to think
I write these songs for a reason
And I’d like to think
This virus is for the season only
The road ahead, splits off in two
No decision, what should I do?
Now I’m
Two steps from the cross roads
And I’m not sure which way to go now, slow down (two steps from the cross roads)
There’s a monster inside my head that says
Go back, turn around (two steps from the cross roads)
Life’s a game
But nobody knows how to play it, save it
And I’m an alien
Surrounded by a robotic behaviour
The road ahead, splits off in two
No decision, what should I do?
Now I’m
Two steps from the cross roads
And I’m not sure which way to go now, slow down (two steps from the cross roads)
There’s a monster inside my head that says
Go back, turn around (two steps from the cross roads)
I can say all I want about it
doesn’t mean I don’t doubt it sometimes (two steps from the cross roads)
Where do we go from here?
I’d like to think
I write these songs for a reason
And I like to think, I like to think
Maybe thats my problem…
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9/50 Head Noise
03:06
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I think I’ve lost my rhythm
I think I’ve lost my groove
I think I’ve lost the melody
I’m caught up in the blues
I’m falling out of time, I’m falling out of life
I keep falling out with you
I think we lost our rhythm
I think we lost our groove
And I can’t hear your melody
It’s playing out of tune
We keep falling out of time, I keep running out of rhymes
We need a beat and soon
5 beats per bar in 4/4 time
The metronome in my mind
The pulse that I can’t find
Irregular and dissonant
I can’t hear you anymore
It’s too loud in my mind
I used to feel it in my fingers
I used to tap it through my toes
I used to have the energy
To sing all of the notes
Now I can’t sing the tune that I want to sing to you
Can’t remember how it goes
5 beats per bar in 4/4 time
The metronome in my mind
The pulse that I can’t find
Irregular and dissonant
I can’t hear you anymore
It’s too loud in my mind
I think I’ve lost my rhythm
I think I’ve lost my groove
I can’t sing the melody
I want to sing to you
So I’m gonna write a song
To sing, one to bring
some major to the minor chords
One to play for you
5 beats per bar in 4/4 time
The metronome in my mind
The pulse that I can’t find
Irregular and dissonant
I can’t hear you anymore
It’s too loud in my mind
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Take a little look around
Take your time, don’t make a sound
Can you feel the energy
A vitality to set you free
The vitality to set you free
Take a little look around
Take your time, don’t mess around
Fire up your energy energy
A vitality to set you free
The vitality inside of me
CHORUS
Real life never was for me
I had to find out who I’d be
In the fight between light and dark
Got to follow your own path
7 billion won’t choose
Well I guess it’s time to choose
Find a road into your heart
Walk your own less trodden path
VERSE2
Free your mind from the punishment
Feel your body feel of nourishment
Step back in astonishment
Weeping what you sow in accomplishment
Free your mind from the punishment
MID8
Judge them, judge yourself, judge everybody else
Call for help in the melt and your bleeding
Judge them, judge yourself, judge everybody else
Your heart beats beats like it’s beating
Real life never was for me
I needed somewhere else to be
For the sake of mind and heart
I had to follow my own path.
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The last thing that I wanted was to go back
The last thing that I needed was to feel locked in
But we have got each other, you should know that
Whatever happens next will be the best damn thing
Cos everything happens for a reason
And anything we want, we’ll just go and get
Those who matter most are here around us
With you by my side, there’s no better team
Broken record, I don’t hear you anymore
That old sound is nothing but a memory
This song is written as a reminder
Words a wiseman once said to me
Remember to be patient, to be gentle
Pause a little longer then you will see
You’ll get everything you wanted
You’ll get everything you need
Broken record, I don’t hear you anymore
That old sound is nothing but a memory
You’ll get everything you wanted
You’ll get everything you need
To be patient, to be gentle
Take your time and you will see
You’ll get everything you wanted
You’ll get everything you need
Take your time
Broken record, I don’t hear you anymore
You’re nothing but a memory
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Quit social media
Migrate to the south
Get a simple job
And live life without
All of these headaches
And all of this stress
Constantly needing to
Be at your best
Lets all be animals, lets live like we mean something
Lets all be animals so wild and free
I woke up on this train
As its rolling on by
I’m starting to question
And ask myself why?
So at the next station
I think I’ll alight
But up ahead theres a tunnel
and I can’t see the light
Lets all be animals, lets live like we mean something
Lets all be animals for just one day
Lets all be animals like we should be, like we could be
Lets all be animals so wild and free
The dog keeps biting me in the same place
Am I already losing by entering the race?
Quit social media
Migrate to the south
But I tried that already
And there’s just no way out
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Is it your voice or mine?
Reflective memories from way far back in time
Guilty feelings but I don’t know where from
Tell me are you proud of who I have become? Cos
The older that I get, the less I find I know
Answers to all of your questions
Like where am I going and what will I do there?
Cos you can’t be proud of
who I am
So guilt can be all mine
As I defend from those who want me back in line
But all that I know is I just don’t belong
The best way I can teach is through writing all these songs
The older that I get, the less I find I know
Answers to all of your questions
Like where am I going and what will I do there?
Cos you can’t be proud of
Who I am and what I’ve done
And everything in between
Who I am and what I’ve become…
The older that I get, the less I find I know
Answers to all of your questions
Like where am I going and what will I do there?
Cos you can’t be proud of
who I am and what I’ve become…
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14/50 Filter-less
02:56
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It goes Rain/sunshine
It goes Grey/Blue sky
It goes dark as night, through to morning light
It goes low to high
And I don’t know why
The colour’s so bright
Just as I look the saturation dies
Then it comes to life
There’s no edit button in real time
Cos It plays just as it goes
So don’t fixate on rewind
Fast forward through the prose
Live a filter-less life
It goes red to blue
From me to you
As the green and yellow try to come through
A purple orange too
So make a loud noise
Throw out your toys
And just as they stare use a silent voice
To remind them your there
And if you try to modify everything you ever know
Won’t play out in real time
You’ll be living in slo mo-tion…
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This place ain’t a hotel
No there’s no rooms to reserve
So excuse me for asking
It’s just that they seem concerned
Yeah, the voice up inside me’s saying
Get outta my head
Yeah…
This place is not a prison
No there’s no key to the cell
Yet I feel more like prisoner
The officers are unwell
Yeah, the voice up inside me’s saying
Get outta my head
Yeah, the voice up inside me’s saying
Get outta my head
Yeah, Get outta my head
This song is not for anyone
No it’s not a cry for help
Get outta my head
Get outta my head
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16/50 Breakfast
04:18
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I’ve always loved a purple sunrise
Watch the light reflect your dark brown eyes yeah
And I can see them open
Cos all night I’ve been dreaming
Of waking up next to you
So I guess that dreams come true
Its my favourite time of day…
Its your taste, its your flavour
It’s your recipe
Its the time of day that I love especially
Cos breakfast’s always oh so sweet
It’s the mood, it’s your moves
It’s the way that you do
flipping pancakes over the radio’s tunes
Cos breakfast’s always oh so sweet
Cos all I wanna do
Is have breakfast with you
You’re sweet like cherry jam
you make it better like nobody else can
And I need you, oh I do
And I don’t like the afternoon cos
People rush and there’s things to do but
I know tomorrow morning will come
Whats your secret ingredient? I can’t tell…
Its your taste, its your flavour
It’s your recipe
Its the time of day that I love especially
Cos breakfast’s always oh so sweet
It’s the mood, it’s your moves
It’s the way that you do
flipping pancakes over the radio’s tunes
Cos breakfast’s always oh so sweet
Its my favourite time of day
So don’t let it slip away
Cos all I wanna do
Is have breakfast with you
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The future’s quiet
The past is loud
And I can’t hear the present
It doesn’t make a sound
My body falls asleep
But I am kept awake
Wondering how many beats
This feeble heart can take
I hear your breath
And you can hear my voice
I get scared because the end
is something we cannot avoid, no
There was this feeling
That would not go away
Living here inside of me
seemed it was here to stay
And then I saw you
The feeling suddenly changed
A new found clarity
That I still have today
I hear your breath
And you can hear my voice
I get scared because the end
is something we cannot avoid
And every single night
Always comes around so soon
I was never scared to die
til’ it meant losing time with you
No time will ever be enough x4
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Time to forget, forgive my youthful sins
Forgetting everything I’ve done and been
It’s all we’ve got now
You’re all I’ve got now
Recall a little piece of what I’ve seen
Had I known then I’d have done everything
It’s all we’ve got now
You’re all I’ve got now
It’s time to climb the elephant
We’ll stick to the south side
Turia garden, the ocean we swim
Treading water somewhere deep within
I know we know how
We’ll figure this out
Sold our four wheels to stand up on our feet
If we’re not there we won’t miss anything
I know we know how
Let’s figure this out
It’s time to climb the elephant
We’ll stick to the south side
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19/50 Deeper Connection
02:58
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Deeper connection, fall in love
Spiritual direction from above
Something happens to me when I sing
Leaves me feeling like I can do anything
Oh… can do anything oh… can do anything
Naked rejection, losing flow
Say a sacred mantra that I know
Try to keep repeating to myself
Try to keep repeating…
Can you feel it? My heart beat lights up when I sing.
Can you hear me? The voices screaming in my head.
And all this time, I’ve waited to be here.
Naked rejection, losing flow
Say a sacred mantra that I know
Try to keep repeating to myself
Try to keep repeating…
Oh what a waste it would be
Oh if it never happens to me
Can you feel it? My heart beat lights up when I sing.
Can you hear me? The voices screaming in my head.
And all this time, I’ve waited to be here.
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It was somewhere we went, it was somewhere we found
Making these memories, so loud and profound
Now we’re living it, flying so far now
We lived in a van, we drove it around
Escaped the riots and all the lockdowns
Now we’re living it, flying so far now
Last year this was just a dream
And now its all here in front of me
Whilst you get busy making plans
Please understand that we are now
Living it, flying so far now
Inside my mind, outside your realm
Your deepest desires dictate your health
Then you’ll lift off, your time to fly now
Move to feel brighter, move to feel whole
Follow the light you feel that lights up your soul
Then you’ll lift off, your time to fly now
Last year this was just a dream
And now its all here in front of me
Whilst you get busy making plans
Please understand that we are now
No longer factories
Or batteries living with no charge
My soul is on fire
Fuelled by its desire
To only be true to it’s light.
Life isn’t a book
Titled Your Bucket List
It isn’t a backlit screen
So go… Be
Last year this was just a dream
And now its all here in front of me
Whilst you get busy making plans
Please understand that we are now
Living the dream
That we call reality
Whilst you get busy making plans
Please understand that we are now
Living it, flying so far now
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