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Matins
04:53
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Sunday morning, the rain's comin' down
reminding every drop of me to let go
Let of the line, illusions of mind
Water falling free
healing
He is the one and the one he is not
divided by a me that wants what he's got
Everything is okay
heard in a different way
A change of heart, a change of mind
Listening in we may find
another voice calls to us
like the rain does
A change of mind, a change of heart
We go inside the listening art
Another song comes to us
like the rain does
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2. |
Beautiful How
05:41
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beautiful how it comes
and beautiful how you open to
the beautiful, how it reveals
the beautiful how in you
beautiful how you live without it
and beautiful how you live it too
so beautiful, how the all and the none
is a beautiful how, a beautiful how in you
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3. |
Love Me Like the Dog
03:00
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Love me like the dog
A little scratch behind the ear
A long soft gaze
And then I'll happily lick your sweet face
We'll wrestle on the sofa
Then curl our tender bodies like two bumps on a log
Oh my darlin' love me like the dog
Love me like the dog
Take me for a ride and just for fun
I'll hang my head out and let the cool air brush my tongue
Then we'll walk on the beach in the sun
Rolling in the sea and sniffing at the fog
Oh my darlin' love me like the dog
Put your arms around me and I'll be your loving bitch
Just don't ask me to sit or stay, roll over or fetch (no no no no)
(Hmm ... maybe the roll over part is okay!)
When we wander home fix me something good to eat
Like roast beef with ice cream and I'll curl up cozy at your feet
Then droopy-eyed and satisfied we'll fall into a gentle sleep
And keep a secret dialogue
Oh my sweetheart love me like the dog
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4. |
PWG Blues
04:31
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Well I've got money in the bank, a good job at the boutique
I pay my mortgage monthly and my therapist by the week
When I get a little anxious I take a little somethin' for my mood
My body is my temple and I worship a Whole Foods
'Cause I'm a privileged white girl with those PWG Blues
Well I shower every mornin' with organic shampoo
Make a sweet blueberry smoothie and a free trade coffee brew
My car it doesn't break down when I drive it to the gym
Where I've been workin' so hard just tryin' to stay slim
'Cause I'm a privileged white girl with those PWG blues
Well my man he'll never leave me, no he takes me out to dine
Then he brings my Oprah's latest and my favourite ice wine
He treats me like a princess though I treat him like a fool
'Cause I'm a PWG and I can bend all the rules
That I learned so well in the privileged white girl school
Well I wear Rayban glasses when I'm watchin' the whales
I put on my Merrill hikes when I go walkin' on the trails
Decked out in designer Gortex from my head down to my toes
Sometimes I think I'm roughin' it but I'm not even close
'Cause I'm a PWG, and it's privilege I love the most
Well now you may be wonderin' why a girl like me is blue
Well I'm jealous of your victimhood and all it does for you
And I'm tired of feeling guilty for havin' it too damn good
That this struggle is unbearable and I'd trade it all if I could
But I'm a privileged white girl with the PWG blues
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5. |
Do I Listen
06:20
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I see you waiting there on the other side
I want to run away and find some place to hide
And so I start building another wall of words
Sentencing the silence waiting to be heard
And do I listen, and how do I listen?
Listen for the love underneath the pain
Just below the anger
Will I bring it home again to how I listen?
You think I'm out of line
I think you've lost your mind
You say I'm not paying attention
I say you're flying blind
And there inside the story we tumble on our way
So I ask you my friend, how will this end?
And who gets to say?
(Krishnamurti)
Our brain is limited, conditioned
To vast experienced knowledge, conditioned
To discover the quality of the brain
which is not conditioned
And therefore infinite capacity
And then that conditioning is totally free
To be free of that! No attachment.
Do I listen, and how do I listen?
Listen for the love underneath the pain
Just below the anger
Will I bring it home again to how I listen?
(Krishnamurti)
Is it possible for the brain to be unconditioned?
Which means is it possible for the brain
To be free of the known?
Where the mind is infinite
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6. |
Don't Forget Love
05:10
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Forget about what went wrong
and how you're gonna get along
Forget about what you think you lack
'cause something deeper has your back
Forget about how to get it right
'cause that'll just make you more uptight
And maybe all those voices in your head
would rather be singing this instead
Don't forget love
It will bring all the madness you need
To unfurl yourself across the Universe
Forget about who you shoulda been
or what you woulda, coulda, shoulda seen comin'
Then forget about what you think you've lost
'cause remembering will only cost you
More time, and more blame
There's no crime and there is not shame
in whoever you thought you had to be
to survive all this insanity and ...
Don't forget love ...
Forget about the mine and your
'cause there's no one keeping score
And what we call Identity
well it's just not all it's cracked up to be
So forget about what holds you back
'cause there's no trace and there is no track
Just take some wild and noble intention
add a dose of divine intervention and ...
Don't forget love ...
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Leah Hokanson Nanaimo, British Columbia
Leah Hokanson is a singer/songwriter, pianist, conductor and vocal sounding explorer based on Gabriola Island,
BC.
She released her first album, Facets, in 2017 and will soon be releasing her new EP, Portals. Leah's songs are lyric-driven and incorporate a variety of styles and genres.
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