1. |
The Beginning
03:06
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There’s a light I see
It beckons me
And the vortex grips then pulls me,
I resist but it still pulls me
From infinity
To a new reality.
In the dark I see
How I’ve been reeled in.
I can hear a distant drumming
I can feel my mother’s heartbeat
Soothing me
Into forgetful sleep.
Looking down from above
Life ahead like a river.
I can choose to ride its waters,
Flow along its tributaries,
Take the life I have chosen,
Take the lessons I have chosen.
It’s not too late.
I still could turn back.
But the time is ripe for learning,
And the time is right for coming
From infinity
To a new reality.
To a new reality.
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2. |
Into the World
02:07
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It grips me like a vice
The cursed stranglehold that won’t let go,
And I am forced to move towards my doom,
I know not where I go,
And all my memories are fading fast,
They slip away from me.
I stretch my mind, I strive to grasp,
They slip away from me.
I lose, I lose who I was,
I lose who I was.
I lose, I knew who I was,
I lose who I was.
The walls come crashing in.
They crush me as they push me down
Towards the light, towards the stinging air
That will be my new home.
And I feel lost among the endless space,
The hands that pull me through
Towards forgetfulness. Air sears my lungs,
I cry for what I knew.
I knew, I knew who I was,
I knew who I was.
I knew, I knew who I was,
I knew who I was.
Who I was.
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3. |
Shooting Star
02:46
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Lying on the grass looking at the sky
I saw a shooting star fall from afar.
A guiding light that pierced the loneliness,
That fell across the emptiness and filled it for a moment.
Then the memory took seed within me
And its roots began to move deep inside me.
While the star burned out its trail across the sky
I could fly with it, I remembered how it felt
To be free.
Every star is like a candle
One more spark that shows the way.
And my path is lit along the night-time
To my Self, the vision of eternity.
And I am free, I am free.
I exist among the stars.
I am free eternally.
The vision fills my heart.
I am free.
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4. |
Memories
03:14
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Walking down the empty street
Just the echo of my feet upon the pavement
And the rain upon the puddles
And I knew that you were out there somewhere
And that you were looking for me.
I have glimpsed you in my dreams.
I have seen you in the dim remembered places
That I know I have frequented
In the past. And that you are looking for me.
Reach out your mind. Reach out your mind to me.
Memories are haunting me.
Sleeting scenes eclipse the life I should be living
But the pictures keep on coming
In the now. Reality is moving in and out.
Do you remember me?
Reach out your mind. Reach out your mind to me.
Reach out your mind. Reach out your mind to me.
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5. |
Ice on Silver
03:42
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Down by the stream
I drift and dream
About the past, about the future
And you
And the waterfall, it calls to me
Its voice is ice on silver
The water flows
I feel it in my veins
It carries me, it sings my song
I sing along
And the waterfall, it calls to me,
Its voice is ice on silver.
The pebbles rise
From swirling depths
Unseen, and yet still there
I dream of you
And the waterfall, it calls to me
Its voice is ice on silver
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There’s something about you
That touches me deeply.
It’s more than the grace of your smile,
Or the light that reflects from your hair.
And I could write poetry,
It would be so simple.
The colours around you are beautiful.
I just raised my eyes and you were there.
Your voice seemed an echo
That shivered within me,
A resonant harmony
That moved me in symmetry.
And I wanted to tell you
That I’d like to love you,
If just for one moment,
If just for one day.
There’s something about you
That touches me deeply.
There’s something about you.
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7. |
Time Stands Still
02:13
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Stillness as the day dawned
Just before the birds broke into song
I felt your kisses deep inside me
As we grew beyond our bodies
And I knew you well. Oh so well.
In man and in woman
There’s a vibrant tone that sings to the cosmos
And the moon shifts on its axis and the stars defer their courses
Even time stands still. There’s only now.
And the body is a temple
To an endless inner knowing
Through the power of our loving
And the cycles of our growing
Yes, I knew you well. I knew you well.
And the web keeps right on weaving
Round the universe it’s spinning
It’s creation so enchanting
There’s no end and no beginning.
And the web keeps right on weaving
Round the universe it’s spinning
Its creation so enchanting
There’s no end and no beginning.
And time stands still. Time stands still.
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8. |
The Singing Fields
02:28
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As the singing fields watch over you
And the moonlight guides your dreams
I have watched you sleep in the morning light
When the stars whispered
And the birds called out
Their first songs to the dawn.
And the lake lies calm beneath the swans
As they glide their silent dance.
My thoughts have winged away with them
To a distant past
Only to return
To the place that I call home.
Your smile can take my breath away
I see you in my dreams.
As the story of our lives unfolds
The trees murmur
What will be will be
And the land hums its soft song.
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9. |
He Will Be Mine
01:58
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I’ve got passion in my veins
I’ve got fire in my blood
Got a dragon in my belly
And my tide is at full flood.
His face betrays an innocence
He has an air of purity
It’s apparent that he loves her
But wait til he experiences me.
She won’t have a chance.
I’ll reel him in to join my dance
Seduce him with my litheness
Then bend him to my will. He will be mine.
I’ve got passion in my veins
I’ve got fire in my blood
Got a dragon in my belly
And my tide is at full flood.
I’ve got passion in my veins
I’ve got fire in my blood
Got a dragon in my belly
And my tide is at full flood.
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10. |
A Predatory Woman
01:58
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I saw her face when she looked at you.
I saw her eyes. Do you think I’m a fool?
She’s a predatory woman. A black widow.
She’ll spit your bones out once she’s swallowed you.
My blood ran cold when she glided in
I spoke to you, but you were not listening.
All you heard was her voice, all I saw was her eyes.
She’s a woman who’ll eat you alive.
I can’t stand by and watch you with her.
I will not wait til our love is over.
She’s a predatory woman. A black widow.
I’m leaving now. You can have her.
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11. |
Enter My Space
04:42
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Look in my eyes, drown in my eyes
And I will save you.
Whisper my name, soft as you can,
I will come to you.
There is no need for words.
My touch will open worlds to you
Come close and you will see.
Gossamer light, soft as a bird’s wing
My arms enfold you.
Melt to my hands, warm to my lips
As I come to you.
There is no need for words.
My touch will open worlds to you
Come close and you will see.
Enter my space, my sacred space
And I will show you
Life is a dream, you hold the key
That will reveal you.
There is no need for words.
My touch will open worlds to you
Come close and you will see.
Come close and enter me.
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12. |
Tides
03:21
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And the sea came from a river
And the river came from a stream
And the stream ran through my body
Through every cell that dreamed
It was a universe in miniature
Filled with living beings.
And the spiral keeps on turning
From DNA to stars
From life to death to life again
Beginnings lead to endings
In the steady ceaseless movement
Of the waves upon the ocean,
And the Earth upon her journey
Through our lives.
When you first came to me I felt the rushing of the wind
Within the rising tide, the searing heat that made me yours
And I was lost for just one moment,
Just drifting in an ocean,
While the tides within my body rose and fell.
I felt you weave your spell And I was powerless to resist
Yet there is one I love, my reason begs me to desist
But your enchantment fills my being
Sears my mind and blinds my seeing
While the tides within my body rise and flow.
And the sea came from a river
And the river came from a stream
And the stream ran through my body
Through every cell that dreamed
It was a universe in miniature
Filled with living beings.
And the spiral keeps on turning
From DNA to stars
From life to death to life again
Beginnings lead to endings
In the steady ceaseless movement
Of the waves upon the ocean,
And the Earth upon her journey
Through our lives.
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13. |
Tantra
02:49
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ut your warm hands on me
Let me feel your body
As we roll, roll, roll
Like the sea
Feel the waves come down on me.
Ah, down on me.
Feel your arms around me,
Feel your scent surround me
As we roll, roll, roll
Like the sea
Feel the waves come down on me.
And I’ll be lost, lost, lost in your tender love.
Touch me in the morning
Hold me in the evening
As we roll, roll, roll
Like the sea
Feel the waves come down on me.
And I’ll be lost, lost, lost in your tender love.
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14. |
To Let You Go
02:19
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As the mist rolls in between us
And the dream becomes a prison
For its bars the empty spaces,
With the wind its angry shackles
I can see that you’ll be leaving,
Even though I know you loved me.
And the only way to show you
Just how much I really love you
Is to let you go.
As the fear stirs within me
I have tried to hold the memory
Of the trust I once held for you,
Slipping fast away from my grasp
And I gather moments to me
Where the warmth and love shone brightly
All those hopes and dreams are gone now,
And I’ll leave them all behind me
As I let you go.
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15. |
Free
02:38
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You thought I’d be another lonely woman
Longing for your touch, waiting for you to call,
And I thought it could be that you were different,
Someone who really cared, oh yes, you said you cared.
But now I know alone is how I want to be
I do not need you, and I prefer it that way.
My life’s my own, the grass is green, the birds are calling me,
And I am free. Yes, I am free.
I will not listen for the telephone to ring
Or for the footstep at my door behind the setting sun.
My bed is warm enough without you. It fits me snugly,
As your body once did, too, when all I wanted was to be with you.
But now the past is dead and buried.
It’s just the truth I want. It’s all I ever needed.
And I am strong because I gave to you more than you asked me to,
And I am free. Yes I am free.
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16. |
Echoes
02:17
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When all that’s left to me
Is painful honesty
I cry out to the silence
But it just sends the echoes
Back to me.
I watch the crescent moon
Shine out across the sea
I ask her “Where does love go?”
But she just sends the echoes
Back to me.
The spiral keeps on turning
The wheel of life keeps spinning
The ocean waves keep rolling
And winter turns to springtime.
Nothing dies.
So where does love go?
When trust has slipped away
What is there left to say
Except goodbye
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17. |
Trusts In Me
02:37
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Searching for you
But you have gone.
A year has slipped away,
There is no trace of you, and I feel so alone.
I never left with her.
I told her No.
She tried to reel me in
And I was almost caught, ah but I couldn’t go.
I can’t believe that you would think
That truly I’d do such a thing
As throw away all that we had
For just a paltry fling
I won’t stop looking
I know you’re somewhere out there.
And I will find you
And you will know me, and you will know that you can trust in me.
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18. |
I Believe In You
03:55
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I saw you in a dream, but you were drifting in the mist
Too far away for me to follow, then you blew to me a kiss
And something broke within me, shattered all the ice around my heart
And then I knew I loved you, and we should never be apart.
I leapt into the sea. The waves came rushing back to shore.
The current dragging me, but I was yours for evermore.
And so I fought against the rising tide, and saw your hands reach out to me
Then felt your body warm against mine for all eternity.
When I awoke, my bed without you was just an empty space.
I rose and looked for you and wiped the teardrops from my face.
And there you were, a kiss away, and now I know that I will stay.
For I believe you that you love me. I believe in you.
I believe, I believe, I believe in you.
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Tenzin UK
Echoes was written by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, who was joined, under the band name Tenzin, by Zac Ware (guitarist with The
Proclaimers) and Peter Ulrich (former percussionist with Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, and The Peter Ulrich Collaboration. Su Hart (of Baka Beyond) and Marick Baxter contributed.
The original concept was a story, though the songs can be taken individually
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