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1. |
You Are Loved
05:34
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Cold water washes me down
Bringing with it part of the ground
The giants tower high
The ocean nearby
Is calling me calling me
You are loved by the river flowing to the sea
You are loved by the soil cradling your feet
You are loved by the sun, the moon and the stars
You are loved, you are loved, you are loved
Fog rolls in kisses my face
Mist and breaking, spiraling with grace
The sun shines through showing all the blue
Calling me calling me
You are loved by the blanket of misty ocean air
You are loved by the mountains creviced with their ware
You are loved by the wind, the rain, and the clouds
You are loved, you are loved, you are loved
I look out the horizon so vast
Telling me I can expand at last
Wind and water dance, shifting in a trance
Calling me calling me
You are loved by that never ending line
You are loved by something so big and wise
You are loved by the breath, the rise and the fall
You are loved, you are loved, you are loved
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2. |
Go Deep
04:01
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Go deep go down put your roots in the ground
Dig 'em up, the nutrients of love
Let 'em go through your bones
And up into your tone as you sing
The song of your own
You can shine
Let your peddles unwind
It's your birthright to be
Fully in this life
Let it travel through your spine
And then realign
You are meant to bloom into this life
You are meant to bloom into this life
Go deep go down put your roots in the ground
Dig 'em up, the nutrients of love
Let 'em go through your bones
And up into your tone as you sing
The song of your own
You are in love
With no one else but yourself
You've got a heart
So velvet soft and
Tender to the touch
You've got to feel
What is real and let it heal
As the roots go deeper still
As the roots go deeper still
You can shine
Let your peddles unwind
It is your birthright to be
Fully in this life
Let it travel through your spine and
Then realign
You are meant to bloom into this life
You are meant to bloom into this life.
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3. |
Gratitude
05:28
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Gratitude
Everything that we have will slip away
Like little grains of sand they'll wash away
Into the vast ocean of the unknown
And I feel like I know you from a life gone by
Our souls are touching without our minds
And I will miss you as you go on your way
And at the end of the day can we say
Thank you for all this
The blessing of life's journey
The loss the grief the yearning and the love
That transcends all that
I'm so grateful you crossed my path
And I'm so grateful you cross my path
And I won't lie my body wants to hold you tight
to look deeply within your eyes and pretend that life
will never change
But I've lived long enough to know
that's not the way things go
and I love you so I bow to your path and to my own
These human heart connections unfolding in all directions
Leading back to this
My feet on the ground
Listening to the sound
Of my own heart beating
And at the end of the day can we say
Thank you for all this
The blessing of life's journey
The loss the grief the yearning and the love
That transcends all that
And I'm so grateful you crossed my path
And I wish you well upon your path
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4. |
Banjo Song
04:42
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I could chase you, maybe I'd catch you
Or I could learn to play the banjo
I could try, to find love in your eyes
I think it's there but I want to learn the banjo
And the music takes me where my heart wants to go
Places that I've never known
And I could try
To convince you tonight
Or I could learn, I could learn the banjo
I met a lady, she said maybe
If you learn to play the mandolin
I picked it up, and I started to strum
And that lady she let me in.
And the music takes him where his heart wants to go
Places that he's never known
And that lady
She's long gone by now
But he's still playing, he's still playing the mandolin
And the music takes us where our hearts want to go
Places that we've never known
And I could try
To convince you tonight
Or I could learn, I could learn the banjo
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5. |
The River
05:13
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I walked to the river
to watch the water flow so free
And I climbed the mountain
to watch the sunset over me
And maybe I can trust in the
Unfolding nature of the universe as it
Happens through me and listen as I
Walk through the trees
The clarity will come to me
I feel a heavy sorrow
For what we once had
That seemed to slip away
And I wish, that I could grab it
With my two hands, and hold it so dear
But it seems
The most precious things in life
I can't hold onto
And it seems
That they come for a moment so deeply
And then they're gone
And then they're gone
And then they're gone
Will they come again
Will they come again?
And I will mend the pieces of my own heart
With the love of friends
And I will walk to rivers
And climb mountains
To remember that
I can trust in the unfolding nature
of the universe as it happens through me
And be open to the impermanence of it all
And I can trust in the unfolding nature
of the universe as it happens through me
And sing the lessons of all this
Give the love that I can give
And accept what is
And accept what is
And accept what is
And accept what is
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6. |
Teach Me
06:07
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She thought that he could love her but she was wrong
And when she understood it she couldn't hold on
Without knowing where she was going she walked away
And with her sad and lonely heart she sat down
and prayed.
Teach me how to live
Show me that there is meaning in all of this
Teach me how to live
If it's not about love then what is life truly about?
She looked at her two hands, empty and
She saw how rough and calloused they'd become
The myth breaking that a woman needs saving from a man- out there and
The wind blew strong into her lungs
and she sang
Teach me how to live
She me that there is meaning in all of this
Teach me how to live
If it's not about love then what is life--
She sat, she sang, she prayed
And when she got quite she heard something say
Love's not a prize and gift or a lie or something to hide
It's a presence a knowing a life force that's glowing and it comes from
The inside
I know how to live
I wake up every morning and love myself again
Feel my own body, touch my own skin ohh
Moment to moment I make my own meaning
Moment to moment I make my own meaning
And she rose to her feet
so strong
And began to walk towards
What was to come
I know how to live
I wake up every morning and love myself again
Feel my own body, touch my own skin ohh
Moment to moment I make my own meaning
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7. |
Broken But Beating
02:43
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The winds of change are blowing me down
And you became a stone
And I became a river flowing tear upon my face
And I've come to know
Tears are a gateway into another place
That I long to go
Chorus
Closer to my heart
Broken yet beating
Standing in the dark
The rains tapping rhythm align with my tears
In the dark a friend strikes a match
The flicker of the flame
The hope compassion love and all that it contains
I have felt this too
He said knowing there was nothing he could do
But hold that flame
Chorus
My mind will rationalize the pain
Tell me stories to try to make it go away
But underneath it all it still remains
Let this water
Stream down my face
Chorus
A flame flickers here
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8. |
Purpose and Meaning
04:26
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What are we doing here in this place?
What is it that drew us near to taste
The rain on my face as I walk from the garden to the gate
And yet to the sky
Yes I am alive
As long as I can remember I've been looking for a mate
And oh the sweet surrender to whatever is my fate
And the truth of my worth is so much more than a pretty face
I'm a heart that is beating a soul that is leading into the unknown everyday
A heart that is beating a soul that is leading into the unknown into the unknown
Chorus:
What does it mean to embrace my life fully and completely?
To feel the tension and releasing
To be the blossom and the seed
To be in community
To find purpose and meaning and
Just breathe
Sometimes I'm sitting in my own muck
And I'm the only one who can come and clean it up
And I'm convinced that I am forever stuck but
I'm always changing and re-arranging learning to love myself more
I'm always changing and re-arranging learning to love myself more
Sing it out sing it proud isn't that what life's about
Sing my song, and know that I'll belong
And when my heart aches I go to that place
Where I'll love myself through it all
Where I'll love myself through it all
Chorus
I think I've fallen in love with this valley of green
And all these beautiful people and forces unseen
And I believe there's a reason we are here
To be the love, to be the love in the face of all this fear
To be the love, to be the love in the face of all this fear
Be the love.....
I'm always changing and re-arranging learning to love myself more
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9. |
May Our Love Grow
05:19
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May Our Love Grow
May our love grow
May it heal our wounds
May it spread across the earth like sunshine
May our love grow
May it fill the air
May it fly to those who need our care
May it warm their bones
May we know we are never alone
May we know we are never alone
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10. |
Time
05:17
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What if time is not a line but a spiral and hear we go back around again?
What if we grow from the soil that has come before and died
To give us new life?
Chorus
And I will find faith in the depth of my despair
And I will surrender to the earth and find comfort there
And I will trust my brokeness is my cocoon
And when I am read I will sprout anew
And when I am ready I will sprout anew
And when i do
I will crack open to you
And hear the birds orchestrate the dawns first bloom
And in their song I know that I belong
In the intimacy of all that's around me and in me
In the intimacy of all that's around me and in me
And that will change
It will fade
And the winter will come
Back around again
Chorus
With each cycle we feel what it's like to be held
And with each cycle we are stronger in ourselves
And with each cycle our budding blooming being rises tall
And with each cycle we find the courage to fall
And with each cycle we find the courage
Chorus
What if time is not a line but a spiral and hear we go back around again?
What if we grow from the soil that has come before and died
To give us new life?
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Katie Sontag Eugene, Oregon
Katie writes songs for her own healing and transformation and seeks to inspire the same in others. Her voice trembles with the truth of human emotion as her songwriting goes on journeys into the depth of her personal growth experience. Listening to her music has been described as receiving "a big hug". She is also one half of her duo, smalltime, and a group song leader. ... more
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