FreddeGredde - Ocean Mind lyrics

my world had fallen to waste and sorrow day by day, not much time left to borrow lost inside my reverie struggling from bonds of misery my wish to leave had consumed through all thought year by year, horrified to strive for what I sought lost inside my seed of doubt I set my eyes to ocean's route above the rolling seas a bird is navigating its life in a traceless flight beyond the shaking waves of temper inspired I commence regaining control of destiny a ship is setting sail I'm in the torrents of desire the man in charge - king of the world! I take command, my will a**ured invincible to the unknown the ocean is my own in my mind I see myself rule the entire world unsated thirst, my mind in chains salt water in my veins now in their minds they're thinking I'm becoming carelessly self-obsessed (he's become a puppet of the ego) narrow-minded, greedy without mercy I've turned my back on humility my world has fallen beneath my own care guilty now of adding to the despair lost within a selfish mind struggling to see where I went blind alone... Why have I become harsh as the ocean? then awakened by dissonance from the sea fearing the strings are taken from me will I lose it all the items I possess once highly cherished now seem so meaningless then defeated and cast off into the sea too far from shore and nowhere to flee with no air to breathe I see illusions fail no more denial I'm drowning, shattered and frail for what I've sown from pain becomes my private misery and with my heart of stone I reap my loss alone fallen from my throne then arrives the new dawning sun from the east humiliation finally released I slowly feel compa**ion is spreading I chance upon an injured bird incapable of flying can it be saved from dying? expand, letting go of the ego's destructive advance we should've ceased long ago the journey's long I've put myself in the way with foolish goals that have led me astray the bird seemed free up there in the sky but the distance was a lie expand, letting go of the fears that forbid sympathy now I sail with the flow sun sets and storms break I fear what they'll take rage set in motion wrath of the ocean lights awaken my mind once again the dawn is kind below the surface I've left the madness behind now a man in poverty but with a mind, clear and free despite the storm that's swelling on the outside I'm steady in the depths of the sea I set the bird free to fly my inner peace unwinding it reappears amid the setting sun the transformation begun I'm surrounded by a lightness and feeling endless compa**ion now pain and joy awake my empathy it's opened up the world for me I finally see everything's connected my actions have cause and effect I influence those I'll never meet the suffering we can defeat my compa**ion's further extending to all around me in all the world to beings of all kinds I've crossed my mental confines expand! the journey's long we've put ourselves in our way with foolish goals that have led us astray the time slips by our hands as we rise to reach towards the brighter skies