Name: Bread On The Waters
Duration: P00H06M09S
Description: I know a lot of people will be thinking this is a song about Christianity, and I was certainly using some of the imagery there...but I was also thinking about the Hindu tradition of the sannyasin, someone who drops their worldly goods and walks out to seek the truth. Maybe they're the same thing at heart. We may be on different roads, but I think they're all heading in the same direction.

Bread On The Waters

from You Know You Know by Beowulf Kingsley

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I know a lot of people will be thinking this is a song about Christianity, and I was certainly using some of the imagery there...but I was also thinking about the Hindu tradition of the sannyasin, someone who drops their worldly goods and walks out to seek the truth. Maybe they're the same thing at heart. We may be on different roads, but I think they're all heading in the same direction.

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BREAD ON THE WATERS

I see - you know - where the hell else am I gonna go
I see the road stretch on oh so clear
I dreamed last night, of an angel made of light
And in the morning, the dream still seemed so clear

Bare feet on the clay, I had some shoes but I gave them away
I don't think I'll need much here on this path
One thought in mind, one pilgrim with his head on fire
There's nothing more but steps and blood and breath

I know what to do and it's all right
The rising sun gives me a second sight
I threw my bread on the waters of the sea
But I know that bread is coming back to me

Mountains up ahead, I remember what the wise man said
So many ways to get to where you need
I have to go to a place that I still don't know
To get to find the space where I can be

know what to do and it's all right
The rising sun gives me a second sight
I threw my bread on the waters of the sea
But I know that bread is coming back to me

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from You Know You Know, released October 31, 2022

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Beowulf Kingsley Grass Lake Charter Township, Michigan

Todd was here before. Perhaps you recognize him from back then. He looked different then, though. If you think he owes you any money, he was probably some other guy. Those other guys are gone now. We think they may be in Guam, or possibly Kansas.

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