Joyful Aspiration - H.H. the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje

Hope Breathes slow Inside of you Ache Seeps From your bones If you could only Hold on And not give up The rain Would stop And light would show Hold on Hold on To everything you never have loved Hold on Hold on To everything you never have lost You don't need the shelter If you can tread the rain You could feel whole And let go of the pain Hold on Hold on To everyone you never will miss Hold on Hold on To everyone who made you like this I let go, and it only got me so far Faith's not enough Hope will only take you so far Hope will only take you so far

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee God of glory, Lord of love Hearts unfold like flow'rs before Thee Opening to the sun above Melt the clouds of sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Giver of immortal gladness Fill us with the light of day All Thy works with joy surround Thee Earth and heav'n reflect Thy rays Stars and angels sing around Thee Center of unbroken praise Field and forest, vale and mountain Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea Chanting bird and flowing fountain Call us to rejoice in Thee Thou art giving and forgiving Ever blessing, ever blessed Wellspring of the joy of living Ocean depth of happy rest Thou our Father, Christ our Brother All who live in love are Thine Teach us how to love each other Lift us to the joy divine Mortals, join the mighty chorus Which the morning stars began Love devine is reigning o'er us Binding all within its span Ever singing, march we onward Victors in the midst of strife Joyful music leads us onward In the triumph song of life Joyful joyful Lord of life.

Joyful, joyful Lord, we adore thee God of glory, lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before thee Hail Thee as the sun above Melt the clouds of sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Giver of immortal gladness Fill us with the light Fill us with the light Oh, fill us with the light of day Joyful, joyful lord, we adore thee, God of glory, lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before thee hail thee as the sun above Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness drive the dark of doubt away Drive it away, giver of immortal gladness fill us Fill us with the light of day Light of day! Joyful, joyful, Lord we adore thee An' in my life I put none before thee 'Cuz since I was a youngster I came to know That you was the only way to go So I had to grow an' come to an understandin' That I'm down with the King so now I'm demandin' That you tell me who you down with, see Cuz all I know is that I'm down with G-O-D You down with G-O-D? (Yeah, you know me) You down with G-O-D? (Yeah, you know me) You down with G-O-D? (Yeah, you know me) Who's down with G-O-D? (Everybody) Come and join the chorus The mighty, mighty chorus Which the morning stars begun The Father of love is reigning over us Right away What have you done for Him lately? Ooh, ooh, ooh yeah What have you done for Him lately? He watches over everything So we sing Joyful, joyful lord, we adore thee, God of glory, lord of love Hearts unfold like flowers before thee Hail thee as the sun above Melt the clouds of sin, sin and sadness Drive the dark of doubt away Drive it away Giver of immortal gladness (fill us) Fill us (Fill us with the light of day, Lord, fill us) Fill us Fill us (yeah, fill us) Fill us, fill us Fill us with the light of day Light of day!