Problems
The cause of all our personal problems and nearly all the problems of the world can be summed up in a single sentence:
Human life is very deep, and our modern dominant lifestyle is not.”
― Bo Lozoff
Problems
deep
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
By W. B. Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
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Reach for the Light Lyrics
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Steve Winwood
(Weil)
Balto Soundtrack 1995
Deep in the night
the winds blow cold
and in a heartbeat
the fear takes hold
Deep in the storm
there’s a place that’s soft and still
where the road waits to be taken
if you only will
The voices inside you
can lead your soul astray
Believe in what you dream
Don’t turn away
don’t you turn away
Reach for the light
You might touch the sky
Stand on the mountaintop
and see yourself flying
Reach for the light
to capture a star
Come out of the darkness
and find out who you are
Somewhere in time
the truth shines through
and the spirit knows
what it has to do
Somewhere in you
there’s a power with no name
It can rise to meet the moment
and burn like a flame
And you can be stronger
than anything you know
Hold on to what you see
Don’t let it go
don’t you let it go
Now, there’s no turning back
when your destiny is calling
Listen to the thunder roll
and let your heart break free
Reach for the light
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Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
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Leonard Cohen
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but now it’s come to distances and both of us must try,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
I’m not looking for another as I wander in my time,
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
it’s just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
but let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
yes many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
in city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
but let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye.
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It is One
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Jackson Browne
They shot a man into the sky
The moon and stars became his bed
He saw the sun rise seven times
And when he came back down he said
It is one, it is one
One world spinning ’round the sun
Wherever it is you call home
Whatever country you come from
It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one
They shot a man in Africa
At a time of rivalry and war
He had some dreams of a good life
But dreams aren’t what they killed him for
Now people stand themselves next to the righteous
And they believe the things they say are true
They speak in terms of what divides us
To justify the violence they do
But it is one, it is one
One world spinning ’round the sun
Wherever it is you call home
Whatever country you come from
It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one
One — the deep blue ocean
One — the endless sky
One — the purple mountains
One — you and I
It’s not a world of our own choosing
We don’t decide where we are born
This life is a battleground between right and wrong
One way or other we are torn
And people stand themselves next to the righteous
And they believe the things they say are true
And speak in terms of what divides us
To justify the violence they do
But it is one, it is one
One world spinning ’round the sun
Wherever it is you call home
Whatever country you come from
It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one
It is one, it is one, it is one, it is one
One — the deep blue ocean
One — the endless sky
One — the purple mountains
One — you and I
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