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The Surest Way To Zen
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As I’m waiting for the world. Unexpected changes come along they rise and fall
I rose into the sun in Hollywood. Hanging roses for your worries first of all
If you’re facing heavy winds. Naturally you will have to bend. That’s the surest way to zen
My wait is somewhat here. It’s all the love I have to give. You hold on to wait.
My way is finally your feeling. It’s easy.
I know I’m living in an atmosphere cause I feel it coming all across the fold
If you’re facing heavy winds. Naturally you will have to bend. That’s the surest way to zen
My wait is somewhat here. It’s all the love I have to give. You hold on to wait
Only the good stay strong only a few die young.
And if you believe in fantasy can I wish to say the words to make you stay.
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Fear Won't Get You There
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Fear. I know you’re talking bout fear.
I know you’re thinking the world don’t seem so lovely not so.... Complimentary
Fear. Is what you must learn to tame. It’s what will make you insane
Prevent you growth. Clear your mind now
You’re constantly the cause. Start to worry. It’s not so bad they look at you.
Feel. Your way out of this mess. I know your suffering deep inside the river of your soul
Compliment it
Repeat. I know you’re down to improve.
It’s like you can’t really lose a thing you never had before
Your blanket says it all. Do you realize?
Lay it down too comfortable never to be cold
Caught within this great big world of hope
Peace. Is not as dark as you think. If you are out on your own.
There is no valley too low. Just you.
As you retreat in your cave. It’s not as dark as you know. I swear.
As you run in the road again. You won’t get there..
You can run as hard as you can.
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Fever Brain
03:36
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Presence starts on the horizon. Be still now feel yourself within
Heaven knows you have your eyes up.
Doubt is there just to remind you to focus on yourself. And you might not get it right.
That is all inside your mind. Your mind
Feel yourself like you imagine. Put yourself to sleep.
What you need is on the way now. But you didn’t know that it was coming
Allow it into your life and you might not get it right.
You just feel, that you might not get it right.
It is worked out by forces in your life. If you could only see them then you would believe
It is nature. It is everything. From the smallest to the greatest and all that you can see.
Then there is a peace within you you can come here oh anytime. It will feel so nice
But you might not get it right
It’s within you its all that you can be. It’s everything you see now right down to your core
It’s within you it’s what you’re looking for.
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The Universe
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It’s what is calling at night. A thought that gives me delight.
I’m hoping to quiet the mind tonight. To run away from what I know
What kind of questions will shape in me. I wish I’d dream of you instead
I wonder if I know what’s happening. Or are you superman instead
Now I’m feeling stuck in the past near the stop. I’m always gonna get it right.
And you lost me down in the world
What I’m thinking slowly sinking. What will it be tonight?
It’s 3AM. I’m awake again...
It’s 3AM. I’m awake again...
I’m grateful for this time. The silence in my mind.
I’m in the now. I’m living in the now. I’m living in the now. Living now...
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Infinite Patience
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Patience, infinite patience arriving. Heaven, heaven the same as freedom
Emotion. What if you could ever save me. Horizon. Look around and you can save me
The time to walk alone in the sand. I think you know the way home.
The ocean. Over and over this summer. I will not be sleeping
Highway, my way just stops as we go.
You rise up. What if you could ever save me. Horizon. Look around and you can save me.
The time to walk alone in the sand. I think you know the way home.
Emotion. What if you could ever save me. Horizon. Look around and you can save me
Patience. Infinite patience on your mind. Patience. Infinite patience arriving.
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Slow Down
03:36
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Walking on the red carpet looking awkward. My picture came out bad but I was honored
She prayed just to make my face look better. It stung and did not work at all
Woke up to a prism I could move around. Softest light I’ve ever seen
In the late days of summer on the radio. Heard the song that takes me away
Hey Hey hope you know. Oh oh one soul
I’m sailing on again with you til the end maybe it depends
I really know the plan help you understand wanna let go.
The light will carry you into the meadow. And maybe someone knows it’s true
Rainbow really makes the picture grow. Because its late and we were born as one
Hey Hey hope you know. Oh oh one soul
I’m sailing on again with you til the end maybe it depends
I really know the plan help you understand wanna let go.
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The Stars
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Do you want to stay. Or have you just left me away.
Cause you want to be by yourself. Hoping to be fine someday.
Oh you rise and fall you’re my hero. My hero. Catch me when I fall.
Then you sit in silence. In silence In silence. Silence.
Do you want to fade. Or have you a world to create.
Cause you know the truth by yourself. And you can’t be bothered today.
Oh you rise and fall. You’re my hero. My hero. You come right when I call
Then you sit in silence. In silence. In silence. In silence.
Could it be alright. It could only last so long.
Cause you want to be by yourself. Couldn’t it make it last all night.
Oh you rise and fall. You’re my hero. My hero. You catch me when I fall.
Then you sit in silence in silence. In silence silence.
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What if I sang a this song for you. Cause I hope that all these words I use sink in tonight
You can lose all the memories of here and I want the world to know that all we need is now
And I know Ive got to give so you can see the light.
Calm down and feel your way to peace. Breath deeper now and just release
Be. It is just what it is.
Look at them softly they are you. you are tied onto the mirror ball of space and life.
I know it’s hard but be aware of truth.
You’ll find spaces in between your breath and mind tonight
hope you know you’re not alone again.
It’s now. Where you are is right. You know truth.
Calm down and feel your way to peace. Breath deeper now and just release
Be. It is just what it is. What you see is shared with everyone.
Take these words and form your own ideas. You have freedom from the world
You’re from the universe. Share your spirit guide them all the way
Its the universe that takes up all the space. And space is exactly what you need.
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Is It Hot Again
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I want to dream with my eyes closed waiting for the last good bye
Thinking of summer of all the hurt inside. Feel Love
Do I miss you? Hot again. Is it hot again. Maybe it’s you.
Do you know who sent this angel. I was gone rolled off the table
Do you truly think that I was saved?
What bothers me still is you are lonely fall again in love
Is it hot again? Trust me it’s hot again. Dreaming of you
Do what you did when you thought of me perfectly
Do you remember when you could say you knew me
I remember you you told me hold yourself so true
Air is calm again. It is so hot again. Maybe it’s you.
You promised then that you held on so perfectly
Only when the truth is found out you desert me
Just avoid the part that makes you feel unhappy
The veil comes off can you still see
I don’t care my world is beauty. There’s no way that you can hurt me
Hot again. It is hot again. Leave it alone.
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Time Is Money
04:22
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I write the truth. I write it slow. I find the words just come and go.
Is there a world divided now? can we unite? And maybe the sun will always shine.
Come back maybe you are lonesome. All you do is settle for what’s in front of you
You’re hiding with your diamonds making yourself blind too everybody knows it
And write the play cause I insist. Im all invested. I’m willing to pay you for your time
Emotion doesn’t work when you are broken and the words don’t make sense.
Its hard when all you work for doesn’t make the world happy so you quit.
Is there a world divided now? can we unite? And maybe the sun will always shine.
And write the play cause I insist. Im all invested. I’m willing to pay you for your time
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Nathan Illes Los Angeles, California
Born and raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles.
As a multi instrumentalist, Nathan’s arrangements explore
sounds from orchestral instruments to heavy guitars, rounded out by acoustic instruments. The vocals and vocal harmonies are sweet and dreamy with soft undertones coloring the music with lyrics that invoke many interpretations.
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