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Beneath The Surfaces of Things (485)

by Mark Shepard

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Inspired by a talk given by Albany Peace Project founder Bethany Gonyea...
Still appropriate. Petty tyrants must be defeated and in the process we become transformed in a positive way. I hope this song helps.
- Peace, Mark

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Beneath The Surfaces of Things

Song 485 | 7/14/14

Oh where did the world go?
Oh where did the world go
When we were singing just now?

Have you been jousting with petty tyrants?
Shadow boxing with cold fear?
Have you been grinding through The old dance
Like sand thrown into the gears?
Like sand thrown into the gears?

Refrain:
We are searching beneath 
The surfaces of things…
We are searching beneath 
The surfaces of things…
We are searching beneath 
The surfaces of things…

What would it be like 
To love your self?
What would it be like 
To find your health?
What would it be like 
To have a dream so huge
It’s IMPOSSIBLE to refuse?
It’s IMPOSSIBLE to refuse?

Refrain:

Bridge:
Sometimes the Spirit Speaks to You in whispers
Sometimes the Spirit tiptoes Through in slippers
Sometimes the Spirit …
Wakes you up like a rock thrown Through your bedroom window!

Refrain:

What if everything is perfect?
What if friction leads to fire?
What if fire prepares the soil?
So the seeds can grow 
Much higher?
so the seeds can grow
Much higher?

Refrain:

Oh where did the world go?
Oh where did the world go
When we were singing just now…

Copyright 2014 by Mark Shepard All Rights Reserved

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released November 14, 2020

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Mark Shepard Albany, New York

Welcome to my “Life In Song” project.

Since 1976, I’ve been obsessively and compulsively writing songs. Some of them are inspired by my own life, my attempts to understand love, life, spirituality, peace and justice.

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