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Perspective

by jake nielsen

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safe under clear skies calm cool and compromised no lows, no highs, barely alive yet in my hands I’ve more than any man do I not satisfy or understand as I walk the line that lies between reality and childhood dreams balance what I want and what I need with what you want and what you mean to me should it fall in place, would you be content should it fall apart, could you forget should it rise above what you expect would you be content, should you be content, could you be content I was taught that faith could move a mountain I have learned that work keeps faith alive I believe that prayers are answered in His all-seeing wisdom after the most important lessons have been learned to find that focus to balance love and life to see this world and the other side to find perspective to drown all fear with faith to bridle passion and your dreams embrace to see the line that lies between temptation and opportunity am I reaching for divisive dreams, am I selling out or settling for peace should it fall in place, would you be content should it fall apart, could you forget is it wrong to want when I’ve been so blessed... should the dreams erase, would I be content should I stop the chase would there be rest should I lose it all, but save my faith give praise and always and never be content
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Truth 07:25
she took one look, saw what she wanted to see turned around and walked away she said "I need no bleeding heart explaination there's no other side to see she said "offense was intended and I swallowed every bite no sense in defending yourself, don't insult my pride" she threw thirty-two years away in one day for what she thought she heard somebody say but there's the way I see it and the way you see it there is evidence and there is proof there's how we perceive it and what we believe there are cynics and assumptions he came, campaigned took us all by storm promised us the world and more he wined, dined and redefined our language and our law half the world praised him, half abhorred he said "I did what I had to, and I can't please every one and what I do on my own time doesn't trump the good I've done" so will our kids see history as a game of kings and pawns between right and left, or right and wrong? 'cause there's the way I see it and the way you see it there is evidence and there is proof there's how we perceive it and what we believe there's the latest spin and there is truth drowning in the information age, doubting all we've known enslaving ourselves in freedom's name, so we don't offend someone pouring over creeds and theories and consensus generations of mysteries and reflections yesterday's hard evidence becomes ancient history before our eyes watching wars and all their rumors nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom pestilence and famine, many signs and wonders it all becomes so clear, there is truth do we take one look, see what we want to see turn around and walk away truth will stand still, truth will set us free truth has been and always will be still, there's the way I see it and the way you see it there is evidence and there is proof there's how we perceive it and what we believe there are philosophies and lies, but there is truth
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Decisions 07:14
We arrive under strange conditions, unique positions, something not quite right Open eyes see the world around us, that time has found us under different shades of light We survive under dark oppression and great depression, wealth beyond our dreams We surmise all our circumstances, we take our chances and live beyond our means Moving through the space that we've been given by foot or engine, in feast or famine Reaching for a place beyond our vision as so many different shades of light surround you It comes around to, it all comes down to Decisions decisions when made with precision design our envisioned lives Decisions decisions leave lasting incisions, create new divisions inside Playing with the hand that we've been given in love or contention, abused or abandoned Dealing with events beyond our control, as the joy and tragedy of life surrounds you It comes around to, it all comes down to We survive under all conditions and bad decisions wherever we may roam But open eyes see there's one who'll guide us, if we'll confide decisions won't be made alone Decisions decisions our greatest of freedoms, our heaviest burdens sometimes Decisions decisions our only possessions when we've reached the end of our lives Decisions decisions will raise or condemn us, find repentance, grace and forgiveness, find faith and wisdom in time
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Autumn 06:01
the breeze of a winter's day cuts the warmth surrounding me the trees once colored all the same take their own identity as a few things lose all hope, and fall away and a few things find new hope, and fly away and the lost will drag some down, as some are pulled to higher ground nothing stays the same, no more lazy summer days and they change with the autumn and they change with the autumn the wheels of new humanity program files to manage me at the heels of high society in my all too average standing...I watch as some people lose all hope and fall away and some people find new hope, and fly away and the lost will drag some down as some are pulled to higher ground but nothing stays the same, no more lazy summer days and they change like the autumn, and they change like the autumn the leaves whither and blow away, just like so many times before the breeze of a winter's day, chills this tired earth once more and she watches her last days come to a close as she passes through an autumn of her own and the lost will find a home, the true will take their promised throne nothing stays the same, no more lazy summer days...in the autumn and they change like the autumn...and they change......
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Let's Live 07:38
breathe in and release open wide, take some peace there's plenty here despite what you see, no deeper than reality our eyes can make it hard to see breathe in, blow it out begin again, turn around you've overcome the storms of your past the summer has arrived at last put down your sword and see how fast this world comes alive and we've fought this good fight for so long day after day givin all we've got to give and I know it's all right fear will not keep me captive, I don't know the score but I know who wins so let's love, let's breathe, let's live barely survived the winter, clinging to summer dreams of something better, something you'd felt but never seen in the meantime, the spring and flowers bloomed outside your fortress, and that's when i met you mounting your defenses, waiting on perfection but it ain't gonna be, this life ain't gonna be but if you come outside, maybe you will find baby you will see, it don't have to be perfect to be beautiful take a look around, listen to the sounds tear your fortress down you can still believe, bet you still can dream, bet you learn to see things you've never seen i bet you can breathe better outside, in the sunshine better untied better in the light of day i understand there must be opposition in all things we must taste the bitter to comprehend the sweet but I've feasted on oppression, swallowed my aggression made my healthy share of mistakes, lived to tell the tale got no plans to quit the race, drivin with a smile on my face time to pull the top down, let the sun inside let's enjoy the ride so breathe in, and release let it rise, let it sink to the bottom of your very soul He loves you more than you'll ever know He paid an unbelievable toll - that we could begin again, turn around.... you've overcome the storms of your past the summer has arrived at last put down your sword and see how fast this world comes alive and we've fought this good fight for so long day after day givin all we've got to give and I know it's all right fear will not keep me captive I don't know the score but I know who wins so let's love, let's breathe, let's fight this good fight for so long day after day givin all we've got to give and I know it's all right there's one thing i know for sure life is not just to be endured there's a time for everything under the sun and our time has come so let's love, let's breathe, let's live
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Knowing his time soon would end they gathered round their Lord and friend - He said "Let not your heart be troubled - ye believe in God, believe in me I go now to prepare a place, and where I go ye know the way"- but still one would say "How can we know the way we should go..." He said "I am the way, the truth, the life. No man comes to the Father but by Me. Have ye not seen The Father's works and words in me? Now go, I beg of you, and do as ye have seen Me do- for the world will not see me, but I'll manifest myself to thee" -and still one would say "how can we know- and how wilt Thou show thyself?" "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." (John14:26) At the day of Pentecost,were they not pricked in their hearts with love, joy, gentleness, patience, faith and temperance did Paul not understand, how God reveals himself to man that no man calls Jesus Lord, but by the Holy Ghost that was all so long ago, some say now the heavens have closed but nowhere do I read of an end of revelation from our friend and Lord only promises of comfort, wisdom, peace and answers and still so many say - "how can we know? And not be tossed to and fro.. by every wind of doctrine, the cunning craftiness of man false prophets selling salvation, wolves dressed as lambs.." deeper than the eyes and ears, His Spirit penetrates and what He whispers to our hearts, no man can take away and I know we can know the way we should go for His Spirit brings the truth of all things
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Prelude I 04:04
Instrumental
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there once was a man from a covenant land in the east he was sent to confront a great kingdom, corrupt and diseased he sealed the rain in the heavens, called fire to the earth he brought back the dead by his prophetic word and though chased like a thief, his heart still grieved for the souls who sought his life as he slipped away, to a cave to pray and there was a strong wind, but the Lord was not in it an earthquake came but the Lord was not there was a fire, but the Lord was not in it and after the fire, a still small voice there once was a boy from a small farm in young america he heard each new praise in those excitable days of hallelujiahs so many voices, but no harmony just how many ways could the same verses read? and though about to lead nations through the last dispensation he sought only one simple truth as he slipped away, to a grove to pray and there was a strong wind, but the Lord was not in it an earthquake came but the Lord was not there was a fire, but the Lord was not in it and after the fire, a still small voice there was a young man from a covenant land in the west born of goodly parents, he knew he was blessed and he grew in to this heritage passed through the years he read of these men who had conquered all fear but their words, like any, were void without proof so what was tradition, and what was truth? and then came his day to be sent far away to proclaim it with his life so he slipped away, found a place to pray and there was a strong wind, but the Lord was not in it an earthquake came but the Lord was not there was a fire, but the Lord was not in it and after the fire, i felt, that still small voice

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"Perspective is an album of keyboard driven progressive rock. But I like the way these guys describe it

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released October 27, 2012

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jake nielsen Richmond, Virginia

Jake is a piano teacher and recording artist who loves Dream Theater, Billy Joel, Neal Morse, Ben Folds Five and many other bands that rock.

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