1. |
Actor
06:10
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I watched on as another
laid these hands above my eyes
I told another story inside
I’ve longed to be alone
to learn things I’ll never know
But the door is slowly opening
to a world I had never seen
Every leaf is a miracle of creation
Every seed grows into the perfect plant
Will you dance with your whole body
without going a damn?
Forgetting everything they said
about how to be or who to be
Remember the child
who knows how to breathe
Breathe
I can watch these thoughts
like an actor reads her lines
and decide what to keep
learning how to sink deeper every time
This isn’t mine, this body that I see
This is the time to live how we believe
life can be
What keeps you from living free?
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2. |
Lens
03:06
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Fight ’til you find
Water controls the tides
The earth isn’t yours to shake
Try and you might hear what the sun has to say
Scent of the sky
Honeysuckle in my gaze
I wander in a timeless haze
Sitting into silence
That they taught me to break
It is the wave that misses the shore
It is the seed that wishes to grow
It is the water that started so cold
Lightning awaits
Lighting the path we crave
I wanted to find my fate
Looking through a lens
created by the mind’s gate
It is the wind that whistles in caves
It is the mouth that misses your taste
It is the fire that teaches you pain
It is the lie that keeps you afraid
It is the wine that helps you feel brave
It isn’t mine - every word that I say
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3. |
Waterfall
03:50
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I’m a waterfall
flowing through
rocks and mountains
morphing in every moment
formlessly shape-shifting
The patterns that form in my brain
I know they’re just colours;
just some kind of wave
just energy
flowing inside this space
Listen; observe the motion
What other way do you measure life on this plane?
Have you turned your head to look the other way?
I am the hawk
soaring silent and free
I glide through the trees
and over the waters
tracing the dots
on this vast canvas
What other way do you measure life on this plane?
Have you turned your head to look the other way?
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4. |
Lying Awake, I Wander
04:28
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Lying awake, I wander
through uninvited scenes
Breathe into each sensation
Feed your dreams with light energy
The cold doesn’t rise in summer
The heat can be kept from ice
Our bodies are dualities
All we can do is watch these seasons
and breathe in
Honing in on the present
Letting your mind run free
This moment is all we’ll ever have
Where else would you rather be?
The one who drives you mad
could be a mirror for what’s inside
behind that skin
We’ve all been there before
Will you adore this reality just as it is?
Just as it is
Breathe in
Breathe
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5. |
Spaces
02:14
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Why are we afraid to be ourselves?
What’s between the spaces in our cells?
The stars have no way to hide their light
Sirius never heard to shine so bright
Breathe into the feelings that you see
The world just might become what we believe
Listening to the wind, the stars always align
Take heed; the path’s steep
The journey’s worth the climb
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6. |
Only You
05:02
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Do you rise and share your voice
every time you have something to say?
Or do you hide away from the world
because it’s hard to be feeling everything
Does your time disappear in indecision?
Are you blind to the way that you are?
Are you harming yourself with your thoughts?
You are not lost - just seeking
Your guru is inside of you
buried underneath the debris
and the memories clinging to your cells
Only you can help yourself
Are you holding back from your potential?
Are you bold as you are in your dreams?
Have you seen yourself from the inside
where you are wise as any being
Your guru is inside of you
buried underneath the debris
and the memories clinging to your cells
Only you can help yourself
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7. |
Cocoon
03:59
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All we ever want is within
a cloud of intent
Why be disillusioned
by a failed
Endeavour
made her
scared of leisure
Trying to sing
without breathing
won’t create a sound
and brightness lives
under the ground
Highs and wine
to reach the divine
Sinning blindly
to create a heaven
on the earth
It's just your mind
that's giving birth
An ogre can live
in a fortress
Dirt is necessary to
grow all the things we eat
It’s not just the sun raising seeds
You’ll find the beauty in all things
Water doesn’t decide its form
and inside a cocoon,
the image of a butterfly
can’t live inside
The mind
tries to conceive
the vastness of the sea
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8. |
Rhythm of the Sunlight
05:58
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Followed the waves
I thought I knew how they behaved
And why the boats won’t sink in too deep
They’d rearrange our beliefs
Inside the air
What could it be there?
All we see are things with colour
And what our mothers taught us to see
The rhythm of the sunlight
On the surface of the waves
The colours we create
Day’s running out
I still see the mountain
And in the sky, a watercolour perfume
And two curious people, staring at the stones
Wonder why they shimmer in the water
A column of the light glistens
On the moving glass
I chose to walk this path
Either way, I can’t go back
Oh, I wanted to see all of it
Oh, I wanted to be part of the waves
Oh, we faced the mundane
We’re brave
Followed the waves
I thought I knew how they behaved
We see what we create
The rhythm of the sunlight
On the surface of the waves
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9. |
Simple Things
04:08
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The moon’s halo
extends impossible
distances rising towards my mind
Every breath is stolen
Every map has opened to thee
Tell the clock we’ve chosen
whether time will leap or take heed
And as the water rushes
The clouds reflect
upon the rippled mosses
We can direct
Attention to these simple things
Finding peace that seeing brings
The leaves of grass
sway in slow motion
And we all ask
to mend what’s broken
As the wind is gusting
Images float behind my eyes
Why are we always rushing
Frantically towards some big prize?
And as the cheetah crouches
breathing slow
The art is in the patience
where freedom grows
Attention to these simple things
Finding peace that seeing brings
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10. |
This Body
05:24
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I am not this body
I am watching myself breathe
Who is the me that sees?
What is she trying to be?
I am not this personality
fighting to be truly seen
As sounds escape this cave below my gaze
They seem to come from another place
Sinking into this silent space,
I remember why I came
and the meaning of this role I play
I am not this feeling
pervading every vein
As sensation leads me through another maze,
I’m learning not to just escape
Feeling everything
Meeting all the demons that live in my brain
And letting go
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Kathryn Merriam Toronto, Ontario
ethereal folk songstress
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