Name: Almost Awake
Duration: P00H05M37S
Description: Words and music by Steve Zarate.

Almost Awake

from Patchwork Of Light by Steve Zarate

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Words and music by Steve Zarate.

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See the fruit of competition
compiled in old newspapers on the floor
Endless patterned repetitions persist in keeping score
See the puzzle in the patchwork of light
all around the picture frame,
There’s a presence in the air tonight
that doesn’t have a name, but all the same

See the fossil fuel addictions
that bake the atmosphere while prices soar
How they threaten our existence and all we’ve struggled for
See how civilization’s coin decays,
but something’s shining in its wake:
A recognition in the mutual gaze
that everything’s at stake, almost awake

Climbing the tree of knowledge, everything at stake
Climbing the tree of knowledge, almost awake

See the root of love’s fruition
in our choices more and more
Reverberate with intuition, the ever-present door
Feel new framework on the airwaves tonight
reconnecting with the gardens we’ve crossed
There’s a presence in this patchwork of light
that understands the cost of gardens lost

Climbing the tree of knowledge, everything at stake
Climbing the tree of knowledge, almost awake
Climbing the tree of knowledge, sacred hoop at stake
Climbing the tree of knowledge, almost awake, almost awake

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from Patchwork Of Light, released April 10, 2018
Steve Zarate - vocals, guitar
Terry Douds – bass

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