Friday 21 August 2020

Happy Habits


G                                          C

Throw your television out of the window

G                                     D

Replace it with flowers or something that grows

Pay other people to do the cleaning you hate

Get out of the house and spend time with your mates


G                     C                    D

Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick

 

Learn a new skill it can be anything

Paint a picture or do colouring

Exercise and then stand on your head 

Cheer yourself up  by freshly baking bread


Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick

 

Stop with the texting and have real conversations

Practice compassion and forgive your relations

Save for a trip that’ll be good for your soul

Focus your sights on a single life goal

 

Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick


[Quiet bit]

Meditate in the morning, Before you check your phone

Have fun days out with happy friends, Then quiet ones alone 


Keep a journal and count your blessings

Make them rhyme and you'll feel even happier


Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks
Happy habits, to make your good moods stick



LYRICS:

Throw your television out of the window

Replace it with flowers or something that grows

Pay other people to do the cleaning you hate

Get out of the house and spend time with your mates


Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks

Happy habits, to make your good moods stick


Learn a new skill it can be anything

Paint a picture or do colouring

Exercise and then stand on your head 

Cheer yourself up  by freshly baking bread


Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks

Happy habits, to make your good moods stick


Stop with the texting and have real conversations

Practice compassion and forgive your relations

Save for a trip that'll be good for your soul

Focus your sights on a single life goal


Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks

Happy habits, to make your good moods stick


Meditate in the morning, Before you check your phone

Have fun days out with happy friends, Then quiet ones alone 

Keep a journal and count your blessings

Make them rhyme and you'll feel even happier


Happy habits, reprogramme your day

Happy habits, blow your blues away

Happy habits, are some simple tricks

Happy habits, to make your good moods stick




 

Thursday 20 August 2020

The Prison of Materialism

VERSE
Fm
It's stitched into the sitcoms
It's sewn into the news
Bfm
Twisted in the movies
It underwrites your views

It underwrites your views
Fm
Pumped in by the television
Reinforced in school
Bfm
Seeps into your every hole, 
But your nobody's fool?
 
BRIDGE
Cm
It permeates and advocates
Corroborates we're separates
 
Bfm
Venerates-our-physical-traits-while-vindicating-violent-states
 
Cm
Perpetuates subordinates
Implicates we're primates
 
Culminates in selfish hate
That enumerates & exterminates
 
CHORUS
Bfm
Oh no, they’re selling you a prison
Cm
Don’t buy the lie of materialism

 
VERSE
It’s been cunningly conceived 
And slyly concealed
Dripped into your consciousness
Now it has congealed
 
You're just purely physical
You're a piece of meat
Who cares if I beat you
Or emotionally mistreat you
 
BRIDGE
Soul starvation, strangulation
Spiritual castration
 
Secularize-sexualise-glamourise-with-vacant-lies
Temptation and gratification
Physical adoration
 
Sedation of civilization
Societal transmogrification
 
CHORUS

 
VERSE
They're happy you're confused
They feed upon your fear
Suck up all your feelings
They’re always very near
 
You’re just a little pawn
Putty in their hands
Moving information
As they whisper their commands
 
BRIDGE
Preaching the dualities
Physical realities
 
With-distorted-moralities-for-limited-mentalities
 
Contorted tonalities
Temporal modalities
Separate nationalities
For global criminalities
CHORUS

LYRICS:
It's stitched into the sitcoms It's sewn into the news Twisted in the movies It underwrites your views Pumped in by the television Reinforced in school Seeps into your every hole, But your nobody's fool? It permeates and advocates Corroborates we're separates Venerates-our-physical-traits-while-vindicating-violent-states Perpetuates subordinates Implicates we're primates Culminates in selfish hate That enumerates & exterminates Oh no, they’re selling you a prison Don’t buy the lie of materialism It’s been cunningly conceived And slyly concealed Dripped into your consciousness Now it has congealed You're just purely physical You're a piece of meat Who cares if I beat you Or emotionally mistreat you Soul starvation, strangulation Spiritual castration Secularize-sexualise-glamourise-with-vacant-lies Temptation and gratification Physical adoration Sedation of civilization Societal transmogrification Oh no, they’re selling you a prison Don’t buy the lie of materialism They're happy you're confused They feed upon your fear Suck up all your feelings They’re always very near You’re just a little pawn Putty in their hands Moving information As they whisper their commands Preaching the dualities Physical realities With-distorted-moralities-for-limited-mentalities Contorted tonalities Temporal modalities Separate nationalities For global criminalities Oh no, they’re selling you a prison Don’t buy the lie of materialism

Wednesday 12 August 2020

Grief 2 Growth

    Bpm: 64
 
VERSE
A
Everyone you know
E
One day will go
D                                           A
Through the initiation of death
 
You’re left with grief
But it’s not an emotion
It’s a myriad of feelings that flow
 
Now whether you grieve for them
Or they grieve for you
Depends upon who’s leaving who
 
But really you know
There’s nowhere they go
They’re just here in a different way
 
CHORUS
A                                      E
So go from grief to growth
D                         A
Be planted not buried
D                         A
Willing and ready
E                                A
For the next time around
 
VERSE
Grief’s not an illness
We grieve cos we love
And we go through it time and again
 
You say the deeper the love
The deeper the mourning
But how are you honouring them?
 
They’re not the same
You’ll never be again
But be version 2.0
 
Happiness is fleeting
Wealth is deceiving
Fulfilment is what you should flow
 
CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL

CHORUS


LYRICS:

Everyone you know
One day will go
Through the initiation of death
 
You’re left with grief
But it’s not an emotion
It’s a myriad of feelings that flow
 
Now whether you grieve for them
Or they grieve for you
Depends upon who’s leaving who
 
But really you know
There’s nowhere they go
They’re just here in a different way
 
So go from grief to growth
Be planted not buried
Willing and ready
For the next time around
 
Grief’s not an illness
We grieve cos we love
And we go through it time and again
 
You say the deeper the love
The deeper the mourning
But how are you honouring them?
 
They’re not the same
You’ll never be again
But be version 2.0
 
Happiness is fleeting
Wealth is deceiving
Fulfilment is what you should flow
 
So go from grief to growth
Be planted not buried
Willing and ready
For the next time around

So go from grief to growth
Be planted not buried
Willing and ready
For the next time around

Monday 3 August 2020

True Believer

Key: F

BPM: 62

VERSE
F
There's a wedge, we drive
C
For our minds, to thrive
Bf                   C
We wither in this world
Or we evolve

What is truth? What's belief?
What is hiding underneath?
In the lie-infested world in which we crawl

BRIDGE
Bf                                          C
You call me faithless - but my faith's unshakeable
Bf                                          C
In fact, I'm one of only a few believers left

VERSE
From what I've seen with my own eyes
A lie is always in disguise
My faith's built on solid base
I trust in what I touch or taste

I've been convinced by black and white
That today will end in night
The song is long while will is free
Life ends in a minor key

INSTRUMENTAL (Wha Wha Wha)

BRIDGE
You call me faithless but I've no doubt
I'm a true believer - believe me!

CHORUS
I've faith men cheat, Faith men lie
Faith they steal, one day die
I'm a believer!
A true believer

I've faith they'll kill to make a million
Sell their bodies, sell their children
I'm a believer!
A true believer

OUTRO
Lies are always told
As lives are, bought and sold
Our belief is the currency that we traded away

LYRICS:

There's a wedge, we drive
For our minds, to thrive
We wither in this world
Or we evolve

What is truth? What's belief?
What is hiding underneath?
In the lie-infested world in which we crawl

You call me faithless - but my faith's unshakeable
In fact, I'm one of only a few believers left

From what I've seen with my own eyes
A lie is always in disguise
My faith's built on solid base
I trust in what I touch or taste

I've been convinced by black and white
That today will end in night
The song is long while will is free
Life ends in a minor key

You call me faithless but I've no doubt
I'm a true believer - believe me!

I've faith men cheat, Faith men lie
Faith they steal, one day die
I'm a believer!
A true believer

I've faith they'll kill to make a million
Sell their bodies, sell their children
I'm a believer!
A true believer

Lies are always told
As lives are, bought and sold
Our belief is the currency that we traded away