Not Afraid

I've been reading Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass - the book found its way to me in quite a magical way and keeps delivering its wisdom. I'm learning more about facing my fears and accepting the impermanence of life, even to its ending in cellular form. Profound stuff.

Javolenus's gorgeous acoustic guitar stem is the foundation for the track, and I wrote the song to his playing. Then Apoxode's sweet drum track really gave it somewhere to go with energy. Sackjo22 was in the house yesterday and gave her beautiful vocals to the bridge. And today John Jones played a warm bass part that rounds it all out (and he gave me some great mix notes. He also played some acoustic along with Javolenus and helped me with some tuning stuff....)

Not Afraid
By Madam Snowflake
Can’t sleep past 6 am
Another circle spins again
Restlessness pulls me from bed
The sky is glowing orange and red

A race of thoughts start running
Before my coffee even kicks in
Reading how to befriend death
The sunrise leads me to my breath

Keep fear close
An antidote appears
If you bring it near
Rise and fall
The curtain call
Is never far from here
No no

The morning light changes
A 2nd cup, turning pages
Words are teaching patience
Acceptance and impermanence

Keep fear close
An antidote appears
If you bring it near
Rise and fall
The curtain call
Is never far from here
Keep the moment clear

Timeless
Formless
Without limit
Infinite
The soul is not afraid
The soul is not afraid
The soul is not afraid
My soul is not afraid

I'm not afraid

Keep fear close
An antidote appears
If you bring it near
Rise and fall
The curtain call
Is never far from here

Keep fear close
An antidote appears
If you bring it near
Rise and fall
The final curtain call
Is the last voice you’ll ever hear
Keep the moment clear

The soul is not afraid

I'm not afraid
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