Posted on May 22, 2012, in Songs, Writing and tagged Politics, Social commentary. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Comments.
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“You should stop words and letters, and learn to withdraw and reflect on yourself. When you do so, your body and mind will naturally fall away, and your original Buddha nature will appear.” – Dogen.
Now, where can I find . . . ?
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Stacked in the back room
Filed but not forgotten
Admissions of a structure junky
Stringy theories . . .
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“Your face or your fear: what’s the uglier truth?” this line speaks volumes. Would so like to hear this sung.
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Your wish is my command.
http://www.4shared.com/mp3/v8PBfL_b/Eco_Worriers_-_Driven.html
The tune is not mine, nor is it one I am very happy with, I’m afraid; ditto the vocals, but at least the words are there. 🙂
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Thanks for the link. It’s good to hear your words sung, but I imagined a gentler version. I have only written one song, in reality a poem, but a friend has songified my words, and put them to music, I love it. He says it is only the alpha version and is still working on it. It’s titled Horse Whisperer and the words can be found on my blog..
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I’ll check it out, but not tonight, I’m afraid, as it’s 1.35am here. Thanks. More of my songs, if you are interested, are in the “Songs” Category in “Evidence of a woefully anal character”.
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Wonderful poem Ben about the Rat Race, most people are part of.
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Thank you. You can see why I quoted from Davies, I think.
I still love that final line: “Then you’re driven to wonder just who’s at the wheel”
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Amazing, Ben – we were certainly on the same wavelength today (or whenever that was…)!
I’ll be sending you a link, since I’m still typing my synchronicity… 😉
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Thank you. Twice. 🙂
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awesome lyrics! Maybe you could sing it for us 😀
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I have never recorded this. There *is* a version at http://www.4shared.com/mp3/v8PBfL_b/Eco_Worriers_-_Driven.html but it’s not me singing. And as I said in my reply to triciabertram, “The tune is not mine, nor is it one I am very happy with, I’m afraid; ditto the vocals, but at least the words are there.” And some of the instrumental playing is not so bad. As you can guess, I had no hand in producing this recording. There are always dangers when your children fly the nest. 😦
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This is fabulous!
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Thank you. There are so many idioms containing the word “drive” or “driven” that it almost wrote itself. 🙂
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Ben, I truly love this – and the lines that stood out for me:
If acknowledging death is your idea of hell
You’ll be driven to hide from the present as well
So much truth in this – and ALL of your words. (When I have a chance I’ll come back and listen to it – as set to music.)
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Thank you for your kindness, Betty. As I type, there is a bird outside the window singing its heart out.
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Powerful Ben. We are driven at least I am. I use to want it all riches and fame. But today I just want comfort. Thanks for sharing this great piece with me.
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May it cheer you, Kim. And thank you for your kind words. You are appreciated.
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