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Sweet surrender
03:12
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Sweet Surrender
(J. Oomen)
Just like a new sun rises over mountains
Just like a new moon is pulling at the sea
I’m stretching out my hand to catch the honey
That is dripping from a loaded honey tree
She says love is more than a dance
So shall we move beyond romance
Cause what I’m going for is sweet surrender
Just like and old tree dropping leaves in autumn
I am a-dropping worries at my feet
Just like the outstretched arms of my daughter
When she’s asleep and radiating peace
Life unfolds in a glance
And there’s not much to understand
In the end there’s only sweet surrender
I turned the engine off and now I’m drifting
On the waves to the arms of a new coast
I watch the sun go down and let it sink in
In the morning life will be another open road
Life unfolds in a glance
And there’s not much to understand
In the end there’s only sweet surrender
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2. |
Earthly pullings
05:24
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Earthly Pullings
(J. Oomen)
The earth is pulling, and I’m on my feet
I’m adrift in the evening sun’s glow
It’s been a long hot summer, I’ve been going slow
Dropping every tempo to my own
Beyond the next corner lies a field of cob
Last winter its skeletons froze
Now the drought leaves cracks in the earth
I look on with the eyes of Van Gogh
In a quiet corner of a lonely town
All the rooftops are outgrown by corn
On a porch enthroned, fifteen feet apart
An old couple in clothes they’ve outworn
Beyond the next corner, a sunflower field
Last springtime we pulled up and posed
Now their heads are weighing them down
it’s the weight of how beauty implodes
Now I turn my eye back onto myself
Counting back to the day I arrived
There’s a soothing stillness in the fields around
And I’m feeling how time’s on my side
Beyond the next corner something unfolds
Life leaves a twist in the road
It’s time to go home, but before I turn
I breath the sunlight right into my bones
There’ve been many days, when my heart was closed
feeling this world could not be my home
But I’ve found that I am, like the world around
a light that holds life on its own
Beyond the next corner, my life extends
whether I go there or turn
Of all the truths that glow in the sun
maybe this was the one thing to learn
There are earthly pullings, there are soothing lights
they will catch you and cure you of need
From below the surface, and from high above
There's a stillness washing over me
Beyond every corner I'll find a place
To where my closed heart can return
Of all the bridges that I've kept alive
Maybe this is the best one to burn
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02:26
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4. |
Eigenliefde
03:13
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Eigenliefde
(J. Oomen)
Als in een dans die ik nooit heb gekend
Steek ik mijn hand uit, bereid om te falen
Als van het kind dat ik ooit ben geweest
Pak ik mijn hand vast, bereid om te dwalen
Met de borst zacht vooruit
En de wind in m'n hoofd
Zacht geruis in mijn voeten
Ik heb mezelf iets beloofd
Met een lach voor wat was
En een lach voor wat komt
Tijd om open te gaan
Ik heb me lang genoeg vermomd
Ik lijk op m'n moeder, ik lijk op m'n vader
Twee zielen één beeld waar ik mezelf uit houw
Nu sta ik in de spiegel mezelf aan te staren
En zeg tegen mezelf
Ik lijk steeds meer op jou
Als in een sprong zonder eind of begin
Stap ik de tijd uit, bereid om te vallen
Als in een val zonder pijn of gewin
Spreek ik mijn hart bereid om te landen
Met een houw en een douw
Want de tijd is aan mij
Ben klaar om te ontvangen
Wat ik wil staat me vrij
Met een houw en een douw
Want de tijd is aan ons
Wie 't wil kan 't krijgen...
Eigenliefde
Ja ik hou van m'n moeder, ik hou van m'n vader.
Twee zielen één beeld waar ik mezelf uit houw
Nu sta ik in de spiegel mezelf aan te staren
En zeg tegen mij
Ik hou steeds meer van jou
Ik lijk op m'n moeder, ik lijk op m'n vader
Twee zielen één beeld waar ik mezelf uit houw
Nu sta ik in de spiegel mezelf aan te staren
En zeg tegen mij
Ik lijk steeds meer op jou
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5. |
Be here now
03:47
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Be here now
(J. Oomen)
Hang the stars back in the sky
Fall back to the earth
Put your feet back on the ground
Come back to this world
Put some love into today
And shine till tomorrow
It takes the edge of yesterday
It'll all work out
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6. |
Soulbird
08:34
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Soulbird
(J. Oomen)
I’m staggering into the realm that’s me
I’m clumsy enough to fall free
I thank my earnest mind
For the trouble it took
To rephrase what I believe in
I release me into my own heart
I release me into me
I’m staggering into the whole of me
Holding the space that I be
I have come full circle, I’ve outlived myself
I found a hello in every goodbye
I release me into my own heart
I release me into me
As I’m leaning into the light I am
My wounds are uncovered and heal
I have no wish to bypass the pain I may feel
All I look for is just something real
I release me into my own heart
I release me into me
Through back door came a soulbird
And he taught me how to sing
He said close your eyes and lips now
There’s no need for anything
Put your heart back in its right place
Right beneath these tired wings
Take a good breath, let it out now
Hear the message that I bring
Draw me out a bird of silence
I’ll fly right home through light and darkness
Come and listen for the tremors
far beneath your biggest wound
That’s where I in the hollows
teach a song that’s just for you
Here are my brothers who just like me
jumped head first, ready to bleed
They stand their ground strong like a tree
and truth be told, like me
They stand their ground strong like a tree
and truth be told, like me
I release me into my own heart
I release me into me
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Julien Oomen Amsterdam, Netherlands
I sing what I need to learn. Inspiration soared when I started to assist musically during spiritual ceremonies.
www.julienoomenmusic.com
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