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A Matter of Mind

from A Matter of Mind by Doctor Mirabilis

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I had a word with the wise man as he lay twisted and bent
He spoke of the fond time before he’d been spent,
Of the shape of his thoughts in the darkest of hours
His words weren’t withered, his heart hadn’t soured
He said ‘when the clouds came in closer and the night left me blind
I transcended the matter, it was only a matter of mind’

I ran into the rabbi as I broadened horizons
Blessed with a chalice, he’d filled it with poison
To drown out the drone of corrupt ancestry
He drew long on the pipe, then he passed it to me
He said ‘I looked into the shadows to see what I’d find
From the black underpass to the back of the mine’
Back on the true path of his concentrate rhyme,
He transcended the matter, it was only a matter of time

I passed on through Townes’ gallant ghost of the highway
Haunted by trails he’d left on the sky
Turned away from the road he’d wandered sublime
Chose the dual path of my own grand design
I said ‘I’ve thought long and hard now about every turn
The strong hand I was dealt was not mine to burn
Won’t you give me your blessing if I promise to earn
Song’s silver stripes oh I’ll promise to learn’
He said ‘forget not the donwtrodden or those left behind
If you must choose the matter of mind within matter
Then make it a matter of mind’

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from A Matter of Mind, released August 1, 2011

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Doctor Mirabilis Nottingham, UK

After shedding the exoskeleton of troubled troubadour JT Songs, Doctor M emerged fully formed and backed by the superb playing and production of Peyton Pinkerton on his first three albums, A Matter of Mind (2011), Exiles (2014), and The Captain’s Chorus (2017). Aims and Methods (2023) signals a new musical direction and the first release recorded and mixed at Doctor M’s own Sublemotion Studios. ... more

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