Lyrics

Chorus:
Ignorance ruled while truth was sleeping
Isn’t that something
Wide awake now, got people stepping
Isn’t that something
All around us the levels peaking
Isn’t that something
Isn’t that something

Truth:
Gift of speech never leave my tongue
As long as I can hear the drum
Far off in the distance
Like rolling thunder
Steady, here it comes

Tomorrow’s flood is hidden in the current
As the river runs
I build my raft swiftly
Hold my breath
Prepare to take the plunge

Beneath the surface
There’s a stillness
Til it burns my lungs

I reemerge into a downpour
That drowns the sun
Something tells me that the deluge has just begun
Steady my legs
Fight the urge to run, run, run

Deep reflections come
When I sit with a page
When it’s just me, myself, and the ancient of days
Mulling over maps of mazes
Between stars and the grave
We all got to make a choice
Mind free or enslaved

Now I’m just one little string
Upon this cosmic instrument
And the player strumming me knows a tune that’s infinite
I’m just trusting that we strike a chord
With other strings in resonance
And rise to harmonize
Let the sounding set a precedent

I got a message for your president
A message for your boss
A message for your preacherman
I hope it don’t get lost

Cause they can know the price
Of all the rhetoric they floss
But when it comes to writing checks
Their mouths don’t pucker up the costs

A whole system founded on a fear of looking soft
Cannonballs and bayonets
Santa claus and cigarettes
Landlords and inflated rents
No wonder everyone’s depressed
So wake me when we coalesce
Until then I will know my breath
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Chorus:
Ignorance ruled while truth was sleeping
Isn’t that something
Wide awake now, got people stepping
Isn’t that something
All around us the levels peaking
Isn’t that something
Isn’t that something

(If you hear me I’ll be ready)

Radhi:
Be a witness
Be patient
Be a warm embrace
Be ancient

Strike the pavement
Let the waves spread
Steady complacence
Aint gonna take it

The lines we hold
Bright moon be bold
The windows closed
But the doors wide open

Listen to the sound of the wind
She’s spoken
Can you hear her wistful prayer

Like sparks from a flare
Flyin through the air
Spread your seeds
Time to prepare

For the next crop
Build up
Watch for the quill drop

Don’t stop
Shining like an opal in the sun

Truth:
1 is for the sun
2 is for the earth goddess
3 is for the moon who keeps an eye reflecting progress
4 squares the people of the light who make a stand
5 empowers everything so rise and take command
6 equals equals, scales are finally balanced
7 seals the god within, surrender to the silence
8 ties the endless knot that builds and then destroys
9 is when we’re born again so dance and make
Noise

Ignorance ruled while truth was sleeping
Isn’t that something
Wide awake now, got people stepping
Isn’t that something
All around us the levels peaking
Isn’t that something
Isn’t that something

(If you hear me I’ll be ready)