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Feelings are so strange
‘cause you can’t just throw them away
they come back to haunt you unless you deal with them in some way
they teach our kids to be good
but what good does that really do
it only makes them feel bad each time a feeling comes up,
so they just shut it away
to a deep, dark and lonely place
where the child must forever stay, locked in place
never to feel again
Growing up is so strange
you leave your self behind in a way
the outside world doesn’t care about what’s going on in your head
And the pain will make itself known
there’s a point where a voice says “enough!”
from deep inside your soul something snaps and there’s no holding on
broken bars let the child inside go
Back to light, back to consciousness
far away from that emptiness, deep inside
whole again, no more lies…
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The universe inside
01:51
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once you understand that there’s really nothing outside
you can start, to concede
everything you worked for and all that you acomplished
right now gives you, no more thrills
all the hurt you kept inside and the blame you threw away
now percieved as the same thing
what you feel
deep inside
the universe…. at your feet
the storm has subsided, the outside world seeps calmness
your mind can now, clearly think
you open up your eyes, then look deep inside mine
now seeing me as the same being
know the other as they really are with no regrets
and you can then, start to peel
your own skin
free your self
from what is past… you’re now whole again…
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A voice inside the dream
04:03
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In the morning, when the sun is shining bright
half awoken, and I don’t know if
what I see is real…
whether I’m still in my dreams
Insects crawl around the ceiling
they dance in front of me
then a voice calls my name
and I wake up sudennly
what is it that, I don’t wanna hear
is it something, from the other side of
me, knoking at my door
my shadow I know knothing of
and I fall asleep again
and I hear the voice once more
it is begging me to listen
but I don’t wanna know
i finally get up, a swarm still follows me
no matter where I look at, the insects fly around endlessy
an abstract dance, reminds me of my dreams
and I will keep on dreaming
I can’t tell if I’m dreaming
the voice speaks when I’m dreaming
but not when I’m awake!
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The shadow and the light
03:28
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A black shadow hangs over me
it just won’t go away
it tells me everything I do is wrong
I try to reason, explain myself
just like I’ve always done
I’m doing my best with the hand I got
But the shadow doesn’t care about my woes
It lays waiting in the dark
ready for the time I slip and fall
Once I saw a pretty girl
her eyes were full of need
a void so deep I could fall endlesly
but as I fell I saw myself
a discarded empty shell
it was my own hurt she was setting free
And the pain has always been inside me
a pain so great and so deep that I just can’t let myself begin to feel
So the shadow lies there waiting
and i’m playing hide and seek
living in my world of fantasy
a crack breaks open every now and
then and I can see
I still have to face everything that’s real
Someday I will face everything that’s real
But I’m stuck holding on
Hiding both from the shadow and the light
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Breathe in, breathe out
03:27
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Right, now, I wanna get
Away, before, I start to tear it all down
some say it’s best to let it all out
keep nothing inside
no matter who you hurt just flow
And yeah, I, feel
the temptation to
explode, some, times
a cigarrete is not enough
to keep it all inside and safe
to be there for the ones i love
there’s gotta be another way
i breathe in, i breathe out, again and again
I close my eyes, to look inside, I see the burning flame
and when I need to I scream, out, loud
feel the pain and cry, cry, cry
until my eyes run dry
there’s no one out there I can blame
what can I do to
make the pain go away
breathe in, breathe out, feel the pain inside
once again, see myself, take charge of my life
no need to hurt, nobody else, what I need I got
keep breathing in, then breathing out, some day it’ll all calm down
calm down
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Above the clouds
03:50
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I’m staying here right by your side
and anything goes, but I’m not sure I’m fine
I try to find a way inside
all my judgements, my will to be right
And I don’t know wether I’m wrong
It just don’t matter, I feel I don’t belong
I look at everything I’ve done
but I just cannot tell who I was anymore
So here I am
Feet on the ground
My head right above the clouds.
I taste the sky
just like a child
who faced the shadow and survived
I´ve cleaned my past and I’m alright
Or so I tell myself every time I light up
but I can still put up a fight
although I´ve learned walking away is better most times
I’m throwing myself out there alone
fly away from this safe, place I call home
it hurts inside, I feel exposed
as I take charge of what I put out to the world
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Bring it back
03:49
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What you see, may not always be what’s real
But what you see, is your own reality
And you can’t feel what the other feels
No you can’t be but yourself...
You don’t need, for your feelings to be right
You decide what to do with your own life
But know that there’s no one there to blame
What you feel is yours alone
You can’t change, how another one behaves
If you try, you’ll be always doomed to fail
But if you take a hard look deep inside
There’s a lesson to be learned
So in the end, it don’t matter what you say
Just take charge of your life in every way
And no matter what others say or do
You can being it back to you
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The answer is your life
03:16
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You look at the sky
The stars are shining bright
But they don’t say
Anything at all
You look at the moon
It’s round and full tonight
But it doesn’t say
Anything at all
The world is silent all around you
Looking for answers out there will do no good
Someone’s on the tv screen
Their Talking about some thing
But they won’t tell you
Anything at all
You see someone teaching
Their eyes looking so wise
But they won’t tell you
Anything at all
The other always speaks their own truth
The answer you seek can only come from the inside
Each, live, is precious
Each, soul, divine
Each relationship unique
Your answer is your life
I run with the wind
And I feel so light
But it doesn’t mean
Anything at all
I play my guitar
I do love how it sounds
But it doesn’t mean
Anything at all
There’s no wrong answer to the question that is life
What works for you may turn out to be my demise
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9. |
A new leap of faith
05:07
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The fog is lifting from my head
And I can start to feel again
Like waking up after the rain
Like jumping up in outer space
I see the sunrise from my bed
The pain gives way to something else
The winter ending step by step
All colors rising from old grey
The smells of summer hits my brain
With memories of yesterday
They come with lightness no more pain
No more demands, they’re simply there
An outwards shift of my own gaze
Without losing sight of myself
A new balance gets into place
Reality knows how to wait
A new leap of faith
A new leap of faith
Once again
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George Foreign Madrid, Spain
I've been making music all my life on different bands until in 2009 I started The Foreign Characers, which transformed into
this solo project: George Foreign.
I write about life and the processes we go through and anything that I feel and want to express.
For the last year I've been writing new songs which I now release on this record about looking inwards and seeing your shadow...
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