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All It Takes Is Time
01:58
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‘All It Takes Is Time’
Every monument will fall
Kingdoms, castles, marble halls,
Church, and steeple
All we can will turn to dust
As all things must
All it takes is time
All it takes is time
The feeling in your chest that burns
The pain inside your heart that turns your blood to poison
Your hopes to noise
Will ease
Will disappear
All it takes is time
All it takes is time
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Harmony
01:51
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‘Harmony’
There is music in the elements around us
Listen to the falling rain
Listen to the wind that blows
There are melodies cascading all around you
Birdsong in the trees
The cicadas’ pedalled note
Harmony
We could all live in harmony
Harmony
We should all live in harmony
Feel the pulse that strikes a rhythm through your veins
A heart we task with love
A heart we task with pain
With every beat we share a chorus of our union
Our shared understanding
It is simple, it is plain
Harmony
We could all live in harmony
Harmony
We should all live in harmony
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‘Like A Diamond In The Sky’
See the Morning Star
Shining in a new sky
Herald of the sunrise
Up above the world so high
Isn’t it wonderful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
Like a diamond in the sky
Shining down on you and I
See the Evening Star
Echo in an old sky
The distance of a lifetime
Up above the world so high
Isn’t it wonderful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
Like a diamond in the sky
Shining down on you and I
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A Moment
02:03
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‘A Moment’
Pause for a moment
Take a deep breath and hold it
Give each aspect a clarity of mind
Strive to remember so we can pretend to
Return to this moment in time
Cause and effect
It forces reflection
Every action has a balance to resolved
To strive for perfection is Failure’s invention
We pretend for a moment in time
Here we are in memory
Wide awake in reverie
With eyes wide open it’s easy
To catch a glimpse of eternity
Pause for a moment
Take a deep breath and hold it
And bask in this moment in time
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‘As The North Attracts The Needle’
The city sirens sound a fanfare for the people
Faces in the crowd
As the North attracts the needle
Slaves to the treadmill
Running to a standstill
As the North attracts the needle
As the North attracts the needle
In such a busy place where all the ends are meeting
In such desperation victories are fleeting
Slaves to the treadmill
Running to a standstill
As the North attracts the needle
As the North attracts the needle
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‘I’
When I was a younger man
I had it all figured out, I had a plan
I set my compass for adventure to the edges of the map
I never looked back, I never said when
Such are the failures of younger men
When I was a younger man
I was impatient for The World to understand
All that I was yet to do but one day to command
Before the ink had left the pen
Such is the arrogance of younger men
Some things time diminishes
And some things magnify as years go by
But the wealth of my experience serves only to remind myself of I
And when I was a younger man
I was confident in aspects of romance
Promises made easily I had yet to comprehend
And my regrets, I earned them then
Such are the follies of younger men
Some things time diminishes
And some things magnify as years go by
But the wealth of my experience serves only to remind myself of I
And though the years have kept me well
My youth is but a memory
I tell myself that fortune has been kind to grant so long a lease
And at least these days I can
For I am no longer a younger man
Some things time diminishes
And some things magnify as years go by
But the wealth of my experience serves only to remind myself of I
All the starts and finishes
All the risks and everything I've tried
Yes every kiss and each goodbye serve only to remind myself of I
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A Mutiny Of The Heart
03:39
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‘A Mutiny Of The Heart’
As the day clatters into use
And the last star flickers from the sky
Time’s arrow aims but overshoots
Did your predictions work out right?
You and your ideas
All that time ago
Ragged clouds on a new horizon
Oh no, here comes that feeling again
Oh my soul, what kind of treason is this?
A mutiny of the heart
There’s a space for everything
There’s a place for us
In the secret corners of a mind
The shallow slumber above the undertow
You and your ideas
All that time ago
Ragged clouds on a bruised horizon
Oh no, here comes that feeling again
Oh my soul, what kind of treason is this?
A mutiny of the heart
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It’s hard when you’re always afraid
Afraid to remember
Afraid to embrace
The idea that there just might be
A contrary opinion
A truth you can’t see
I know you know
I know you know
The world is too much
And I know you know I tried my best
The rest will come in time
It’s part of the process
Part of the design
The rest will come in time
I know you know
I know you know
The world is too much
And I know you know I tried my best
If we can forgive
The rest will come in time
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One Day After The Other
02:25
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‘One Day After The Other’
When the morning comes
I will open up my eyes
And greet the dawning Sun
As he rises in the sky
As it was and as it ever will be
As it was and as it ever will be
One day after the other
One day after the other
When the evening falls
I will lay me down to rest
And watch the Moon enthralled
As she travels to The West
As it was and as it ever will be
As it was and as it ever will be
One day after the other
One day after the other
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Go Well
02:22
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‘Go Well’
Follow the stream to the river
And from the river to the shore
Set your boat upon the water
Raise the sail and climb aboard
Catch the wind to the horizon
Map the stars to chart your course
Across the ocean that surrounds you
The world is waiting, the world is yours
Go well…. Go well…
And when you reach that distant harbour
And when you set your foot ashore
Follow the path beside the river
As many men have done before
And it when it narrows to the stream
And when you reach your journey's end
You will meet someone there waiting
And you will know them for a friend
Go well…. Go well…
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Paul McLaney New Zealand
There is truth in simplicity. Breathing in, breathing out. There is wisdom in naivety. Instinct wrestles with knowledge.
Songs in the bellies of acoustic guitars. Meditations in every
moment we allow them the space to bloom. As the North attracts the needle, that persistent
pull towards one’s own personal legend.
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