Copy of VOICE TEMPLE LYRICS

GRIEF IS LOVE

VOICE TEMPLE GROUP SONG EXPERIENCE LYRICS

GROUP SONG GUIDELINES:

1.) Sing whenever you feel it adds to the soundscape

2.) Listening is just as sacred as expressing. Find the balance that feels right to you.

3.) You do not need to sing if you do not wish to. You are sovereign over your voice.

YELLOW = ALL TOGETHER

BLUE - MALE IDENTIFYING

PINK - FEMALE IDENTIFYING

WHITE = JUST ME (BUT AGAIN, SING IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT THE HANG OF THE CHORUS OR ANY PARTS NOT HIGHLIGHTED.)

NINE MUSES

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the word turning

Keep our spirits hoping (keep inspiration growing)

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

Zeus laid with Mnemosyne

The titaness of memory

Nine nights, bore nine daughters

Suddenly the world was filled with a spark

A hope to get us through the dark

The birth of creations waters

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the word turning

Keep our spirits hoping

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

Calliope writes her poetry

Clio teaches us of history

Euterpe brings us the gift of song

Melpomene brings us tragedy

Thalia brings the light of comedy

Polyhymnia brings the hymnals

Terpsichore guides us to dance

Erato brings the spark of romance

Urania brings the stars above

Each muse divine in her own way

Each gift they bring, reminds us why we came

And how to make purpose of change

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the world turning

Keep our spirits hoping

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

(Journal writing break)

So take that golden memory

Turn it into a melody,

Compose a dance, or write a novel from the spark

Those once lost moments from your past

You have the magic to make them last

And let it be the light that guides you through the dark

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the world turning

Keep our spirits hoping

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

You can create something new

Just follow the muse

SEIKILOS EPITAPH

Hoson zēis, phainou

mēden holōs sy lypou

pros oligon esti to zēn

to telos ho chronos apaitei

While you live, shine

Have no grief at all

Life exists only for a short while

And Time demands it’s toll

ATHENA (GODDESS OF PEACE)

Athena, Athena

Born into this world with a purpose

Burst forth from the head of your father

Blue eyed golden goddess with a spear in your hand

Thunder and lightnings daughter

Athena, Athena

They called you the goddess of war

But you are so much more

Athena, Athena

You show us what we surrender for

And when to lay our arms down

Our arms down

Goddess of peace

Athens named for you, became your territory

They called you protector of the city

They chose your olive branch over Poseidon’s gift

Because it was a gift of life, not just a gift of glory.

Athena, Athena

They called you the goddess of war

But you are so much more

Athena, Athena

You show us what we surrender for

And when to lay our arms down

Our arms down

Goddess of peace

Goddess of wisdom

Goddess of solutions

Goddess of discernment

Goddess of strength and revolution

Goddess of the arts

Goddess of heart

Goddess of vision

Goddess of the end of division

Now I will remember you

And another song as well

NINE MUSES

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the word turning

Keep our spirits hoping (keep inspiration growing)

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

Zeus laid with Mnemosyne

The titaness of memory

Nine nights, bore nine daughters

Suddenly the world was filled with a spark

A hope to get us through the dark

The birth of creations waters

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the word turning

Keep our spirits hoping

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

Calliope writes her poetry

Clio teaches us of history

Euterpe brings us the gift of song

Melpomene brings us tragedy

Thalia brings the light of comedy

Polyhymnia brings the hymnals

Terpsichore guides us to dance

Erato brings the spark of romance

Urania brings the stars above

Each muse divine in her own way

Each gift they bring, reminds us why we came

And how to make purpose of change

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the world turning

Keep our spirits hoping

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

(Journal writing break)

So take that golden memory

Turn it into a melody,

Compose a dance, or write a novel from the spark

Those once lost moments from your past

You have the magic to make them last

And let it be the light that guides you through the dark

Nine muses

Keep our hearts open

Keep the world turning

Keep our spirits hoping

Keep the light burning

Nine muses

You can create something new

Just follow the muse

RELEASING THE OLD STORIES

I’m releasing the old stories

Give them back to the earth

Ask the winds to carry the old words away

Because they no longer serve

Let the waters cleanse them from my spirit

And sacred fire bur

And from the tallest mountain

I’ll call in a new rebirth

I’m releasing the old stories

The ones that were never mine to hold

I let others write them for me

And it’s time to let those go

The ones rooted in insecurity

The ones that say I’m not worthy (the ones that focus on what others think of me)

I am worthy, I belong

This has been true all along

Every moment is a blank page

Your greatest story could start today

Your highest timeline is one step away

Letting the old ways die

Letting the new way rise

What are you waiting for, walk through that door

I’m releasing the old stories

The ones that were never mine to hold

I let others write them for me

And it’s time to let those go

I’m releasing the old stories

And I’m writing something new

They say words are spells

I’ll make my wildest dreams come true

Every moment is a blank page

Your greatest story could start today

Your highest timeline is one step away

Letting the old ways die

Letting the new way rise

What are you waiting for, walk through that door

PAVANA MANTRA

OM ASATO MA SADGAMAYA

TAMASO MA JYOTIR GAMAYA

MRYTYORMA AMRTAM GAMAYA

OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI

LEAD ME FROM THE UNREAL TO THE REAL

LEAD ME FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

LEAD ME FROM PEACE TO IMMORTALITY

PEACE BE WITH ME TONIGHT

PEACE BE WITH ME FOR ALL TIME

MOONRISE

Moon, rise

Moon rise, rise, rise

Moon, rise

Moon rise, rise, rise

Show me the light that still glows inside

I turn to you in the darkest of nights

I seek the grace and the power you hold

Alone in the darkness you glow

Show me the patience with which you wait

Rising each night you know what awaits

The stars and the galaxies help keep the faith

Mother moon give me your strength

Moon, rise

Moon rise, rise, rise

I’ve lost too many to sickness and heartbreak

Not sure how much more loss I can take

Your broken soldiers we wait for the dawn

But still we March on

You see me crying into my hands

Every night I know you understand

Dreams are my salvation, but when I arise

I always feel empty inside

Moon, rise

Moon rise, rise, rise

Rise in my heart

Rise in my soul

There is a light, of this I know

Rise in my heart

Rise in my soul

There is a light, of this I know (X3)

Oh moon, what can I do?

I am so tired these days

I am not who I used to be

Moon, how do you

Pierce through the darkness?

The darkness?

Oh, moon.

I will pierce through

Moon, rise

Moon rise, rise, rise

MY LINEAGE

Hands in prayer I light the candles

Calling on my guides and angels

Tonight I am an open channel

My lineage

Ancestors I seek your wisdom

Need to understand the root of the patterns

I will hold them as gifts, not burdens

My lineage

I will do my best my lineage

To rise to the test, my lineage

I honor what you gave so I could rest

My lineage

I will break the chains of generations

I will fight for freedom and liberation

Following the path you laid with patience

My lineage

Learning to walk in grace with these gifts I carry

Passed down from those that came before me

For those in spirit, and those still living

My lineage

For the warriors, and for the menders

The women who did not surrender

The men who were faithful defenders

My lineage

I will do my best my lineage

To rise to the test, my lineage

I honor what you gave so I could rest

My lineage

I will break the chains of generations

I will fight for freedom and liberation

Following the path you laid with patience

My lineage

(X4)

I will do my best my lineage

To rise to the test, my lineage

I honor what you gave so I could rest

My lineage

I will break the chains of generations

I will fight for freedom and liberation

Following the path you laid with patience

My lineage

MY SHADOW IS A GODDESS (GOD)

My shadow is a goddess (god)

My shadow is a goddess

Protecting my heart like a body guard in the darkness

Claws dipped in poison striking with the medicine of justice

Dark angel falling intentionally from the heavens

My shadow is a goddess

My demons are sacred

They are meant to be met with grace

they are meant to be worshipped

Because I am in my greatest power when they are integrated,

You’ll get a full woman in all of her wild magic,

don't take her for granted

I am angel, I am vampire

I am witch, I am fae

I’m the women of my lineage

I am the power of my name

Though there is magic in my blood

There is darkness in my veins

No more running no more hiding from this part of me

My shadow is a goddess

If you don’t love her, you don’t love me

My shadow is a goddess (god)

My darkness is magic

It’s the same side I explored the depths of your soul with

Its the same bad girl you wanted so badly in your bed

Did you notice its an act of love for me to

Be submissive?

Don’t take her for granted

I am angel, I am vampire

I am witch, I am fae

I’m the women of my lineage

I am the power of my name

Though there is magic in my blood

There is darkness in my veins

No more running no more hiding from this part of me

My shadow is a goddess

If you don’t love her, you don’t love me

My shadow is a goddess (god)

Don’t underestimate the power of a woman

Fully embodied, in all of her feminine wisdom

If you want the Queen,

you gotta live inside her kingdom

You gotta fight beside her,

even when she’s the villain!

Dont underestimate the power of a warrior,

fully embodied in all of his masculine power

If you want the king, you gotta live inside his kingdom

You gotta stand beside him, trust in his wisdom

I am Eve and I am Lilith

I am Lakshmi and Kali

The goddesses of light

And the dark both live in me

There is magic in my blood

I am divine alchemy

No more running, hiding from this ordained destiny

My shadow is a goddess

If you don’t love her, you don’t love me

CLEANSING SONG

We're not alone here

It's plain to see

We've got work to do

If we wanna be free

Sometimes we all need a place to lie

Sometimes old habits need a place to die

That's why this heart it yearns

This love it burns

For all the things we've done wrong

May we cleanse them away

May we cleanse them away it won't be long

May we cleanse them away with this song

Come into me, meet me again

Come into me, like a new best friend

Come into me, meet me again

Come into me, like a new best friend

That's why this heart it yearns

This love it burns

For all the things we've done wrong

May we cleanse them away

May we cleanse them away it won't be long

May we cleanse them away with this song

We're not alone here

It's plain to see

We've got work to do

If we wanna be free

Sometimes we all need a place to lie

Sometimes old habits need a place to die

That's why this heart it yearns

This love it burns

For all the things we've done wrong

May we cleanse them away

May we cleanse them away it won't be long

May we cleanse them away with this song

THE RAIN MUST FALL

Whoaaaa (Repeats until natural end)

The rain how it falls

Down down my window

Summoning life up from the ground

The rain how she knows when it’s time to let go

And when it’s time to lay our roots down

The rain she is singing as she hits the pavement

There is only peace in her dive

She sees the beauty in all of creation

There is healing as she cries

Even when nothing feels certain

Even when the sun tries to hide

Pour a cup of tea and draw back the curtains

Watch her dance, watch her dive

Whoaaaa (x2)

Celebrating as she washes away

Habits and patterns of yesterday

She is a warrior, she is brave

She is dancing through the change

She is dancing through her pain

Watch her flicker and watch her sway

Watch her movement she is grooving

She is dancing through the change

Whoaaaa (x2)

The rain must fall I know

It is inevitable

(It is inevitable)

All things must be transformed

(All things must be transformed)

It is inevitable

(It is inevitable)

All things must come and go

(All things must come and go)

The rain must fall I know

Whoaaaa (x2)

AKAAL

Mother, I feel you under my feet
Father, I hear you
Your heartbeat within me
My spirit flies free
Carry me home
Carry me home

Mother, I feel you under my feet
Father, I hear you
Your heartbeat within me
My spirit flies free
Carry me home
Carry me home
Carry me home

Akaal (x8)

All my relations, I can hear you loud
The story circles, it comes back around
We chant Akaal and watch them all go through
That door I never saw, I never knew, me and you
We come from earth and water
Straight from that mountain's daughter
Back to the mother we must journey now
We ride it up up on the wings of sound, hear it now
That holy tree is upside down, branches in the ground
Those roots and sky, open third eye,

now pass the nectar 'round
Inside the heart is that eternal space
That melody showed me my own true face, yeah
You chant Akaal, I chant Akaal
All in the one, one in the all
Love on the rise, it never falls
Reach out your hand and I can pull you in
Reach out your hand and I can, pull you in

Akaal (8x)

Can you see the faces of the mothers of your past? (Akaal)
Listen, they are calling for your healing

(Akaal)
Can you see the faces of the fathers of your past? (Akaal)
Listen they are calling for your healing
(Father I hear you) (Akaal)
Can you see the faces of the mothers of your past? (Akaal)
Listen, they are calling for your healing
(Mother I feel you) (Akaal)
Can you see the faces of the fathers of your past?
Listen, they are calling for your healing

GRIEF SONG

I still feel really bad about the rabbit

that I hit with my car when I was 18.

Wish I could take back all the times I told my dad

to let me hang out with my friends

and stop embarrassing me

There’s a lot of things I regret,

There’s a lot of time I won’t get back

Grief has a funny way of showing us the good things

we never really knew that we had

I still feel pretty low for not moving back home

when we found out that dad had stage four

I spent our final moments searching for a miracle,

some natural holistic cure

But he didn’t want to die high on Rick Simpson oil

And the truth is I should have been there long before

Grief has a funny way of denying what’s in front of us, until it’s impossible to ignore

I have angels now

But I don’t feel any closer to god

I’ve got trust issues with the universe

Just waiting for the other shoe to drop

I’m tired of learning lessons that only come with a cost

Grief has a funny way of turning into anxiety, when we realize what we’ve lost

La Da Da Da

La Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da

It’s all the regrets that live in my head

Mistakes that I made out of fear

The times I held my tongue,

the times I said way too much

The times when nothing I said ever felt like enough

All I really wanted to say was “I love you”

But for all the times it came out wrong

My desperation, frustration, begging, waiting,

And praying for more time that I knew wouldn’t come

Never wanted you to see

these broken parts of me

For you, I wanted to be strong

But grief has a funny way of showing us our humanity, when we lose the ones that we love

La Da Da Da

La Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da

Grief is my teacher, grief is my savior, grief is my enemy, my friend

She goes by few names

Some call her loss,

I’ve come to know her as love in the end

FOLLOW THE MOON

Taking in that moon time medicine

It can feel scary when your heart is opening

But I’ll go fearlessly into this night

I’ve done it a thousand times, I always find the light

I’ve been having dreams about the midnight Oceanside

It’s like watching Mother Nature shut her eyes

Peaceful and deliberate, there’s no fear as I dive

With every wave, she is dismantling my pride

There will always be a reason

There will always be a way

At the end of this dark season

You’ll remember why you stayed

There is something coming to you

That will take your breath away

There is magic all around us

Don’t let fear stand in your way

I’ve been looking through doors that

I shouldn’t be opening

Getting caught in the webs I’ve woven

Black widow, do you ever dig your own grave?

Trust the wrong people to keep you safe?

I must admit I’m afraid to take the wrong path

Cause once you get going,

sometimes you can’t turn back

Sometimes we have to go the wrong way

To save ourselves from a bigger mistake

There will always be a reason

There will always be a way

At the end of this dark season

You’ll remember why you stayed

There is something coming to you

That will take your breath away

There is magic all around us

Don’t let fear stand in your way

Follow the moon

You’ll find the sun

Follow the sun, you’ll find the moon

Follow the pain, you’ll find love

Follow the love, it will find you (x4)

Cause there will always be a reason

There will always be a way

There is something coming to you

that will take your breath away

There is balance all around us

Every moon has its sun

Don’t let fear stand in your way

KHAN

Everything passing and changing
I can see memories fading
This i have been contemplating

All of these patterns of weather
Nothing is lasting forever
Walking the path of surrender

So I have been patiently seeking
The heart that is openly beating
Where all of those rivers are meeting

I have the faith that i’m guided
All of the omens aligning
Mother Divine in Her timing

So watch it come now and watch it go
Don’t you hold onto the high and low
The spirit dancing on the unknown
Let it move your soul
What lies ahead now what lies behind
Put all that worry out of your mind
Look in your own home
What will you find
Let it move your soul

So watch it come now and watch it go

Don’t you hold onto the high and low

The spirit dancing on the unknown

Let it move your soul

What lies ahead now what lies behind

Put all that worry out of your mind

Look in your own home

What will you find

Let it move your soul

So watch it come now and watch it go

Don’t you hold onto the high and low

The spirit dancing on the unknown

Let it move your soul

BACK HOME TO MY BODY

I take a deep breath and I close my eyes

Place my hand upon my heart

Take a moment to remember I’ve arrived

Honoring each and every part

Born and raised inside this temple

But I’ve left home from time to time

So I give humble thanks to this vessel

that’s been with me my whole life

Tears start to fall as I realize, I’ve arrived

I’m coming back home to my body

I will learn how to move this grief

I will dance, I will pray, I will sing and cry

I will love every sacred release

Gotta move it out of the body

When we can’t get the closure we need

Knowing grief is just love with nowhere to go

I will love every sacred release

I'm coming back home to my body

(I'm comin' back, I'm coming' back)

Home to my body

(I'm comin' back, I'm coming' back)

Plant my bare feet into the earth

Dive head first into her waters

She guides me gently through rebirth

Remembering I am her daughter

And she will tell me when it’s time to rest

And when it’s time to stoke the ember

And after all these years I know that she knows best

It was about time I remember

I’m coming back home to my body

I will learn how to move this grief

I will dance, I will pray, I will sing and cry

I will love every sacred release

Gotta move it out of the body

When we can’t get the closure we need

Knowing grief is just love with nowhere to go

I will love every sacred release

I'm coming back home to my body

(I'm comin' back, I'm coming' back)

Home to my body

(I'm comin' back, I'm coming' back)

I’m coming back

(home)

(x3)

Forgiving myself

(Forgiving myself)

Forgiving myself for leaving

(Forgiving myself for leaving)

I’m not the same as I was

(I’m not the same as I was)

Grateful for the changes

(Grateful for the changes)

I’ve found a new kind of love

(I’ve found a new kind of love)

Now it’s time to integrate it

(Now it’s time to integrate it)

I’m coming back

(home)

(x3)

THE PARTING GLASS

Of all the money that e'er I had

I have spent it in good company

Oh and all the harm I've ever done

Alas, it was to none but me

And all I've done for want of wit

To memory now I can't recall

So fill to me the parting glass

Good night and joy be to you all

So fill to me the parting glass

And drink a health whate'er befalls

Then gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

Of all the comrades that e'er I had

They're sorry for my going away

And all the sweethearts that e'er I had

They would wish me one more day to stay

But since it fell into my lot

That I should rise and you should not

I'll gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

So fill to me the parting glass

And drink a health whate'er befalls

Then gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

But since it fell into my lot

That I should rise and you should not

I'll gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

So fill to me the parting glass

And drink a health whate'er befalls

Then gently rise and softly call

Good night and joy be to you all

GRIEF IS LOVE

Tears that fall in our darkest moments

Are there to remind us what’s sacred

A broken heart is a compass, guiding us home

A memory is the soul singing a song

Some say grief is the highest form of love

Tears that fall in our darkest moments

Are there to remind us what’s sacred

A broken heart is a compass, guiding us home

A memory is the soul singing a song

Some say grief is the highest form of love

Breathe in resilience

(Resilience)

Walk in grace

(Grace)

Move in forgiveness

(Forgiveness)

Live in faith

(Faith)

And in darkness

(The darkness)

Hold the flame

(The flame)

Remember that grief is just love anyway

Tears are there to remind us

(Tears are there to remind us)

A broken heart is a compass

(A broken heart is a compass)

A memory is a soul song

(A memory is a soul song)

Grief has been love all along

(Grief has been love all along)

X2

Oh, grief is love

X2

Vocal adlib circle part

Grief is _____

Love is _____

Love is the reason we came

Grief is Love (X2)