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Failed to Lotus

from seeing i god by Beau James Wilding

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Returning to the cushion after a sustained period of not meditating, I wondered why I ever left.

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FAILED TO LOTUS
1
I was kickin rocks down the street
And I was making love to my defeat
When someone tells you to be at peace,
Don’t it make you kinda want to scream?
Cause you can’t carry the dead in the branches of your tree

Chorus:
Failed to lotus but I’m back on my knees
Watching the clouds passing by—the immovable beast

2
So I buried them neath the clay
And said a prayer for their release
So light upon my feet
As the heaven’s shook the mountains and the mountains shook the seas
And my heart strings danced me like a marionette and my dreams woke free from sleep

Chorus

3
There’s honey in the trees
and it’s dripping down on me
There’s light upon the breeze
and it’s teaching me how to sing
In a voice so shrill like a crow with no beak

Chorus

4
The Towhees chirp so sweet
As their wings grace the leaves
Their song fills the air
And every note kisses me
Allowing the birth of the fool,
Erupting in wisdom that cannot speak

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from seeing i god, released April 21, 2023
Written and performed by Beau James Wilding. David Stone plays violin. Recorded and mixed by J.P. Hesser at Castaway 7 Studios in Ventura , California. Mastered by Brian J. Poole at Moontree Mastering in Sacramento, California.

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Gritty and poetic folk-punk-blues-rock. Organic earnestness with a brazen rasp. “Brilliantly eccentric songcraft” –Aldora Britain Records

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