Candy Land

 Mother, father I’ve seen signs
In the symbols of your faith
Gone are days of muscadine
Nightmares follow like a wraith

Tears of sparrows, Brothers blood
Laid a curse on holy ground
Buried boundless in the mud
For the joy of tainted crowns

Go down Moses lead the band
Fill their mouths with desert sand
Milk and honey in their heads
Dreaming of a candy land

Children’s sorrow, hidden well
Drowned out by a gospel song
Trouble hid behind the veil
Lost in plain sight all along

Go down Moses lead the band
Fill their mouths with desert sand
Milk and honey in their heads
Dreaming of a candy land

Milk and honey
Running wild
Hungry mouths are full of sand
Go down Moses, meek and mild
Raise your cane and lead the band
Say farewell to freedom child
Welcome them to
Candy land  

Rend Your Heart

VERSE

It's not a matter of propriety

If you should do your praying quietly

There's a private sort of piety

In the silence that you find

In a corner of your mind

Might be the God you love is Lord alone

But do you know Him like you know your own

Is it His footstool or is it His throne?

That your life is aiming for

While your knees are on the floor

CHORUS

My dear your soul is a hidden thing

Like a diamond in the coal or a bud before the spring

And what's gonna make you whole is gonna pull you all apart

So don't tear your garments, tear your heart

VERSE

There's no finding any clarity

Through the veil of your prosperity

It's better kindling for Charity

Just to burn up all you know

To just what's real left in the glow

What now seems just like a senseless beast

Is preparation for a wedding feast

Where first come last until the most are least

The beginning and the end

Are both a lover and a friend 

Human human

VERSE
Human human, wallow in fear
Human this fear, is Spirit killing 
Down down deluge, soul desert thee
Put down the fear, Spirit's willing

CHORUS 
Turn back to the source, almighty
Take the smallest step - take the hardest
Go on, within. Listen within, 

Be still. Within. Spirit's willing

VERSE
Human human, wallow in fear
Human this fear, is Spirit killing 
Down down deluge, soul desert thee
Put down the fear, Spirit's willing

CHORUS 
Turn back to the source, almighty
Take the smallest step - take the hardest
Go on, within. Listen within, 

Be still. Within. Spirit's willing

 

MIDDLE
Can you see then? Would you be one?
Burn up thee, torch your own karma
Channeling come feel it, the one

In touch within, Spirit's willing

CHORUS
Oh mighty creator
Let the light flow
Onto heads and into hearts here
So that they might get

CHORUS

God is everywhere

A glimpse

Realise inner self

Divine heritage

 

CHORUS

 

VERSE

 

CHORUS

 

MIDDLE

 

CHORUS

 

VERSE

 

CHORUS

 

MIDDLE

 

CHORUS

 

VERSE

 

CHORUS

 

 

Valley of decision

 

 

 

 

The Kingdom of Heaven lies within

 

 

 

 

 

 

The song “İnsan İnsan” by Fazıl Say featuring Burcu Uyar, Cem Adrian, Güvenç Dağüstün and Selva Erdener conveys the idea of discovering one’s true self, and the importance of knowing one’s identity; knowing what it means to be human. The lyrics talk about the realization of humanity through a questioning of the words “insan" (person/man) and “can" (soul). It also discusses the idea of faith, the idea that one can find the true essence of humanity within themselves if they look for it. The song is ultimately about the discovery of one’s true self through learning the meaning of basic words, and the importance of faith for self-discovery.

 

Human, human that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a human
Soul, soul that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a soul

Muhiddin says God is almighty,
he appears ready in everything.
That which is evident, that which is hidden,
That which is an engagement, now I know.

Human, human that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a human
Soul, soul that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a soul

Muhiddin says God is almighty,
he appears ready in everything.
That which is evident, that which is hidden,
That which is an engagement, now I know.

Human, human that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a human
Soul, soul that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a soul

Muhiddin says God is almighty,
he appears ready in everything.
That which is evident, that which is hidden,
That which is an engagement, now I know.

The seeker finds it in himself
Those left outside still look for it.

In the souls heart which is,
What is believing now I know.
That which is evident, that which is hidden,
That which is an engagement, now I know.

Muhiddin says God is almighty,
he appears ready in everything.
That which is evident, that which is hidden,
That which is an engagement, now I know.

Human, human that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a human
Soul, soul that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a soul

Muhiddin says God is almighty,
he appears ready in everything.
That which is evident, that which is hidden,
That which is an engagement, now I know.

The seeker finds it in himself
Those left outside still look for it.

Human, human that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a human
Soul, soul that they were saying,
Now I know what it have been a soul

 

 

Afterlife of a painting

Now I'm convinced and I admit that dead is better

Only as long as there's a way to live forever

The choice was clear then as it is now

I walk the path for immortality

I lived bold with elegance and a sense of pride

Then passed away irrelevant and cast aside

Today I'm the beautiful queen you have crowned

Tomorrow I'm another woman drowned

I was the image of perfect grace

Encapsulated by the painter's trace

I keep the paintings in the afterlife

And for the image I paid the price

The people saw themselves in me with fallen grace

Then tore me down relentlessly to my disgrace

Today I'm the beautiful queen you have crowned

Tomorrow I'm another woman drowned

The fruit is gone now, the tree is bare

And though you've seen me, you will not stare