"From this still place, all truth emanates" - take some time to appreciate the meditive beauty of this epic jam
lyrics
STILL CENTRE
I have been told there is a single fixed point in the universe
And from this still place I am told that all truth emanates
And there is a point, supposedly at the base of the skull
That is like a decommissioned antenna
And with careful concentration
We may activate the signal once again
And there sits a serpent at the base of each and every spine
Waiting to be awoken
So that it may rise and curl itself like a caduceus around the spine
I tell myself the garden is mine, and with that in mind
I hope and believe, more than anything
That I shall return to this lost paradise one day, someday soon
And someday soon all the sins of gravity shall be forgiven
…simply washed away
And on that day
All those levers of control that depended utterly upon the illusion of endless forward motion
Will simply shake away, will be blown away
So stand and stretch and step outside this cave of shadows…
Simply walk away
From out of the shroud of night into the cradle of the day
Tell yourself the garden is mine
Tell yourself the garden is mine
Take back what the mental enclosure act took away
And you’ll be just fine
And on that self-anointed day, your new-found stillness shall appease you
It shall release you
From the iron grip of all capitulation
And the prison complex of manipulation
For there is no person nor representative-entity
Who polices or guards the gateway to eternity
The gateway to eternity is untended
The garden is unfenced and uncorrupted and it welcomes everybody in
At least those who are not steeped in manipulation
Mired in exploitation
For these are the original sins
But there are tiny sins: sins of manipulation; sins of low-expectation
Foisted upon us all
Now washed away, they fall away
When we return to the garden
So we may as well return to the garden
We were not born in sin; we were born into a sinful system
We are angels fallen, kept low
Sandaled feet that pin our heads to the floor
Taught to train our eyes upon the floor
-Fuck that, no more!
The serpent rises. The tyrant drowns amidst a polluted sea of his own creation
Negation becomes creation
Babel rises, common tongues speak of new beginnings
Fear is banished to the darkness from whence it came
And we, naked as jay-birds in the meadows
Now clothed in light, we blast the shadows
We rise like angels
Mind-liberated, reconnected, unshackled and sovereign once again, we are born again
Born again in light
Dancing on a pin, at the centre of everything
We were not born in sin
We were born into a sinful system
Disconnect the system
And let the walls all melt away
For too long we fought the urge to purge the demiurge
Now we blast the demiurge
Our will is done
And the serpent rises, Babel rises
You can’t touch me I’m a part of the union
This is not a prison complex or an investment duplex
This is the apex, it is the still centre
This is the still centre of everything
Evolving at this very moment
Every breath
Every imagining is an act of Creation
The serpent rises, Babel rises
We are at the sure centre
Of everything
The garden is yours once again
The garden is yours once again
Just let it fall away
credits
from Magic Money Tree,
released August 16, 2018
Words : Steve
Drums : Sned
Bass : Runks
Guitar : Darren
Music edited, produced, added to & put together by Runks
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