Reincarnation music/Songs about reincarnation (merged)

[CoffeeGem]

This is a great thread!


I have often refer to Sting and Steven Wonder as spiritual bards and I love both of them tremendously.


I recent heard an instrumental song: Arrival of the Birds by the Cinematic Orchestra. It is on the Disney documentary about flamingos: The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos.

 

[OutOfTheBox]

Anyone notice the similarities in the deaths in these lives? That's the sort of pattern that I'm seeing with the people that I guide to past-lives. The first death was hanging, the next two were falling i.e. similar.


Does anyone else have memories / info about multiple past-lives in one person with similar themes in those lives?


BTW I too really like this song. When I first heard it I was confused by the different singers. I thought there was someone that could mimic other singers.

Before I was even aware of reincarnation I loved the country song 'The Highwayman'. It was sung by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristoferson, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash. When I became aware of reincarnation I just shook my head and wondered how I could be so blind as not to see what everything around me, including this song, were telling me. The song neither glorifies nor degrades reincarnation. It comes from people I would never expect to even hear the word from and made an even bigger impact because it did. I have included the lyrics.
I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride


With sword and pistol by my side


Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade


Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade


The ******** hung me in the spring of twenty-five


But I am still alive.


I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide


And with the sea I did abide.


I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico


I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow


And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed


But I am living still.


I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide


Where steel and water did collide


A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado


I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below


They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound


But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and


around and around


I fly a starship across the Universe divide


And when I reach the other side


I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can


Perhaps I may become a highwayman again


Or I may simply be a single drop of rain


But I will remain


And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..

 

[kittenmommy]

Also, the Indigo Girls have a song called "Galileo" with a plaintive refrain, "how long 'til my soul gets it right?" They actually mention the word "reincarnation" in it. Good music, too.

Yes, it is. And it's pretty obviously about reincarnation... it never occurred to me that it could be about anything else, really.


Lyrics:

Galileo's head was on the block
The crime was looking up the truth


And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode


I try to trace them to my youth


And then you had to bring up reincarnation


Over a couple of beers the other night


And now I'm serving time for mistakes


Made by another in another lifetime


How long 'til my soul gets it right?


Can any human being ever reach that kind of light?


I call on the resting soul, of Galileo


King of night vision, king of insight


And then I think about my fear of motion


Which I never could explain


Some other fool across the ocean years ago


Must have crashed his little airplane


How long 'til my soul gets it right?


Could any human being ever reach that kind of light?


I call on the resting soul, of Galileo


King of night vision, king of insight


I'm not making a joke,


You know me, I take everything so seriously


If we wait for the time 'til all souls get it right


Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation


In my lifetime, I'm still not right


I offer thanks to those before me


That's all I've got to say


'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime


Now i have to pay...


But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration


To let the next life off the hook


Or she'll say "look what I had to overcome from my last life


I think I'll write a book!"


How long 'til my soul gets it right?


Can any human being ever reach the highest light?


Except for (the resting soul) Galileo, God rest his soul (of Galileo)


King of night vision, king of insight...


How long...? (until my soul gets it right)


('Til we reach the highest light)


How long...? ('til my soul gets it right)


('Til we reach the highest light)


How long...

Oh, and there's "Secret Separation" by The Fixx.


Lyrics:

We are passengers in time
Lost in motion, locked together


Day and night, by trick of light


But I must take another journey


We must meet with other names


We must meet with other names


You touched my heart so deeply


You rescued me now free me


Don't watch me cry just see me go


I'll take away the strongest feelings


You will ever know


There will be no more isolation


In our secret separation


You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me


Now free me


We are passengers in time


Lost in motion, locked together


Day and night, by trick of light


But I must take another journey


We must meet with other names


If you hold me you will hurt me


Be brave


There will be no more isolation


In our secret separation


You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me


Now free me


We are matching spark and flame


Caught in endless repetition


Life for life we'll be the same


I must leave before you burn me


I am the stranger who deserts you only to love you


In another life


There will be no more isolation


In our secret separation


You touched my heart so deeply, you rescued me


Now free me


I'll bear one precious scar that only you will know


Passengers in time, free me


(repeat x5)

I'd say that's pretty unambiguous, wouldn't you? :laugh:

 

[Cryscat]

Iron Maiden has a song called:


The Reincarnation of Benjamin? Breeg


Let me tell you 'bout my life,


Let me tell you 'bout my dreams,


Let me tell you 'bout the thing that happen, all is real to me.


Let me tell you of my hope, of my need to reach the sky,


Let me take you on an awkward journey, let me tell you why.


Let me tell you why


Why should these curses be laid upon me,


I won't be forgiven 'til I can break free,


What did I do to deserve all this guilt,


Pay for my sins, for the sale of my soul.


Demons are trapped all inside my head,


My hopes of god, reach for heaven from hell,


My sins are many, my guilt is too heavy,


The question of knowing of how then what I know?


I'm able to see things, things that I don't wanna see,


The lives of a thousand souls, weighing down on me


I know they're crying for help reaching out


The burden of them will take me down as well


The sin of a thousand souls knocked out in vain


Reincarnation of me live again


Someone to save me,


Something to save me from myself


To bring salvation


To exorcise this hell


Someone to save me,


Something to save me from myself


To bring Salvation


To exorcise this hell


Someone to save me


Something to save me from my hell


Our destination away from this nightmare


Someone to save me


Something to save me from myself


To bring salvation


To exorcise this hell

 

[PowerofSoul]

If I had ever been here before I would probably know just what to do
Don't you?


If I had ever been here before on another time around the wheel


I would probably know just how to deal


With all of you.


And I feel


Like I've been here before


Feel


Like I've been here before


And you know


It makes me wonder


What's going on under the ground


Do you know?


Don't you wonder?


What's going on down under you.


We have all been here before


We have all been here before


We have all been here before


We have all been here before

Great melody to this song.


Crosby Stills Nash & Young-Deja Vu

 

[Spatz]

"Fear and Loathing" by Marina and the Diamonds:

I've lived a lot of different lives
Been different people many times


I live my life in bitterness


And fill my heart with emptiness


And now I see, I see it for the first time,


There is no crime in being kind


Not everyone is out to screw you over.


Maybe, oh just maybe they just wanna get to know ya.


Now the time is here,


Baby you don't have to live your life in fear


And the sky is clear, is clear of fear


Don't wanna live in fear and loathing


I wanna feel like I am floating


Instead of constantly exploding


In fear and loathing


Got different people inside my head


I wonder which one that they like best


I'm done with tryin' to have it all


And endin' up with not much at all.


And now the time is here,


Baby you don't have to live your life in fear


And the sky is clear, is clear of fear


Of fear


Don't wanna live in fear and loathing


I wanna feel like I am floating


Instead of constantly exploding


In fear and loathing.


And when the time comes along


And the lights run out,


I know where I will belong


When they blow me out.


Don't wanna live in fear and loathing


I wanna feel like I am floating


Instead of constantly exploding


In fear and loathing.


I wanna be completely weightless


I wanna touch the edge of greatness


Don't wanna be completely faithless


Completely faithless.


When the time comes around


When the lights will go out


When the time comes around


When the lights they go out.

Pretty melody, but the lyrics are very striking to hear.

 

[ColourODarkness]

I'm unsure if this song is actually about reincarnation, but from the moment I heard it it made me feel it was about lives lived and loves lost~

Never Forget - Greta Salóme & Jónsi


She‘s singing softly in the night


Praying for the morning light


She dreams of how they used to be


At dawn they will be free.


Memories they haunt his mind


Save him from the endless night


She whispers warm and tenderly


Please come back to me.


And when the golden sun arises far across the sea


The dawn will break as darkness fades forever we‘ll be free.


Never forget what I did, what I said


When I gave you all my heart and soul.


Morning will come and I know we‘ll be one


Cause I still believe that you‘ll remember me.


She mourns beneath the moonlit sky


Remembering when they said goodbye


Where‘s the one he used to know


It seems so long ago.


And when the golden sun arises far across the sea


The dawn will break as darkness fades forever we‘ll be free.


Never forget what I did, what I said


When I gave you all my heart and soul.


Morning will come and I know we‘ll be one


Cause I still believe that you‘ll remember me!


Ooohhh


Never forget what I did, what I said


When I gave you all my heart and soul.


Morning will come and I know we’ll be one


Cause I still believe that you’ll remember me!


Oh I still believe that you’ll remember me!


Oh I still believe that you’ll remember me!

​

 

[glia21]

I used to really love and still love Talking Heads, especially "This must be the place" : It really gets me, it´s not obviously about reincarnation though...


Home is where I want to be


Pick me up and turn me round


I feel numb, burn with a weak heart


I guess I must be having fun


The less we say about it the better


Make it up as we go along


Feet on the ground


Head in the sky


It's ok I know nothing's wrong...nothing


Hi yo I got plenty of time


Hi yo you got light in your eyes


And you're standing here beside me


I love the passing of time


Never for money


Always for love


Cover up + say goodnight...say goodnight


Home, is where I want to be


But I guess I'm already there


I come home, she lifted up her wings


Guess that this must be the place


I can't tell one from another


Did I find you, or you find me?


There was a time before we were born


If someone asks, this where I'll be where I'll be [/b]


Hi yo we drift in and out


Hi yo sing into my mouth


Out of all tose kinds of people


You got a face with a view


I'm just an animal looking for a home


Share the same space for a minute or two


And you love me till my heart stops


Love me till I'm dead


Eyes that light up, eyes look through you


Cover up the blank spots


Hit me on the head ah ooh

 

[hydrolad]

Nice lyrics, have you picked out a tune to the words yet, what genre of music would you use???


Talking Heads is a good group, I believe they sang "Burning Down The House" which I like.


IMHO Talking Heads is in the same vein as Fine Young Canibals and Toad the Wet Sprocket.


As you can see, I like all types of music, but not rap music, especially those songs preaching violence.


There is enough violence in the World already!!!