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Songs about Reincarnation

Argh! Meant to post in this thread!

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
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Crosby Stills Nash & Young-Deja Vu


Great melody
 
I am not the world's biggest Aerosmith fan, but the lyrics to their old song "Kings and Queens" are pretty fitting for this forum. Here they are:


Long ago in days untold


Were ruled by lords of greed


Maidens fared with gold they dared


To bare their wombs that bleed


Kings and queens and guillotines


Taking lives denied


Starch and parchment laid the laws


When bishops took the ride


Only to deceive


Oh, I know


I lived this life afore


Somehow I know now


Truths I must be sure


Tossin', turnin', nightmares burnin'


Dreams of swords in hand


Sailing ships, the Viking spits


The blood of father's land


Only to deceive


Living times of knights and mares


Raising swords for maidens fair


Sneer at death, fear only loss of pride


Living other centuries


Deja vu or what you please


Follows true to all who do or die


Screams of no reply


They died


Screams of no reply


And died


Died


Lordy, Lordy, they died

 
I've been listening to the Moody Blues a lot lately, and got to see them in concert last night, which was fantastic. I think they have a few songs that would be at home in this thread, but this one has been in my head the last couple of days. Enjoy.


The sun is still shining, look at the view


The moon is still dining with me and you


Now that we're out here, open your heart


To the universe, of which we're a part


Everything's turning, turning around


See with your mind, leave your body behind


Now that we're out here, open your heart


To the universe, of which we're a part


But if you want to play


Stay right back on earth


Waiting for rebirth


The sun is still shining, look at the view


The moon is still dining, with me and you


Now that we're out here, open your heart


To the universe, of which we're a part


But if you want to play


Stay right back on earth


Waiting for rebirth

 
Soul On Board


I was born at the wrong time


A child lost on the skyline


So I looked deep within me


Somehow touched by the real me


had to find another way


So take the heart of this man


Heal the pain with your hands


Shelter me from rain


Help eyes to see again


Free me


Hold me close


And take my soul board


Shallow waters we drown in


From the deep calling you are calling


And with your touch I drift away


With fear & pride I live and die


A sliver light in the blue night


You come to me


Take my heart be my guide


Lay your strength by my side


And cover me from rain


Now my eyes can see again


Free me


Hold me close


Through the dark skies you led my sprit home


You took my soul on board


By Curt Smith
 
Where or when


There's a great old song from the 1930s, from Babes in Arms, called Where or When, by Richard Rodgers.


It's about that moment when you meet someone the first time but know you've met them before.



VERSE


Sometimes you think you've lived before


All that you live today


Things you do come back to you


As though they knew the way


Oh, the tricks your mind can play!


REFRAIN


It seems we stood and talked like this before


We looked at each other in the same way then,


But I can't remenber where or when.


The clothes youÍre wearing are the clothes you wore.


The smile you are smiling you were smiling then,


But i can't remember where or when.


Some things that happen for the first time,


Seem to be happening again.


And so it seems that we have met before


and laughted before and loved before,


But who knows where or when?
 
A Thousand Years


No apologies for the movie soundtrack upon which it is showcased:


Heart beats fast


Colors and promises


How to be brave?


How can I love when I'm afraid to fall


But watching you stand alone?


All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow


One step closer


[Chorus:]


I have died everyday waiting for you


Darling don't be afraid I have loved you


For a thousand years


I'll love you for a thousand more


Time stands still


Beauty in all she is


I will be brave


I will not let anything take away


What's standing in front of me


Every breath


Every hour has come to this


One step closer


[Chorus:]


I have died everyday waiting for you


Darling don't be afraid I have loved you


For a thousand years


I'll love you for a thousand more


And all along I believed I would find you


Time has brought your heart to me


I have loved you for a thousand years


I'll love you for a thousand more


One step closer


One step closer


[Chorus:]


I have died everyday waiting for you


Darling don't be afraid I have loved you


For a thousand years


I'll love you for a thousand more


And all along I believed I would find you


Time has brought your heart to me


I have loved you for a thousand years


I'll love you for a thousand more
 
Thought I'd add this one to the list, especially seeing as so many of us seem to remember lives during wartime.


Holland, 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel


The only girl I've ever loved


Was born with roses in her eyes


But then they buried her alive


One evening, 1945


With just her sister at her side


And only weeks before the guns


All came and rained on everyone


Now she's a little boy in Spain


Playing pianos filled with flames


On empty rings around the sun


All sing to say my dream has come


But now we must pick up every piece


Of the life we used to love


Just to keep ourselves


At least enough to carry on


And now we ride the circus wheel


With your dark brother wrapped in white


Says it was good to be alive


But now he rides a comet's flame


And won't be coming back again


The Earth looks better from a star


That's right above from where you are


He didn't mean to make you cry


With sparks that ring and bullets fly


On empty rings around your heart


The world just screams and falls apart


But now we must pick up every piece


Of the life we used to love


Just to keep ourselves


At least enough to carry on


And here's where your mother sleeps


And here is the room where your brothers were born


Indentions in the sheets


Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore


And it's so sad to see the world agree


That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies


All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes


Link to the song on YouTube
 
Music moves people in mysterious ways....


Music is the language of the soul. Sometimes there aren't enough words. That's when you need melody ... Otherwise, why would a young musician like this get so worked up over a song several hundred years old? I know why. Only love. It moves in mysterious ways...


As I roved out

...Folk phenom revisits Irish standard, gets weird in woods
Sam Amidon puts his unique touch on the old Irish folk song "As I Roved Out" on his brand new album Bright Sunny South, but he reinvents it even further for the video above. Directed by John Hardwick (Blur, Arctic Monkeys, Dido), the clip begins with our host standing in the woods, reading from a piece of paper: "This song is about how you might be out on a cold winter's night ... maybe you're trying to find some sort of inspiration. You look around, but at a certain point as you get out there, the sun goes down and the shapes of the trees start to emerge." ...
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See. It's not just me. :)
 
This one isn't about reincarnation per se but as a kid I would listen to this non-stop over and over and over to the point my CD player and CD broke. Looking back I understand why now as it applies to so many of my lives:


You were there, you were small


There was screaming down the hall


I've been here sleeping all these years


There comes a time we all know


There's a place that we must go


Into the soul, into the heart


Into the dark


There was fire, there was death


There was lying on your breath


I turned away, I would pretend


But the burning never ends


I've been here sleeping all these years


There comes a time we all know


There's a place that we must go


Into the soul, into the heart


Into the dark


There was a wave over the house


There was fear choked in my mouth


You were there, you left your mark


As I stumbled in the dark


There comes a time we all know


There's a place that we must go


Into the soul, into the heart


Into the dark


There comes a time we all know


(There is a place)


There's a place that we must go


(We all must go)


Into the soul, into the heart


(Into the heart)


Into the dark


There comes a time we all know


(There is a place)


There's a place that we must go


(We all must go)


Into the soul, into the heart


(Into the heart we go)


Into the dark


There comes a time


(There is a place we all must go)


(Into the heart, Lord)


(There is a place we all must go)


(Into the heart)
 
Rustic_Kid said:
This one isn't about reincarnation per se but as a kid I would listen to this non-stop over and over and over to the point my CD player and CD broke. Looking back I understand why now as it applies to so many of my lives
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Do you remember the name of this song? I wonder if it's on YouTube.
 
'

' by 3 Daft Monkeys.
It's not the first time I've seen those eyes.


It's not the first time I've seen that smile.


It's not the first time I've seen those eyes.


Notice something you recognise?


Been away for don't know how long.


The world was empty when you were gone.


I've seen you, you've seen me, I've been you, you've been me, for so long.


I've seen you, you've seen me, I've been you, you've been me, can't be wrong.


Memories are free, experience is older.


It's not the first time I've seen that smile.


Don't you know it's been round a while?


It just feels like it's meant to be.


You and me through eternity.


I've seen you ....
 
The Verve



I see houses


Rows and rows of red bricks


I see black cars


Some blood stained exit


I get this feeling that I, I've been in here before


How many lives will I waste?


How many tears must I taste


Before my freedom, before my freedom?


I see mountains


Blood red sunsets


I see a billion stars


Love deafened in between


I get this feeling that I, I've been in here before


How many lives will I waste?


How many tears must I taste


Before my freedom, before my freedom?


I won't be late, won't be late


I won't be late, won't be late


Won't be late, won't be late


I get this feeling that I, I've been in here before


How many lives will I waste?


How many tears must I taste


Before my freedom?


I get this feeling that I, I've been in here before


How many lives will I waste?


How many tears must I taste


Before my freedom?


Murder, trouble and strife


Turn me into another guy


Murder, trouble and strife


Turn me into another guy


Murder, trouble and strife


Turn me into another guy


Don't be late, don't be late


Don't be late, don't be late


When I call, when I call


When I call you up


When I call you up
 
And for a more light-hearted song, here's Victoria Wood singing

where she imagines all the different lives she'd like to try living in the present day if she could!.
 
We' ll meet again by Vera lynn... allright allright I know the purpose of the song is not really to be about reincarnation, but how many of you think of your WWII people every time you hear this, eh? It also has that lovely 30's sound, sorry it's not Zarah Leander.


We'll meet again,


Don't know where,don't know when,


But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.


Keep smiling through,


Just like you always do,


Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds, far away.


So will you please say hello,


To the folks that I know,


Tell them I won't be long,


They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go


I was singing this song.


We'll meet again,


Don't know where,don't know when,


But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.


(choir)


We'll meet again,


Don't know where, don't know when,


But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.


Keep smiling through,


Just like you always do,


Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds, far away.


So will you please say hello,


To the folks that I know,


Tell them I won't be long,


They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go


I was singing this song.


We'll meet again,


Don't know where, don't know when.


But I know well meet again, some sunny day.
 
That's a lovely one Owl. This one has always had a 'subtext' feeling to it although I don't think it's specifically about that. It certainly makes me think of my friend X when I hear it... that same old feeling. It's by a band called Hunters and Collectors from my 'village'. Quite a big hit for them a few years ago. Beautiful love song whichever way you look at it.


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I will come for you at nighttime


I will raise you from your sleep


I will kiss you in four places


As I go running along your street


I will squeeze the life out of you


You will make me laugh and make me cry


And we will never forget it


You will make me call your name


And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky


And we may never meet again


So she'd your skin and let's get started


And you will throw your arms around me


Yeah, you will throw your arms around me


I dreamed of you at nighttime


And I watched you in your sleep


I met you in high places


I touched your head and touched your feet


So if you disappear out of view


You know I will never say goodbye


And though I try to forget it


You will make me call your name


And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky...


And we may never meet again...


So shed your skin and let's get started


And you will throw your arms around me


Yeah, you will throw your arms around me
 
Marty Robbins had a hit around 1960 with the song El Paso. He later wrote two sequals, Faleena (the story told from Faleena's point of view) and El Paso City. El Paso City was written on a plane flying over El Paso, and it allegedly took him about 4 minutes to write it. The original El Paso, I read somewhere, was written as he and his family were driving through El Paso on their way to Phoenix.


Here are the lyrics to El Paso City


From thirty thousand feet above the desert floor I see it there below


A city with a legend, the West Texas city of El Paso


Where long ago I heard a song about a Texas cowboy and a girl


And a little place called Rosa's where he used to go and watch this beauty whirl


I don't recall who sang the song but I recall a story that I heard


And as I look down on this city I remember each and every word


The singer sang about a jealous cowboy and the way he used a gun


To kill another cowboy, then he had to leave El Paso on the run


El Paso City


By the Rio Grande


The cowboy lived and rode away but love was strong he couldn't stay


He rode back just to die in that El Paso sand


El Paso City


By the Rio Grande


I try not to let you cross my mind but still I find


There's such a mystery in the song that I don't understand


My mind is down there somewhere as I fly above the badlands of New Mexico


I can't explain why I should know the very trail he rode back to El Paso


Can it be that man can disappear from life and live another time


And does the mystery deepen 'cause you think that you yourself lived in that other time


Somewhere in my deepest thoughts familiar scenes and memories unfold


These wild and unexplained emotions that I've had so long, but I have never told


Like everytime I fly up through the heavens and I see you there below


I get the feeling sometime in another world I lived in El Paso


El Paso City


By the Rio Grande


Could it be that I could be the cowboy in the mystery


That died there in that desert sand so long ago


El Paso City


By the Rio Grande


A voice tells me to go and seek, another voice keeps telling me


Maybe death awaits me in El Paso

 
This song,

, a British folksong about the harvest of the barley, which is cut down annually and ‘reborn’ as ale.
I'll wager a hat full of guineas


Against all the songs you can sing,


That some day you'll love,


And the next day you'll lose,


And winter will turn into spring.


And the snow falls, the wind calls,


The year turns round again.


And like Barleycorn who rose from the grave,


A new year will rise up again.


And there will come a time of great plenty,


A time of good harvest and sun.


Till then put your trust in tomorrow, my friend,


For yesterday's over and done.


Ploughed, sown, reaped, and mown:


The year turns round again.


And like Barleycorn who rose from the grave


A new year will rise up again.


Phoebe arise, a gleam in her eyes,


And the year turns round again.


And like Barleycorn who rose from the grave,


A new year will rise up again.
 
In Your Eyes Another Life


I always knew it'd be


Always knew I see you again


And here now right in front of me


Just like destiny my old friend


Time carried me


I searched the sky


I searched the sea


In your eyes another life


In your eyes another time


Heard you cry from the other side


The end came promised jealousy


Took you away from me in the end


Life then, a rusting memory


I vowed I would see you again


In your eyes another life


In your love another time


Heard you cry from the other side


In your eyes another life


Sacred in you


Sacred in me


This love we share eternally


This song I just came across in music collection


While written by Kip Winger of Winger fame.


Good god, this really hit me hard what I going through


Almost every word in this in what happened


to in my past life to this life.OMG
 
Going Home by Mary Fahl


This song always pointed to reincarnation for me.


http://www.contactmusic.com/video/mary-fahl-going-home


MARY FAHL


Going Home





They say there's a place


where dreams have all gone


They never said where


but I think I know


It's miles through the night


just over the dawn


on the road that will take me home


I know in my bones


I've been here before


The ground feels the same


though the land's been torn


I've a long way to go


The stars tell me so


on this road that will take me home


Love waits for me 'round the bend


Leads me endlessly on


Surely sorrows shall find their end


and all our troubles will be gone


And I'll know what I've lost


and all that I've won


when the road finally takes me home


And when I pass by


don't lead me astray


Don't try to stop me


Don't stand in my way


I'm bound for the hills


where cool waters flow


on this road that will take me home
 
Thanks ZeonChar,


Yes, that is beautiful... I relate in many ways to these lyrics.


T
 
Songs about reincarnation


One of my personal favorites, "A Thousand Years," by Sting.


A thousand years


A thousand years, a thousand more,


A thousand times a million doors to eternity


I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times


An endless turning stairway climbs


To a tower of souls


If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,


The towers rise to numberless floors in space


I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,


A million names but only one truth to face


A million roads, a million fears


A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty


I could speak a million lies, a million songs,


A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time


But if there was a single truth, a single light


A single thought, a singular touch of grace


Then following this single point , this single flame,


The single haunted memory of your face


I still love you


I still want you


A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves


Like galaxies in my head


I may be numberless, I may be innocent


I may know many things, I may be ignorant


Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands


Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands


I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times


Reborn as fortunes child to judge anothers crimes


Or wear this pilgrims cloak, or be a common thief


Ive kept this single faith, I have but one belief


I still love you


I still want you


A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves


Like galaxies in my head


On and on the mysteries unwind themselves


Eternities still unsaid


til you love me
 
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