http://markshepardsongs.com 30 Years of Underground Music & Indie Songs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Copyright © Mark Shepard Songs 2010 mark@markshepard.com (Mark Shepard: Singer Songwriter) mark@markshepard.com (Mark Shepard: Singer Songwriter) http://markshepardsongs.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://markshepardsongs.com 144 144 30 Years of Sparkling Original Songs Mark Shepard: Singer Songwriter Mark Shepard: Singer Songwriter mark@markshepard.com no no http://markshepardsongs.com/stand-tall/ http://markshepardsongs.com/stand-tall/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:09:04 +0000 Mark http://www.markshepardsongs.com/?p=739 [Continue Reading]]]> http://markshepardsongs.com/stand-tall/feed/ 0 0:00:01 This song goes well with the post I wrote today over at www.ModernJedi.com about "Failure" Stand Tall |  Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Fall 2004 | Song #340 A rainy day and it’s not yours You had to face a few slammed doors So you sit and han[...] This song goes well with the post I wrote today over at www.ModernJedi.com about "Failure" Stand Tall |  Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Fall 2004 | Song #340 A rainy day and it’s not yours You had to face a few slammed doors So you sit and hang your head (wondering how to earn some bread) Was it something someone said? Or is it a picture in your head? Was it a feeling in your gut Was it an open door you imagined shut You decide. Refrain: Stand tall. Force a grin. Forget the loss and count the win Hold fast. Dig down deep. First you sow and then you reap Look up. Breathe it in. You’ve got the gold of Solomon Look left, Look right. Brighten up your inner light When did you decide to lose? Don’t you know we always choose To retreat or to go forward To move away or to move towards So pick yourself up off the boards Give yourself an award You gave it your best shot and now it’s time to dig down deep And pull out just a little more, pull out just a little more. You decide. Refrain: What just changed? Not the world, the world’s the same You just rearranged your perception You shifted your focus and in the process chose to let go of some old pain. That’s right! Take it, shrink it down, fade it out, push it far away and Let it go! Rearrange it into something you can learn from. Now you know. And it just goes to show… It’s lost its power over you hasn’t it? And every thought has become a friend Like the cripple throwing a way his crutch or The shy kid reaching out his hand And looking you right in the eye with an open smile and warmly inviting you to dance…It’s the shy kid inviting you to dance... You decide. You decide. © 2004-2009 by Mark Shepard ASCAP All Rights Reserved commentary: I wrote this song at a time when I was really struggling just to get by even though I had invested thousands of dollars and thousands of hours in learning NLP specifically so that I would be able to break through the junk that was holding me back. Little did I know at the time that I was "deep in the process" of learning and practicing tools and techniques that would enable me to "hang in there" and eventually get back to my original "purpose" which was to share my 30 years of original songs with people who would not only appreciate them but who would benefit from the songs, the story as well as the NLP concepts and techniques... Please share this with your friends and loved ones. all the best! - Mark mark@markshepard.com no no http://markshepardsongs.com/thirsty-for-the-sky/ http://markshepardsongs.com/thirsty-for-the-sky/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:24:23 +0000 Mark http://www.markshepardsongs.com/?p=624 [Continue Reading]]]> http://markshepardsongs.com/thirsty-for-the-sky/feed/ 1 0:00:01 Play Audio: Thirsty For The Sky | 9/18/2000 | Song # 310 I’ve been dreaming of birds and leaves, Clouds of dust and dandelion seeds And other things that spend their time in the sky I’ve been working on healing the hurt, Diggi[...] Play Audio: Thirsty For The Sky | 9/18/2000 | Song # 310 I’ve been dreaming of birds and leaves, Clouds of dust and dandelion seeds And other things that spend their time in the sky I’ve been working on healing the hurt, Digging myself up out of the dirt Mending these broken wings so I can take flight Refrain: I feel so dangerous and I feel so alive I get so receptive to the heavens, So thirsty for the sky I feel like a Peregrine Falcon, Untamed and unbound It’s been a long time since I’ve had my heart on the ground Sometimes when I am talking, I think I’m brilliant, I think I am stalking Some great truth but then I realize the weakness of words… Though I may be just a candle flame In a universe too huge to explain That doesn’t mean I can’t speak My intent and be heard! Refrain: I release myself from the chains of fear Climb up into the atmosphere Learn to quiet my thoughts So that I can see I give myself to the calling wind Out to where the horizon bends Unattached and at ease I set myself free © 2000-2008 by Mark Shepard. ASCAP. All Rights Reserved Commentary: This is the second version of a song that originally wasn't quite so positive! Written several months before I discovered NLP, it is heavily inspired by some of the key Toltec concepts from the books of Carlos Castandea. Please leave a comment below or "Stumble" or "digg" this or book mark it with any of the sites below. Also feel free to e-mail a friend or 2 (or 20). thanks - Mark mark@markshepard.com no no