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Donovan — The Way
Album: Sutras
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4.3

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Total ratings: 155









Released: 1996
Length: 2:10
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I stay behind I walk ahead
Apart yet a part of ev'rything
Nothing done and all is well
Never used yet always full
Out of nothing comes the one
Out of one comes the two
Out of two comes three
Out of three comes all things
The more it moves the more it yields
The valley spirit never dies
The root of heaven and of earth
Empty now of ev'rything
>From above it is not bright
>From below it is not dark
You cannot see when it began
Follow it there is no end
It has no aim it is so small
It has no name it is so great
It is not seen it is not heard
Nothing done or left undone
The weak can overcome the strong
The supple overcomes the stiff
Ev'ryone knows this well
yet so few can practice it
Out of nothing comes the one
Out of one comes the two
Out of two comes three
Out of three comes all things
Comments (15)add comment
This after Pete Townshend? Oh dear.... 
Posted 5 years ago by hopper99    [ Reply ]
Look at those ratings!

Gave it an 8. I don't know what's wrong with me really...
Posted 5 years ago by TerrorGovernor    [ Reply ]
I see comments about this tune 14 years ago and then 13 years ago and then again 5 years ago. I guess it's time to comment again on what a blasé tune this is.
Posted 6 years ago by skibbenr    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
I have never tried to write song lyrics.  But I have this fear that if I ever did try it would sound something like this.  {#Stop}
 
The lyrics are straight from Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. Donovan must have had writer's block when he came up with this one. I love Donovan and the Tao Te Ching, but not this song.
Posted 12 years ago by Umberdog    [ Reply ]
I have never tried to write song lyrics.  But I have this fear that if I ever did try it would sound something like this.  {#Stop}
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Love Donovan. Hate the song.
Posted 20 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
All your guesses are wrong!! As a student of eastern philosophy I can tell you the lyrics to this song are an almost complete transliteration from the Tao Te Ching, the formost book of Taoist philosophy originally from China. That the song is kinda weak isn't the fault of Taoism. Donovan really fell off the boat this time.
Posted 20 years ago by samiyam    [ Reply ]
Ooo, it's, like, so cosmic, man.
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
BenjaminZ wrote:
There's something about this that bugs me. Sorry.
Sounds like a kids song to me for some reason, though I haven't caught enough lyrics to really say.
Posted 20 years ago by faramir    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
It's Donovan!
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted 21 years ago by Freebish    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by BenjaminZ: There's something about this that bugs me. Sorry.
It's Donovan!
Posted 21 years ago by Spliff    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by the_jake: I am curious what "Indian-influenced pop" would be? Have any examples?
Peyote cola?
Posted 21 years ago by ndanger666    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Shimmer: Gives a bad name to Indian-influenced pop.
I am curious what "Indian-influenced pop" would be? Have any examples?
Posted 22 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Gives a bad name to Indian-influenced pop.
Posted 22 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]