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the Other Side of Night

by Jeff Douglas Druery

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1.
As long as you are standing on the earth As long as there is starlight in your eyes As long as you are circling the sun As long as you are reaching for that prize It’s not what you think, it’s what you feel It’s not what you think, it’s what you feel It’s not what you feel, it’s what you know is real It’s not what you feel, it’s what your soul reveals As long as you are walking on these stones As long as there are waves upon your shore As long as there is blood inside your bones As long as you are crying out for more It’s not what you think, it’s what you feel It’s not what you think, it’s what you feel It’s not what you feel, it’s what your soul reveals It’s not what you feel, it’s what you know is real You can’t steal it from someone else Can’t buy it from the shelf You gotta reach inside and find it for yourself You gotta peel away the crust Blow away the dust You are wiser than you know and better than you trust
2.
Take this apple in memory of all that you’ve seen To remind you of the places you’ve been Take this apple in honour of your childhood You gaze into your crystal ball See your life before the fall Look at this apple see the loss of something good Would you go back there if you could? A rich red carpet rolled out between Orchard aisles and fields of green Breath in this apple, breathe the taste of windfall fruit Acres of trees stand trembling with applause For a boy running windswept with the moon in his hair Standing in the damp fall air I shiver under streetlight glare When did you leave home? When did you become so alone? How did this apple fall on concrete instead of grass, Instead of earth and root? Breathe the taste of windfall fruit Take this apple in memory of all that you’ve seen To remind you of the places you’ve been Take this apple in honour of your childhood
3.
You are the radiance of light the swirling energies motion of atom and stars the life force in the trees You are more than what I touch and see You’re the life inside the life in me You are more than what I touch and see You’re the life inside the life in me You are the hidden connections darkness of the storm strength of wind, cool of rain the formless behind all forms You are more than what I touch and see You’re the life inside the life in me You are more than what I touch and see You’re the life inside the life in me You are the radiance of light the swirling energies motion of atom and stars the life force in the trees You are more than what I touch and see You're the life inside the life in me You are more than what I touch and see You're the power inside the power in me You are more than what I touch and see You're the light inside the light in me You are more than what I touch and see You're the love inside the love in me
4.
treasure buried in the field a home within our dwelling place find that spark concealed of life and love and sweet embrace a thousand silent voices are singing and bells are ringing us to gather there enter in and find the holy altar where sacred incense rises like a prayer darkness hold us in her womb in stillness and in naked warmth till we hear the hidden heartbeat that feeds us as we await our birth a thousand silent voices… in blazing light the stars were born in rushing elemental heat find that hidden fire burning in our word and deed a thousand silent voices…
5.
Love of money may have won the day But deeper dreams still rule the night Big box stores seem like they’re here to stay But deeper dreams still rule the night Superhighways may have won the day But deeper dreams still rule the night Mega landfills are here to stay But deeper dreams still rule the night Cause it’s your money or your life Sometimes you have to choose When you’re standing at the end of a knife Which one can you afford to lose Your money or your life Monster houses may have won the day But deeper dreams still rule the night While forest fall wild creatures are all swept away This sacred earth will not give up without a fight This world will dawn into a new light It’s your money or your life Sometimes you have to choose When you’re standing on the edge of a knife Which one can you afford to lose Your money or your life It’s your money or your life…
6.
Whenever I see you a light ignites behind my eyes Whenever I see you a dozen birds take off and fly with rushing wings into the sky Whenever I see you Whenever I’m near you my feet float above the ground Whenever I’m near you snow falls down and softens the sound of the city all around Whenever I’m near you We have been through every kind of weather I will go through my seasons together with you Whenever I’m with you the winter snow melts Whenever I’m with you cool streams flow, a warm breeze blows something new begins to grow Whenever I’m with you We have been through every kind of weather... Whenever we talk my inhibitions come undone Whenever we talk butterflies catch the evening sun feels like summer has begun Whenever we talk We have been through every kind of weather...
7.
Will we build our houses on solid rock instead of castles on dry riverbeds Driving to the mall cause it’s too far to walk we feed the carbon blanket overhead Cargo ships set sail from China filled with everything that we desire Someday they’ll be mining the landfill For all the things that we acquire and throw away We’re moving mountains into the sea till it overflows the levee But we don’t have to change a thing We’re still waiting for science to set us free We go to war for oil Poison the Earth for a thousand years We must protect our way of living from the monsters of our fears We’re moving mountains into the sea... When will we see the devastation Listen to the scientific theory When will we heal our imagination We could be the ones to set us free We’re moving mountains into the sea...
8.
Noam Chomsky 04:38
I have this voice inside my head it rehearses things before I say them sometimes it speaks even as I'm speaking the voice of my thoughts lately it's been speaking in the voice of Noam Chomsky last night I had dinner with him in a dream He said, we live in an economy that demands frequent wars a massive portion of it is about maintaining an army, making weapons we have no choice but to go to war to justify all our preparations for war Lord have mercy on all our sins may we find peace and freedom from within may we know the meaning of enough may it be on earth as it is in heaven above We live in an economy that requires the existence of poverty it's been estimated that our military budget would be enough to end poverty if our priorities were different but then, who would assemble all the cheap consumer goods to which we've become accustomed Lord have mercy… We live in an economy that gives us the kind of leaders we have to quote one American president the whole world wants what we got and we're not gonna give it to them we could end terrorism if we could lift the economic oppression the desperation that so many people live with if we could only share But if we had different political leaders who would protect our mutual fund portfolios our saving for a comfortable retirement Lord have mercy… He said all this while his food went cold and then he took a bite of glazed carrot I said, Noam, what gives you hope? He said, when we feel the pain Cause until we feel the anguish of this monstrous system nothing will change Lord have mercy…
9.
You’re going somewhere else from here This is not your final resting place You’re packing up your old room with your hopes and fears in a suitcase and you’re waiting for the bus Your mother’s love wasn’t made to last It was broken from an ancient crime Close the garden gate as you pass from the innocence of summer time You feel the chill in the air There are other loves Seasons come around You’re carrying a precious diamond just waiting to be found You step up through the open door You pay your own fare now The friends you thought would see you through are all sleeping in, in this sleepy town You lay your hand against the glass There are other loves Seasons come around You’re carrying a precious diamond just waiting to be found You’re carrying a precious diamond just waiting to be found You’re going somewhere else from here This is not your final resting place
10.
God hung up his kingly crown He said I knew I had to lay it down I’m tired of being in control People don’t need me telling them what to do telling them where to go He climbed down from his high and holy throne He said I’m tired of ruling on my own Crushed his royal seal with a stone and let the wind carry the dust away let the wind blow I’m going on vacation Got some traveling to do Have a look at my creation Taste a fine wine or two I’m going on vacation Heaven knows I’ve done my share You can find me when you need me Just don’t look for me up there I’m going on vacation Gonna take a rest So could you all take over I know you’ll do your best God hung up his kingly crown He said I knew I had to lay it down I’m tired of being in control People don’t need me telling them what to do telling them where to go I’m going on vacation Got some traveling to do Have a look at my creation Taste a fine wine or two I’m going on vacation Heaven knows I’ve done my share Doesn’t mean that I don’t love you Doesn’t mean that I don’t care I’m going on vacation Gonna take a break So could you all take over Don’t worry ‘bout mistakes I’m going on vacation Gonna take a rest You can find me when you need me I know you’ll do your best You’ll find me when you need me I know you’ll do your best
11.
His face is a crumpled up map of the places you don’t want to be His mouth is a bombed out city, broken but free Yeah he’s free, master of his destiny He’s free, but not like you or me His mind went on a journey, far across the sea Now he’s houseless but happy, and Jesus keeps him company Yeah he’s free, wanting for nothing He’s free, not like you or me ‘cause we’re living in the land of frozen fears with promises of luxury and shortages of cash Living in the land of frozen fears with profiteers and doomsday seers and echoes of the crash Living in the land of fears Find me on the other side of night Walk with me in beauty and simple delight Find me on the other side of sight It will be allright, it will be allright, it will be allright ‘cause we free, wanting for nothing yeah we’re free… Though we’re living in the land of frozen fears with promises of luxury and shortages of cash Living in the land of frozen fears with profiteers and doomsday seers and echoes of the crash We’re mortgaging the future while running from the past We’re doomed to live with nature, we’ll be in her arms at last Living in the land of fears with promises of luxury and mountains of trash… Living in the land of frozen fears with profiteers and doomsday seers and echoes of the crash Living in the land of fears
12.
I am that great and fiery force sparkling in everything that lives; in shining of the river’s course, in greening grass that glory gives. I shine in glitter on the seas, in burning sun, in moon and stars. In unseen wind, in verdant trees I breathe within, both near and far. And where I breathe there is no death, and meadows glow with beauties rife. I am in all, the spirit’s breath, the thundered word, for I am Life. I am that great and fiery force sparkling in everything that lives; in shining of the river’s course, in greening grass that glory gives.
13.
Someday 03:36
Someday this world is gonna change around Could be tomorrow, or next week, or next year I can already see it We’re gonna wake up to a world a world without fear Someday we’ll be talking with the animals With the rabbits and the birds and all the others I can already hear it We’re gonna wake up to a world of sisters and brothers Someday everyone will get enough to eat No one will ever go hungry or be in need I can already taste it We’re gonna wake up to a world a world without greed Someday we’ll be breathing clean air We’ll ride bicycles and walk and know the power of the breeze I can already smell it We’re gonna wake up to a world of flowers and trees Someday every child is gonna be embraced with attention and respect and love I can already feel it We’re gonna wake up to a world a world that is safe Someday this world is gonna turn around Could be tomorrow, or next week, or next year I can already believe in it We’re gonna wake up to a world It’s all so near A world without fear it’s almost here

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released May 11, 2013

Jeff Douglas Druery: vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass
Marybeth Leis Druery: vocals, djembe, shaker
Graham Watson: drums
Sarah Pascoe: drums on Boy with the Moon in his Hair

Produced by Marybeth
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jeff in our home
Drums on Boy with the Moon in his Hair recorded by Mark Prahalad

Cover art and design by Marybeth
Art photography by Gil Matte, courtesy of MatteMedia.com
CD duplication by Dave Pascoe, courtesy of Flume Productions, Inc.
Printing courtesy of Allegra Hamilton

Special thanks to Jacob Letkemann, Phil Botham, and Tim Watson for musical direction after many hours of listening

© 2013 All songs by Jeff Douglas Druery
except I Am that Great and Fiery Force lyrics by Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

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