Graeham Goble
Everything I want in my life
Must come to me through sacrifice
This idea now lives in my soul
Arises in my heart
No waiting, now wanting
No holding, now giving
No hiding, now living free
Fly over land, fly over sea
Take what you can, nothing to leave
Hatred and love, inside of you and me
Tables turn to show my truth
I’m not the man I was in my youth
Change in me, there is no choice
I have no voice to hear
The air and ground are alive it seems
And I am so scared, this is not a dream
Fire all around, twisted face in the clouds
Darkness, dragging me into the arms of a stranger
Who are you?
You are myself
Four kings, in a hidden place, speak to my soul
Voices are clear, peace at last, thunderstorms pass
I now see, wanting to hear, understanding my fear
The time has come
Truths that I could never know, now show themselves to me
Long ago, I loved her so
And now, once more we meet
Aching heart, kept apart
I see the reason why
In this world of crystal forms, I feel myself alive
Harmonies of sound
Light weaving all around
On the other side of the river
Can’t wait a moment more
Just wanna be set free, let myself go
Other souls are here
Warning me to wait
This time I won’t go back to old ways
Floating now, losing faith
I lost my belief, but it’s OK
Emptied out, surrendering
Let go my desires and the heartache they bring
The time has come
For initiation
Midnight, a procession to the river
In the pale moonlight, I am carried in my sleep
There’s something new about me
Part of me shines bright, part of me is black
If I’m ever gonna live my life,
I need to find my own way back
There’s something new that I see
Arrival at the river bank
Starting to cross
Selfless and pure and wise
The scene is seen by the ferryman
He can’t understand
I’ve lost all my earthly desire
Crossing over to a higher realm
To a place where the temple is
Light and colour spreading everywhere
Higher realms
Wait for me
Holding everything
Back in the world of sense perception
My body returns to its mortal sheath
All is still in the hidden temple
I see the kings, I see my own destiny
Accepting all I must do
Now I know
The kings speak
Conversation
I can talk to my higher self
Whirling mist
Release the ferryman
An old man and his wife are here
Hallowed hour, cosmic midnight
All who are here will see the greatest mystery
The dove appears
I am uplifted
I remember my deepest despair
And how I learned
Complete devotion
Now inside, there is wisdom and strength
Through death, new life
And a path for all
From our lower nature
To our highest call
And the knowledge held
In the mysteries
Can shine in everyone
And make us free
I’m on my way home now
To a place I know
And I stand in silence
Just before I go
It’s been a long road here
Now the path is wide
I will live forever
On the other side
© 2008 Origin Music
'Let It Rain' - Graeham Goble
Graeham Goble | All Vocals, Acoustic Guitars |
Dave Beck | Drums |
Chris Bekker | Bass |
Joe Chindamo | Acoustic Piano |
Bret Garsed | Slide Guitar |
Chris Hawker | ‘Stacked’ Electric Guitars |
David Jones | Drums, Tuned Percussion |
Jack Jones | Electric Guitars |
George McArdle | Bass |
Juan Martinez | Handclaps |
Kevin Murphy | Drums |
Mick O’Connor | Hammond |
Ray Pereira | Percussion |
James Richmond | Percussion |
Ben Robertson | Double Bass |
Jason Vorherr | Bass |
John Watson | Drums |
Dorian West | Keys, Lap Steel, Loops, Orchestra, Sampled Percussion |
Produced by | Graeham Goble |
Engineered by | Hadyn Buxton & Robin Mai |
Drums recorded at | Metropolis Audio, Melbourne, Australia Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne, Australia Woodstock Studio, Melbourne, Australia |
Recorded & Mixed at | Words & Music, Melbourne, Australia |
Mixed by | Doug Brady & Chris Dickie |
Mastered by | David Briggs, The Production Workshop, Melbourne, Australia |
INITIATION SUITE (Let It Rain)
Statement by Graeham Goble
In 1795, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote a profoundly mystical work which he titled, The Fairy Tale of The Green Snake and The Beautiful Lily.
The fairy tale text is deeply esoteric and difficult to understand. I undertook a private study of the text with Dr Adrian Anderson, a uniquely qualified expert on Goethe, and a person with a particular interest in the Fairytale.
From a very young age I had a “sense” that I was meant to write an important piece of music. When I commenced writing my “Initiation Suite”, I knew the moment had arrived.
Using the fairytale as inspiration, I’ve tried to tell the story of a person’s life, from beginning to end & beyond, with all the stages (ups & downs, trial & tribulations) in between.
It’s the universal story of mankind. The story has been told many times before, but this may be the first time it’s been put into musical form, particularly the rock/popular music form.
Like the fairytale, my “Initiation Suite” has 12 sections (or periods) of a person’s life experience on earth.
The Suite concludes with “Let It Rain”. There’s a road we all have to travel.
“fortune takes you to your sacred ground,
there’s no way for you to turn around”
At the end of a full earthly life, hopefully all lessons have been learned, everything happened exactly as it was meant to and it is somehow all OK.
Let It Rain.