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Survival Of Joy

by Light Warriors

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1.
The Devil's Angels 04:04
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The Devil’s Angels hover Lift off to victory smothered Lengthy competition signals Old ways dying and brittle Power conceived by a master Gorging on it faster and faster Reverence turns cold in an instant Shackles strangling resistance Security strikes at the fearful Under guise of protecting people Who by rules they’re creating From this axis in time proliferating Survival of joy is the mission From mountains to ocean and between them Evolving from next generations Learning faster than those who create them Tomorrow’s questions go unanswered Glory of past we wish to capture Meaning we seek through existence Is challenged continually and frequent So all goes to hell and to heaven All cries from laughter or wailing All suffers misinterpretation And all the Angel’s devils simply hope for…
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Truth Exists Inside The Moment 03:52
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We’re neither black or white, brown, yellow or red All human beings live to be instead I’m standing before you willing to die For the chance you’ll catch yourself in my eye Truth exists inside the moment Forces at work never know them Heavenly souls never own them Truth exists in The moment All this talk of killing make me shout and scream Blood on your hands never gets washed clean Industry creates poverty then turns hearts mean This fragile policy killers fight to keep Truth exists inside the moment Forces at work never know them Heavenly souls never own them Truth exists in The moment But they keep building tall barriers Keep focusing on those hate carriers Intentions are clear, they keep prejudice near Because, because, because Harmony, harmony is truly what they fear There is failure to negate vision blinded by hate All this human to human colorization of state Why carry such heavy weight when opposites can relate To when stolen dreams make many hearts break Truth exists inside the moment Forces at work never know them Heavenly souls never own them Truth exists in The moment The moment The moment
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Times Are Hard 05:38
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Look for higher ground Get stuck in the mud No matter where we turn Riots are going to run Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard People get desperate When every penny’s been spent Too long in a silent way Gives us what we get Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard, harder than stone In a hundred years we’ll all be gone What we do, why we care What we need won’t always be there Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard Times are hard
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It's Just... 04:38
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It’s just another rain fall down It’s just another stumble and a bump on the head It’s just another crossroads now It’s just another bend in a windy path ahead Toward a new direction Away from all these unneeded thoughts Holding us hostage Choking all the progress toward our common goals Blocked by egos Blocked by terror Blocked by those grand self-delusional dreams All the hope now is buried in the struggles of the day All the hope now just buried in the struggles of the day All the hope now is buried in the struggles of the day It’s just another con man now It’s just another smile and a promise of the world It’s just another lie told now It’s just another desperate situation unfurled Of incompetence Out of control and in need of a solve Begging for saviors Begging for their fix of adoration to feel whole Oh so lonely Oh so fearful Oh so outrageous how cycles repeat We’re so hopeful living moments in these struggles of the day We’re so hopeful living moments in these struggles of the day We’re so hopeful living moments in theses struggles of the day It’s just another calming sound It’s just another repeat of acknowledging our pain It’s just another fight come ‘round It’s just another cycle of releasing the shame Awakening feelings Of discovery just like when we were kids Oh so joyful Jumping waves in oceans like when we were kids Going deeper Going further Going the furthest that we’ve ever been Make us whole now so we conquer these struggles of the day Make us whole now so we conquer these struggles of the day Make us whole now so we conquer these struggles of the day Make us whole now so we conquer these struggles of the day
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Outrage 05:08
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Hope’s over blown Our habits have shown Stagnation prone This life we all own and are given Decades on end Weakness distends A tumultuous blend From now until then we are living What can we do We all look to you Who twists the truth Moods red turn to blue and are bleeding The lawful are denied Outrage grown tired No place left to hide Downward we ride from uniting Trust bought and sold Both new and bold To the soft and the old A cover up to hold their misgivings Decode rituals Of societal ills Bought with bloody bills For someone’s thrills and their feeding It’s just a game The bold take the fame The weak take the blame It’s everyone’s shame, it’s repeating Where there is smoke Exists a cruel joke An immovable oak A death grip of rope, life receding The heart aches and bleeds Pain cries and screams Hate bursting the seams Love flies with dreams we’re reliving
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Step Into The Free 05:06
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What if your humanity Is my humanity And we found it was the same It’s all the same illusion It’s all the same dream It’s all the same fantasy There’s abandoned homes And broken dreams And life reborn With whimsical glee Strength through hard times Step into the free What is their ability Was the same as our ability And we joined together to raise the game Join in the positioning Join in the same dream Join in what we want to be There’s tribal wars Territories Execution of flawed strategies Let go this mind Step into the free What if our humility Was everyone’s humility That levels expectations and kills all blame Blame for all the secrecy Blame for failed dreams Blame for double standards and for the greed There’s oppressive laws Hypocrisy And selfish motives of which we’re all guilty Leave it all behind Step into the free Step into the free Step into the free Step into the free
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Soul Breaks 02:35
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Soul breaks Time fades As we’re living Soul breaks Time fades Time’s everlasting Spirit struggle, feel the thunder Cryptic thoughts revealed deep under Portals open shut down by reason Spring of one-mind soon to be in season as the Soul breaks Time fades As we’re living Soul breaks Time fades Time’s everlasting Decode actions, let go of this traction Loss we feel from love concealed is only subtraction All is wanted and all can be had But you can’t fake out desire misguided or sad Soul breaks Time fades As we’re living Soul breaks Time fades Time’s everlasting Deepest spirits, surrounding within us Watching and waiting for love to infuse with Every story that’s remixed and bold Like the pain that we’re born with that dies when we’re old Soul breaks Time fades As we’re living Soul breaks Time fades Time’s everlasting Deepest spirits, surrounding within us Watching and waiting for Love
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So Goes The Story 06:26
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So, so goes the story Of how times have been Here, here is your glory It's yours, yours to begin Necessity of breath we take Intentions uplift or make Positive flow if you can take Or suffering when you break Many places led to go Consumed by image torn and shown Absorbed within when you don’t know Instead of running away we can always grow and So, so goes the story Of how times have been Here, here is your glory It's yours, yours to begin Currents blow on winds of change Constantly and without names Climb within and face the shame While learning how to embrace these games Of choice or circumstance that binds Choose to engage or leave behind Hurt cries out then falls in line What do we do when we run out of time and So, so goes the story Of how times have been Here, here is your glory It's yours, yours to begin Time’s an illusion used as a crutch What we put out don’t always yield much If we’re only seeking personal gain Those misguided efforts bring the pain So reach deep and search for strength In spit of sorrow thrown by fate Hold on for the sake of this race We just need to know that it’s never too late and So, so goes the story Of how times have been Here, here is your glory It's yours, yours to begin

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released May 13, 2016

All songwriting, production and instrumentation by Erik Rabasca, aka Light Warriors, except drums on Step Into The Free by Ryan Camenzuli

Mastering by Howie Kaufman

Special thanks to Moira Coffey, Erin Dunlevy, Greg Coffey, Adam Rabasca, Drew Moss for continual support and encouragement over the years

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