People in this world actually claim they possess,
land and sky and water, but they try to forget,
that everything that they build and everything that
they kill, was handed to them by YOUR free will
Second hand gods, that's all we are Not
creating manipulating, and leaving the scars
Robbing form the earth and stealing from the trees
Not out of need but greed and false prestige
But it's all YOURS ! What can we own? Not family,
property, it's all on loan
But our miserly minds, of "I", "ME", and "MINE"
fight in wars for what's not ours so here's my plea
for SARANAGATI; surrender
I'm trying to understand YOU'RE the Supreme Friend
YOU'RE beside me and you guide me like no one else
can
Help me see YOU in everything and everything in
YOU;
When will I appreciate all that YOU do?
Even pain in this world is to help us see the reality
of material misery
Please help me transcend, I want it to end
Happiness without YOU, I can only pretend
And 'cause YOU'RE so kind, YOU give us a mind to
choose to love YOU or leave YOU behind
Forgetting reality, we create this duality and I'm
sick of this fallacy
YOU'RE the roots of creation and we're just some
leaves By fufilling YOUR desire, we find our relief
Enjoyment apart form YOU just creates more grief
These leaves become dry, we cry, and drop with the
breeze
I've tried to gratify my senses, but what have I
gained? This so-called pleasure is just a cessation
of pain
Fooled myself with love, again and again Attracted
by romance and smashed in the end
Surrounded by people, but left all alone And even
amongst friends, I felt far from home
We're one with each other, but You're different from me
Like a drop from the sea
If we want to be free
SARANAGATI (Inspired by Bhaktivinode Thakur) Lyrics by Ray Cappo
from the "NO COMPROMISE" 7" ep by SHELTER on Equal Vision Records