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Samsara

from Love Hierarchy by Jesse Laine

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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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from Love Hierarchy, released October 9, 2012

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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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