Recipe for something better

Svavar Knútur / Jack Stafford

For Neil and Sarah

VERSE

In a cupboard by the larder

I found an ancient book

With recipes and stories 

And lots of things to cook

So meet me in the kitchen

We’ll brew some nettle tea

Then put on silly aprons

And get busy, you and me.

CHORUS

I’ll meet you in the kitchen

I’ll meet you where you are

We’ll bake something together

Why stop now, we’ve come this far?

VERSE

We’ll start with preparations

And gather what we need.

Once all is on the table,

We’re ready to proceed

A bucket of acceptance

Warmed up by the brew

Sprinkle it with humour 

It’s the start of something new 

CHORUS

VERSE

So, easy on the ego

In fact, just let it be

It does nothing for the flavour

Replace with empathy

Mix up and let it simmer,

Don’t burn and don’t reduce

A heart, all charred and scolded  

Is not of any use

CHORUS

OUTRO:

It’s a journey of perfection

The culinary art

Of baking a confection

To heal the human heart

Public land

We grew up on a dead end street out on the edge of town 

We didn’t have much land to call our own 

We had big dreams of the mountains and tall pines 

We needed those wild places we could feel it in our bones 

Every weekend Dad would take us to the forest to roam around 

We learned to hunt and fish just like he had planned 

It was as much a part of us as that house that’s we called home 

I thank god every time I step on public land 

Those hills were like a classroom they taught me all I know 

It wasn’t hard for me to understand 

Leave it better than you found it cause we only get one chance 

We have to be good stewards of the land 

Every weekend Dad would take us to the forest to roam around 

We learned to hunt and fish just like he had planned 

It was as much a part of us as that house that’s we called home 

I thank god every time I step on public land 

Meaning in the Moment

Everything you see is impermanent
Every last star in the firmament
Everyone you love or you ever met
Every single thought running through your head

Every setting sun, every morning mist
All the works of art and the sciences
Every “out of body” experience
Everything you see is impermanent

Try, try, try not to let it throw you
You know you can find
Meaning in the moment
Meaning in the moment

Every sweet song that you ever heard
Each turn of phrase, every perfect word
Every back corner of consciousness
Every single thing is impermanent

Try, try, try not to let it throw you
You know you can find
Meaning in the moment
Meaning in the moment

No one will remember us
When we return to sand and dust
But there’s one thing that you can trust
When you feel all alone

Meaning in the moment 

Galileo - with a microscope

 (verse - G / C / Bb / F / Gm / G)

Trust yr gut and it will tell you

"Put your love in the ground"

Make amends with inside friends

Help them to feel at home

(chorus - E / C / A)

Galileo

Galileo

Galileo - with a microscope

Wobbling on the pottery wheel

Microbiome from Ma & Pa

Lord of the Flies meets Silent Spring

I'll be glad to wake from this Piscean dream

Galileo

Galileo

Galileo - with a microscope

(bridge - A / A / D / G / D / G / 

Tuned in by choice 

Had I not been in pain

Would I choose the same?

Dr. Natasha 

The worlds that you found

When you looked around

The Universe inside us

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride

I've got yr yellow book

LYRICS

Trust your gut and it will tell you
"Put your love in the ground"
Make amends with inside friends
Help them to feel at home

Galileo
Galileo
Galileo - with a microscope

Wobbling on the pottery wheel
Microbiome from Ma & Pa
Lord of the Flies meets Silent Spring
I'll be glad to wake from this Piscean dream

Galileo
Galileo
Galileo - with a microscope

Tuned in by choice
Had I not been in pain
Would I choose the same?
Dr. Natasha
The worlds that you found
When you looked around
The Universe inside us

Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
I've got your yellow book