Om Song (lyrics)

"OM SONG" - Obedient Waves

om song
i'm taking air in by the yard
om song
i am unthinking but it's hard
om song
i'm stringing daisies in my brain
om song
all this not trying is insane

look at me- I'm so hardcore zen
I can starve myself for days
chanting, panting, pagan, vegan
hold a ready steady gaze
Wrap my ankles up around my neck
And fold my forehead down
Into my lotus-tattooed torso
Listing, twisting out my praise

om song
i'm taking air in by the yard
om song
i am unthinking but it's hard
om song
i'm stringing daisies in my brain
om song
all this not trying is insane

listen up - my words enlighten
when i get into a trance
Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Nichiren
mold my funky spirit dance
blame my body for my naughty deeds
because it's of this world
unlike my light internal presence
housing my eternal soul

om song
om song
om song
om song

(lyrics by : Joanna DeVoe for Obedient Waves)

Ommmm...

"We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with a pure mind,
and happiness will follow you
as your shadow, unshakeable.

How can a troubled mind understand the way?
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own thoughts unguarded.
But once mastered,
no one can help you as much,
not even your father or your mother."

Buddha (from the Dhammapada, translated by Thomas Byron)

This reminds me... I'm gonna post the lyrics to "Om Song" here next week- after I get back from a much needed vacation. Till then, I've got two words for you...

BiG SUR!