Don't Try
Time 4:28
I know the world is hard
So much pain, so few answers
The dreams of youth long past
Now filled with fear, regret and anger
Don't try to change it
It's not worth it
Don't try to change it
You've got to hold your pain like a baby in your arms
To reach the Other Shore
You have to be where you are
No need to try to change
No need to wish upon a star
Don't try to change it
It's all perfect
Don't try to change it
The light of love shines every moment we allow
Suffering, we want to end the suffering
But striving for perfection
And trying not to hurt
Just makes it worse
So don't try to change it
See it clearly
Don't try to change it
If you'll begin to be in the moment you'll be free...
...Eventually
The Gate Is Closed
Time 6:56
I put my words in it
I put my thoughts around it
I stuff it full of all that "what it is" and "what I am"
I tell you this: it's all a sham
I got the shoulds and can'ts
I got the raves and the rants
I'm looking for the rules on how to be part of the dance
A practice run, a second chance
The Gate is closed
The Gate is closed
I plead for compromise
I pray for sunny skies
I fell in love with God
She's not the God I want her to be
Left at the altar -- oh more fool me
I think my problem lies
That brain behind my eyes
If I could just let it go
And let my poor old self be me
Never quite seeing the irony
The Gate is closed
The Gate is closed
It's all right to be wrong
Sometimes weak, sometimes strong
Sometimes king, sometimes pawn
My heart yearns for release
But I can't find the keys
The Gate is closed
The Gate is closed
The Gate is
Only Us
Time 6:35
There's no them there
Only us here
In this nightmare
We're what we fear
There's no victim
No oppressor
Opposition
Brings together
They don't exist
There's only us
"Anti" is erroneous
Point the finger
Easy Answer
Fear avoidance
Is the cancer
Mourn our losses
Feel our anger
Every man his
Doppleganger
They don't exist
There's only us
"Anti" is erroneous
God says "should"
And God says "must"
Your God's so good
He's dangerous
At the root of
This delusion
Is the need for
A solution
They don't exist
There's only us
"Anti" is erroneous
God says "should"
And God says "must"
Your God's so good
He's dangerous
Ash to ash
And dust to dust
They don't exist
There's only us
There's only us, there's only us, only us, only us
A Reason Why
Time 8:07
Nothing wrong with hate
Nothing wrong with fear
Nothing wrong with hate of fear or fear of hate
It's Easy to get lost
We try to right the wrong with force
Hide the bad inside
Judge the world or judge ourselves
Play the game but lose it every time
We take and we give
We die and we live
Mistrust and forgive
We climb and we fall
We bridge and we wall
We run and and we crawl
For one and for all
We can learn to fly
Sail on wings of light
Freedom from the weight of worlds
Weight of words, weight of wars we fight
We cannot fail, we cannot lose
Or incorrectly choose
Faith and trust and holy love
Give us, give us second sight
We are the stars
The cloudless sky
All seeing eye
A galaxy born
A baby's cry
A final frontier
A reason why
The Light Reprise
Time 1:50
Held within the hands
Cradled in the deep
Not sure if it's pain or joy
That brings the tears I weep
All my hopes and dreams
Crash upon the shore
Letting go of all I have
I'm given something more
All is right
Nothing is wrong
Never was a there or then but
Here's where I belong