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Samsara

from Vessel by Nicholas Breeze Wood

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lyrics

I’m waiting for a courier
Who’s bringing me a thangka,
A painting, which has come to me
On a journey all the way
Over from Tibet

It was painted a long time ago,

The wheel of rebirth,
Which we are born in
And so I’m wondering,
Which world am I stuck in now?

Is this a god realm?
Am I a hungry ghost,
Whose never satisfied?
Always seeking out yet
More stuff to consume

I guess right now I’m stuck in a bardo.

Wanting form to manifest
To be my thangka,
And not just a tracking
On their website, Oh my!

I watch a man walk past,
And find I’m wondering
What does he think about?
Are his thoughts
Anything like mine?

Is his life is full of mystery?

Are the stones talking to him?
Does the wind kiss his skin?
Is he contemplating the wonder of it all
And his place in Creation
Or is he contemplating his next meal?

Paint upon that thangka, once
Was stone that someone carefully crushed
Which had its birth in distant stars
And came to us on trails of dust
Like Dzambhala’s pet, star wont cease
To spew out dust, both far and near
To make the worlds we live within
Whatever form those worlds appear

So yes, I’m in a god realm.
And yes I am a hungry ghost
And sometimes I’m in hell worlds,
Where I suffer endlessly
Time and again,

Maybe I’ve a tracking number too.
For when I’m lost in the system?
Who knows how it all operates

So I’m waiting in this bardo
While my thangka’s not here
And I am
Stuck to attachment,
With glue!

Couriers to the left of me
And the Cosmos to my right
And here I am,
Stuck in Samsara
With you

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from Vessel, released November 15, 2019

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Nicholas Breeze Wood UK

Multi instrumentalist singer-songwriter drawing on Rock, Arabic and Medieval music, using instruments from all those traditions

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