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Beautiful Life
03:24
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It's a beautiful life
Between the strain and the strife
Between the vein and the knife
Between a man and his wife
She's a beautiful wife
Forget the blame, forget you're right
She knows your name, she holds the light
It shows your shame, it shows your might
But all through the dream
I've seen the strangest scenes
In the dark it's to the road I look to see
It's funny how this road keeps looking out for me
It's a beautiful life
Between the lame and the rife
Between the pain and the blithe
I hear the drum, I hear the fife
We're all beautiful by candle light
We're all vain, we're all spite
Forget the feign, forget the blight
Forget what we're not, enter the light
All through the dream
I've seen the strangest scenes
In the dark it's to the road I look to see
It's funny how this road keeps looking out for me
It's a beautiful life
Between the strain and the strife
Between the vein and the knife
I hear the drum, I hear the fife
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2. |
Make Me Love You
04:20
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You're gonna make me love you
You're gonna make me breakdown baby, do
You're gonna make me love you
If I stick around to see
Your charms are sweet and lovely
Your arms could stop a baby's cry
It's such a nice recovery
To hesitate I wonder why
But I love the whole world
If I stop to notice anything
Outside my own window
And it's all about a girl
The hope, the need, the grace, the greed
It's the Eros that keeps this world on turning
The call has all but won me
And you're all cream and flowing honey
A fine prize anyone could see
But it's goodbye for the likes of me
But I love the whole world
When I stop to notice all the roses
Outside my own window
And it's all about a girl
The hope, the need, the grace, the greed
It's the Pathos that keeps this world on turning
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Wounded Bird
04:42
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Wounded bird, what have you heard?
From sublime to absurd
You were flying so high
You were trying to keep
The tears from your eyes
Then you fell
And somehow missed the earth
And landed in hell
Where shadows are real as all that you feel
And ghosts speak the truth of your past, of your youth
And the buzz in your ear is a shot full of fear
And the devil's open hand is that of your best friend
Beautiful loon, I've seen your plume
Jeweled feathers catching light of the moon
And I've heard the call of your tune
Thread bright through the gloom
And I've woven colours through the heart of your loom
Now our fates are tied
So please don't give in to your pride
Don't hide all your love
And cloud your view from above
Don't use your gift and your art to serve a dark and angry heart
Mistrusting the light because it's subtle and slight
Oh, what could I sing to help mend this broken wing?
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Goodbye
04:31
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It's the end of the crazy ride
The fellowship of freaks well fried
No fallen angel by my side
Beside myself
Goodbye the Beat and the snide
Goodbye sweet truth and lies
Left unspoken sometimes is wise
But only sometimes
So gather up the wounded pride
For one last show-stopping aside
All life's a stage but the floor is wide
And sometimes it's bright
Sometimes we have to choose sides
So will and angel or a devil be my bride
Along with thee I will abide
Goodbye
And everything changes
All in good time
Like the stars through the ages
We all have our time to shine
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My metaphysical mama
Forget the crass, she got more sass than Madonna
Says I should head back to school but I don’t wanna,
That’s why I’m losing my metaphysical mama
I may be liberal but it’s all too literal for my metaphysical mama
I’m just a neo neanderthal gnostic
Apparently it’s my fault the world has gone caustic
My black and white won’t even get me to college
Not when all the world is going post knowledge
I’m aiming straight for the heart but divisions of time won’t let me part
My metaphysical mama
She’s colder than empirical science
Her love’s a theory of co-habitational reliance
Nothing’s ever solved it’s just eternity to haggle
More words than wise, we may as well be reading Hegel
But no matter how much I dig her, I ain’t no Heidegger for
My metaphysical mama
She’s a loose ethereal matter
A swirl of ideas no religion can get at her
Nietzsche’s god is dead, the Greeks are ancient and tattered
Man, only Marx is leaving here unbattered
It’s just like Einstein states, “There ain’t no fixed point in space”
No wonder I can’t touch my metaphysical mama
The world’s gone dark since enlightenment thinking
No more fairy tales, no more alchemic tinkering
But Noah’s building his boat to float the world that’s all shrinking
But she’s hell bent on poking holes till that thing’s sinking
She doesn’t do like she should, ‘cause life don’t have to be good -
All’s fair in art and critical thinking
So I ask you my metaphysical mama -
What to do about this world of piranhas?
Cut in two and leave the trash on the bottom?
Or carry on and just do like we wanna?
It ain’t so cynical, but I say love is critical when fate’s upon us
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Samsara
05:10
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I’ve been the head of state, I’ve built nations with blood and stain
I’ve suffered a woman’s fate, birthing the world through love and pain
I’ve walked hard roads of menial and despair
No answers, no rewards, and no one who would care
I’ve fought dragons to save the damsel in distress
I’ve spurned her love and in turn been spurned, I’ve torn her dress
I’ve led the charge, I was the first in line to fall
I hid within a lie, I’ve cowered behind the wall
We’re back once more, this life is not by chance
To tally the score, we’re in for one more dance
I’ve measured experience, seeking truth through skill and knowledge
I’ve lived with the earth beneath my feet and the jungle as my college
Slaves and mistresses to fulfil my command,
I’ve drunk pleasures of the flesh, I’ve known the kingdom of the damned
Fate is our design, debt follows death and birth
What’s yours just can’t be mine, what’s golden is what we’re worth
I’ve tempered my will as a monk with begging bowl and bed of stone
I’ve sharpened my wit to make the deal, the world I’ve bought and sold
I’ve sung praises of the birds with sheer instinct for survival
I’ve learned patience as a stone, waited millennia before revival
Time’s a funny thing, it loops and it rolls
An elliptical swing, as it marches towards the goal
A poet, an artist, civility to mirror the divine
I’ve dissed it all in the trash, lived the gospel of the wine
I’ve known the order of the cosmos, and Tao of life on earth
I’ve raged behind glass walls, chasing fire in the hearth
Fate is our design, debt follows death and birth
What’s yours just can’t be mine, what’s golden is what we’re worth
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Slave
04:31
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I’m a slave
It’s all I crave
The smoke and haze, an endless maze
It’s all the rage, it’s comfort for the caged
I’m a slave
‘Cause truth is only for the brave
I heed no call, I won’t be swayed
I’m tethered to the wall of Plato’s cave
And I’m a slave now honey
My master’s name is money
I’ve made the grade, my way is paved
It’s all just one more step closer to my grave
I’m a slave
To the up and down of human fate
I’m chained and bound unto the wheel
I’m caught under the weight of gravity’s heel
I’m a slave
But the mule’s broke and won’t behave
I work the steel against the stone
My soul and fingers bleed down to the bone
And I’m a slave
But in who’s house do I lay my faith?
It’s my only choice and time will tell
But I’d rather be a slave in heaven than a king in hell
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8. |
Up To Me
04:28
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Tired of waking up
Fear in my coffee cup
Which of my two lives is going to win this
Tug o' war
Tired of making up
Sad and sorry vows to shapen up
'Till the next time the love is gone
It goes on and on and on
Over and out, out away
From high up above, it's clear as day
High in the clouds, sail away
Stealing the life from the day
Safe in the arms of my ideals
Cradled and warm in open fields
Free from harm of the real
From my mistress and her charms I can't conceal
Had it with juicing up
Feeding lions from the lotus cup
Stealing diamonds, crowned and burning up
'Cause they're all fake and they're all sheep
Got to just give it up
The fog and the fading luck
Got to leave the path of self destruct
That's got my feet in tow
Wake up don't let it drag you down bound and weighted
'Cause gravity is arbitrary
And that's all it is, a choice to laugh or frown
Now it's stated, everything is up to me
And it's up to me
To give in or give up
Hounds and dragons
And set a sail for open sea
And it's up to me
To live or wonder why
Life is draggin'
Everything is up to me
And it's up to me
To shine or slowly drown
Down and weighted
Everything is up to me
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9. |
The Worst Mistake
05:24
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You’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen
The most heavenly vision I’ve ever dreamed
With grace and splendour of a moon over sea
A fate too kind for lucky me
Ours is a thread too long to count or see
A knit so tight, rich tapestry
That shows a beautiful world, a monarchy
A king, a queen, a family
With just a few frayed ends, a couple slivers
A door ajar to hear something slither
A wolf, a sheep, a lass, a snake
And the the worst mistake I’ll ever make
Where’s the truth, who’s the fake?
I beat the bush, the tree I shake
But with weak foot, misstep I take
And that’s the worst mistake I’ll ever make
A fateful bullet in slowest motion
Yet to dodge is like to swim the ocean
Such is the way of poison rot
To call black as white and is as not
What’s the cost, what’s at stake?
A haunt so grave to try and shake
I take it back but too long I wait
And that’s the worst mistake I’ll ever make
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10. |
Found The Fa
04:44
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Here's to the tinsel town and the steeples
The medicine and the needles
The lonely hearts and The Beatles
Painted skies through the diesel
I'm blown away
Here's to the warring cries and the peace march
Those monster lies and the true arts
The sugar pops and the Mozarts
A mother's love and the upstarts
I'm blown away
Down, down, down
‘Cause it's all concealed
But it gets all revealed
In subtle ways
And I'm holding out for good times
Because sometimes in my mind its alright
Here's to the mule's back and the free ride
The fade to black and the lighter side
The fading form but the unbound
Earthly dreams and the letdown
I give it all away now
I found the Fa
‘Cause it's all a test, but I'll give my best
If it's not too late
As we’re racing towards the finish line
I keep love, of the Divine, in my mind
And it’s alright
And it's all for real
It’ll get all revealed
In none-too subtle ways
But I’m still holding out for sunshine
‘Cause in that light we’re all bright
You know I’m gonna see us make it through
Bet you know it’s true, it’s up to me and you
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Jesse Laine Toronto, Ontario
Debut album ‘Love Hierarchy’ out October 2012: A diverse yet cohesive collection of original songs in a folk/rock, chamber/pop style.
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