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1.
fleeting moment do not let this rope slip down like every one before dance now sweetheart just off from the shore for tide swallows all into abyss do I really know you darling girl or are you only a creation of mine? I can't count the times snapped from my delusional mind woke up in a sweat frantic for her silhouette sandwiched in-between memories and silly man's dream the ictus of this time scurries all directions but mine woh now stop the horse blinders are in front of its eyes near to being killed run down by the automobiles strange dreamy images swim around my head flinging my balance to the wind do I really know you darling girl or are you only a creation of mine? I'm no fisherman I just wanna see how it appears below the surface please help hold the line your hands are much more steady than mine boat sides seem so thin feels like water's pouring right in I can't count the times snapped from my delusional mind woke up in a sweat frantic for her silhouette sandwiched in-between memories and silly man's dream the ictus of this time scurries all directions but mine woh now stop the horse blinders are in front of its eyes near to being killed run down by the automobiles
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Please bless these waters open our hearts now teach us to pray
3.
Light n Love 04:23
I'm standing in the forest, watching as the wild things grow, hoping to find fallen leaves, hiding treasure underneath. And from above the golden sphere emits beautiful sun rays, sneaking though trees, as they fight for Light n Love. But the night, it always comes, leaving me in blindness. Even fire, though warm and bright, haunts a lonely soul. By the pull of a string, I survive till the spring, as I'm dragged though a deep black hole. Sun rays linger, embedded in blood, in this battle for Light n Love. I'm peeling off the dead bark, searching for the carvings of the worm, like ancient cave art, stories concealed by the humdrum. A web of roots entangled, pumping the life force through the limbs. They reach out endlessly, heaven to hold, in this battle for Light n Love. But the night . . .
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Disfrazados 03:18
¿como cantar cuando se le acalla la voz? tanta poesía escondida en los fondos escucha a los susurros nacidos de luz siempre rodeándole disfrazados
5.
this canvas is worn and old let's revive it with life so bold our voices sit sad and still let's project them the sky to fill into silent forest run cast my eyes at setting sun so the fire won't fizzle out I'll be goin' away our village has many walls with painted pretense tear down them all into silent forest run cast my eyes at setting sun so the fire won't fizzle out I'll be goin' away
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All right Soul from the Heavens  let your love flow now  let it flow now  Oh please Soul from the Heavens  my blood is boiling now  let my love flow now  All right Soul from the Heavens  oh won't you open me  won't you set us free  Let down Song from the Heavens  I need to hear that Voice  let it rain down  Teach me how to pray  Teach me how to pray  for the lives lost  for the unseen cost  blindness prevails  my hope starts to fail  feet draggin' slow  peace I wanna know  so teach me how to pray  So easy to turn my back  while so many are slammed  by the weight of history  I can stand and face the harsh world  it can change  it can change  it can change  but then I read thru the paper  and listen to the news  and I really get the blues  for the people still believin' in the bullshit  Let my soul's bird fly from the shadow to the front lines  lifting up the covers, gonna meet my fellow man  where they are  where they been  hear their sin  hear their cries  hear their whys  take their hand  make a stand  till we reach the Higher Ground Oh please Soul from the Heavens won't you set us free won't you give us peace your love is flowin' now oh help us feel it now
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Out of Mind 02:22
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Rowing down this sacred river through the sunlight, through the storms, let the current guide your travels, humbly bowing to the flow. See the boats pass tense and hurried, set their coarse for mines of gold, where they hope to shed their worries, bathing in a false disguise. Lord Almighty - bless the cold heart, spread some love across this land, to people hopeless, people crying, people kept away from peace. There's a strange wind a'blowin' callin' out for Peace. Show me a bit of this peace they speak of, would you please? There's a rumor goin' round: there's a peaceful place out beyond this sound, the confines of this space. Peace in our body. Peace in our mind. Peace in this city, take hold at this time. Where can we find it? I feel it slip in through the cracks, supplanting something good, something great, some little mystery, pouring in through every pore, infusing into my blood cells, and particles, and my fingertips, through the keys, and every word I speak. May it grow out with the fractal systems, fraying out in endless spiral motion, ocean, potion, explosion, flowing out to the heavens, every home and hut and farm and alley, city, suburb, field and valley. I feel the sun sinking down again below the horizon. Thunder clouds have crawled, and clustered into chaos, endless earthquakes, toward demise of our design. Refugees reaching for release. Peace! See the hint of fearless spirit, held inside a child's eye. Therein lies the soft equation, sure to heal the hardest heart
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Samadhi 08:09

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Dedicated to those who
who work for peace and equity
for humanity and nature.

and in loving memory of Nathan Eliot Rowan

This album is my musical prayer for us to spread love and light.
May we learn from our children to hope and act. So many young
people boldly put themselves out there – Parkland High School
students calling to truly address gun violence, Greta Thornberg
fighting to raise consciousness about the severity of climate crisis, Malala Yousafzai working for the education of women in Pakistan
and elsewhere, and children who question every day why things
are the way they are and how to make them better.

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released December 15, 2021

Steven Hobert – lead vocals, piano, accordion, organs,
keyboards, clarinet, saxophone
Kathleen Hobert – vocals (lead on Soul From the Heavens, Soft Equation), tap dance, percussion
Sarah Larsson – vocals (lead on Light n Love), french horn, percussion
Nat Marineau Begej- vocals (lead on Silent Forests), percussion
Yohannes Tona - bass
Jeff Schraw – vocals, drums, banjo, guitar
Nathan Eliot – vocals, guitar
Eric De Los Santos - marimba on Disfrazados


All music composed and produced by Steven Hobert and FireFlyForest © 2016 FireFlyForest Music Publishing.
Recorded at: Pine Hollow Studios in Eau Claire, WI engineered by Evan Middlesworth and Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis engineered by Steven Hobert
Mixed at Hideaway Studios in Minneapolis by Jason McGlone and Steven Hobert
Mastered by Jim May in St Paul, MN
artwork by Greta McLain

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Steven Hobert Luck, Wisconsin

Pianist, composer, explorer - reveling in life’s mysteries through improvisation. Music to transport, heal, emote and challenge.
A breadth of texture and emotion incorporating musical vocabulary and spirit from America, West Africa, and Northern Europe.
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