Dogma (2013) – diipak.se

Greenest Grass

Some say the grass is always greener,
Some say you’ll never be satisfied,
But as sure as the sun shines and the wind does blow,
You’re the greenest grass I know.

You are the moon, you are the stars,
You are the ocean, Venus and Mars,
Together we’ll climb and we’ll reach our heights,
And keep each other warm on winter’s nights.

Two people two minds, each special and good,
With gifts and opinions, we are not the same,
But this Love we share is what matters most,
This loving feeling, though I know I shouldn’t boast,
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah!

Some say the grass is always greener,
Some say you’ll never be satisfied,
But as sure as the sun shines and the wind does blow,
You’re the greenest grass I know,
You’re the greenest grass I know…

Ballad of Pain and Love

Someone was hurt a long time ago,
By whom and for what, no one really knows,
But that pain seemed to last, it never went away,
That’s why people hurt each other, even today.

But something else happened a long time ago,
Someone was loved, and this Love grew,
It was passed on through time, nearly two million years,
That’s why life exists – Love perseveres.

But that pain still lives on, and it threatens very life,
It seems as times there’s nothin’ but pain and strife,
Each day is a struggle, each moment counts too,
Pain and Love are in all of us, it’s up to, up to me and you.

Well someone taught me Love, but I also learned the pain,
So I too can teach what I have gained,
But it’s hard, yes it’s hard, to always do the right thing,
‘Cause sometimes Love looks a lot like pain.

Maybe one day, the hate would disappear,
The hurting would stop, and so would the fear,
Only Love would be taught and the people would know,
Love was all there was a long time ago.

Livin’ in a graveyard

Livin’ in a graveyard,
And they say we have to move,
Is this really living?
My whole life I’ve been confused…

They say the dead must be visited,
By family, friends, and acquaintances,
Well I’ve watched them place down flowers,
Shed a tear and stay an hour,
While my family looks for food,
Ignoring people who are rude,
In the city that we roamed,
Now the graveyard is our home,
Yes the city lights shine bright,
On this cool Filipino night,
And the question fills my head:
Are we living or are we dead?

Respect to the dead,
Respect to the living,
Pretty words I’ve heard before,
– But can they be true?
They come daily to our home,
Amongst stray dogs and dry bones,
As mother sells her body,
And father begs for money,
No I’ve never been to school,
You may say my life is cruel,
But one thing I know for certain –
A graveyard ain’t for the livin’…

Icarus
– (Ikaros) Björn Afzelius; translation Diipak

In the treasure of youth that is my memory,
It’s the terrible moments I recall,
Yes, the times that they scared me or they hit me,
Will forever be branded on my soul,
For every child in this world takes love for granted,
All else goes against his nature,
At the instant that first brave step is taken,
One is just a devoted creature.

Still the grownups soon stand there and they’re pointing,
Out the direction they think that one should take,
All the wishes and dreams they never realized,
They reinvent them and give them to their kids,
If you obey then they honor and reward you,
Rebel and you can kiss your dreams goodbye,
No one loves a child that is a failure,
No one loves a child that asks why?

But who in the world has the right to say,
What takes place in a young person’s mind?
And who can say to another what happiness means,
Who can say what another should be?

Let your flowers grow roots where there is soil,
Let your offspring find shelter where they like,
Don’t lock up all your plants inside a greenhouse,
Let them flourish in wind and rain and light,
Let your loved one go test her wings for flying,
One day she’ll choose which way suits her the best,
If respect you desire of your children,
Well then you’d best show your children respect.

Qualified

I got a job, a wife, and a baby at home,
I got a pretty nice life, and a place of my own,
I pay the bills, I drive, and I know how to cook,
Play golf with a club, and I fish with a hook.
Am I qualified…
To say that war is a racket and just give peace a chance? C’mon.

Ain’t got no job, I stink, I live under a bridge,
I hit some pretty hard times, got no real place to live,
I have debt, I smoke, and I drink too much,
I got no teeth when I smile, and I walk with a crutch.
Am I qualified…
To say that one man’s greed makes another man bleed?

They all want you to be just like them,
As far as I can see, But no one’s got any better credentials,
I’m as qualified as can be…

I am young, so young, only 1 year old,
I’m just a baby goin’ crazy from the hunger and cold,
I got no voice, got no choice, I just do what I’m told,
If you look and I start crying, means you’re too damn old.
Am I qualified…
To say just respect me, I’ll serve humanity?

They all want you to be just like them,
As far as my eyes can see,
But no one’s got any better credentials,
I’m as qualified as can be…

I am old, I’m sick, I lie in bed all day,
I got no appetite, and I’m too tired to pray,
My friends are dead, I’m not, I just got to survive,
The faith I got in myself is what keeps me alive.
Am I qualified…
To say just take it from me, it’s your mind you must free?

They all want you to be just like them,
As far as anyone can see,
But no one’s got any better credentials,
I’m as qualified as can be…

Greatest Thing

Like holding God in my hands,
He looks into my eyes, what does he see?
He sees me, and I see him,
A reflection that never ends.

Like holding God in my hands,
He looks into my eyes, what does he know?
He knows that I am here, and so is he,
I made you, you see, and you made me.

What is God? God is Love –
Nothing more and nothing less,
It’s I and I, you and you,
Me, you, and everyone,
It’s I and I, you and you,
Together we are one…

The Greatest Thing…

Like holding God in my hands,
He looks into my eyes, what does he feel?
He feels my love, and I feel his,
A love that grows and never dies.
Like holding God in my hands…

Manchego and Wine

Newspaper and a coffee,
A cigarette after breakfast,
Fire in the hearth on a snowy day,
Rainbow in the sky when the cloud’s gone away,
Nothin’ to do and a jukebox,
A fiddle bringin’ life to a silent house,
Straight desert road and a fancy car,
Wakin’ up to the hammer of a woody woodpecker…

Manchego and wine…

Bombs rainin’ down on the border town,
Smiles of the children all turned to frowns,
Animal Kingdom just about done,
Pollution in the air ’bout to block out the sun,
Politician’s voice sounds like bribery,
The only thing that sells is vanity,
Souls bought and sold at the drop of a hat,
Innocence wasn’t lost cause it’s never been had,

Manchego and wine…

Now the car and the house have all been sold,
Fire in the hearth is a-growing cold,
Haven’t heard no pecking in quite some time,
Traded in my box for nickels and dimes,
The fiddle’s gone ’cause we needed the wood,
We could’ve done better but we done what we could…
Manchego and wine, only in my mind…

Love Poem

Kissing you is like falling in love,
All over again.
Walking with you is like looking back from Eternity,
A snapshot in time.
Talking to you is the Embodiment of the Present Moment.

Loving you is all of these things,
And when we’re apart,
– Knowingly or unknowingly –
I practice loving…
You.

Dogma

Your dog ate your homework, well he ate mine too, now,
I thought I was alone, but with you that makes two, now,
We’re both victims of a broken system,
If you wanna understand, you better sit down and listen,
A means B is much too easy,
We’re more complex as society,
Each crime has its time that you have to pay, now,
But even skyscrapers, they were built to sway, now,
Seems like everybody’s got someone to blame,
You can blame it on me, but you know we’re the same, now.

It’s a dogma. I blame it on the dogma,
I do, I blame it on the dogma,
Whoa, I blame it on the dogma,
Oy oy oy, Dogma.
It’s a dogma…

Jews and Arabs, we’re the same damn thing,
Both persecuted from the very beginning,
First Jews were slaves down in Egypt land,
Now my Arab friends keep a-losing their land,
1492, both were kicked out of Spain,
Seems like Spanish powers needed someone to blame,
Jews and Muslims and Christians unite,
There’s only one God, no reason to fight,
Even atheists who never read the Sutras,
You believe in nothing – yeah, so did the Buddha.

The grace in your face that you don’t even see,
So I spray it like mace, cause you got to be free,
Enlightenment is your natural state,
So smile, rest assured, and no it’s not too late!

Religion is a curious thing,
It wants to make you happy, but there’s too much sin,
The preacher leads a life of celibacy,
He might love a woman, but he can’t marry,
So he preys on little boys, makes conspiracy,
Meanwhile he condemns homosexuality?!

Dogma
In every religion,
Dogma
In every culture too,
Dogma
But if you look inside yourself,
Dogma
You’ll see no need for
Dogma
No need at all…
Dogma

For we are all,
Expressions of the Supreme…

Like New

Life was very novel…
In the beginning.
Everything was good when it was new,
But now I don’t feel as much as singing,
When I feel like half my life is through,
Sometimes I wish I could do it all over again,
Sometimes I wish I could go back and see it with fresh eyes,
To smell and taste and touch it,
For the first time,
Just to see what life was like when it was new…

To see it like new, like new, like new,
To see it like new, like new, yeah…
Couldn’t see it any other way,
Couldn’t see it any other way, yeah…

To hear it for the first time, the first time, the first time,
To hear it for the first time, the first time, the first time, yeah…
Couldn’t hear it any other way,
Couldn’t hear it any other way, yeah…

To feel it for the first time, the first time, the first time,
To feel it for the first time, the first time, the first time, yeah…
Couldn’t feel it any other way,
Couldn’t feel it any other way, yeah…
The first time, the first time, the first time…
Like new, like new, yeah…

There’s Another Way

They’re keepin’ us scared, make us take cover,
Make us turn on each other so we forget we all brothers,
And sisters from the start, the beginning, the get-go,
Made to live apart, separated by ghettos,
How easy we forget just how we arrived,
How our ancestors struggled, so we could survive,
But all it takes is one generation,
And a lying government to convince the whole nation,
That we’re the only ones and we’re the best,
USA Number One and to Hell with the rest,
So why don’t I feel so nationalistic?
Maybe cause-a-everyone is goin’ ballistic,
See to me it’s just a big coincidence,
That I was born in this country, but don’t take offense,
We all feel the same, all-a-want the same,
To be happy, safe and sound is our number one aim…

There’s Another Way…

This ain’t Star Wars, or the Empire Strikes Back,
This ain’t a damn film, there’s other ways we can fight back,
Than dropping these bombs, that don’t discriminate,
Between the good and the bad, that just obliterate,
Whole homes and people, that’s kind of rude,
Can you explain what it means, cause I don’t know, I’m confused,
I thought killin’ was a sin and we should love our enemies,
Not react with hate and go killin’ everybody,
But I know it’s a complex situation,
When we supplied Saddam and Osama’s our creation,
I don’t mean to hold a grudge, and I want to move forward,
But unless we look back, we can never move toward,
The future, tomorrow, it’s what we’ve got to face,
And not just us – it’s our children’s fate,
Cause after we die, they gonna live on,
That’s why we gotta teach them love, so they can get along…
Get Along…

Live Today

I wasn’t born to be afraid,
Wasn’t born to turn and hide away,
No I wasn’t born to be afraid,
I was born to live and live today.

Something inside says, “let go,
Let go of this old ego,”
Cause I was born so long ago,
And this is all I really know,
Cause I was born so long ago,
This is what I wanted you to know:

Open your heart and let love grow,
There’s no need for feeling low,
Just keep on reaching for the sky,
I know you know the reason why,
Just keep on reaching for the sky,
Then no one can say you never tried.