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AOREA before the darkness came

by memories of a distant sea

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1.
Buried in the Sky Upon the beauty we did walk And of its glory we spoke our talk But then they came their tongues a fork And by their words we were caught We touch the earth, she is the Mother We are Her birth, we touch the earth We are Her after birth, cut the cord We are absorbed Great Spirit how could we understand Such annihilation could be planned We desired only to embrace the land Mother, Farther we no longer stand We touch the earth, she is the Mother We are Her birth, we touch the earth We are Her after birth, cut the cord We are absorbed Oh the mystery and wonder of rolling thunder But they came with their religion of greed and plunder I want to die in my own land Where human beings are buried in the sky Thank you for my victory and my defeat Thank you for y vision and my blindness You have decided we will walk a road to nowhere Walk a road to nowhere The grass will not grow The wind does not blow The sky is not blue and the great nation was through Buried in the sky We are absorbed
2.
Shikasta 06:14
Shikasta Sensing the warm behind your eyes The stillness and rage of water Our oceans meet apart The flesh descends clasping Oh my friend its to this earth we call A flame ignited for a moment When we held the world in a breath When we held the world How can I ever forget your sweet love Your touch dancing on my body Your eyes the mystery of my own being When we held the world in a breath When we held the world Our tears fall for all Oh Shikasta, Shikasta The multitudes are reeling Stricken they are stricken And we can only recall When we held the world in a breath When we held the world Oh Shikasta, Shikasta
3.
Aorea before the darkness came In wondrous waves towards you I reach Back on our timeless and blissful beach Approaching you through star light calling Realising I am dreaming At my feet the water shallow and crystal deep To myself I say you are asleep This is a dream moved by the moon Its voice sings and I swoon Aorea, Aorea, before the darkness came It must be told how you really feel This body alone is so unreal I deeply, dearly, profoundly love you Forged in the fragrance of the sun anew Aorea, Aorea, before the darkness came It wells up and up, beginning-less A ceaseless spring clear and restless Lost inside a dream inside a song There you are not gone Aorea, Aorea, before the darkness came
4.
Sweetest Of Knifes Honey child A swarming cloud Darkened my mind And rained out the sun in my heart Left me blind Honey child Stumbling I fell And wailed at the walls Of this hell If you could see the light in me Burning all night The moon is in the sea And that’s a trail of fire I left behind me Honey child It’s a storm of pain Memories call Time and again Sweetest of knifes in my chest Homey child Where you still rest To awake in my dreams There my life is best If you could see the light in me Burning all night The moon is in the sea And that’s a trail of fire I left behind me
5.
Misty Tides Gazing at islands Floating on misty tides Sitting at harbours edge Endless light play Golden sun on bay Dawn clouds Lapping water at my feet Birds calling Stillness moving A place where dreams meet, a place where memories weep A place where the future shines, a place where my heart cries, Take me home Though we were touched by a heart that was dark we know Soon the light it will shine Then we will dance and we’ll sing and we’ll praise this name again, nameless beyond time soon the light it will shine Stillness moving, silence calling all day long Night is falling Stillness still moving Silver moon calls the ocean Glinting shimmering Silence of roaring waves Just beyond he sand bar And I am, I am, I am Reaching for islands Far, far away in my mind Though we were touched by a heart that was dark we know Soon the light it will shine Then we will dance and we’ll sing and we’ll praise this name again, nameless beyond time soon the light it will shine
6.
Elements Merging Now I’m distant floating away on the edge of the day Floating away I don’t know where Now I’m melting floating away on the edge of the day Floating away I don’t know where Now I’m closer feeling fluid Now I’m closer floating on in on the light of the night So deeply dark yet so bright Now I’m distant drifting away on the edge of the day Drifting away I don’t know where Now I’m misty drifting away on the edge of the day Drifting away I don’t know where Now I’m closer feeling light Now I’m closer drifting on in on the light of the night So deeply dark yet so bright Now I’m distant fading away on the edge of the day Fading away I don’t know where Now I’m dissolving fading away on the edge of the day Fading away I don’t know where Now I’m closer feeling no boundary Now I’m closer fading on out on the light of the night So deeply dark yet so bright Now I’m distant spacing away on the edge of the day Spacing away I don’t know where Now I’m gone spacing away on the edge of the day Spacing away I don’t know where Now I’m closer feeling expansion Now I’m closer on spacing out on the light of the night So deeply dark yet so bright
7.
Quite Now Quite now the prey that has fallen Deep within the jaws of the tiger There is no escape for the needle and the magnet Sun stone emits fire In the presence of heat water evaporates Quite now the lover has fallen Deep within the arms of the beloved Oh mother of pearl reveal to us your silver Dive into oneself to obtain the self pearl In the ocean of the womb Quite now the seeker has fallen Deep within the heart of the fire Old beneath father of ashes Seething cinders, all life comes to rest here Help us digest the evil facts of history Quite now the sleeper has fallen Deep within the dream of the darkest night Crushed by the burden of our own stories Pressed down so far down Into deep rest, we may awaken Quite now the prey that has fallen Deep within the jaws of the tiger When my love returns I will be subsided Deep within the glow of the flame of fire That burns within the belly of the tiger The Sweeper When blossoms fall And the nectar flows Then comes the Tui Singing and calling When dust has gathered And the flower descended Then comes the cleaner Sweeping and gathering When seeds are sown And the tree grown Then comes the decline Sinking and realigning Here comes the Sweeper Sweeping us all away

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THE ENEMY OF ART IS THE ABSENCE OF LIMITATIONS.
Orson Welles
This collection of songs spans a number of decades finally given a home.

Aknowledgements.
Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm
Touch the Earth by T.C. McLuhan
Shikasta by Dorris Lessing
The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda by Dr. Robert Svoboda
Kabir byRobert Bly
The Teachings of Ramana Maharishi in His Own Words

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released November 25, 2022

Nick Wilson
Production / Composition / Acoustic Guitars & Vocals / Mixing
Ryan Green & Jordan Smith
Enginerring / Mixing
Marc Chemaly
Mastering
Silvia Petkovic
Photo
Warren .audiozephyr.co.nz
Guitar Technician for the vintage 6 & 12 string Guild guitars

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