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"Consumed with all the noise of constructed life..." |
CD: On the Threshold
Label: LUMINAIA
Credits: David Sasse on lead guitar, engineered by Leo Woods, Michael on everything else |
Story Behind the Song
In 1998, after starting a successful multimedia company in Irvine, I was feeling extremely disconnected from my soul. I really felt like I was moving in the wrong direction. Within three weeks I gave over all of our clients to my co-workers, sold just about everything I owned, and purchased a one-way ticket to Mauai ("here today, gone to Maui.) It was the single most terrifying and most rewarding thing I've even done. I wrote this while sitting on a linai overlooking a lush valley that meandered it's way out to the Pacific. IT was recorded 2 years later at LionHeart Studios on the Big Island, a studio I co-founded with Leo Woods. SOOOO many thanks to Leo for all of his encouragement, and for introducing me to the poems of Hafiz.
The guitar tuning is CGCGGC capo 4
Lyrics
consumed with all the noise
of constructed life
watching the candle burn at both ends
leaving nothing behind
i'm sure of one thing,
it's been much too long since
i've found release
cuz,
down here nothing makes much sense
when the world changes
with each passing breath
when all i want is to find
the light in you
the light in you
sight unseen
this silver lining has got me
wide-eyed and dreaming
i'm shying away
from these fairy-tale lies
we've all been sold
cuz it's not
the green in the machine
that keeps our motors running
it's our hearts that
call the shots
that keep us moving
keep us moving
cuz,
down here nothing makes much sense
when the world changes
with each passing breath
when all i want is to find
the light in you
the light in you
fall down
before we harm ourselves
fall down
before we do harm
fall down
soft to the ground
consumed with all the noise
of constructed life
watching the candle burn at both ends
leaving nothing behind
cuz it's not
the green in the machine
that keeps our motors running
it's our hearts that
call the shots
that keep us moving
keep us moving
cuz,
down here nothing makes much sense
when the world changes
with each passing breath
(can't you see!!!?)
when all i want is to find
the light in you
the light in you
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