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Behold It
by NomadicMind

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Submitted on: Jun 20, 2008 - 02:56:19 PM
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Description Love it or loath it
It is what it is

Lyrics Behold It

Behold it
Try to behold it
Keep it in your mind’s eye and behold it
Try to behold it

Love it or loath it
It is what it is
You can not change what it is
But you can change how you feel about it

And relax
Appreciate it for what it is
Remember how you feel about it
Is you and not it

Goddamn it!
I lose my focus
All this desire distracts me
From all the world’s noise
Will I ever be free?

Relax, goddamnit!
Appreciate it for what it is
Remember how you feel about it
Is you, not it

Try to behold it

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	Peter Bauckham said 156 days ago
	Well I love it - not sure about the mix though - I guess the drum phasing is intentional? But to me it just sounds a bit like a dodgy cassette tape that's about to get mangled. Apart from that, it's great! Peter

NomadicMind said 155 days ago

intentional mangling
Hi Peter,
Glad you liked the song. The dodgy cassette tape mix was intentional (though perhaps ill conceived or poorly executed). As the song is about trying to keep a clear Buddhist-like "mindfulness" about things, and given how difficult that is in the swirling, fast-paced environments in which we live, my own thinking fails to achieve the Buddhist ideal and can tend towards the sound of a mangled cassette tape. So, it is what it is--even if it sounds sorta lousy.

	Peter Bauckham said 155 days ago
	That's OK... as long as it was intentional then it's fine by me! I do enjoy your very original music! Peter

aclarke said 155 days ago

Love more than loathe...
It's a very cool song... but to me there's too much effect on the vocal giving it a somewhat muddled sound. Maybe just a matter of personal taste and it's my only nitpick... guess the old fashioned me just likes being able to make out the words easily.

Cool lyrics- fits perfectly with the advice I sometimes have to remember to takes myself: Control what you can.... and learn to deal with what you can't control.

NomadicMind said 155 days ago

a muddled inner voice
Hi aclark,
Thanks for the comment. You're right, the vocals are muddled, again purposely so. The vocals are my inner voice--me speaking to me. Wish that inner voice was less muddled sometimes. Perhaps I should have made it clear at least for the song. Instead I was being conceptual. Don't have the production chops to pull it off perhaps. Peace of mind to you, or soaring feedback if you prefer!

	aclarke said 155 days ago
	Ya know... I had a feeling it was all about artistic interpretation. Thanks for explaining something you should have had to!

	lavalamp said 155 days ago
	Good song I think this is quite a good song. Were you going for Bowie thing? I think it would sound better if you had done this "straight". But, I did like it, indeed! LL

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