David Lingabee Songs & Songwriting

Have you ever felt light as a feather,
Have you ever felt like you’re not really here,
Have you ever recalled something that seemed not from this lifetime,
And then wondered from whence did it really come?

Have you ever found yourself watching what you’re doing,
Not a second thought as it seemed quite natural,
Have you ever played sports or did something very fun,
And you found yourself feeling somewhat magical.

Chorus
You are always going in and out of bodies,
How else do you think they live your life,
Whether it’s entering one right at your beginning,
Or simply leaving one right at your very end.
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We are so used to saying “my brain”, “my arm”, “my back hurts”,
Or “my teeth”, “my head”, “my feet”, or even “my heart”,
Well if we speak like that and think it’s all quite normal,
Then who the hell is “my” or is that “you”.

If you are not your body parts then really what the hell are you?,
Are you a mind that responds every time you need it to think?,
But minds breakdown under stress and then may need some fixing,
Have you ever seen a car go fix itself.

So contemplate for a minute that you run things,
That you make sure your body is fed and housed and slept,
That you sometimes have to calm your mind in stress times,
Now you’re starting to get the idea who you really are.

I think for so long we have taken ourselves for granted,
Do this, do that, move here, move there, now go to sleep,
We are soooo used to telling our body and mind to do things,
That we’ve forgotten that we’re the one who tells them both.

Chorus
You are always going in and out of bodies,
How else do you think they live your life,
Whether it’s entering one right at your very beginning,
Or simply leaving one right at your very end.
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When your body has a problem who does it come to,
Even the doctor has to get you to tell him what’s wrong,
Without our sanity our minds go wandering off into lah lah land,
We are an orientation point for our body and our mind.

There are countless theories on the nature of us humans,
The facts are so varied there must be confusions within it all,
If you are interested in the difference between yourself and your body,
Go look in a mirror until you realize who you are.

So what is us, or me, or you, really actually made of,
Maybe we’re not really made of anything that’s easily described,
Maybe we’re different from our body and the planet we live on,
Maybe we actually really should not even be here.

Chorus
You are always going in and out of bodies,
How else do you think they live your life,
Whether it’s entering one right at your very beginning,
Or simply leaving one right at your very end.
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Let’s start a rumor that we’ve grossly ignored each other,
That we’ve also grossly ignored our very selves,
That we’ve convinced ourselves and friends that we’re really nothing,
That we’ve forgotten who we really truly are.

Chorus
You are always going in and out of bodies,
How else do you think they live your life,
Whether it’s entering one right at your very beginning,
Or simply leaving one right at your very end.
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