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Follow Your Bliss

from The Gate by Candy Lee

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"Follow your bliss" is a phrase coined by the late Joseph Campbell (professor and founder of the study of comparative mythology). Simply put, follow your bliss means, do that which you are "called" to do. Do that which brings you joy. Many people believe "follow your bliss" means do whatever you want. But, it's really not that simple. If you realize that you are god experiencing reality through the eyes of a human, and you realize that all is one, you will follow your bliss not from a selfish perspective, but from a perspective of unity consciousness. Therefore, do that which makes you happy, but in a way that is helpful to the world, or at least is not destructive to it.

Follow Your Bliss is a fun song about doing what makes you happy, despite what society thinks about it. "What is the norm, is not necessarily right, just a concept thought up by the man." This goes back to questioning everything, and finding the truth out for yourself- not simply buying in to what the media tells you is important or desirable. Think outside the box and be a creator! Make music, make art, philosophize, learn, and love! Think about how you can use your talents and what makes you happy to better and change the world!

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Lyrics:

I wanna sleep under the shad tree
Don’t wanna be bothered by anybody
I wanna talk, talk to the flowers
For hours, and hours, and hours

And I wanna laugh, laugh like a child
‘Cause that’s what makes
This life all worthwhile

And I don’t care if it’s socially unacceptable
And I don’t care if everyone else is a square
And I’m the only circle

I wanna paint a picture on the wall
Even though I don’t know much about painting at all
I wanna write a conscious song
That makes people think when they sing along

And I wanna do all the things they think I can’t
I wanna live, live my life
My life to the fullest

And I don’t care if it’s socially unacceptable
And I don’t care if everyone else is a square
And I’m the only circle

Well they might think I’m crazy
But they just don’t understand
That what is the norm
Is not necessarily right
Just a concept thought up by the man

Oh follow your bliss
Only you can know what it is
Don’t pay attention
To all of the distractions

Bread and circus is not the way to live life
Bread and circus keeps us slaves of the mind
Bread and circus is not the way to live life
Bread and circus keeps us slaves of the mind

Oh follow your bliss
Only you can know what it is
Follow your bliss
Follow your bliss

credits

from The Gate, released August 26, 2010
Jennifer Graham- bass guitar

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Candy Lee Fayetteville, Arkansas

Candy Lee is an award winning, "golden voiced" singer/songwriter who combines her love for folk, jazz, and indie music to create her own original style. The first thing you'll notice when you hear Candy Lee is her voice- timeless, entrancing, and ethereal. She Lee pulls you in with her sweet, catchy melodies and moving music, but it is her smart, creative lyrics that deserve a second listen. ... more

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