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Eyes To See

by Paul Marcus

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1.
I Am Not Trapped 03:32
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Well all you cynics would have me believe That any moment of goodness and peace Is just there to keep me believing In something that could never be You say all we can do is hunker down Lick our wounds On this sad day in history Well I won’t let you reduce me to How the story’s gone so far Some folks spend their whole lives Covering their scars I’m gonna carry mine with me To the mountaintop As I reach for the stars I for one I am not trapped Long as somehow I hold on to my humanity And find the strength to push back I for one I am not trapped Just because I’ve lost way more battles Than I’ve won that don’t define who I am Well my dear pessimistic friend Losing the battle with your bitterness I get it you don't want to get your hopes up Only to be disappointed again And you tell me it's a forgone conclusion Hatred always trumps love in the end Well I won’t let you reduce me to How the story’s gone so far Some folks spend their whole lives Covering their scars I’m gonna carry mine with me To the mountaintops As I reach for the stars I for one I am not trapped Long as somehow I hold on to my humanity And find the strength to push back I for one I am not trapped Just because I’ve lost way more battles than I’ve won That don’t define who I am Who knows Maybe it’s in doing The smallest act of kindness for someone I'll know what it’s like to be free Yeah lately I’ve been thinking As long as I can brighten The corner wherever I may be I for one I am not trapped Long as somehow I hold on to my humanity And a few friends to help me push back I for one I am not trapped Just because I’ve been told a lifetime full of lies That don’t define who I am I for one I am not trapped Long as somehow I hold on to my humanity And find the strength to push back I for one I am not trapped Just because I’ve lost way more battles than I've won That don’t define who I am I am not trapped
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Just Begin It 04:21
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They washed their hands of you You took it hard
 Ripped your dream to pieces
 And now you’re losing heart So go out walking by the water Solo
 Follow your imagination Wherever it may go And whatever you can dream or plan Begin it
 Until you try you won’t know How far you can take it And when you fail and you will
 Then you’ll get it You gotta be bold Go on now Just begin it Now you wake up most mornings Feeling incomplete
 You feel like giving up
 It just wasn’t meant to be Go out walking by the water Solo
 Follow your imagination Wherever it may go And whatever you can dream or plan Begin it
 Until you try you won’t know How far you can take it And when you fail and you will
 Then you’ll get it You gotta be bold Go on now Just begin it Go out walking by the water Solo
 Follow your imagination Wherever it goes All those what ifs and if maybes Well maybe they’re your friends The only problem you have
 Is that you haven’t started yet Well whatever you can dream or plan Begin it
 Until you try you won’t know How far you can take it And when you fail and you will
 Then you’ll get it You gotta be bold Go on now Just begin it Go on now Just begin it
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Transmissions 03:32
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If I could just get through to you Your cousin Mike’s got a big gun My sister Sue knows how to use one Iggy’s in line for the third time And everybody's wondering When I’m gonna get mine My friends are talking how it’s not right Your neighbors don’t really want to fight Only one way I know to start Talk to me Let’s have a heart to heart Transmissions Across satellites At the speed of light Changing everyone we reach With our transmissions Across continents In our defense All our best intentions Transmissions I hear in your town you’re told lies They say I’m a threat to your kind Well I just want to get inside A foreign mind To see if it’s like mine Transmissions Across satellites At the speed of light Changing everyone we reach With our transmissions Across continents In our defense All our best intentions Transmissions If I could just get through to you Transmissions Across satellites At the speed of light Changing everyone we reach With our transmissions Across continents In our defense All our best intentions Transmissions All our best intentions
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Eyes To See 04:42
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What if once a night I looked up to the stars And remembered Remembered that I'm on a planet Traveling through space Maybe if I looked up long enough I'd see what really matters And start over I'd start over with an attitude Of thankfulness and gratitude For every breath I get to take What if once a night I looked up to the stars What if once a night I looked up to the stars What if once a night I looked up to the stars I'd see how small we really are Just how magical Falling snow in a star filled sky could be If only I was willing If only I was willing to drop everything Just hang out out here With you for a while Maybe the snow's gently being laid down Just to point to a place It called home A place it called home Where it once knew a peace I have never known What if once a night I looked up to the stars What if once a night I looked up to the stars What if once a night I looked up to the stars I'd see how small we really are What if I could see behind This world's perfect disguise A mystery hidden from me Crying out to be recognized Now that would change everything If only I had If only I had the eyes To see
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Why Is It Always The Rain 04:33
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I wake up when I want to wake up Then I sit in the sun Drink my coffee, read the paper Just as long as I want My friends tell me that I’m lucky But they know I’ve got this one Fatal flaw All it takes to change my mood Is the intrusion of one dark cloud I get all philosophical My thoughts travel south The smell of wet drops on concrete And I start to see things As they really are Heaven sent reminders Splashing off stones Why is it always the rain Insisting that I remember Spilling down windows On a campaign To make sure I miss you All over again Well I can’t turn back the clocks And make it all work out just fine I’m wet and cold There’s nothing I can do But just go back inside Cause it keeps raining Yeah guess I feel like staying In this blue mood all day Watching heaven sent reminders Splashing off stones Why is it always the rain Insisting that I remember Spilling down windows On a campaign Oh why is it always the rain Insisting that I remember Spilling down windows On a campaign To make sure I miss you All over again Reminding me there's nothing I can do Until the sky turns blue
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Hang Gliding 04:29
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Weightless and surrendered To the pull of the wind I rise Though still in bed this sleepless night I’m hang gliding Up where no one has to die Up here I can sail around The twinkling candle lights And finally let you go For an hour or so I go hang gliding So I won’t forget I go hang gliding When I need to be with you again I go hang gliding Up here I can laugh and cry And no one calls to ask me how I am By those tubes and beeping monitors I held your hand You had to go That much I understand But the truth hurts worse at night The wind picks up and I take flight And finally let you go For an hour or so I go hang gliding So I won’t forget I go hang gliding When I need to be with you again I go hang gliding Remembering you and feeling like this They say won’t help me get through it But it’s the only way I know To let go Walking past the window shops Traffic, crowds and coffee spots The world goes on Disconnecting in my mind Keeping my emotions tied The whole day long But after twenty three odd hours a day I come unwound and unrestrained I finally let you go For an hour or so I go hang gliding So I won’t forget I go hang gliding All the things about you I miss I go hang gliding When I need to be with you again I go hang gliding
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Teena 05:12
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Every morning you give thanks For not enough Yet somehow what was not enough There in your hands gets broken into More than enough For anyone who gets close to you You've known kindness You've known cruelty Seen the beauty only children can see You've known love You've known loss Compassion like yours never comes without a cost There's a reason For the things that you've been through Teena God must have said A blessing over you as he broke you Like a loaf of bread Teena Only to be given out to all your friends And the coolest thing about you Is you don't even know how cool you really are Do you Teena All you ever wanted to do Was to break every one of our troubles loose And watch them tumble down Like a tree shedding it's fruit Freed now our branches reaching Way up to the sky Like hands reaching up to heaven Watching you sleep I imagine that the sunshine travels Ninety three million miles Through endless place Just to caress your beautiful face There's a reason For the things that you've been through Teena God must have said A blessing over you as he broke you Like a loaf of bread Teena Only to be given out to all your friends Teena I guess God must have said A blessing over you as he broke you Just like a loaf of bread Teena Only to be given out to all your friends And the coolest thing about you Is you don't even know how cool you really are Do you Teena
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What Katy Did 03:40
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I don’t think I understand What Katy did Was just an ordinary man Until Katy did what she did Maybe heaven took me early Maybe she’s too lovely For my eyes to see What Katy did No I don't think I understand What Katy did Turned me round and let me out In a place I’d never ever been Down here between heaven and hell Must have been an angel Drawing away the veil What Katy did A mystery she made of my life She has me now Never knew a spell Could have so much power What Katy did No I don't think I'll ever understand What Katy did And though I have to let her go I know I never can forget What Katy did No the magic isn’t gone just yet Whatever she did Changed me for the best Heaven living in that little baby Touching all the beauty These eyes These eyes can see What Katy did I can see What Katy did
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When I Love 04:17
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I long to live like a child does Like a child does who knows That they'll always be loved I long to love like a child does Like a child does who trusts That there's always enough Always enough I refuse to be held hostage By all this negativity If I want to change the world I best start with me I couldn't possibly give more Than I've been given I don't know much But I know one thing When I love I know what it's like to be free So I'm gonna live like a child does Like a child does who trusts That they'll always be loved I'm gonna love like a child does Like a child does who trusts That there's always enough Always enough I refuse to be held hostage By all this negativity If I want to change the world I best start with me I couldn't possibly give more Than I've been given I don't know much But I know one thing When I love I know what it's like to be free I couldn't possibly give more Than I've been given I don't know much But I know one thing When I love I know what it's like to be free

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This LPs worth of tunes is my first album in a VERY long time. It explores the waters folks I've known have navigated in search of themselves. As a therapist who consults with adolescents and adults, I do my best to guide wandering souls in discovering their authentic identity. Recently, the gift that I have been honored to give to others was given back to me. Through crafting my rather intimate debut LP,  Eyes To See, I went on what turned out to be my own profound introspective search during quarantine in search of a deeper understanding of what this next season of life might bring. In the process, I got clearer about what matters most to me. Hope you enjoy joining me on the emotional arc I went through in writing and recording these songs. Let me know what you think!!!

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released July 4, 2021

Producer/engineer: Matthew Tobias, Empty House Studios

Drums: Matthew Tobias
Basses: Glen Holmen
Electric Guitars: Jesse McDermott
Piano/Synthesizers: Paul Marcus

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Paul Marcus Albuquerque, New Mexico

For over four decades, Paul has devoted his life to searching for meaning, faith and identity as a rock singer-songwriter and psychotherapist.
Marcus has played Madison Square Garden, embraced synth pop in its infancy, and wrote with indie rock bands and singer-songwriter icons. Now, Marcus is enjoying a rebirth of sorts inspired by a renewed passion for connecting with others through his music. ... more

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