River Of Death ft GeeArtriasRose

Stellar Art Wars

Playlist

Comment Share

License $0.00

Free download

GeeArtriasRose featuringJami Sieber length 2:44 bpm 60 see ccmixter.org for all source parts

punk acid eternal absolute klf saw carter usm spice girls stellar art wars

Creative Commons license

Commercial uses of this track are NOT allowed.

Adaptations of this track are NOT allowed to be shared.

You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the artist.

Stellar Art Wars

Stellar Art Wars are a collective of musicians dating back to the early 90's. Stellar Art Wars, the folk band, is currently inactive, but there's plenty of c

Stellar Art Wars are a collective of musicians dating back to the early 90's. Currently involved are Walter (vocals, [percussion), Twiggy (guitar), Ben (mandolin/banjo), Andy (bass), Henry (violin), Terry (percussion) and Patrick (drummer with "Asbo", the punk version of Stellar) Stellar Art Wars, the folk band, is currently inactive, but there's plenty of clips of them live on YouTube. Asbo is now a three piece band consisting of Twiggy (Stephen Branch), vocals/guitar, Andrew Wainwright, vocals, bass and Patrick Auer, drums.

Song Info

Genre

Hip-Hop • Nerdcore

Charts

Peak #589

Peak in subgenre #4

Uploaded

February 26, 2015

Track Files

MP3

MP3 7.9 MB • 128 kbps • 8:35

Story behind the song

My reading of original poem, River of Death, is actually a rather enlightened view of the thing we call “death” and came to me in a very lucid and memorable dream. 

I include a flac file and samples done with nature sounds (water) and a music track entitled Surrender by Jami Sieber at Magnatune, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. There’s also a video of this creation.

Lyrics

Lyrics:

I dived headlong into the River of Death
And found that death made no sense;
That death does not exist
Outside the human perspective

I dived into the River of Death
And found death to be illusion;
No longer could I see myself
As limited in any way,
Or unable to be who I am,
For inside death there was nothing

The light I discovered at the End of Death
Is light of everlasting beauty
No way to express its glory and mystery
And its eternal reverence for all that lives
Inside death is the answer to all questions

Inside death is the realization 
That I’m one with all creation
Inside death is the knowledge that 
I merge with all at the moment of “death”

I come here to experience life fully,
Then move on to a place of higher knowing
Which never changes;
Inside death is the full knowledge of life

Death is but illusion made up by mankind
In the fear that no matter what one does here
It can never be enough;
That eventually one will perish
To some unknown and unknowable place

All this is illusion,
For in the seeds of death
Is the germination of new life
Which transcends anything here;
Death is but a memory of something
Which never existed

Life too is illusion
When seen as fleeting or unknowable;
I know about life by living it fully,
By being in life to the best of my ability

If I fear life it’s because I’m afraid
To live it in all its forms at once;
Fear brings me face-to-face with realization
That life can never change;
I know life here won’t end ‘til I’m ready
To experience life someplace else

There can be no separation between anything
Of any consequence here or anyplace;
My life is part of a grand scheme
Written by One who sees far beyond
Any human perspective

I dived into the River of Death;
No matter how hard I swam against the current
There was no escaping the realization
That my life was never to end;
That there could never be anywhere to go

I dived into the River of Death
And found it to be bottomless;
I emerged from the River of Death
Alive in all ways that could ever matter

Comments

Please sign up or log in to post a comment.