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January 9, 2017 · A Life In Song, inspirational songs, Life In Song 1980's, Overcoming Adversity, Songs of Transformation, Transformation Tunes

Arise Arise (version 1) #82


About This Song (lyrics below)

This song was recorded live in a small resonant church back in 1989… and expresses what in retrospect is some of my first self hypnosis songwriting… the person I address in the song could be you but it was actually ME at the time. I also recorded a slightly modified version of this in the studio with Joe Mennonna on my Thirsty For The Sky CD. I simply shifted a few of the lyrics to better reflect how your unconscious mind interprets different language patterns… so check that out as well. Arise, Arise Version 2

Arise, Arise (Version 1)

Song #82 | Fall 1985 | CD: Thirsty For The Sky (version2) | CD:Live Unknown (version 1)

Oh Dreamer of dreams
Painter of pictures
Look out your window
See the cars rush through the rain?
They do not stop beside the road just to complain
Arise, arise!

Why is it possible
For you to lose your call?
Was it something someone said?
Or did you have to fall so you could rise?
Arise, arise!

Refrain:
Arise. Arise!
Have your courage with you
Take it deep into the night
You will be shining
Lift your heart up to the sky
Do not allow your dreams to die
You must be climbing

You can no quit before you even have begun
You are the thoughts you think
And now is not the time for you to run!
Arise, arise!

Take a good lesson from the rising of the moon
He hoists himself into the sky
By his own tune
Arise, arise!

Refrain:

Now take your hopes and dreams
And raise them like a flag
Keep them always in your eyes
And never, ever let your spirits sag…
Arise, arise!

Refrain:

Oh dreamer of dreams
Painter of pictures…
Arise, arise…

Copyright 1985-2016 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with Permission.

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Total awesomeness!!!

‘Let’s Run’ is MY FAVORITE so far.. I LOVE THIS ONE.. great job.. total awesomeness!!! I thank Jana Stanfield for introducing me to your gifts. I am grateful.

Merril

Just awesome…

Your music is taking over my life and it’s awesome!

Eric

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album…

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

Jeremy

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Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

They love (your song) and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

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Cecile Arvizo

Love your lyrics!

Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

Brilliant!

Brilliant! I LOVE seeing the words to all these beloved songs, thanks!

Mary F.

Enjoying your songs so much…

Hello Mark. I am enjoying your songs so much! I’d love to see you play live somewhere.

Marianne

For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love…

Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

Gina Sullivan, Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph

I loved the song and listened to it 3 times….

Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

Gail Russ

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Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

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I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

Gene Moore

Your song was just perfect to start my day…

Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

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