This life is the best we've ever had.

[Myozan Kodo]

(Inspired by The Ferryman...)

Tonight we fly
Over the houses
The streets and the trees
Over the dogs down below
They'll bark at our shadows
As we float by on the breeze

Tonight we fly
Over the chimney tops
Skylights and slates -
Looking into all your lives
And wondering why
Happiness is so hard to find

Over the doctor, over the soldier
Over the farmer, over the poacher
Over the preacher, over the gambler
Over the teacher, over the rambler
Over the lawyer, over the dancer
Over the voyeur,over the builder and the destroyer,
Over the hills and far away

Tonight we fly
Over the mountains
The beach and the sea
Over the friends that we've known
And those that we now know
And those who we've yet to meet

And when we die
Oh, will we be
That disappointed
Or sad
If heaven doesn't exist
What will we have missed
This life is the best we've ever had

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[Taigu]

Re: This life is the best we've ever had.

Gorgeous melody and very inspiring lyrics again,over the pair of opposites and taking them with you, the flight of life. I really like the end of the song.
Thank you Soen

gassho


Taigu

[Myozan Kodo]

Re: This life is the best we've ever had.

This is it
Here and now
Not some other reality
Not somewhere else
Not some time else
This place
This present moment
Here and now
There is no ideal set of circumstances
There is no perfect future
Enlightenment is here
We stand at its gate and
Enter it
Moment by moment


Gassho

[Heisoku]

Re: This life is the best we've ever had.

Great stuff...love the song and quotes...thanks Soen and Chugai.

[Myozan Kodo]

Re: This life is the best we've ever had.

Thanks Chugai.
Gassho

[JohnsonCM]

Re: This life is the best we've ever had.

Amazing how some folks just intuitively have this insight into the dharma. Told with a "katsu!" or a guitar. The dharma moves through us all, sings songs with our voices, and is the very melody that courses through our veins, "thump-thump, thump-thump". Thank you for these gifts.