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Age Of Distraction 3:500:00/3:50
Age Of Distraction
Cracks are getting deeper
Storms are growing bigger
Feel like we’re living in the eye of a hurricane
We vote for leaders
Killers and deceivers
Maybe we’re flying on a hijacked aeroplane
Wo-oh oh-oh…wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
Wo-oh oh-oh…wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
Millions of people
Running from a tragedy
Pure desperation and nowhere to go
Who do we think we are
Closing all our borders down
These people are not our enemy
Someday they could be you or me (Come on)
While we’re living in the age of distraction
We’re missing out on half the light of the sun
We need to show up and bare witness to our lives
Coz something isn’t working
When kids are suicidal
Let’s fall in love with mother nature again
Wo-oh oh-oh… wo-oh-oh-oh-oh (In love with mother nature again)
Wo-oh oh-oh… wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
Modified genetics
Oceans full of plastic
It’s hard to be a human in a cynical machine
This is the only home we got
This tiny little blue dot
There’s really nowhere else to go
There’s really nowhere else to go
There’s really nowhere else to go
While we’re living in the age of distraction
We’re missing out on half the light of the sun
We need to show up and bare witness to our lives
Coz something isn’t working no, something isn’t working
Oh while we’re living in the age of distraction
We’re missing out on half the light of the sun
Oh we need to show up and bare witness to our lives
Coz something isn’t working
When kids are suicidal
Let’s fall in love with mother nature again
Wo-oh oh-oh… wo-oh-oh-oh-oh (In love with mother nature again)
Wo-oh oh-oh… wo-oh-oh-oh-oh x3
Paper Thin
I wanna believe in a better reality
I wanna be open to all possibilities
I’m gonna juggle whatever life throws at me
As soon as I muster the courage to get myself
Up out of bed
When you’re in the dark
In the middle of winter
Life flame just a spark
And your body is frozen
And you feel old like a grey soul
And the trees have lost all their leaves
Hold me gently
Skin is paper thin
I wanna believe in a luminous universe
I wanna be able to give my love unrehearsed
I’m gonna listen to my intuition first
As soon as I’m able to get self destructive thoughts
Out of my head
When you’re in the dark
In the middle of winter
Life force just a spark
And your body is broken
And you feel old like a grey soul
And the trees have lost all their leaves
Hold me gently
Skin is paper thin
Paper thin
And you feel old like a grey soul
And the sun is no longer warm…
Skin is paper thin
Automatic Outcome
I pulled my car over by the side of the road
Rolled the window down as I started to moan
Suddenly I started screaming
I’m sick of all this pointless suffering
We’re lemmings in a line running over the edge
Believe me I don’t think it’s an automatic outcome
We’re magical when we open our eyes
We have a beautiful soul
We’re made of stars
I do believe in limitless love
And I’m not scared to speak anymore
I sank into my seat as I started to cry
Comfort makes humanity turn a blind a eye
And suddenly I started dreaming
A quantum leap of consciousness is coming
I see it in the eyes of my beautiful sons
Believe me I don’t think it’s an automatic outcome
We’re magical when we open our eyes
We have a beautiful soul
We’re made of stars
I do believe in limitless love
And I’m not scared to speak anymore
(Instrumental)
Believe me I don’t think it’s an automatic outcome
We’re magical when we open our eyes
We have a beautiful soul
We’re made of stars
I do believe in limitless love
We’re made of stars
I do believe in limitless love
We’re made of stars
I do believe in limitless love
And I’m not scared to speak anymore…anymore
Twentynine Years
And I wonder why you fled
Left blood stains on my bed
Cut me just enough to leave a permanent scar
Stole the air out of my lungs
The magic from my tongue
Left me on the battlefield without a gun
Father please come back to me
I’m grown but there’s a kid in me
For twentynine years I’ve been trying to feel whole again
And I’m failing
For all the wisdom that I’ve won
Pretending I was strong
Only to disintegrate and fall apart
Told us that you fell in love
I guess I was not enough
For you to carry on and try to overcome
Father please come back to me
I’m grown but there’s a kid in me
For twentynine years I’ve been trying to feel whole again
And I’m failing
(Instrumental)
Father please come back to me
I’m grown but there’s a kid in me
For twentynine years I’ve been trying to feel whole again
For twentynine years I’ve been trying to connect with you again
For twentynine years I’ve been trying to feel whole again
And I’m failing
Born Into A War
You were born into a war
It’s your mind they’re fighting for
Taught your heart that it is wrong
To make you soldier on
Take a bunk on the battle ship
Never stop and question it
Pay your bills with a broken smile
And laugh when you retire
How the hell are we drafted into this
Nightmare machine?
Don’t you ever wanna run away
Jump off a cliff
In a wing suit with a parachute
Cause your body is a revelation
The perfect ship for exploration
And a compass built in
Right inside your chest
You gotta follow it
You were born at the perfect time
For the shift of paradigm
Shape your heart into a blade
Your kindness a grenade
How the hell have we crafted such a mess?
A nightmare machine
Don’t you ever wanna fly away?
On a one way trip
Learn Aikido in Tokyo
Cause your body is a revelation
The perfect ship for exploration
And a compass built in
Right inside your chest
You gotta follow it
Cause your body is a revelation
The perfect ship for exploration
And a compass built in
Right inside your chest
You gotta follow it
You were born into a war
It’s your mind they’re fighting for
They
Walking through the woods
Things don’t seem like they should
No birds not a sound
I’m looking around
Only shadows abound
And they never allow you to be
Who you are, you are, you are
They will slowly turn your heart
Into coal, your soul, you’re soul, you’re soul
7.45 the machine is coming alive
Step onto the belt
Play the hand you’ve been dealt
And push this old train down to hell
And they never allow you to be
Who you are you are you are
They will slowly turn your heart
Into coal, your soul, you’re soul, you’re soul
And all your inhibitions
They are all reflections of everyone
You’re searching for protection
You could be naked in the sun
(Instrumental)
And all of the voices you hear in your head
Give them an honest smile and then put them back to bed
You know what I think that we really need to do
We need to live without believing life is a thing to forgive
Walking through the woods
Things don’t seem like they should
Tiny Ironing Board
Look at the dancing trees
Olympic Mountains breathe
Look at your own blue hands
Your feet kiss the land
The sun and icebergs play
Magical Disko Bay
Feels like a love supreme
A psilocybin dream
Beautiful human you don’t have to be afraid
You go to bed dying and you wake up back where you came from
You wake up back where you came from
You gotta let go of material things
Show your real self coz you’re going back where you came from
You’re going back where you came from
My eyes are full of tears
Concurrent joy and fear
A tiny ironing board
What do I use that for?
Sacred geometry
Infinite mystery
Benevolent universe
Whispers in my ear
Beautiful human you don’t have to be afraid
You go to bed dying and you wake up back where you came from
You wake up back where you came from
You gotta let go of material things
Show your real self coz you’re going back where you came from
You’re going back where you came from
Oh there are mountains to climb
Oceans to dive inside
You’re a soul on the earth
Searching for who you are
Beautiful human you don’t have to be afraid
You go to bed dying and you wake up back where you came from
You wake up back where you came from
You gotta let go of material things
Show your real self coz you’re going back where you came from
You’re going back where you came from
Beautiful human you don’t have to be afraid
You go to bed dying and you wake up back where you came from
You wake up back where you came from
Deep Snow
I’ve got a long way to go
On a dark hidden road
In deep deep snow
Deep deep snow
I’ve got a mind filled with ghosts
Friendships that broke
In deep deep snow
Deep deep snow
I’m swimming upstream, it’s cold
I’m not the man that I used to be
I’m looking ahead and I know
All things are how they’re supposed to be
Blue, blue
Blue, blue
I took a long breath of smoke
Tried to sink tiny boats
In deep deep snow
Deep deep snow
I had a warm heart that froze
In a tower of gold
And deep deep snow
Deep deep snow
I’m swimming upstream, it’s cold
I’m not the man that I used to be
I’m looking ahead and I know
All things are how they’re supposed to be
I’m swimming upstream, it’s cold
I’m not the man that I used to be
I’m looking ahead and I know
All things are how they’re supposed to be
Blue, blue
Blue, blue
Blue, blue
I’ve got a long way to go
On a dark hidden road
In deep deep snow
Deep deep snow
Maggie
Maggie never knew how to talk to people
Never met your eye for the fear of judgement
Living in her skin like it’s a fortress
Maggie is a misfit
At least that’s what she think
But oh…oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Oh…oh… take back control of your life
Oh…oh… love is gonna lead your heart home
Oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Maggie had a father who loved the bottle
Couldn’t find a way to get attention
Hold her ears against the midnight fighting
Head on a pillow of sadness
In a melody of madness
But oh…oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Oh…oh… take back control of your life
Oh…oh… love is gonna lead your heart home
Oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Maggie you’ll be alright
Coz Maggie I see your light
(Instrumental)
But oh…oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Oh…oh… take back control of your life
Oh…oh… love is gonna lead your heart home
Oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Oh…oh… take back control of your life
Oh…oh… love is gonna lead your heart home
Oh…oh… Maggie you’ll be alright
Maggie I see your light
Maggie you’re gonna be alright (yes you are)
Maggie I see your light
Maggie you’ll be alright
Babylon Lies In Ruins
I was never lazy
Just a little doubtful of myself
I am mostly lonely
Even among family and friends
Oh well…
The ocean swells
The orange king has the codes
Slow burn of an angry earth
Fault-lines
Hurricanes
I wish I was taller
First impressions matter most of all
I am just a brown boy
Born to serve a white supremacy
Oh dear…
We’re nearly there
Babylon lies in ruins