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The Grey
06:38
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Peeling the layers, reveals the betrayal.
All that you know is one truth, could there be more?
Floating or falling the end is beginning.
Here in the grey there is never just one way.
Floating or falling. Here hangs the question.
All that time, seeking truths, under lies, who’s the fool?
Peeling the layers reveals the betrayal.
All that you know is one truth could there be more?
Floating or falling the end is beginning.
Here in the grey there is never just one way.
Chained by the words of a few.
Bleed for the truth that they spew.
When faith is blind, the truth is unseen.
It’s narrow mind a shallow screen.
The game they play is to their own end.
Here in the grey they condescend.
Lost deep in shadow.
Speak let me hear you.
All this time were you there? Were we pawns in your game?
Peeling the layers reveals the betrayal.
All that you know is one truth could there be more?
Floating or falling the end is beginning.
Here in the grey there is never just one way.
Chained by the words of a few.
Bleed for the truth that they spew.
When faith is blind, the truth is unseen.
It’s narrow mind a shallow screen.
The game they play is to their own end.
Here in the grey they condescend.
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Lonely Witness
06:55
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Can you not understand.
The choice is never in hand.
When i am dust, it will show dark and light.
Acceptance always rare.
When one is made of both shades.
If you listen close you’ll hear more than words.
Tangled, my thoughts burst.
Dying inside. I’m cursed.
Silently echoing my dark, deep screams.
Scars exist beyond what is seen.
Painted words don’t speak to you.
I’m a lonely witness to my truth.
Force me beyond the bend.
Shattering what was repaired.
Must I fight both what’s within and without?
Tangled, my thoughts burst.
Dying inside. I’m cursed.
Silently echoing my dark, deep screams.
Scars exist beyond what is seen.
Painted words don’t speak to you.
I’m a lonely witness to my truth.
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Unbearable
06:33
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Another day, marked by the pain
Of those who’ve fallen. Without a warning.
After it’s still. Blood inks the quill
That records the story and it’s false glory.
What have we done to ourselves?
Unbearable is this mess.
Please take my eyes and take my ears.
In blindness I will see.
The truth I’ll finally hear as it was meant to be.
Here’s our shame. Here’s the sins we made.
In your name, it is us to blame.
Answer in haste. Can’t bear to face
A world where knowing breeds fear and loathing.
Weary and worn. The dream’s all but gone.
What can be done now, tell me how?
What have done to ourselves?
Unbearable is this mess?
Please take my eyes and take my ears.
In blindness I will see.
The truth I’ll finally hear as it was meant to be.
Here’s our shame. Here’s the sins we made.
In your name, it is us to blame.
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Time is never measured.
Days or years the heart knows.
When the fight is over and it’s time to let it go.
Tell me why we walked into this fire.
Life must surely allow us our desires.
Why do we go on in this living death anymore?
Is fighting worth the pain is that the point of it all?
That is life. That’s the fight. We both know. That is all. Let me go.
How can we surrender?
Courage lies behind fear.
How can we defy it.
Our stars have clashed up there.
Tell me why we walked into this fire.
Life must surely allow us our desire.
Why do we go on in this living death anymore?
Is fighting worth the pain is that the point of it all?
That is life. That’s the fight. We both know. That is all. Let me go.
Time is never measured. Days or years the heart knows. When the fight is over and it’s time to let it go.
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5. |
My Prison
04:44
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Downward, deeper I go.
Forgotten what once made me whole.
Further I sink into nowhere.
The walls of my prison grow strong. Where have i gone?
Can’t dispel my shame. My mind turns again.
Paralyzed in this state.
I am lost in this maze where the hero and villain are one and the same.
Let me sleep where it’s still.
Where there’s nothing to feel.
In this prison where nothing is real.
Let the dark fall.
Beckoning me to let go.
And chaos gives way to silence.
Leave me cold in this place. Where it’s safe.
Can’t dispel my shame. My mind turns again.
Paralyzed in this state.
I am lost in this maze where the hero and villain are one and the same.
Let me sleep where it’s still.
Where there’s nothing to feel.
In this prison where nothing is real.
Bridge:
Can’t find my way out.
The walls are high the way is out of my sight.
Linger anymore here.
this prison will become real.
Can’t fight, there’s nothing gained.
Stay lost in this maze.
The villain wins again.
The hero dies away.
Downward deeper I go.
Forgotten what once made me whole.
Further I sink into nowhere.
The walls of my prison grow strong.
Where have I gone?
Paralyzed in this state.
I am lost in this maze.
Where the hero and villain are one and the same.
Let me sleep where it’s still.
Where there’s nothing to feel.
In this prison where nothing is real.
In my prison where nothing is real.
In my prison where nothing is real.
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Maybe
05:46
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I set my heart in stone. At least this pain’s my own.
Life’s not like fairy tales.
No prince here awaits.
Like it life has betrayals.
This moral I’ve learned. Remains ever burned.
Maybe I’m my worst enemy. Taking what I’ve seen. Tainting what could be.
Maybe it’s safe behind a shield. For all I have foreseen is all there is for me.
No words will sweeten the page
No trust now remains.
Fool me twice so they say.
This moral I’ve learned. Remains ever burned.
Maybe I’m my worst enemy. Taking what I’ve seen. Tainting what could be.
Maybe it’s safe behind a shield. For all I have foreseen is all there is for me.
I set my heart in stone. At least this pain's my own.
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7. |
Heartbeat
05:31
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In the space of a heartbeat where the whole world is still.
There’s a moment of glory. When the world’s at my will.
Just slow it down. It’s in there feel it now.
The music swells. And in that heartbeat all is well.
Let it go dear. And embrace the silence there.
In the space between, redefine the ending beat.
It’s possible. It’s possible.
In the space of a heartbeat lies the truth that you fear.
Finding courage is not easy. In that space, take your aim.
And slow it down. It’s in there feel it now.
The moment’s there. And in that heartbeat all is well.
Let it go dear and embrace the silence there.
In the space between, redefine the ending beat.
It’s possible. All is possible.
Whisper over every beat. Like a rosary strung with belief.
You know it’s possible. Yea it’s is possible.
Let it go dear and embrace the silence there.
In the space between, redefine the ending beat.
It’s possible. All is possible. You know it’s possible. All is possible.
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Breathe
05:34
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Through sands of my lives, it calls to me.
And it pulls, demands to be heard. Awakens me.
Doubt devours the air. I sleep again.
I still feel the call to my soul.
The missing vein.
How many lives have I gone through without
knowing the path that has led me here now.
Just breathe. Open your eyes.
Just breathe and feel alive.
To be whole inside.
Years have passed by in this life of mine.
And the call whispers in breeze, “now’s the time”
How many lives have we gone through without
knowing the path that has led us here now?
Just breathe. Open your eyes.
Just breathe and feel alive.
To be whole inside.
Just breathe. Open your eyes.
Just breathe and feel alive.
Just breathe. Open your eyes.
Just breathe and feel alive.
To be whole inside.
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9. |
The Will
05:39
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A girl she dreams
Her life, she sees in scenes.
A glimpse is all she knows.
A flash, there it goes.
But no one knows.
The scars she holds.
Away, there’s no place to hide. Pain’s the mark of life.
The will lingers there inside, burn them with your light.
A man, he stares. The priest escapes his ears.
A stone, marks the place. Where her vessel lays.
He knows no grace. Such is his shame.
Away, there’s no place to hide. Pain’s the mark of life.
The will lingers there inside, burn them with your light.
Why does it seem, life is full of nothing but pain?
We fight through this game, what good will it do in the end?
A girl, she sees.
Her life, clear and free.
It’s there, deep inside. The will to survive.
Away, there’s no place to hide. Pain’s the mark of life.
The will lingers there inside, burn them with your light.
Burn them with your light.
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Following stardust on a lonely road.
Without the sunlight it shows me where to go.
Warming me under a quilt of stars.
Reveal to me the secret of the skies.
Keepers of truth guardians of earth.
Where have you gone?
Reach through time. Free my mind.
Keepers of ways, guardians of faith.
Where have you gone?
Show me truths, clear my view.
Always believe.
The wise will see.
Reaching up to the starry skies.
Am I worthy enough to see the light?
What hidden veil curtains all the sides?
Where in the verse do the keys to mysteries lie?
Keepers of truth guardians of earth.
Where have you gone?
Reach through time, free my mind.
Keepers of ways, guardians of faith.
Where have you gone?
Show me truths, clear my view.
Always believe.
The wise will see.
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11. |
Sweet Solace
04:38
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All alone, never lonely though.
Here inside, I am free. I am me.
When the outside turns, turn inside now.
Be still now.
Sweet solace found. That secret place.
In stillness my center awakes.
Sweet solace there. Away from all.
Clarity comes with the calm.
Gone away are all the doubts and fears. here in this place I reclaim what is mine. Sweet solace found.
Here I hold. Far from roaring hoards.
Free from cries of a world turning mad.
When the outside turns, turn inside now.
Be still now.
Sweet solace found. That secret place.
In stillness my center awakes.
Sweet solace there. Away from all.
Clarity comes with the calm.
Gone away are all the doubts and fears. here in this place I reclaim what is mine. Sweet solace found.
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12. |
Guardian of Souls
07:38
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Cast by her bloodline.
So she watches in silence.
Forged by joy and pain.
Though she seeks no fame.
A warrior is made.
Silently. Patiently. She will guard this place. Giving life for theirs.
Fly. Soar like the deities of heaven.
Shine. Showering light like a beacon.
Forward she goes. Carrying the loads of lives that she holds.
This guardian of souls.
Her way is never ending.
And her scars hold the telling.
Of this warrior’s tale.
And of those she’s saved.
With her strength and grace.
Silently. Patiently. She will guard her own. Shielding them from harm.
Fly. Soar like the deities of heaven.
Shine. Showering light like a beacon.
Forward she goes, carrying the loads of lives that she holds.
This guardian of souls.
Fly. Soar like the deities of heaven.
Shine, shine like a towering beacon.
Forward she goes, carrying the loads of lives that she holds.
My guardian of souls.
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Rani Chatoorgoon Toronto, Ontario
Born in North York, Canada to immigrants from Trinidad and Tobago, Rani Chatoorgoon grew up in Deep River, Ontario. With
ancestral roots originating in India, Rani has developed a unique hybrid style, combining symphonic rock with classical Indian music.
Released include: "Illusions of Loneliness" (2009), "Weightless Blood" (2012), "Samsara" (2016), "Chaotic Wonder" (2018).
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