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Big Tree Falls
07:52
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INTRO:
You stand so proud, you stand so tall.
You hold the sky up from the world.
You are the flower of the earth.
And now it’s time for you to fall…
VERSE 1:
When a big tree falls it makes a sound.
It doesn’t matter if anybody is around.
When a big tree falls, comes crashing down,
it leaves a hole in the sky and shakes the ground.
CHORUS:
When a big tree falls some little guys get a bit more light.
When a big tree falls its death will feed a lot of life...
VERSE 2:
When a big tree falls it makes a lot of way.
When a big tree falls you won’t be hearing it complain.
When a big tree falls it doesn’t go away.
No it lays right down and gives itself over to decay.
CHORUS
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2. |
Letting Go
04:52
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VERSE 1:
I’ve had my turn out on my own
but now it’s time to head back home.
I felt like I was only me
but now there’s so much more to be
CHORUS:
It’s been a long time coming
but now I think I’m ready to let go.
It’s been a long journey
but now I think I’m ready to go home.
BRIDGE:
The illusion of self has come to an end.
Now that it’s here, death is a friend
taking back to where I came from
and showing me that I always belonged
CHORUS
VERSE 2:
I took so much now I’ll give back
’cause what I’ve got others may lack.
My life was good but now it’s done
it’s time to merge back with the One.
CHORUS
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3. |
Seed Of Life
03:49
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VERSE 1:
A glimmer in the darkness.
A little light that’s been left on.
It was hiding in the shadows,
but it was never really gone.
CHORUS:
All beginnings come from endings.
It gets dark before the dawn.
Every day a new sun rises
but it had been there all along.
VERSE 2:
Everything has its cycle.
Every moon must wane.
After its day of darkness
a new one always comes again.
CHORUS
OUTRO:
Everything contains the seed of life.
The brightest sun will rise
from the darkest night.
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4. |
Towards You
03:30
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VERSE:
I didn’t know where I was going
and I couldn’t see what I had sown.
You showed your face through the clouds
and you took away all my doubts.
You shared the warmth of your fire,
you inspire me to be higher.
CHORUS:
You shine your loving light,
make everything so bright.
Now all that I can do
is grow towards you.
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
CHORUS
OUTRO:
I pushed against the walls of the box I was in.
Cracked it open and your light came streaming in.
It filled me up until I felt like I would burst,
then I did, and a new ‘I’ emerged.
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5. |
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HOOK:
What will I be
if I keep growing
What will I see
if I keep going
Where will I be
I won’t be slowing down
and how will I get there?
How will I get there?
VERSE 1:
As I'm taking these first steps my legs are shaking on the ground.
I don't know where I am, I better take a look around.
Every sight I see is new to me and so is every sound,
now I gotta figure out which way is up and which is down.
It's a big big world and I'm just a little guy,
but somehow I've got the feeling that someday I'll reach the sky.
It's like somewhere deep inside me's something big and it is I,
and it's telling me if I just spread my wings then I can fly.
HOOK
VERSE 2:
It's the beauty of the world's sounds: zippers, cars and angels,
your Mamma's smile, the way your Dad walked in single file for miles,
held the hand, had the wingspan of an abominable snowman with a watering can.
Every single bird and bee and anemone.
Lyall in the Bay, Island on it's way.
High Hill with parfait. Time to get away
from Monday through to mid-day.
HOOK
VERSE 3:
Some don't understand, missing out on the Promised Land.
Waves on crashed sand till Dad flew to another land
to find out where caprice lives,
some kind of peace is.
Shirts with creases chest pulled to heart
to get your back releases.
Aftertaste. Glaciers in outer-space.
I'm pushing weight.
Toking on nature's fate.
Floating on magma plates.
Remember the love the great-grandma had,
pushing a pram to lay down my head.
Paekakariki, Coromandel and back.
Propaganda from the Panda backpack.
HOOK
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
HOOK
VERSE 4:
Papa where you be?
Rangi cries tears with me.
Kaikoura with red rocks and sky.
In reply: "bye bye".
Heading for vision where minds intermingle
and conversations tingle.
People go to find a new life
where they can live more simple.
Papa where you be?
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6. |
Who Am I?
04:04
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VERSE 1:
Who am I to know
what it is that’s going on?
Who am I to grow
when all that really means is getting old?
CHORUS:
I don’t ask why,
I don’t struggle,
nor do I try.
I don’t heed time
‘cause I know
everything is right.
VERSE 2:
Who am I to say
what will go and what will stay?
Who am I to stay,
when everything one day must go away?
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
VERSE 3:
Who am I to see
any more than what’s surrounding me?
Who am I to be
anything other than what I was born to be?
CHORUS
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When the sun shines
I soak it up
and when it rains
I fill my cup.
When the wind blows
I bend with it
and if it snows
I let it sit.
I go along
with all that is
and I am strong
in suppleness.
I don’t make plans,
I have no goals.
I know that I’m
not in control.
I might get big.
I might grow old.
I might die young.
My story might never be told.
I’m one of many
we’re of this land.
One with the air we breathe,
the ground on which we stand.
If I should fall,
ten more will rise.
Life goes on.
Nothing ever really dies
We are all the same
but we have our own place.
We’re playing our own game,
running our own race.
We all share this world,
it isn’t yours or mine.
We’re part of a whole
no individual can define.
And we are holy.
We have great power.
Our roots run deep
and we stand proud.
We stand for the Earth.
We reach up so high.
We take from the ground
and we give to the sky.
We take from the sky
and give to the ground.
As above so below is how the story goes.
The cycle goes round and round…
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
(Ras Stone ad lib:)
The cycle goes round
and round in circles.
Comes back again,
like Mother Earth.
With the celebration of life and love and light and Inity.
Boom!
We don't want no separation inna the world.
One love. One Inity.
We all belong inna this world.
No-one owes it, and no-one owns it.
Y'know what I mean.
So much separation for no reason.
One blood, one Inity, one family,
that's how we roll inna the Nation.
Let the music take control of your soul and embrace the love inna the world.
That's the Owlet Nightjar.
And I'm the roots man Ras Stone.
Me don't want, me don't want,
no-one a go die in vain.
Me don't want, me don't want,
them a suffer in vain.
And we are holy.
We have great power.
Our roots run deep
and we stand proud.
We stand for the Earth.
We reach up so high.
We take from this ground,
and we give to the sky.
And we take from the sky,
and we give to the ground.
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8. |
Stand Your Ground
03:44
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VERSE 1:
This is where I am
and this is where I’ll stay.
It’s where I’ve always been
but I’ve come a long way
I’ve come from where I was,
going where I’ll be.
I’m forever changing but
I’ve always been me
CHORUS:
What goes up must come down,
what goes around comes around,
what was lost will be found,
until then stand your ground.
VERSE 2:
After all this time
and so much life
I feel like I’ve
finally arrived
To a place I’ve always seen
always wanted to be
now I’m there I can see
it’s where I’ve always been
CHORUS
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9. |
We Already Know
04:40
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INTRO / VERSE:
We already know
what we came here for.
We already know
what we’re capable of.
We already know
what we’re supposed to do.
We already know
now it’s time to do it.
VERSE
CHORUS:
There’s been a change a-coming for a long long time,
it’s gotta be here by now.
We’ve been getting somewhere for a long long time,
now we gotta be there.
VERSE
CHORUS
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10. |
Blooming Love
04:00
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I couldn’t tell you what I wasn’t thinking
but I felt like it was the truth.
I didn’t know whether you were not listening but
it felt like you were there too.
You told me all your tales
about your happy trails.
You were wearing blue
and the flowers were in bloom.
The sun was shining, the birds were all singing
and I sure had fallen for you.
You couldn’t tell whether I wanted nothing
or if I was just playing cool.
We tried to say goodbye
but we didn’t know why.
We had nothing to do
and the flowers were in bloom.
I said that you could come with me
when I went to do what I was going to do.
You thought about it and said “yeah, why not”.
Oh and to me, babe, that meant a lot
‘cause then I knew that you loved me too
and the flowers were in bloom.
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11. |
Bearing Fruit
05:24
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VERSE 1:
You are so new
and I have so much love for you.
You make me feel good
about what I have done and what I will do.
CHORUS:
Bearing fruit
is the most beautiful thing we do.
VERSE 2:
You are like a cool fresh breeze
blowing through my leaves.
You’ve shifted my view,
blown away my clouds, now my sky is blue.
Watching you grow
is the best feeling that I’ll ever know.
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
CHORUS
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Owlet Nightjar Wellington, New Zealand
Owlet Nightjar play a unique blend of soul, dub & blues, with elements of reggae, pop & psychedelic rock thrown in for good measure. They are based in Wellington, New Zealand and have a bit of a thing for trees.
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