GUNGOR One Wild Life: Soul LYRICS
Lion Of Rock
I climbed up a lion of rock
There overlooking the swirls of the world
All the shifting of sands that I saw
Conflicting energy giving and taking,
The fluid grace of it all
Billowing shadows of clouds in the sand
While the waves lay down all stretched and taught
Folding and wrinkling back to the source of it all
Every breath is give and take
I love you oh gentlest of ways
Who ripens us as we wrestle with you
The great homesickness we cannot shake
You, the great forest surrounding us now
In silence it's you that we sing
Billowing shadows of Heaven on earth
As we lay down our lives stretched and taught
Folding and wrinkling back to the source of it all
Every breath is give and take
I see it all like a hymn
The constant refrain of the echo and change
And all is beautiful
There is no giving without any taking
There's no love without any loss
Everything everyone building and breaking
Oh I see the grace of it all
All is beautiful
And suddenly everything came into focus
As I saw her taking a walk
The tiniest speck, just a grain in the wind
But oh how much great in the small
The tiniest body containing the glory of heaven and angels and God
I climbed down the rock and
I ran to the sand and my love
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Moon Song
You are the sun
You are the sun
You shine your light on everyone
I am the moon
I am the moon
I come alive because of you
Love will swim the oceans deep and blue
Sail across the sky ‘til the sky is through
Reach between the space of solitude
Span all other worlds just to get to you
You are the heart
I am the soul
The separate two become the whole
Love will swim the oceans deep and blue
Sail across the sky ‘til the sky is through
Reach between the space of solitude
Span all other worlds just to get to you
Love will swim the oceans deep and blue
Sail across the sky ‘til the sky is through
Reach between the space of solitude
Span all other worlds just to get to you
Love will swim the oceans deep and blue
Sail across the sky ‘til the sky is through
Reach between the space of solitude
Span all other worlds just to get to you
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One Wild Life
Brave the rise and fall
Go on and feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Love the rise and fall
Go on feel it all
I wanna feel it all
See it as a wave, particle, sun
You could call it what you like
Could call it light
See it as a fight or as a gift
You could call it circumstance
Or call it magic
These are the days we've been given
What will you do with each of them
What will you do with your one wild life
Brave the rise and fall
Go on and feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Love the rise and fall
Go on and feel it all
I wanna feel it all
See it as a loss or as a chance
Is it random chemistry
Or is it poetry
These are the days we've been given
What will you do with each of them
What will you do with your one wild life
Brave the rise and fall
Go on and feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Love the rise and fall
Go on feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Brave the rise and fall
Go on and feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Love the rise and fall
Go on feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Brave the rise and fall
Go on and feel it all
I wanna feel it all
Love the rise and fall
Go on feel it all
I wanna feel it all
oh oh I wanna feel it all
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We Are Stronger
Give and take
Snow or sand, it's all the same from far away
You and me
We're the stuff of stars and dirt
With eyes to see
I can't meet you eye to eye
But I can take your hand in mine
We are better together
We are the ocean tide
Freedom and the anchor
When we're together
We are better together
We are the day and night
Together we are stronger
We are stronger
A starry sky
Solitary sparks that find a greater light
Desert land
Sprawling miles and miles
With only grains of sand
Oceans from drops of rain
Everybody made the same
We are better together
We are the ocean tide
Freedom and the anchor
When we're together
We are better together
We are the day and night
Together we are stronger
We are stronger
We are better together
There is no real divide
The winter and the summer
We are stronger
All together
Every black life matters
Every woman matters
Every soldier matters
All the unborn matter
Every gay life matters
Fundamentalists matter
Here's to life and all its branches
All together we are stronger
We belong together
We are better together
We are the ocean tide
The freedom and the anchor
When we're together
We are better together
We are the day and night
Together we are stronger
We are stronger
We are better together
There is no real divide
The winter and the summer
We are stronger
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Light
Your eyes, they opened
And love was spoken
The tears came tumbling down
Your heart was broken
The words were spoken
The tears came tumbling down
And the blind gained sight
As we met our light
Oh the joy and fight
The gift of life
Your hands, the creases
Your feet, your breathing
You’re mine, you’re perfect light
And the blind gained sight
As we met our light
Oh the joy and fight
The gift of life
I can’t take my eyes off of you oh my Light
I can’t take my eyes off of you
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At Sea
I followed the signs
I followed the stars
I followed anything to get where you are
But you were asleep
Far out at sea
You couldn't hear
Oh you couldn't see me
And waves crashed around
Swallowed you whole
Swallowed the moon and it drowned out your soul
You said "I love her"
You said we'd last
So I'll walk on water hold steady hold fast
She was a rage
Something so fierce
Grasping my feet as I came near
I held out my arms
To gather you up
I fought off the demons shed tears
And shed blood
And waves crashed around
Swallowed me whole
Swallowed the moon and it drowned out my soul
I said "I love him"
I said we'd last
So I'll walk on water hold steady hold fast
Her fury subsides
We wake with the dawn
Taking account of what damage was done
To our surprise
We did not meet death
Love stood up strong
Oh love haloed our head
And we walked the waves
Far out at sea
Wrapped in his arms oh my lover and me
Raging or calm
Little we care
Cause love is a force that will carry us home
And waves dance around
We learn to let go
To sing to the moon and awaken the soul
We said "I love you"
We said we'd last
So we'll walk on water, hold steady hold fast
We'll walk on water, hold steady hold fast
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Land Of The Living
Into the land of the living
Black bleeds orange into blue
I am coming to life,
Light is breaking through
I can hear the bells in the city
Across the ancient shore
I am ready to fight
Let down the scarlet cord
It's time to shed this masquerade
You cannot love in moderation
You're dancing with a dead man's bones
Lay your soul
On the threshing floor
Between the walls of the river,
Shoulders bare the sacred stones
We made it alive
We are not alone
Kiss the ground
And change your name
You cannot love in moderation
You're dancing with a dead man's bones
Lay your soul
On the threshing floor
I heard the distant battle drum
The mockingbird spoke in tongues
Longing for the day to come
I set my face, forsook my fears
I saw the city through my tears
The darkness soon will disappear
And be swallowed by the sun
I am coming home
I am coming home
I am coming home
I am coming home
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Us For Them
When the lines are drawn
When you’re in or out
When it’s us or them
And we shame the doubt
It is all a lie
All we ever really need is love
There’s no need to shed more blood
Look upon the cross
Look upon the cross
See the face of Christ
See the mercy in His eyes
Every valley shall be lifted high
Now our enemies are blessed
The heavy laden rest
For His judgement is love
His judgement is love
There is no more guilt
There is no more shame
All our darkest sin
All our deepest pain
Blessed are the poor
All the lonely broken lost and torn
See a kingdom comes to us
A war that’s fought with love
Our only war is love
Prepare the way of the Lord
Wielding mercy like a sword
Every mountaintop will be made low
Know, He holds the earth like dust
And His judgement comes to us
And His judgement is love
His judgement is love
We will not fight their wars
We will not fall in line
Cause if it’s us or them
It’s us for them
It’s us for them
We reject the either or
They can’t define us anymore
Cause if it’s us or them
It’s us for them
It’s us for them
Cause if it’s us or them
It’s us for them
It’s us for them
Prepare the way of the Lord
Wielding mercy like a sword
Every mountaintop will be made low
Know, He holds the earth like dust
And His judgement comes to us
And His judgement is love
May our judgement be love
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Am I
Am I a ghost
Am I an animal
Am I an angel
Am I God
Am I meaningless
Am I anything at all
Am I
Am I a spirit
Am I the chaos
Am I the light
Am I alright
Am I loved
Am I an alien
Am I a sight
Am I alright
Am I a dream
Am I a memory
Am I a wave
Am I okay
Am I the stars
And am I infinite
Am I a mist
Will I be missed
Am I
Are you there
Are you listening
Are you anything at all
And are you good
Are you infinite
Are you awake
Am I okay
I am
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You
When I was born you were my breath
You warmed my skin against your breast
You were my food you were my light
You were my morning and my night
It's always only ever been
It's always only ever been you
And then I met you on the wall
You were seventeen inches tall
A painted smile across your face
I prayed for heaven, prayed for grace
I gave my life when I was ten
I prayed in tongues was born again
It's always only ever been you
You were there
As the world unfolded harsher fare
As the spiral pared the seams
And the brand new colors gleamed
I could only think of you
You were there
Every broken heart and tangled care
Jesus, Savior, Lord, and King
Oh my friend and everything
It was always only you
I saw the writing on the wall
You were a man and that was all
There was no God in heaven above
There was no perfect saving love
It was always only ever me
It was always only me
And then my world was torn apart
I felt a ground, I felt a heart
And all the universe was one
Just like a Father, Spirit, Son
My heart is open once again
A distant love, a forlorn friend
Maybe it's always ever been
You
If you are there
As the world unfolds its harsher fare
As the spiral pairs the seams
As the holy haunts my dreams
I will stay right here with you
You were there
Every broken heart and tangled care
Jesus, Teacher, Brahman Light
Son of God and Source of Life
And it's always only you
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Vapor
Oh the vapor of it all
It’s a chasing of the wind
The substance of the form
So pale and thin
Let the veil of earth
Be stretched again
Holy
All behold the holy
Trees clap their hands for you
Oceans, they dance for you
Heaven taunts the hearts of men
We can feel it from within
The beauty of it all
The mystery
The swelling of a voice
A rising sea
Holy
All behold the holy
Trees clap their hands for you
Oceans, they dance for you
You are holy
Infinite and holy
A billion suns rise for you
Clouds paint the skies for you
Mountains stand tall for you
Valleys bow down to you
Everything rising to
Sing all our songs to you
Holy
The impossible and holy
Kings become fools for you
Kingdoms to ruins for you
Vapor finds ground in you
Music finds sound in you
Everything rising
Everything rising
Everything rising
Everything rising
Everything rising
Come like dawn
Like grace
Like sunlight
Bring this world to life
Come like rain
Like breath
Like springtime
Bring this world to life
