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Kyrie
05:14
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Kyrie
Why am I the person I am
God, your hand has molded my mind
Or so I believe
Make me a servant
Have mercy on my soul
Forgive my shortcomings
My underlying inability to be an angel
Have mercy upon my insecurities
So lovely is the spirit
Fill my empty clay jar with purpose unknown to me
Who am I
I am am I who am I
I am ami who am I
Who am Am I
Forgive a caged bird
For singing too loudly
Forgive the caged bird for wanting to fly
Forgive a man, who no longer believes in love
Have mercy on the hands that does dares not touch
Dares not touch
Have mercy have mercy have mercy
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Craving
03:38
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Craving
Craving said I did not see you descend
But now I see you rising
Why do you lie,
since you belong to me
The soul said
I saw you though you did not see me
Nor recognize me, I was with you as with a garment
And you never felt me
Make me a servant humble and meek
Afraid and submissive tormented and frightened
Those who are weak, those who are perceived as weak
Give voice to the silent body that sustains loneliness
The writhing movements that long for touch
I am a servant a slave to the flesh
And I wish to be free from the bondage
I am a servant, a slave to...
Even if I cut off my member, my body will still desire
I kill my desire
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A Pact Between Us
03:18
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A Pact Between Us
Words By Ezra Pound
I make a pact with you,
I’ve detested you long enough.
I come to you as a grown child
Who has had a pig-headed father;
I am old enough now to make friends.
It was you that broke the new wood,
Now is a time for carving.
We have one sap and one root
Let there be commerce between us.
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Hallelujah
03:49
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Hallelujah
I praise the terror that keeps me bound
And keeps me from seeking love
Protects me from caring too much
May I be a saint for a day?
For killing the beast inside
May I go to heaven this way?
If I deny myself if I can sing Hallelujah
Praise be to the process of repression
It maintains the walls we have built
It keeps my soul pure
Pure from everyone around me
May I be a saint for a day?
For killing the beast inside
May I go to heaven this way?
If I deny myself if I can sing Hallelujah
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The Wake
03:30
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The Wake
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the fear that encourages my state of repression
It protects me from the world,it protects me from my authentic self
I say goodbye to the child within me
I lay him down to sleep
Welcome to his wake
You may lay flowers down and any words of remembrance
I give thanks to the one
my sanctuary of darkness
The bestower of light
Make me a light
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The Sin of Impulse
04:32
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The Sin of Impulse
Cradled by the anxiety of being authentic
To be, to be myself
only invites violence
Hoping for the chance to disappear
I dare not show my true form
To this house
To give in to impulse
Love and truth is a recipe for disaster
I cannot love myself
To love myself is to hate everything I know
To embrace oneself is political
Giving permission to the powers that be to punish one mercilessly
Does anyone pray to be a martyr?
Does anyone wish for sainthood?
For fists and bullets will make it happen
Fists and bullets will make it true
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These Prairie Grasses
02:26
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These Prairie Grasses
Words by George Cabot Lodge & Hamlin Garland
Upon thy Grave
Thy limbs and breast transpired,
Rises the spring’s sweet utterance of flowers
I toss, I toss, I toss this sheaf of song
I toss, I toss, I toss these scattered leaves of Love
Loving my plain as thou thy sea,
Facing the east as thou the west,
I bring a handful of grasses to thee,
These prairie grasses I know the best
I toss, I toss, I toss this sheaf of song
I toss, I toss, I toss these scattered leaves of Love
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Credo
04:29
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Credo
Three in one, one in three
The conflict of these, lives inside the mind
Don’t leave me now,
I am sorry, believe me
like a soul in purgatory,
I am not fighting
I am complicit…
and what of the son, does the son even listen?
I don’t care anymore
Three in one, one in three
The conflict of these is but a skeleton of the paper
Brought to flesh by our action
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Wanting
03:14
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Wanting
I know why you can’t love me
But it still hurts
Turning off my feelings
Feels impossible
Why do I still love you?
Why on earth do I still care?
Perhaps I am being selfish
Perhaps this is good
Because I don’t deserve love
I don’t deserve you
In a way, I feel tricked
Like a child being fooled
Pushed into the mud
And sullied by the truth
Why do I still love you
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Daniel de Jesús Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Daniel de Jesús is a cellist, singer, and songwriter whose music pierces the heart with powerful vocals and mystical sounds of the cello. Their music has often been compared to the work of Bjork, Tori Amos, and Jeff Buckley.
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