Monday, August 15, 2011

MONDAY MUSIC
All aboard the Express Kundalini!



"Kundalini Express" by Love & Rockets




I never knew why I loved coolly dancing to this song at Neo and 950 back in the mid-1980s.

It wasn't just the great hook, heavy bass, searing guitar and occasional rockabilly elements.

There was something else.

(Even though I owned the 33rpm album, I never actually listened to lyrics, and had no idea what Kundalini meant. I figured it was Silk Road stop somewhere in the Middle East that was only reachable by train).




This is an announcement
For the transcendental run
The train now standing
Leaves for higher planes
Due to a derailment
There will be no other train
So why not hop on this one?
Hear the porter's glad refrain

Each carriage is connected
As is every single train
The rails all form a track
Which is a link within a chain
The chain's connected to another chain now
You will need no ticket
If you wish to ride on this train

All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini

The song is in your heart
Your heart is in the song
The song is of the earth
The song is of the sky

You are disintegrating
Into everything around
Reintegrating
The worm we dug from higher ground
You have let go of ego
Ego is no longer you
Closer to nirvana
Since the porters whistle blew

All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
This is an announcement
For the transcendental run
The train now standing
Leaves for higher planes
Due to a derailment
There will be no other train
So why not hop on this one?
Hear the porter's glad refrain

Each carriage is connected
As is every single train
The rails all form a track
Which is a link within a chain
The chain's connected to another chain now
You will need no ticket
If you wish to ride on this train

All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini

The song is in your heart
Your heart is in the song
The song is of the earth
The song is of the sky

You are disintegrating
Into everything around
Reintegrating
The worm we dug from higher ground
You have let go of ego
Ego is no longer you
Closer to nirvana
Since the porters whistle blew

All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini
All aboard the express kundalini







Now I get it.

I was already on the train.

I just didn't know it.

2 comments:

  1. Oh...THAT'S what that song meant!?! My college nnfriends and I danced to it but never got it.

    Might stop in Wed or Fri @ 6:30. Deadlines = no lunch hour.

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  2. Wednesday was really lovely--thank you! Now that the day-after-the-first-time soreness has subsided, I'm craving it again. So I'll probably have to come back.

    Brunton's book came in the mail yesterday.

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