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One (Hopeful Song)

from Gathering The Waters by I Am The Manic Whale

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"This album is sounding pretty dark so far, Michael" said my band to me one sunny May morning. "I suppose I'd better write something more hopeful to finish it then" I responded sagaciously. We have hope!

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Moving hard against this tide, no time left to divide the waters.
All this noise and night. Move into a full immersion.
Can’t stop searching for the light. No air to breathe. No one in sight.
Cast adrift. So this is it.
Till I wake up soaking in the glory of the sun.
Another day appears to have begun.
Thought I wouldn’t see another one.
One.

Awakening from my least favourite dream, images burned into my memory.
Darkness just beginning to recede. Praying nothing that I saw was real.
There’s a man who wouldn’t die. A giant beast crawling on the sand.
An evil worship of authority as brave men bring me back to land.

Move in straight lines taking time.
Seek simplicity for my life.
Shut out extraneous noise and light.
Surround yourself with perfect love.

Why not take off your tin-foil helmet?
You don’t need to shut out community.
Will you stand with us in unity?
Fall into this perfect love.

Come oppose the separatists for we are one.
Oppose the isolationists for we are one.
And even if we’re standing in the dark right now,
We’re looking for the light, we’re living for the light.
Clinging to the light. We are bringing you the light.
Of perfect love.

Choose joy, choose love, choose life in all its fullness.
We have hope nothing’s impossible. We have hope this love’s unstoppable
We have hope nothing’s impossible. Immerse yourself in perfect love.
We are salt, we are light, you are love.
We have hope.

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from Gathering The Waters, released October 30, 2017
Michael Whiteman

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We are a progressive rock band from Reading & London, UK. 3rd album out now.

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