Up From Within
Recorded in the Spring of 2007 at Groove Productions Studios in Chico, CA. Click the play icon next to the title to preview a song.
- From a Point of Stillness
- Daughter of the Aegean Sea
- Quinn
- To a Brother
- Living Love
- Miss Avalanche
- Give Your Love
- One Woman’s Prayer
- Up From Within
- Gaia
Lyrics
From a Point of Stillness
still
perfectly still
and open
go into the place
where the language of the body is spoken
listening
everything in here is as it is
follow your impulse to move
move to find you have found
new sensation
go on
follow your trail
trust in it completely
you know you’ve been singing inside somewhere
your now is calling
hello friend
set me free
oh I know it’s been so cold in there
so meek
you feel like you’ve been wet
a thousand years
an eternity
just a little boat bobbing out on an endless sea
now you’re returning home
wet and hungry
let your feelings be your rudder child
let your lighthouse be your
breathing
you know your whole life is living itself
right here in this now
you are free
you’re unraveling your stories
you are moving back inside
you are gathering these bones and this body
and weaving them into present time
take a breath right here
let it fill you
completely
you know your whole life is living itself
right here in this now
you are free
Daughter of the Aegean Sea
the breeze blows in off the water
lift me up
I am your holy daughter
I dream of flying
I dream of flight
sea come free me
come and clean my heart
I want to know my source
I want to know my source
witness me
I am here
like this bird suspended
in mid air
bare and rare in my full bright
bare and rare in my full bright
who will take this fear
I want to be living in my clear sight
my clear sight
sun come down
press on my skin
I want to let you all the way in
rocks and sand come and clean my hands
I want to be
all that I can
breeze blows in off the water
lift me up
I am your holy daughter
I dream of flying
I dream of flight
Quinn
war
going on inside
why
hearts
broken
they just want to fly
out into the open
do we let them soar
run the risk of dying
what’s life worth if it’s not worth trying
I can feel a shifting
deep in my sea
love there calling me
home
steadily
come home come home come home
come home
warm
opening
water rushing in
new pulse
in this boat I’m sailing
out here in the waves
one has to be brave
knowing they can swim
what is it to drown
run the risk of dying
what’s love worth if it’s not worth trying
can you feel a shifting
deep in your sea
love there calling you
home
steadily
come home come home come home
come home
are you you coming
home
To a Brother
you are
my brother
traveling
lightly on mother earth
you are
like no other
let me be as open as I can
you are more inspiring than you know
let it show
you are breathing life into us
moving in and out of flow
you are
an open hearted one
traveling
to meet your inner sun
as inside
outside you will be done
you will find yourself in warming hands
you are moving faster than you know
let it go
you are boldly freeing
everything you’ve ever known
yes love is enough
although this road’s rough
I believe in what you stand for
love will lift you up
it will call the bluff
of any man who says you can’t
I am one who adores you
traveling
here to support you
should misfortune
ever befall you
I will lift you up with my own hands
we are living out this fantasy
just to be free
I am gladly walking with you
glad you’re here walking with me
we all
are open hearted ones
traveling
to meet our inner suns
as inside
outside us will be done
let us be as open as we can
we are more inspiring than we know
let us let it show
we are waking dreams of spirt
moving in and out of flow
we are living out this fantasy
just to be free
I am gladly walking with you
glad you’re here walking with me
Living Love
put your mouth
upon my mouth
breath me in
and slowly breath me out
I want to feel that you are with me
I need to know that you aren’t leaving
take me to
that place we go
crack me open
until I don’t know
my up from down
and life is held in light suspension
take me all the way in
I want to be known
I want to be blown away
don’t you want to play
at living love
I do
I’ve been hoping that you want to too
free me from
this shame I have
take me back
to way before it happened
lead me into
who I already am
I want to feel your loving hands
I have to try
I would rather die
than go on
living locked inside
as if
I’m already dead
go on make me cry
lover
I am here but I am locked inside
I am begging you
come help me find me
let your light shine down
fill it up
all around me
Miss Avalanche
we took a walk
just you and I
out in the quiet
beneath the sky
the sun was sinking
so we lay down
to leave some grief there
in the ground
you
drew a circle of water around me
I got down on my hands and knees
and as I let the desert hold me
I gave birth to my own being
sometimes you get exactly what you need
sometimes you get exactly what you need
we kept on walking
out towards the mountain
the moon in triptych
harmony
we spoke in silence
of allowing
anything present
had a right to be
as I
knelt down there beside you
you got sad and cried a river of relief
we wound round that river bed
she did exactly as she pleased
remember
she said
relax it’s happening
relax it’s happening
I am so glad that I know you
I’d be sad
if you ever had to leave
I just want to show you
love
without you friend I don’t know where I’d be
without you friend I don’t know where I’d be
sometimes you get exactly what you need
relax it’s happening
the light is changing
look towards the sky
the spectrum is broader now
I feel like crying
summer is over
she needs to fall
I’m remembering
you through it all
I am calling out to autumn
my hands stretched up towards the trees
I am summoning their color
to rain down and wash me clean
to this unnamed grief
harbored
deep inside of me
I know now
one day will be color ’round my feet
one day will be color ’round my feet
I am so glad that I know you
I praise the one who has brought you into being
I just want to show you
love
without you friend I don’t know where I’d be
without you friend
I don’t know where I’d be
Give Your Love
give your love
give your very love
give your love
don’t hide
when you hide
you die
when you hide
you die
when you hide
you die
and you deny
the very gift
that wants to give you
life
come on
time’s a wasting
we can never know
what lies ahead
we can just commit to
recognize our gifts and
give them what they need to
fly
give your love
give your very love
give your love
decide
when you do
you fly
when you give it
you fly
when you give it
you fly
and you fall
right into the arms
of life
One Woman’s Prayer
father
earthly mother
divine seer
that sees
create me again
take me in your hands
bring out
what’s inside of me
guide me in these times
while war is being waged
on my family
make me an instrument
of song
that I might learn
harmony
anchor into me
the rhythm of living love
a song in which I can
believe
take my hand
lead me onward
may I become the woman
I am meant to be
give me strength
to keep on walking
even when I can not see
I will carry the torch
from those who have come before
to those who have yet to be
make me and instrument
of song
that I might pass on
harmony
anchor into me
the rhythm of living love
a song in which I can
believe
amen
Up From Within
aren’t you glad
to be living
in the land of the free
land where lies
are seen as truths
freedom is now
slavery
land of homeland security
an eye for an eye
for an eye
step right up get your number
put a man six feet under
fine print that’s meant to
undermine
sign away your life on the dotted line
aren’t you glad
to be living
in the home of the brave
where form the time that we’re young
we have learned
to behave
and now we do not see
taste or smell
our own cage
now we don’t own our own minds
step right up it’s free money
promise you the land of milk and honey
just enough to keep you running
out of time
land of I’m ok as long as I have mine
it’s absurd
it’s insane
I’m gonna go on giving anyway
I will live in love
I will sing my freedom
there’s a shift that’s happening
you might not have seen it yet
once you feel it
surely you will believe it
there is love here
and it’s growing
up from within
aren’t you glad
to be living
on planet earth at this time
we are witnessing the birth
of a new way of life
one where love takes her turn
leading all of humankind
why haven’t we seen that
on the news
extra extra read all about it
there is this thing called love
we won’t live without it
there’s is enough for all
no need to fear or doubt it
love will dare to cross
over enemy lines
I know you’re hurting
who is to blame
let’s go on giving anyway
we can live in love
we create our freedom
there’s a shift that’s happening
you might not have seen it yet
once you feel it
surely you will believe it
there is love here
and it’s growing
up from within
aren’t you glad
to be living
in the center of your soul
where the language is clear
there is no need for control
the one place that can’t be bought
that is common to us all
is this central flame
that ignites us all
I know you’re hurting
and you feel shame
come on let’s go on giving anyway
let us live in love
we create our freedom
there’s a shift that’s happening
they might not have seen it yet
but once they feel it
surely they will come join us
in this love here
that is growing
up from within
Gaia
I am thirsty
way down in here
I’ve been searching
for something clear
I know you are looking too
I hear you day and night
whispering into my ear
inside insight
and when I listen
I know exactly what you mean
be persistent
and gentle too
take your time let your body
feel this earth
we’ve no greater gift to her
how’s about
we fall in love with this place
her rise and fall
her equal parts
light and dark
responding to our call
never stop reminding me
I promise I’ll remind you too
this earth
she has a rhythm and a melody
we can walk in tune
and when we listen
we know exactly what she means
we’re persistent
and gentle too
taking time to let our bodies
feel this earth
we’ve no greater gift to her
Gaia