Illusions/blessed be For Glenn & Tanya, a hymm for my family in the woods.
Inspired by Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, a novel by Richard Bach
lyrics
Om, Blessed Om Blessed Om Blessed be
Om blessed Om blessed be Amen
I have gone too far misread
that is not who I am
now I find even helping hands can't work for nothing
oh no, you can't work for nothing
but in all this time
Have you only learned my name?
That is not who I am
I have no intent to call it my own
It is but my home
Blessed Blessed Blessed Blessed be
Keep your eyes open for what will be
But oh, don't you know who I am?
Like you I hold the answers in my hand
but to these illusions I am bound
Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I am?
We are one and the same
Blessed Blessed oh Blessed be
Oh blessed, oh blessed be amen Amen.
Ain't no frown gonna get me
but these illusion
Theses illusions are getting me
Who do I think Am? Who do I think I am?
Blessed. Oh blessed Oh blessed me
Oh blessed. Oh blessed me, I am!
Amen.
credits
from Julia Feltham,
released July 2, 2011
Charles Austin- Echo Chamber
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