Mark Shepard: Rogue Mystic

Mark Shepard is a Songwriter, Storyteller, Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner/Trainer.

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My last Music Video of 2020. thank you to all 3 of my fans!

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Inspired by Medieval Mystic, Meister Eckhart who said, "God is at Home. WE are in the far country..." a really, really long time ago. AND a talk given at Unity Church in Albany by Rev. Roger Mock.

God Is Home (And We Are In The Far Country) Song #: 503 | 8/18/2015 | CD: tbd | Tuning: DADGAD Every day is a relentless miracle Every day is a push and pull Every day is a beloved teacher Who demands to be paid in full Every day is a friendly robber Every day is an open door Every day is a glaring opportunity Every day is the sweetest holy war Refrain: God is at Home and We’ve been in the far, far country God is Home andWe get closer every day… Every day is a dusty desert rose Thirsty for the evening dew Every day is a heart still longing For a Love that’s true Refrain: Bridge: Tomorrow is a “lie” We tell ourselvesBecause it never arrives Yesterday’s a dusty book Upon the shelf Today is where we live our lives Refrain: Every day is a whirling dervish Spinning into ecstasy Every day is a candle flame In the vastness of Eternity Copyright 2015-2020 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved.credits

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Inspired by Medieval Mystic, Meister Eckhart who said, "God is at Home. WE are in the far country..." a really, really long time ago. AND a talk given at Unity Church in Albany by Rev. Roger Mock.

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Life In Song #400, “if I Could Fly” One of my personal favorites. Arrangement by Joe Mennonna.

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Life in Song #89 From 1986... about those transformational moments when life changes for the better...

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In the “great songs that I love to sing” category.

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We Are All That Is

Song # 445 | 4/9/2012 | Solo Acoustic Version 11/2020 Can you believe in the love I have for you? Can I believe in your belief? Can I believe in the love you have for me? Can you believe in my belief? Refrain: What can we all be searching for When we are All That Is? What can we still be waiting for When there is only now… Wherever I go I take you with me Wherever I go I sing my song Whatever I sing I sing about you Whenever I sing there is no wrong Refrain: What of the fear that we keep feeding? What of the thoughts that weigh us down? What of the miracles we fail to notice? What of the hearts left in the lost and found? Refrain: Bridge: Can we be who we’ve been searching for? Can we accept that we are more Than we thought we could ever be Are we who we’ve been longing to see? Repeat first verse and refrain

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Download this track here:

https://markshepard.bandcamp.com/track/season-of-light-life-in-song-292

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Mark Shepard "Rise Up & Dance" Life In Song #163 (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) Hey! Thanks for watching/listening! Your Support Matters!

Download this track here: https://markshepard.bandcamp.com/track/rise-up-and-dance-song-163-2020 

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Check out my "Life In Song" Project (45 years of Mark Shepard Songs) here: https://MarkShepardSongs.com  

Lyrics: 

Rise Up and Dance Life In Song #163 | 4/13/1991 

 Refrain: Rise up and dance to the light in your lover’s eyes 

 I have been walking down streets of impossibilities  For so long that I forgot just why I came I have seen visions I have heard voices I have done my time in prisons that do not have bars or walls or chains I have crossed rivers, I have climbed mountains I have burned my face in deserts where the sun knew me by my name I have heard music that was drifting on spring breezes 10,000 years ago and I have never been the same 

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You have been created not by God but by your self To live the dream that you have chosen to call reality You might be surprised to find that we are all just actors We write all our own lines and choose to be or not to be 

 Refrain: 

Tie your shoes tightly and then stretch out your thoughts Remember thoughts are things like falcon’s wings believe in them Leave all your doubts behind you, burn all your bridges I said burn them, burn them, burn them! 

Refrain 

 Tuning: DADGAD © Mark Shepard 1993, 1998, 2007, 2020 All Rights Reserved

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“God Is Home” Life In Song #503 (OFFICIAL SOLO ACOUSTIC MUSIC VIDEO)

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God Is Home (And We Are In The Far Country) Song #: 503 | 8/18/2015 | Tuning: DADGAD Every day is a relentless miracle Every day is a push and pull Every day is a beloved teacher Who demands to be paid in full Every day is a friendly robber Every day is an open door Every day is a glaring opportunity Every day is the sweetest holy war Refrain: God is at Home and We’ve been in the far, far country God is Home and We get closer every day… Every day is a dusty desert rose Thirsty for the evening dew Every day is a heart still longing For a Love that’s true Refrain: Bridge: Tomorrow is a “lie” We tell ourselves Because it never arrives Yesterday’s a dusty book Upon the shelf Today is where we live our lives Refrain: Every day is a whirling dervish Spinning into ecstasy Every day is a candle flame In the vastness of Eternity Copyright 2015-2020 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved.creditsreleased November 24, 2020

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I released this song exactly a year ago today... “crickets”

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Beneath The Surfaces of ThingsSong 485 | 7/14/14Oh where did the world go?Oh where did the world goWhen we were singing just now?Have you been jousting with petty tyrants?Shadow boxing with cold fear?Have you been grinding through The old danceLike sand thrown into the gears?Like sand thrown into the gears?Refrain:We are searching beneath 
The surfaces of things…We are searching beneath 
The surfaces of things…We are searching beneath 
The surfaces of things…What would it be like 
To love your self?What would it be like 
To find your health?What would it be like 
To have a dream so hugeIt’s IMPOSSIBLE to refuse?It’s IMPOSSIBLE to refuse?Refrain:Bridge:Sometimes the Spirit Speaks to You in whispersSometimes the Spirit tiptoes Through in slippersSometimes the Spirit …Wakes you up like a rock thrown Through your bedroom window!Refrain:What if everything is perfect?What if friction leads to fire?What if fire prepares the soil?So the seeds can grow 
Much higher?so the seeds can growMuch higher?Refrain:Oh where did the world go?Oh where did the world goWhen we were singing just now…Copyright 2014-2020 by Mark Shepard All Rights Reserved

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A song inspired by Albany Peace Project Founder Bethany Gonyea.

https://markshepard.bandcamp.com/track/beneath-the-surfaces-of-things-485

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A love song from Quarantine. “Sometimes I Miss You Fiercely” Song # 571 by Mark Shepard.

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anxiety relief in a song. try it you might find you like it!