All songs written in 2005
Bow down
Love will come, bow down, bow down
Feel the sun, bow down, bow down
Feel the soft breeze kiss your face
The breath of life plays in your hair
The spirits of creation are everywhere
Truth will out, bow down, bow down
In the midst of doubt, bow down, bow down
Feel the earth beneath your feet
And use your power to see into the dark
The truth you seek lies buried in your own heart
Hold on, darling
Your life is blessed
Your ship is coming in
You are desired, I can promise you that
Your lover has arrived, so go and don't look back
Flowers grow, bow down, bow down
We come, we go, bow down, bow down
Each science can name a universal law
But it can't name you
I hear your name when birds sing sweet and true
God is love, is truth is peace
Life goes on, and life must cease
When mine is done, I want to kiss the ground
Just one more time
I love this amazing life
That I call mine
Song of eternity
There's a song in your heart
That is sung silently
It's amazing to me
To see the light in your eyes
Shine so bright
So radiantly
Peace is every step of the way
It turns the endless path to joy
Beyond the beyond
Is the song of eternity, my love
I feel your spirit in a whisper
Like the soft breath of change
Upon my neck
Like a kiss from the storm
I feel your darkness like a matrix
Of moonlight and madness and grief
Before I was born
Peace is every step of the way
It turns the endless path to joy
Deep in your heart is the song of eternity, my love
Time heals eternity's ills
Every day you're a little more born
There's a victory in defeat
And transcedence means nothing
Unless your visions grow corn
I believe you when you tell me
That angels watch over us all
From the higher realms
I have seen them, I've seen demons
And spirits of the undead and unborn
Ringing bells
Peace is every step of the way
It turns the endless path to joy
Above and below
Is the song of eternity, my love
I see the pattern of your suffering
Like a dark web the great spider weaves
Upon your form
I see the miracle of your healing
Hovering above you while you sleep
Breathe it in
Peace is every step of the way
It turns the endless path to joy
Within and without
Is the song of eternity, my love
Tomorrow's God
I looked into the heart of my Jesus
I saw an indescribable beauty there
I looked into the heart of my Mohammed
And I saw a truth beyond compare
I looked into the heart of my Jewish roots
And I saw my fathers Moses and Abraham
I looked into the eyes of my beloved
And I saw myself in each of them
If I love life then I've got to love it all
The dark and the light
I'm striving for a better kind of life
And that means getting something
In my own heart right
First I've got to get something
In my own heart right
I saw a drunken beggar in a doorway
And suddenly I wanted to cry
I asked myself 'What can I do for you?'
I didn't get no reply
I see the preachers and the businessmen
Consume the world with their different truths
But it's the fallen angels who pay for their righteousness
The beggars and the sacred prostitutes
I can see God on a mountain top
And I can see God in a ray of light
I can see God in a crushed-up beer can
I can even see God in genocide
I don't know the bigger picture
Is there really anyone who ever can?
The hardest place to see the truth about God
Is in the experience of man
Take me higher, take me further
Take me deeper, give me cover
Show me heaven, show me meaning
Show me how to love my brother
I looked into the heart of my Buddha
I saw laughter and compassion in his face
I looked into the heart of my dancing Shiva
Like a dervish in a state of grace
I looked everywhere for the heart of my Goddess
The mother of all mankind
I know that everything begins and ends in her
But she's just so hard to find
It seems to me that religious intolerance
Is an illness borne of fear
Just who exactly is the infidel
And when will the Messiah re-appear
Who among us is willing to suffer a defeat
And not fight back when we are betrayed?
The second coming is a collective moral choice
To take life to a different plane
You give me strength
The endless path is dusty
The Spanish mountains green and blue
Tibetan wind-chimes in the trees
I took the highest ground with you
A carpet of flowers on the floor
Led me to your door
You give me strength, to carry on
You give me strength
When the sun goes down
You give me strength
You give me strength
The hardest thing I know
Is keeping quiet about it all
You took me through a portal
Where I have never been before
I cannot even show my friends
'Cos none of them can see you
You give me strength, to carry on
You bring me joy
When we laugh and play
You bring me joy
When we dance and sway
You bring me joy
The mighty stones of father
The moonlight songs of mother
The beast ensnared by madness
Gave birth to you my lover
To walk these hills
You raise me up, above the blue
You raise me up
And I'll dive with you
Into the deep, into the deep
The violets and the orchids
The meadows luminous with flowers
Darling give me your kiss
The silence of the sky is ours
And in the half-light of the moon
I'll come back down with you
You give me strength, to carry on
You give me strength
When the sun goes down
You give me strength
You give me strength
By the look in your eyes
I thought that I
Might come to learn the truth
If I listened to you
But I know less now
Than I did in my youth
I'm no wise man
I'm just a perfect fool
By the look in your eyes
By the colour of love
I think I know what you want
What you're looking for
A wounded nymph, so elusive
With your ghostly Christ-eyes
Such a brittle girl lost
You change your form
Like a demon, and my consciousness lies
Impaled on your cross
By the kiss on your lips
By the smell of your skin
I still wonder which paradigm
I'm living in ... I'm living in
Did I walk on the fires?
Did I dance on the moon?
Did I ever surprise you?
I touch the waves
Of your red golden hair
That lights your dress
And we kiss through the night
You're so pleased
That I've taken something dark
From your consciousness
And made it part of the light
By the look in your eyes
By the colour of love
I think I know what your soul
Is dreaming of
Oh my love, my deceiver, my muse
Where are you now?
When I most need you
I'm on my knees, in the dirt
Looking for clues
I don't know how
You vanished from view
By the vase that is cracked
And by following my bliss
Do you remember our pact?
Sealed with my blood ... and your kiss
Are there snakes in your hair?
Are there wings on your shoes?
I know I still need to be there for you
Kindling wood
Let's gather up some kindling wood
And build for us a fire
The yellow moon is full tonight
Behind the old church tower
Forgive me
For all the hurtful things I've said
Are you still with me?
I havn't come to raise the dead
Put doubt and blame into the flames
And watch them burn away
I never meant to disappoint you
We just see life in different ways
The smell of the wood is sweet somehow
In the fragrance of the starry night air
The shadows dance arount the walls
And play in your long blonde hair
Believe me
I always meant to be good to you
It grieves me
I couldn't be who I wanted to
The spitting fire and the hot red coals
They purify my mind
We fought over many differences
But we're still on each other's side
Now the fire is low I can feel the chill
Of the midnight moon upon the floor
The apple brandy embers glow
The breath of sleep creeps 'neath the door
I love you
I love the music of your soul
I love you
I love the way our life unfolds
The pretty stones around your neck
And the depth of your subtle layers
Your deep brown eyes and golden hair
And our children asleep upstairs
East of east
I confessed all my sins
And wrote a song full of sorrow
Which I sang to my inquisitors
The queen of cups stole a dream
And then danced for another
So I wrapped one in ribbons for her
It's strange
How I'm losing my sight
In this temple of light
To the sweet Alleluia
One by one
All my icons destroyed
And the girl from the void
It's just like I never knew her
With some nuggets of truth
All the young folk have scattered
And the old folks have turned into stone
It's time to go
I don't know if the truth ever mattered
I got your note saying "whereabouts unknown"
There's a job
On the mainland for me
Selling fish by the sea
To the spiritual tourists
Do you know
If I've still got the shoes
I could play king of the Jews
But it is not for the purists
We should go
My family and I
A bit away from the sky
To the beehives and pollen
With my wife
We could plant trees
And my boys could keep bees
'neath the wings of a shaman
There's a place in my soul
Where the timbers are rotten
You can smell the hot sun on the paint
There are monkeys in the ruins
And something else long forgotten
And a bicycle left by the gate
I always thought
I would go there to die
My earth mother in light
Would be there to receive me
Though I own
I have never been east
She's still preparing the feast,
The feast, for my leaving