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From the Back

T.K SOUL TRY ME TONIGHT

Love & Peace (Blues)

Freedom is not escape—It is the expansion of consciousness through cyclical, fractal initiations where the self becomes cosmically permeable and the universe becomes internal.

A Little Free-er Than Before” is a song about the slow, spiral-shaped journey of becoming whole again. It traces the path from self-imposed darkness toward expanding light—moving through shame, grief, and the thickened ‘iron gates’ of old defenses into a deeper, more breath-filled freedom. Each verse marks a small unveiling, a return to the self after cycles of loss, healing, and renewal. Blending imagery of sky, wind, water, and horizon, the song explores liberation not as a sudden escape, but as the gentle widening of the soul through repeated initiations. It is a testament to resilience, self-forgiveness, and the quiet, daily courage it takes to rebuild one’s life—one breath, one moment, one opening at a time.

Lyrics:

A cave of my own making...
Dirty hoodie with no crest...
Eyes locked on the ground—
Couldn’t handle what had left...

So I baptize myself each morning,
With city water and my breath,
Tryna find the courage
To let my heart veer from my chest.

Was lost for a moment—yeah, I’ve been here before,
Only feel the highs with lows knockin’ on my door.
I dream of infinite horizons, a future without force,
Of flowing without effort, drawing power from the Source.

Processing, processing, so much to pass through,
The iron grows thicker on the gates I once knew.
From a prior turn of spiral that fractals through all form,
Each moment is a snowflake—new veils have been torn.

Was lost for a moment, but I’ve been here before—
Only feel the highs with lows knockin’ on my door.
Yeah, the sky still circles through me, the wind begins to roar,
And my soul opens to the infinite—a little free-er than before.
(A little free-er than before… yeah, a little free-er than before.)

I’ve circled back around, now near the distant shore,
My eyes peer dead ahead to the adventure still in store.
Cause this heart of mine's still beatin’, only drum I can’t ignore,
And the sky still circles through me, a little free-er than before. 
Yeah, the sky still circles through me, a little free-er than before.

Was lost for a moment, but I’ve been here before—
Only feel the highs with lows knockin’ on my door.
The horizon draws within me, the sky becomes my floor,
My soul opens to the infinite—a little free-er than before.
(Yeah, a little free-er... than before...)

Still Called The Blues - Johnnie Taylor

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