Modern Day Mantras
Song lyrics as mantras:
So many allies, so many allies, so many allies. Feel the love come off of them and take me in your arms. Peel all of your layers off. I want to eat your artichoke heart. OM. (Thom Yorke, "Atoms for Peace" I know that's a long one but they're such great words!)
Everything is everything. What is meant to be will be. After winter, must come spring. OM. (Lauryn Hill, "Everything is Everything")
Llevo en el alma un camino destinado a nunca llegar. OM. (Manu Chao, "Desaparecido") (translates to "I carry in my soul a road never destined to arrive.")
I'm ready to let the river wash over me. OM. (Tracy Chapman, "River")
I want to live where soul meets body. OM. (Death Cab for Cutie, "Soul Meets Body")
What am I here for? I left my home to disappear is all....You don't know me- I am an introvert, an excavator. OM. (Santogold, "L.E.S. Artistes")
I wait, yeah I wait. For something good, something great. OM. (Ben Kweller, "Penny on the Train Track")
Like a bird on the wing, I just wanna be free enough to do my thing. OM. (Aaron Neville, "Hercules")
All is full of love. OM. (Bjork, "All is Full of Love")
I'm vulnerable. I'm vulnerable. I am not a Robot. OM. (Marina & the Diamonds, "I Am Not a Robot") Here's a link to a melt-your-heart precious version sung by some children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqBqSbcP4I.
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Submitted by ashleylove on Sun, 2010-08-22 07:23.
#2
I'm SO MAD i didn't think of the modern english one. i absolutely love that song. also, thanks for putting in some more funk. that's my favorite genre lately. isn't it free your mind and your ass will follow? :) | |
Submitted by lisa on Tue, 2010-08-24 22:00.
#3
I think the ass has to be free first.
FUN! This project has shown me how dour and depressing my taste in music actually is...but I thought of a few that work!
"Be kind to me or treat me mean. I'll make the most of it I'm an extraordinary machine", (Fiona Apple) "I've seen the nations rise and fall. I've heard their stories, heard them all, but love's the only engine of survival" (Leonard Cohen) "Immerse your soul in love" (Radiohead) "Love dares you to to change our way of caring about ourselves" (David Bowie and Freddie Mercury) | |
Submitted by ashleylove on Wed, 2010-08-25 17:37.
#4
lol Lisa. These are, well, epic. you should write to radiohead and ask them to sing a version of the song where they say "immerse your soul in liquid bliss." | |
Submitted by AaronOgden on Wed, 2010-08-25 20:50.
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I have spent many hours actually singing that very Fiona Apple mantra that Lisa mentioned! If you keep to her precise rhythm, you are bound for a liberated tongue.. and total samadhi. | |
Submitted by ashleylove on Thu, 2010-08-26 21:14.
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you must get the precise rhythm and melody. it may take lifetimes of study. | |
Your's are much cooler and reveal a more sophisiticated music taste. But fun to try to add to the list.
Everything's gonna be alright.OM. (Bob Marley)
Have faith in you and the things you do. This is the Golden Rule. OM.(Sister Sledge)
Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow. OM (Parliment)
All You Need is Love. OM (Beatles)
I'll Stop the World and Melt with You. OM (Modern English)