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The Time Is Always Now

by holon

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Who are we? Where are we? Welcome to a soul safari! What are we? Why are we? Are we playing an untold story? Who are we? Where are we? Welcome to a soul safari! What are we? Why are we? Are we playing an untold story? Who are we? Where are we? Welcome to a soul safari! What are we? Why are we? Are we playing an untold story?
2.
(part I : The Times They Are A Taming) In the forest we dance and we sing We’re the creatures untamed by a king We follow nature and nature provides We won’t adhere to those holy lies To the city we came to feed Seeking knowledge to fill a need Of understanding our own portrayal The rules that govern where we set sail Life, to live it rightfully I say, we need to find a way Time, might bring balance Astray, it’s just another day Time went by and we hungered for more We peeled the onion but we found no core Our time was spent trying to drench our thirst With substitutes that felt good at first We got blinded by the light ahead Seeing contours and shadows instead We forgot what we’re searching for Slowly drifting to find a shore Life, to live it rightfully I say, we need to find a way Time, might bring balance Astray, it’s just another day Life, to live it rightfully I say, we need to find a way Time, might bring balance Astray, it’s just another day (part II : Pavlovian Conditioning) The world is spinning round, round and round While we are all still stuck on the ground The assembly lines are bringing us up By slowly inflating the pup You’re just another tool in the shed They sharpen you until you are dead We’re functioning therefore we are Pathologizing all that’s bizarre
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Restless little soul What's your song about Your story's been untold Let your dreams unfold Life is pretty hard You might easily get scarred Well, you made it to the start So go play your part You are my angel My guardian My dancer in the sky You'll be forever Eternal Until moment's gone with the wind Like snowflakes on the ground Can you hear this melody that's playing in my heart Searching in yourself You lost your faith in truth You see there's only thoughts Deceiving you Clinging to the ground Holding on real hard You try to be ok But who do you obey You are my angel My guardian My dancer in the sky You'll be forever Eternal Until moment's gone with the wind Like snowflakes on the ground Can you hear this melody that's playing in my heart Accepting bad is good Obsessing good is bad The clouds roll on the sky But here comes the sun The clouds roll on the sky But here comes the sun You learn to lose your grip Not seeing black and white Balance on the line No safety, no control Stop waiting for a time When problems will be solved Your time here is right now So deal with it You are my angel My guardian My dancer in the sky You'll be forever Eternal Until moment's gone with the wind Like snowflakes on the ground Can you hear this melody that's playing in my heart
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Falling 10:42
I am falling down to Earth My heart is crying I am no more standing tall It feels like flying. In this fall I find rebirth My pride is dying It’s my chance to lose it all And stop trying To fall in love to be a fool And to dare to care To become my own tool Cut through the air I am falling to the ground From my high horse I am losing in this round But I’ve seen worse In my fall I find my call Now I believe how Falling free in this free fall Oh I can live now Cut through the bullshit of my breed An endless worry Never praise for any price To say you’re sorry To hit my pride and let her bleed My private story Keep falling down and never rise To grace and glory To fall in love to be a fool And to dare to care To become my own tool Cut through the air I am falling to the ground From my high horse I am losing in this round But I’ve seen worse In my fall I find my call Now I believe how Falling free in this free fall Oh I can live now We’re waiting for the perfect storm Preparing our defence Singing “Om” - “Om” We’re sitting underneath a tree Observing our sense Of the real, the concealed Try falling down the rabbit hole - now Open your eyes, let senses flow We’ve battled our own daemons And we’re learning as we fall Going down - down Gravity is keeping us From escaping this world Holding on - pulling down Try waking up while in this fall - your free A weightless call for infinity I am falling to the ground From my high horse I am losing in this round But I’ve seen worse In my fall I find my call Now I believe how Falling free in this free fall Oh I can live now
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Time To Go 10:06
Welcome to the other side Where I can begin to see Right into me I feel like I've been here before But I can't remember how It ought to be The feeling's sinking into me remember my purpose in this finite life A stranger to myself I am I can only start to see the possibilities Today, I'm new, I shed my skin to grow Someday, you'll see, the threads you weave will flow The future will play hide and seek But now I guess it’s... Time to go I wave goodbye to yesterday Right here is now I feel my heart Will lead the way To understanding Time to go I wave goodbye to yesterday Right here is now I feel my heart Will lead the way To understanding A new day has arrived today I woke up with a fresh beginning Like the sunlight on a summer's day illuminating the horizon My mind is free from its constraints Separation Invocation I guess the story took a different turn Opportunity Oh I can see Today, I'm new, I shed my skin to grow Someday, you'll see, the threads you weave will flow The future will play hide and seek But now I guess it’s... Time to go I wave goodbye to yesterday Right here is now I feel my heart Will lead the way To understanding    Time to go I wave goodbye to yesterday Right here is now I feel my heart Will lead the way To understanding Time Will heal us someday But I don't know when So please take the time  Just wait New beginnings will come And endings will fade The circle is made Today, I'm new, I shed my skin to grow Someday, you'll see, the threads you weave will flow The future will play hide and seek But now I guess it’s… Time to go I wave goodbye to yesterday Right here is now I feel my heart Will lead the way To understanding    Time to go I wave goodbye to yesterday Right here is now I feel my heart Will lead the way To understanding
6.
Here we are at the transit point Two strangers crossing paths Our eyes caught up in a gentle grace Of curiosity I wonder how life brought us here Is it coincidence? Two grains of sand in an hourglass Is time standing still? ‘Cause tonight here we are Two boats floating in the stream And we sailed from afar Into this dream ‘Cause love must flow free Or it will drown the soul So we jump in the sea Surrender and lose control Eternity on both sides of now We're touching infinity It makes me think how lucky we are For this moment now   A little shake and we're moving again Into the unknown Two grains of sand in an hourglass Is time running out? ‘Cause tonight here we are Two boats floating in the stream And we sailed from afar Into this dream ‘Cause love must flow free Or it will drown the soul So we jump in the sea Surrender and lose control ‘Cause I I could go on searching for that moment but it´s gone washed away with the tide long ago ‘Cause I I can still hear the whisper in my ear as if we were there weaved together in the carpet of time so we are one in a loophole in time ‘Cause tonight here we are Two boats floating in the stream And we sailed from afar Into this dream ‘Cause love must flow free Or it will drown the soul So we jump in the sea Surrender and lose control
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Here and there and back again I stroll through my reality Looking for a way back home The journey is exhausting me I'm tired and I'm all fatigued Come help me, come be with me On my way I find new friends The company is good to have When I'm straying from the path I know I will be getting there Eventually is coming soon So stay with me, hold on to me Stuck in the “then” I can’t get out And back to now again So is this the way we fall In time we disappear While the future’s here Throw me a rope Pull me out And back to now again So is this the way we haul The time to reappear Now the future’s here So slow down Don’t jump in there too fast Balance on the wheel of life The time is always now I fight my way through darker times No solace in this comfort game Roaming through the fields of hope I try my best to resist the urge Go within to get me out I feel stronger, i feel deeper The journey will now be my home We're nomads in the sands of time A caravan of consciousness Let’s move around - dimensionless Existing as pure rays of light Shining, radiate Stuck in the “then” I can’t get out And back to now again So is this the way we fall In time we disappear While the future’s here Throw me a rope Pull me out And back to now again So is this the way we haul The time to reappear Now the future’s here So slow down Don’t jump in there too fast Balance on the wheel of life The time is always now Down below we found a hole Where future comes to see us Innocence was lost down there Where darkness comes protruding Down below we found a hole Where future comes to see us Innocence was lost down there Where darkness comes protruding Down below we found a hole Where future comes to see us The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time is always now The time...
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A Drop Of Me 08:41
Hear no sound It’s quiet now It’s calming down We’re in a stasis now Where time is no religion Spin around The axis of love The selfless bestowed Upon the higher ground Where the underlying truth prevails A drop of me In the ocean Of you A solution Possibility Lies endlessly Inside of us Let's run free Speak no more It's redundant now We're only one Inside the whole of us Where the truth is free for all See no one No me or you Or yours or mine We’re in a state of mind Where the warriors of truth ascends A drop of me In the ocean Of you A solution Possibility Lies endlessly Inside of us Let's run free I wanna lose my name I wanna be the same I wanna feel no shame I wanna be the flame I wanna lose my name I wanna be the same I wanna feel no shame I wanna be the flame I wanna lose my name (And do you feel the force) I wanna be the same (That's holding us together) I wanna feel no shame (And do you feel the pull) I wanna be the flame (That's dragging us apart) I wanna lose my name (And do you feel the force) I wanna be the same (That's holding us together) I wanna feel no shame (And do you feel the pull) I wanna be the flame (That's dragging us apart) A drop of me (I wanna lose my name) ((And do you feel the force)) In the ocean (I wanna be the same) ((That's holding us together)) Of you (I wanna feel no shame) ((And do you feel the pull)) A solution (I wanna be the flame) ((That's dragging us apart)) Possibility (I wanna lose my name) ((And do you feel the force)) Lies endlessly (I wanna be the same) ((That's holding us together)) Inside of us (I wanna feel no shame) ((And do you feel the pull)) Let's run free (I wanna be the flame) ((That's dragging us apart)) A drop of me (I wanna lose my name) ((And do you feel the force)) In the ocean (I wanna be the same) ((That's holding us together)) Of you (I wanna feel no shame) ((And do you feel the pull)) A solution (I wanna be the flame) ((That's dragging us apart)) Possibility (I wanna lose my name) ((And do you feel the force)) Lies endlessly (I wanna be the same) ((That's holding us together)) Inside of us (I wanna feel no shame) ((And do you feel the pull)) Let's run free (I wanna be the ...) ((That's dragging ...))

about

The stunning and epic debut album from holon, featuring a dazzling array of Norwegian guest artists.

'The Time Is Always Now' is the debut album from "holon," a solo project from singer, songwriter and guitarist Ronny Pedersen. The album was recorded at Norway's Autumnsongs Recording Studio in Trondheim produced and mixed by Rhys Marsh. Special guest musicians who contributed include Lars Fredrik Frøislie (Wobbler / White Willow), Silje Leirvik, Ketil Vestrum Einarsen (Jaga Jazzist / Kaukasus), and Geir Anfinn Halland Johansen (Anfinnsaas) as well as Marsh.

'The Time Is Always Now' is a collection of songs Pedersen had been writing over the course of the last ten years. He had accumulated a sizeable trove of materials and decided that the time was right to start sharing them with other music lovers. Serendipitously, he had met Rhys Marsh through a common friend around this time, played him some of these songs and Rhys offered to produce holon.

The songs on The 'Time Is Always Now' show the influence of a wide variety of genres including acoustic folk and the sophisticated side of 60's pop with meticulously crafted writing at its core. Originally, the plan was to record an arbitrary selection of his oldest songs, but as Ronny started to review his whole body of work, he noticed that certain songs fit together in an extraordinary way -- almost like pieces in a puzzle -- to create an overall story. These songs told the story of an individual's philosophical, spiritual and evolutionary journey towards finding their place and purpose in this world and at this particular time. They were largely based on Pedersen's personal experiences, hugely influenced by his attraction towards the Buddhist worldview.

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released August 12, 2016

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