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.)

OH WINTER

Thank you ice,

Thank you snow

Making friends with the unknown

Thank you silence

Thank you cold

For the time to be alone

Thank you stillness

Thank you fire

For keeping me warm

Thank you family

Thank you friends

For those who make this house a home

Oh winter, soft and strong

Season of the shadows long

Teach me stillness hold my tongue

Springtime coming with the dawn

On the wings of winter lies

The truth that everything must die

Before we can be reborn again

Every cycle must end

O’ winter

Thank you womb

Thank you earth mother

For this time to create

Thank you sky

Thank you father

For the light amongst the change

Thank you North

Thank you South

For your wisdom and direction

Thank you East

Thank you west

New beginnings, introspection

Oh winter, soft and strong

Season of the shadows long

Teach me stillness hold my tongue

Springtime coming with the dawn

On the wings of winter lies

The truth that everything must die

Before we can be reborn again

Every cycle must end

O’ winter

(Season of the shadows)

O’ winter

(Season of the wind)

O’ winter

(Season of the burrow)

O’ winter

(Waiting to begin again)

This time is sacred

I will not rush it

And oh the stillness

I’ll learn to trust it

This time is magic

I will not waste it

This time is healing

This time sacred

(x2)

This time is sacred

(Repeat Until End)

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

BACK TO THE WATER

I’m finding my way back to the water (Mmm)

I’m finding my way back to the heart (Mmm)

Finding my way back to what I’m made of (Mmm)

Finding my way back to the spark (Mmm)

Because there ain’t no way

I’m gonna stay in this cold

I know I’ll find a way to quench my soul

There ain’t no way I’m staying out here all alone

I’m gonna find my way back home

Back to the water (Mmm)

I’m finding my way back to the ocean (Mmm)

I’m finding my way back to the source (Mmm)

I’m gonna heal what’s been broken (Mmm)

I’ve been missing the sound of my own voice (Mmm)

There ain’t no way I’m gonna stay in this desert

This darkness ain’t gonna get my surrender

If I gotta crawl I’ll make it back to my throne

Im gonna find my way back home

Back to the water (Mmm)

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)

I WISH YOU SAFETY

I wish you safety

Spirit and bone deep

I wish you a home filled with

Magic and relief

I wish you softness, I wish you ease

But more than anything

I wish you peace

We’ve walked through fire

And found water in our soul

And after the storm

We found out what can grow

And though the harvest

Was not what we expected

I wish you abundance

I wish you blessings

I wish you safety

Spirit and bone deep

I wish you a home filled with

Magic and relief

I wish you softness, I wish you ease

But more than anything

I wish you peace

But more than anything

I wish you peace

Mistakes were made

Songs were left unsung

Words never got spoken

But care was never lost

In this final flicker

Of a once eternal flame

I wish you to feel heard

I wish you to feel seen

I wish you safety

Spirit and bone deep

I wish you a home filled with

Magic and relief

I wish you softness, I wish you ease

But more than anything

I wish you peace

But more than anything

I wish you peace

More than anything

I wish you peace

I’m so sorry

Please forgive me

Thank you

I love you

H’oponopono

GROWING THROUGH THE DARKNESS

You have to dig deep within

To plant the seed,

To water it and watch it grow

Deep in the soil, past the cold and dark uncertainty

There is richness, there is hope

So keep digging

Keep tending to your garden

Keep singing

Remember where you started

Keep dreaming

Don’t let your spirit harden

My darling

You’re growing through the darkness

Even the sun gets tired sometimes

From all the light and life it gives

And even lions need to rest their weary heads

You are a warrior, my love

I’ve seen the battles you’ve faced deep within

I know you know that it’s only a season

Keep digging

Keep tending to your garden

Keep singing

Remember where you started

Keep dreaming

Don’t let your spirit harden

My darling

You’re growing through the darkness

And take as much time as you need

The earth moves with you

My wind and air are at your back

To fuel your fire and soothe you

And when you get lost in your head

You know what to do

Keep breathing

Keep singing

Keep hoping

Keep wishing

Keep knowing

Keep loving

Keep growing

Keep flowing

Keep digging…

So keep digging

Keep tending to your garden

Keep singing

Remember where you started

Keep dreaming

Don’t let your spirit harden

My darling

The light is coming

Soon you’ll break through

to the other side of the garden

Soon the flowers in your soul will start to blossom

Keep growing through the darkness

PACHAMAMA

I want to be free so free
Like a feather blowing through the breeze
Like a bird in a tree
Like a dolphin in the sea

I want to fly high so high
Like an eagle in the sky
And when my time has come
I'll let it all go with a sigh

Pachamama, I'm coming home
To the place where I belong
Pachamama, I'm coming home
To the place where I belong

I want to be free, be me
Be the only being that I see
Not to rise and not to fall
Be at one with love and all

There is no high, no low
There is nowhere else to go
Except inside within your heart
And be just who you are

Pachamama, I'm coming home
To the place where I belong
Pachamama, I'm coming home
To the place where I belong

LOKAH SAMASTHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU

Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu (x4)

May all beings be happy healthy and free (x4)

Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu (x4)

May all beings be joyful, abundant, at peace (x4)

Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu (x4)

May all beings be heard, be loved and be seen (x4)

Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu (x4)

May all beings be happy healthy and free (x4)

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)

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

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

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

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