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Paralyzed in Sleep
03:04
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I woke up from a dream
And I woke up
Everything was as it’s been
Yet nothing was
I saw a world bloom in living color
Everybody held belonging arms to one another
Is it real?
Is it possible?
A buried seed in the ground
A death like sleep
Body prone and all guards down
The prophet speaks
I saw a world, clean air and crystal water
Everybody held enough to have and share and prosper
I saw a world, my waking eyes no doubt would doubt it
But in this liminal realm the truest truth whispers the loudest
It feels real
It feels possible
It feels real
Must be possible
We are paralyzed in sleep so we can’t run away
From truth spoken in dreams
Paralyzed in sleep so we can’t run away
From our own dreams
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Nowness
03:54
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In all this noise
The smallest voice lies in wait
For the listener breaks through the roar
A world on fire
The factions vie for attention
Your self-imposed pressure absorbs your mind
Close your eyes
Let it find you, the stillness inside
Too many tales untold
Life placed on hold
While the author is lost looking for a safe bet
But none can know
Where this goes
The illusion of past and of future besets your mind
Close your eyes
Let it find you, the nowness inside
Baby you don’t have to know the outcome
To know that you’re headed in the right direction
You are a compass pointing north
And this way is only yours
You already have the answer in you
It’s the bell that’s ringing on the plain truth
Listen and keep listening
Listen and keep listening
Baby you don’t have to know the outcome
To know that you’re headed in the right direction
You are a compass pointing north
And this way is only yours
Listen and keep listening
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4. |
The Reckoning
03:54
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I know what I must do
I felt the sound ring true
And it terrifies me
Buzzing like it is in my body
Compelled to give myself
There’s no unringing of the bell
It thrills and terrifies me
Pulling on me like it’s gravity
I’ve been afraid to be wrong
I’ve been afraid to be right
And isn’t it all the same fear
Of owning my own life?
But if this truth that I have heard
In my heart is to be believed
Then it comes down to me
This is the reckoning
And if I look away
Then there will always be a place
In my soul that reminds me
A decaying resonance in my body
Of life I might have known
There’s no unknowing what I know
This will always be with me,
The choice at this moment of reckoning
I’ve been afraid to fall down
I’ve been afraid to succeed
Turns out it’s all the same fear
Of me trusting me
But if this truth that I have heard
In my heart is to be believed
Then this is everything
It all comes down to me
This is the reckoning
I’ve been afraid to be wrong
I’ve been afraid to be right
Turns out it’s all the same damn fear
Owning my own life
But this truth that I have heard
Is the only thing that I believe
My life is up to me
This is my reckoning
My life is up to me
I know what I must do
I felt the sound ring true
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5. |
Small Breath
01:38
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Bending the Atmosphere
03:59
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Small breath in
Lips barely move
A secret vow made in a dark room
It’s next to nothing
It’s just a whisper
Sent into the air
Meant only for my own courage to hear
An infinitesimal bending of the atmosphere
Said soft like a prayer
Set off a reaction, stirring the air
This consequential bending of the atmosphere
Now it is said
A quiet birth
It gathers clouds and circles the earth
The start of something
It's just a whisper
Sent into the air
Meant only for my own courage to hear
An infinitesimal bending of the atmosphere
Said soft like a prayer
Set off a reaction, stirring the air
This consequential bending of the atmosphere
It won’t be long now
Before this becomes something more
It won’t be long now
Before this whisper becomes a storm
Here comes a storm
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This Millisecond
04:03
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In this millisecond
This fraction of a moment
Some brave new future is written
And just one step sets it in motion
One move and now I am all in
Dominoes are already falling
Fate is made in a blink
And the future’s embedded in this millisecond
A tiny muscle twitch
My body’s balance tips forward
Off the ground they lift
My feet and heart commit
There’s no uncrossing this border
In this millisecond
This fraction of a moment
Some brave new future is written
And just one step sets it in motion
One move and now I am all in
Dominoes are already falling
Fate is made in a blink
And the future’s embedded in this millisecond
It’s time to do what I have said
A faith without a deed is dead
So let this be my rubicon
The match is lit, the game is on
In a millisecond
This fraction of a moment
Some brave new future is written
And just one step sets it in motion
One move and now I am all in
Dominoes are already falling
Fate is made in a blink
And the future’s embedded in this millisecond
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8. |
Like Water
04:09
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Look at the weight of this stone
It won’t be moved
Daughters of daughters of time
Pushed on it, too
I’ll swerve like they taught me
I’ll carve out a new stream
Like water
Running the curves, seeking cracks in the earth
Like water
Nothing will keep her from the way that is hers
Could beat with bare hands this injustice
And break my fists
Or discover my power in knowing
Where I am powerless
Like my mothers have shown me
We get downhill by flowing
Like water
Dance thought the boulders that lie in the path
Like water
Surrender to gravity, rush through the cracks
Like water
We’re carving canyons through rock, shaping history
Like water
Drawing new maps with the soft power of flowing
We’ll get to the ocean
We’ll get to the waves
We’ll go where we’re going
Damn these barricades
My sisters, we’re moving
Carried on the strength
Of being fluid
We’ll get to the waves
We’ll get to the waves
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9. |
Harbor Bells
01:54
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Sympathetic Resonance
04:35
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I gotta be honest
I’ve been struggling today
Right behind this brave face
I am tired and I am scared
I’ve been second-guessing
If I made the right move
If I have the will to see it through
And then from out of nowhere
I hear you singing
Your sound waves resonate
In my body, the cells awaken
And I hear your song
It’s a different melody than my own
But I know where sounds like that come from
And now I know I’m not alone
You sang ‘cause you had to
I know that feeling oh so well
Truth rising up like ocean swell
A pure and unstoppable force
You didn’t do it for me
But sending your song out on the wind
Is filling my lungs with oxygen
And I’m alive again
I hear you singing
Your sound waves resonate
In my body, my heart awakens
And I hear your song
It’s a natural harmony with my own
‘Cause sounds like that only come from
The deepest places we have known
And I thank god we’re not alone
Your song calls to the one inside me
My body rings on the truth you are sounding
I found my voice in the chord of your offering
Thank you for singing, for listening and singing
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11. |
Clouds
05:22
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We send our dreams up in the air
Our sweat and tears float up like water vapor
We breathe out all we’ve taken in
In unison, our dreams ascend
Look to your left, look to your right
Grab hands, hold on, allies in flight
A chain of billions coalesce
This gathering to meet our purpose
This is why we’re alive
To gather and rise
Like clouds in an endless sky
This is how we get free
It’s bigger than you or me,
The power in this gathering
We are divine
Clouds in an endless sky
We bare our pure, uncovered hearts
Our joys and pains build up electrical charge
The force we make, many as one
Is light and heat greater than the sun
This is why we’re alive
To gather and rise
Like clouds in an endless sky
This is how we get free
It’s bigger than you or me,
The power in this gathering
We are divine
Clouds in an endless sky
The force we make, many as one
Is light and heat greater than the sun
The force we make, many as one
Is light and heat greater than the sun
This is why we’re alive
We are divine
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12. |
Petrichor
03:09
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And from the sky
The water spills
Reliever of a thirsty earth
The patter beat
A muffled thrill
It sounds like peace
Smells like rebirth
And one breath in
I’m filled inside
With the perfume of all that’s lived and died
An ancient memory reminds me I’m alive
I am the soil
With upturned hands
Receiver of this primal grace
On wafts of plenty
My chest expands
Newborn again with the smell of rain
And one breath in
Lungs ache for more
This heaven scent
This petrichor
My ancient bones knows that I’ve been here before
Of gods and stone
Of dreams and pain
And whispers from
An echoed age
This blood that courses
Through my veins
This verdant truth, eternal rain
Just one breath in
It makes me cry
The perfume of all that’s lived and died
An ancient memory that I am here, alive
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Shannon Curtis Tacoma, Washington
Shannon Curtis is a Tacoma-based artist hailing from California.
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