This is exquisite. I love your breathy melisma ending words like “Shyam” and “Bhagavan.” The guitar is beautiful and finally the English lyrics are a prayer that strikes right into my heart. thank you and please keep creating! 💕

Original song by Guy Exley ©️2024
Vocals - Melissa Pereira
Trumpet - Facu Rodriguez
Guitar, bass, percussion, sounds & "strings" - Guy

When I Saw You

Another one that I intended to complete before the end of 2023 but didn't get around to it.

The World Keeps Turning

before the dark (acoustic)

Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions is an initiative where we invite Baha’is and their friends from around the world to come into a studio and share the Baha’i Writings put to music.

In this Baha’i Blog Studio Session, we’re in Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom with the Leith Neighbourhood Group who sing “Only What Thou Didst Desire” based on the Writings of Baha’u’llah. 

This song was filmed and recorded in Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom in April 2023.

You can also watch the video recording of this song on Baha’i Blog’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0e2cGxWj4I

LYRICS/QUOTE:

O God, my God! Look not upon my hopes and my doings, nay rather look upon Thy will that hath encompassed the heavens and the earth. By Thy Most Great Name, O Thou Lord of all nations! I have desired only what Thou didst desire, and love only what Thou dost love.

CHORDS:

Capo 2:
G, C, G, C, Em, Dadd9, G x 2
C, G x 3, Em, Dadd9, G
C, G, C, G, Em, Dadd9, G
A minor 7, C, G, D


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“Only What Thou Didst Desire” by the Leith Neighbourhood Group

This is a song from an album I put out many years ago, featuring the fabulous Todd Norian on keys and Mike McAvoy on guitar.  The song reflects that amazing feeling of knowing that God is everywhere and in me, you and everyone around us.  Amazing.  True.  I hope you enjoy it.

Mukunda Madhava

When I found you, you were broken
You were asking to be loved
I felt the burden of your trauma
I saw the toll it took on your body

I thought…

I’ll be the man that saves you
The proper way to be loved
Void of all expectations
See what I’m made of

	In shadows lay unexpected
	Artificial inquisitions
	Borderline manipulations
	Predictable intoxications

Fly by the night (we’re done)
Rollercoaster emotions
I’m exhausted but driven to fight
Just give me a reason to trust you

If you relied on me we’d surely make it
But your lonliness has unquinched desire
There’s an irony in that betrayal
Did we ever stand a chance

	In shadows lay unexpected
	Artificial inquisitions      (who are you)
	Borderline manipulations
	Predictable intoxications

Despite it all I don’t regret you
Standing at the edge of what was
I just couldn’t seem to find a balance
Between order and chaos     (chaos)

	In shadows lay unexpected 
          (shadows)
	Artificial inquisitions 
          (shadows)
	Borderline manipulations 
          (it's chaos)
	Predictable intoxications 
          (is it intended)

	Your actions silence your words 
          (I feel it)
	Did you use him to poke at my fears 
          (you poke at my fears)
	Was I ever anymore than distraction 
          (ev-ev-ev-ever)
	Do you regret what you left me with here?
	You led us here
	 You led us here

Order & Chaos

burning manic (acoustic)

Quiet Storm

Maybe thats how it goes
One dies another grows
And what goes around just stays around 
I suppose

Maybe it's just the way
We're living it day by day
And how do we believe the things we say

Well I know it's gonna take forever
And I never seem to get it right
I know there's gonna be bad weather
Though I try so hard to make it bright

It's neverending
It just goes on and on
Neverending
It just goes on and on
On and on

Maybe that's how it seems
Clinging tight to our dreams
We sleep so right in the darkest night
The world turns and brings the light

Making alll worthwhile
Taking it with a smile
Never fight the changing light
Embrace the day
Don't hold it tight

And  I know it's gonna take forever
Though I neer seem to get it right
But there's gonna be bad weather
And  I try so hard to make it bright

They say it's neverending
It just goes on and on
Neverending
It just goes on and on
Neverending
It just goes on and on
On and on.

NEVERENDING

Fallen Angel

It is probably Bon Iver's best known work. “Skinny Love” is a song about the painful pleading of one lover to another. The narrator is begging for the relationship to work, despite knowing that it ultimately will have to end.  Fertile territory then for a band who call themselves 'Mournerz'. Check out this truly stunning version and drop us a like x

05/05/24

Skinny Love (by Mournerz)

I’ve been a pilgrim on the path of Love and a devotee on the Shiva lineage  for almost 50 years--translating the frequencies of the unseen world  of Consciousness into sounds we can hear and feel with our physical senses and that reminds us of who we are.  It’s been an amazing journey and it’s not over yet.  Welcome aboard!

Mukunda Madhava

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