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Into the Void

by Ray Shaffer

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1.
HEAVEN IS WAITING I've had this feeling for so long This time I've got to let it go The angels calling out to me In to my heart I take in what I know Seven sisters chanting around fires burning bright War may come and war may go but always we're alright This is true as nature calling Heaven is waiting for us Heaven is waiting for everyone here in this place So many days upon this earth So soon we come upon our birth The time becomes the time of breath Attuned within the sound of death Wisdom of the ancient coming with us as we go Studious and apprehensive trusting what we know This is true as nature calling Heaven is waiting for us Heaven is waiting for every being here on this earth To trust in one is trust in self When passion pushes us to grow The search within is now without A sacred dream we live ahhh Soul light dreaming Pulsing healing Such a moment telling future rising truth to be Seven sisters watching us for everything we need This is true as nature calling Heaven is waiting for us Heaven is waiting for everyone here Heaven is waiting for us Heaven is waiting for every being here in this life
2.
Mexico 04:01
I was laying on my side, eating buttons by the fire The local folk they laughed at me, see the gringo walking like a tree Here's the situation then, my vacation down in Mexico And it wasn't easy there, but I found that I could fan my sorrow I was sitting up on high, with the stars around a silent night Staring at the open sky when a constillation poked my eye People dancing to and fro, my vacation down in Mexico Mescalito on the stove as the Curendero chanted a glow Smell the breeze of eon lane, where the maidens watch the children gleem Not a stranger to this town, the sky above becomes the ground I remember indigo, my vacation down in Mexico Flying iris lets me go, I awaken in an empty meadow
3.
Believer 07:12
Writing on the walls in the faces of the people Writing on the walls that carry me away Writing on the walls of big industrial freedom Writing on the walls that fill the shoes we hate You gotta believe, yes I'm a believer You gotta believe in the miracle You gotta believe, yes I'm a believer You gotta believe in the magical Writing on the walls of the younger gods above us Writing on the walls beneath the ocean floor Writing on the walls and in between the people Writing on the floor and not upon the walls Changes inbetween contain the gods above us Wondering when there is nothing left to do Can I never see the thoughts of a billion pretenders No I never will again see the likes of you I've said enough to make my world go round I've said to make the stars fall There are no answers here and I will not play this game Circulating towards the storm drain brain pain Writing on the faces of Writing on the walls On the walls industrial On the walls that fill the shoes Writing on the younger gods On the walls beneath the sea On the walls and in between On the floor and not the walls
4.
Say Say Say 05:16
Say say say I love you Say say say I do Say say say I love you Say say say my love is really true And say say say you love me Say say say you do Say say say you love me Say say say I'll always be in love with you I looked out into the void Thought i solved the mystery My mistake, a trick of the eye She was standing there as plain as day Well Bless My Soul, she didn't care Waved her arms and kissed the sky This old heart I never knew Could take on this wonderful world Tried them all one at a time Just to entertain is not my style Looked within trusted my soul Terrified I sat and read the words I wrote Life loves me not what I do She is the light adjoining me and you Trusted my flying apart Goddess knows the love in my heart
5.
I've made mistakes Terrible mistakes My mind is a prison But some thoughts break out To be so hated and feared Should be a sin in god's eyes But what can she do How can she love God, give her the strength The strenth to love me God give her the strength The strenth to care God give her the strength The strenth to love me God give her the strength She's the only one I need I swear There are a million reasons for coming to this earth I only needed one I needed to experience forgiveness And she is the forgiver I have cast the first stone Thrown up in the air so it lands on my head I do not bleed, I do not pain The stone is also god
6.
All Tore Up 05:58
I'm looking at my self and I am cianide I'm making my own world far away I'm focusing on changing I'm pleasantly surprised That I survived this century Well I'm toking up about a million years And freedom changes every man I hear Well I'm all tore up, I'm drisseling There ain't no place to go except here. And the walls came down As I tore my soul Spring forsees That all is well
7.
I was under the impression that there was nobody here I was under the illusion that I’d kill myself this year Cold wind visiting, long time is the wind I was sinking all the feelings that I never could ignore Placed my heart beneath the window hoping wind would take my soul So lives misery, no longer to be All the leaves are burning as the forest is reborn And the time that it takes to be living in the world In the world I exist for the suffering assist As I change my mind I look for the brighter future And the ways that I feel like a ceremony twist Like a bird in the trees, in a sanctuary mist And I need to believe, yes I need to believe in something All the trees are burning as the forest calls for more And I feel that I need, that I need to believe To believe in the love, in the love that I am In the love that I am – I am – I am – I am All the leaves are burning as the forest is reborn And the chance that I take in the wisdom of the light I believe in myself with all my might With the cold wind in my sails I move forward And the pain that I feel will empower my embrace I will let it go, I will void that place I will talk myself alive myself alive All the trees are burning as the forest cries for more And the truth that I was in a very dark place In a place without love, without my faith And I love who I am, who I am – I am – I am – I am
8.
Retrograde 07:45
I turn away you from my heart Saturn rising Was there a time when we were one Retrograde Still I become what once was one Venus Rising Black heart running free with form Retrograde Lover sound how can I hear you Lover sound what have I done Lover sound where should I feel you Lover sound what was was Still memory calls to the forest Jupiter Rising Strung out on missing love Retrograde Peace will find a place in my heart Mars conjunction Still this weary aching heart Retrograde

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This album is an inner searching and outer expression of the width of human condition. It was once said "You create in your life so that you can recognize yourself." It is certainly true. On this third album, Ray begins with a basic uplifting rock song to grab the user's attention, and then continues on through various styles and textures. Some are down trodden, reflecting on loss or a life disturbance, but always returning to hope and upliftment. The songs were written in the studio, based either on certain sounds or intricate rhythms. This album comes at turning point in Ray's growth, and the uncertainty but determination certainly shines through. The two last songs appear to be the most revealing, falling into that part of the human psyche where self-doubt and self-wonder converge. This in itself is a fascinating journey of one musician's particular change of life.

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released November 15, 2003

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