AND THEN...THERE IS A BRIDGE followed Cara's debut CD "Living on Bread & Circus." Through this body of work, Cara stays focused on articulating and appreciating the generosity and kindness of life itself. Honesty, hope, true freedom and gratitude for this existence, all serve as reminders of what is of value to the human heart. This CD takes on the nuances of world beat rhythms and melodies, as well as classical influences such as Debussy, Schubert, Brahms and Mozart. Sweeping orchestral arrangements, tables, guitars, bass and space accompany Cara's soulful vocals. This CD is elegant and understated in delivery, delicate yet powerful, gentle yet strong within a timeless message of hope. More Info: www.caratower.com CARA'S SONGS IN FILMS: HIDING VICTORIA, a film by Dan Chinander features "She Come From An Ordinary Family, As We Are, and Come to Me, from Living on Bread & Circus and "Even When" on Cara's forth coming CD. This is another award winning film, taking three first place awards, Best Feature Film -SAN FERNANDO FILM FESTIVAL -people's choice and Best Buzz Film in it's debut showing at the ASHEVILLE FILM FESTIVAL! Way to go Dan! www.hidingvictoria.com TOURS From 2003-2008 Cara has performed her musical multi media performance in many cities and countries: LYRICS LYRICS LYRICS LYRICS 1 And Then...There is a Bridge When Ignorance comes Shadows fall where they may Without you Unconsciousness knocks As I open the door, To the constant drums of distraction And then, there is a bridge, and then there is... Every time the light grows dim And still we usher in faith, there is a bridge This life... Would be spent running like a rat On the wheel of illusion Without you. Deaf, blind and numb Begging for some crumbs Lost on the trail thru the woods, thru the woods Without you. And then, there is a bridge, and then there is... Every time anger comes knocking at our door And still we usher in peace...there is a bridge. This heart... Would be looking for a door Like a ship searching for a shore Tossed by the waves Without the anchor of your love. And then, there is a bridge, and then there is... Every time we face the squalls, and we face the squalls We face the squalls of hate And still we usher in love...there is a bridge. Every time the light grows dim And still we usher in faith ...there is a bridge. 2 The Infinite Inside Never you shall I abandon In fact I will carry you in from the cold You may not know it yet But you house a perfect treasure So come in, come in, won't you come in? Come in from the cold. Never the door shall I lock In fact I will give to you my keys To cross the threshold that your heart So softly whispers through Come in, come in, won't you come in? Come in from the cold. Never your cry shall I refuse My love harbors all the seas If you should sail the great divide Still you I am beside I am the breath your ship always Has access too, I am the infinite inside of you The infinite inside. Never your faults shall I address For this is not "the you" of interest There is a dance under your steps And a passion under the drum There is a song of longing That only the heart can strum Never your cry shall I refuse My love harbors all the seas If you should sail the great divide Still you I am beside I am the breath your ship always Has access too, I am the infinite of inside you The infinite inside. 3 Exactly Where You Are (Salvation) Let's just walk away from the ruins of anger And far from the ashes of grief There is a sea of understanding beyond The stagnate pools of belief...there is relief. I've got...a parachute for the freefall Just untie the noose round my wings There is a sky where the light is never blinding And love fills everything...and you can hear the heart sing Oh, I can almost hear it...if I'd ever shut up, shut up... You don't have to travel very far Exactly where it's at ...is exactly where you are. Keep me a laugh ahead of ignorance And the tight clenched fists of hate Into the arms of my affinity Where love is thundering at the gate Saying, "it's not too late...to stop chickening out, stop chickening" 'Cause you don't have to travel very far Exactly where it's at...is exactly where you are. Bubbling underneath the static drone of the humdrum Churning waves of ecstasy delighted that you've come Why question how you got there, just surrender to the flight I know that you want too...you know that I need too I know that we're going too...enjoy the flight...so give up the fight Around and round and round we go, until we understand Salvation lives here within the heart of every man. So you don't have to travel very far Exactly where it's at...is exactly where you are You don't have to travel very far Exactly where it's at...is exactly where you are. 4 If I Am A King If I am a king And my mind is the kingdom What kind of ruler am I? Do I govern my thoughts Or do I simply attack Do I crush every opposing view So my fears don't bite back? If I am a king And my body is the land What kind of sovereign am I? Preoccupied by conflict Or am I in a place of peace Am I serene in the midst of chaos Before my oppositions cease? Do I have the courage to say... I am simple, I am fragile, and from this I gather strength I may be bruised, but I'm agile, so I know I can go the length. If I am a king And my heart is the province What kind of guardian am I? Do I hide my vulnerability Or do I ware it on my sleeve Wear it even when my confidence suddenly takes leave? Do I have the courage to say... I am simple, I am fragile, and from this I gather strength I may be bruised, but I'm agile, so I know I can go the length If I am a king And my hands are the country What kind of builder am I? Are my stones made of love Are they strong even when I break Or do I point and blame the mason who leaves me Crumbling in my wake? 5 Secret Garden I'm longing To speak of things I dare not tell So I'm hiding The secret garden of my love Where I go to freely feel Our soulful waters run, our soulful waters Running... Here inside The secret garden I hide Here, I can feel you here Between the rise and the fall Of this breath, that moves us all No up sense or down In this secret garden I've found. I am burning Like a fire in the wind Following the pathless coarse That yearns within its ardent flame For the downpour of your ecstatic rain Raining... Here, inside The secret garden I hide Here, I can feel you here Between the rise and the fall Of this breath that fills us all No above and no below In the secret garden I know. Slipping in Between the shadows and the light I can feel you taking flight The opening is shear And our secret garden Is waiting here, waiting here... 6 If Love Is Just A Waltz Is the moon far too brilliant And our hearts too resilient To usher this waltz without aim? Will the mystery unfold Down a path we keep trying to mold Has our faith secretly started to wane? Can a kiss still blush the skin Or is life growing pale and thin Waiting for the music to begin? If love is just a waltz, take this dance If love is just a waltz, take this invitingly irresistible chance Or is rain too consistent And doubt too persistent For a break in the storm to appear? Will the thorns still surrender Or is the rose far too tender Silently yearning for years? Can a kiss still blush the skin Or is life growing pale and thin Waiting for the music to begin? If love is just a waltz, take it's anxious palm in your hand Love is just a waltz, come dance me to your foreign land Love is just a waltz, it offers a long stemmed rose Lets dance all night, lets follow wherever it goes If love is just a waltz, there's no sense of time Love is just a waltz, Let's drown in it's endless wine Love is just a waltz, it's feet hardly touch the ground If love is just a waltz...then I want to go around and around... 7 Freedom Freedom to be true to yourself Freedom to follow your heart and run with the ball Freedom to go beyond the pale and most of all Freedom and the freedom to feel it, the capacity to feel it, the ability to feel And find the joy that's independent of everything somehow Living here inside of us in the universe of now. Freedom, freedom From the lie that lives outside Freedom, freedom From the stigma of black and white The image of wrong and right, freedom From the swagger of yes and no The difference of high and low, Freedom To hear your own voice Freedom to know you even have a choice Freedom to say what you mean Freedom to mean what you say 'cause everything's OK When you plant the seed the garden grows around that perfect home The path becomes so obvious when the heart's your stepping-stone to Freedom, freedom From the mental merry-go-round Freedom, freedom From the concept of good and bad And all the doubts to be had, freedom From the stigma of black and white The image of wrong and right The swagger of yes and no The difference of high and low Freedom To be true to yourself, to follow your heart and run with the ball... To go beyond the pale and most of all Freedom and the freedom to feel it, the capacity to feel it, the ability to feel 8 Thank You Thank you for holding the door open for me Thank you unconditional generosity Thank you for carrying me across the threshold of my love Thank you authenticity. 'Cause I thought These dormant winds of mine Would die before their time I thought these clouds of bitter rain Would never wane I thought this turbulent sea was the real me Thank you. Thank you for pulling the wool off my eyes Thank you stark stone reality Thank you for clearing these mud filled waters Thank you unbreakable mirror Thank you that which is undeniable Thank you that which is immeasurable Thank you unwavering truth. 'Cause I thought This dry riverbed Had not one tear of joy to shed I thought these ragged wings of light Would never take flight I thought this turbulent sea Was the real me Thank you. As these dormant winds of mine Dance the waltz of time As these clouds are sweet with rain Their bitter cries wane Through turbulence I see I can see the real me... Thank you. 9 Courage To Love In this life Between the joys and strife There is a solid core, An ever-opening door Coming in, coming out It's taking the direct route, Making love, making love, making love From both below and above But if you've ever had your heart trampled on And you can't find the strength to trust again Don't lose the courage to love... If it's frightening out on the branch When passion is shaking your tree Don't lose the courage to love... Find the courage to love... And you'll be taken care of I can hear a steady sound In spite of all the ups and the downs It's gentle, shapeless form Is impervious to the storms It's breathing in and breathing out Always taking the direct route Making love, making love, making love From below and above. But if you've ever had your heart trampled on And you can't find the strength to trust again Don't lose the courage to love... If it's naked out on the branch when passion is shaking your tree Don't lose the courage to love Find the courage to love And you'll be taken care of 10 The Owl And the Swan Deep in the heart of a jungled wood The thickened pines of darkness stood Their cloaks a safe haven to a family of owls Where only the shadow of the moon dare prowl. Until one day a swan flew thru a break in the trees And found a little owl hemmed in by the leaves. The owl cried, "Who are you and from where do you come?" "I am the swan. I can show you radiant light of the sun. I journey the deserts, over mountains I roam I travel the earth for the world is my home I fly with the dawn as morning light wings Across oceans of vast existence I sing. Come with me as the sun wakes up the world Come to me, as each veil of it's breath un-furls." Color, light, a ball of fire The owl flew with the new wings of desire. Until his Mother's words sank on his faith like a stone She said, "The Sun is no more alive than a river of bones, Like folklore, it doesn't exist, but go ask your Father if you insist." "Father, Father I want to see to the sun, I want to play in the fields where it's golden rays run." "My poor boy", was his father's reply, "There are no colors that light up the sky. You'll never find a Sun if it doesn't exist, But I'll go to the Elder Owls if you persist." "Old wise ones, it should come as no surprise A Swan has swooned my boy with lies Whimsical providence fills his head Illusions of light feather his bed." "Tell your boy, tell him, tell your boy... There's no such sun in existence No such heat spans the distance No such warmth spills over the earth There is no such dawn of a day's rebirth" The little Owl scorned the sky And cried like a homeless waif Broken as his rags of light Lay torn beneath his faith. "Beautiful Swan, why did you lie to me? I'm waiting impatiently For the sun to take flight For a flake of it's light To shine thru the pines, thru the pines For the warmth of it's kiss For a thread of it's bliss To shine thru the pines, thru the pines." "Oh my boy, come here by me We'll wait in the towering trees We'll look to the sky As doubt rolls by And you're safely gathered into thee. (Wake up, wake up and see...) A flicker of light thru a crack in the dawn Shines in a dewdrop as a new day fawns A whisper of blue thru a petal of green A faint breath of rose over aquamarine". (Wake up, wake up, wake up and see...) "The luminous palette that cradles the sky The lavenders that blossom and fly Veils of pink weaving from orange into gold In a sweeping moment of truth to behold." Copyright 2002 FuryBuddhaMusic/BMI