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The Testimonium

by Jeffrey Rothman

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Grant Evan Nordine I don't know how to describe this musically. Rothman doesn't squeeze nice and tight into any particular genre and seems to have created his own where he is the king. The verses are impeccable, the production is subtle and gorgeous, the time and effort it took to craft each song is very apparent. This is an important album and a potential game changer if it falls into the right ears. Favorite track: Intergalactic Epic Trilogy I (We Come in Peace).
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1.
Big bang shooting sparks, It’s The Bridegroom! Flowers in the yard are the soft coo Of the tender tender heart of The Bridegroom In you, in you, in you! Nothing can compare to the beauty of your love! Nothing can compare to the beauty of your love! Lord, my heart can no holder hide You are my beloved and I, I am the bride. Here comes The Bridegroom, Don't gotta search cause He's living inside you. In the sweet embrace of lovers, hear The Bridegroom. In the mysteries of nature hear the soft coo Of the tender tender heart of The Bridegroom In you. One with the Bridegroom concepts go boom He becomes you. In the perfect One reality melts into one big heart loving Itself Floating through space on the soft soft grass This dharma gate cannot be surpassed We are the bride, The Bridegroom waits For a heart that’s pure to reveal His face Kids in the park, swinging on swings The whole universe is a song that sings (He alone exists!) (x2) Of the tender tender heart of The Bridegroom in you. Love beyond measure, an endless, boundless, infinite treasure. Nothing can compare to the beauty of your love! Nothing can compare to the beauty of this love! Lord, my heart can no holder hide You are my beloved and I, I am the bride
2.
I'm havin' tea with the leader of a galaxy in Andromeda Says that his daughter is the prom queen. Green green eyes in the royal palace He sips with grace from a royal chalice. "Slavery gone 150 years ago." He says, "Damn son y'all got a long to go!" I said, "War is common as sticks, nuclear apocalypse, Kids starvin' in the streets, so much food but none to eat." "Break out the ships cause our brothers are astray Looks like we got some trouble in the Milky Way." Cause I seen how pain is a necessary curse And I've been to the edge of the universe. I went to Andromeda as a scientist To gather information and make some lists. I cut my hair and I went there to get some fame and make a name But when I met the leader he gave me a verse: "If you wanna change the world gotta change yourself first." "Get some good sleep cause were leaving at dawn To save this planet from self destruction." "Yo I'm a scientist not a humanitarian Earths a billion miles away, why you caring?" "We're all part of the same Truth, if it happens to you Than it happens to us to." The farce of humanity's collective insanity Heard by aliens from another galaxy! "Break out the ships cause our brothers are astray Looks like we got some trouble in the Milky Way." Stars fly by like neurons firin' Through the mind of a genius guy. Aliens dance to alien beats On the mother ships big balcony. We're on a mission to save the earth With the message of love and deathless birth. No ray guns got medicine leaves Don’t shoot us down we come in peace. (x2) We've been around for a billion years Seen empires rise and fall like tears But we ain't never seen too deep a cut That cant be healed by love, by love!
3.
Golden flower, shines within me Beyond time, blooming vines. In the center of the petals Consciousness dreaming this. I am the Atman, I am the Atman! Multiverse arise in the dewdrop of my mind. Golden flower, flawless flawless I forget I am It. I am the Atman, I am the Atman! Multiverse arise in the dewdrop of my mind. I am the Atman, I am the Atman! Constantly surprised as infinity unwinds. Hold on, Hold on, hold on, hold on Cause were bout to take a little trip in the ship, but there is no ship Your equipped, fully zipped. No we wont tell mama if you take a little sip, No we wont tell mama if you take a little sip Of elixer power, the Golden Flower Turning death into life and droughts into showers I was passing the hours when a yogi showed up in a vision, and gently spoke: “You’ll go far If you lasso a star. You'll go far..." Gasoline soul so cold so cold I spark into this boldness, boldness! Fire melts the roof so sky Can touch my eyes I come alive! Gasoline soul so cold so cold I spark into this boldness, boldness! Fire melts the roof so sky Can touch my eyes and make me come alive! The center of the atom bleeds love, just because. The secret of the golden flower is love, just because. The center of all things bleed love, just because. The only lasting power is love, just because. Golden flower, you’re my holy, fragrant friend Without end.
4.
Little boy hides behind endless tasks of modern life Sky blue lover lives inside waiting to be oxidized. How you run, how you hide, how He laughs at your pride You cannot resist the Other, the Living Christ, the Sky Blue Lover. Cause the Universe explodes with color and laughter Children climbing up pines don’t care about your deadlines Mother Earth spins just fine even with your deadlines. The Universe explodes with color and laughter Children splashing in the pool don’t care about your grades in school Join the dance, drink the wine, everything will be fine. Cause sky blue lover never dies, never worries about His life In the Truth what joy He finds, have you seen His smiling eyes? Will you trade dust for stars or do you love your prison bars? You cannot resist the Other, the Living Christ, the Sky Blue Lover. Cause the Universe explodes with color and laughter Children climbing up pines don’t care about your deadlines Milky Way spins just fine even with your deadlines. You cannot control It, you can only trust It You can only let It flow. You cant comprehend It, you can only taste it Let yourself go. Cause the Universe explodes with color and laughter Children climbing up pines don’t care about your deadlines Everything will be fine even with your deadlines. The Universe explodes with color and laughter Children splashing in the pool don’t care about your grades in school Join the dance, drink the wine, everything will be fine. Sky blue lover, Sky blue lover, Sky blue lover!
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Searching for That which does not decay I got lost, hopeless, and led astray. But there was a ship and it came from space Sailed by the members of a different race. They spoke of a Source and a love deathless In their eyes I saw great bliss. In their eyes I could not deny Something greater than I. I got onto the ship and soared Into space, things unseen before. Floating on the wings of Spirit's thoughts Things revealed that were not sought Powered by the love in Spirit’s kiss In the ship I felt great bliss. In their eyes I could not deny Something greater than I. See your life through our eyes Gone to the other side Riderless ride! Sunflower patches Out of the ashes. They set me down back on earth again "Don’t worry, son, we dwell within." "Son the ship is not apart From this thing you call your heart. Ocean of love in a drop of dew You are we and we are you." In their eyes I could not deny Something greater than I. See your life Through our eyes. Gone to the other side Riderless ride! Sunflower patches Out of the ashes. What you thought crashes What you are flashes.
6.
I give all praise to the Holy One Who never began and who'll never be done The universe praises the Holy One The light gives glory back to the sun I give all praise to the sovereign king Miraculous source of everything The universe praises the sovereign king As infinite atoms dance and sing And they’re singing out: Holy Holy Adonai Glory to the source of life! "Bliss, eternal bliss," we cry As we lift your name high! Eternal God, beyond conception You alone are my salvation Eternal God, what can I do But fall deeper in love with you? Eternal God, I can't contain The joy that I find in your holy name Eternal God I’m forever free Because You revealed Yourself to me Holy Holy Adonai Glory to the source of life! "Bliss, eternal bliss," we cry As we lift your name high! Holy Holy Adonai Glory to the source of life! You alone are my desire and this heart you’ve set on fire Shemah Yisreal Adonai Eloheniu Adonai Ehad If you got a gift to bring you betta bring it And if you got praise to sing you better sing it Cause He's worthy beyond what we can conceive And His love endures eternally Ya Hes in love with me and I'm in love with Him And it never ever ends it’s a win win So all glory to the one on the throne The Living God who calls me home The Living Adonai, I glorify! El Elyon, the Most High, I glorify!
7.
Cause I'm a sun faced Buddha making some tea, Read some books in the library. Moon faced Buddha, brushing my teeth Stars shine bright in the galaxy. Infinite worlds manifest the way So do I just doing my thing. Infinite worlds manifest the way So do I I’m a sun faced moon faced Buddha. I’m the Buddha! Just another day as the sun faced moon faced Buddha. Sun faced Buddha going to the bank Hope I ain't too low on the gas tank. Moon faced Buddha washing my face Hows anything exist in the first place? Infinite worlds manifest the way So do I just doing my thing. Infinite worlds manifest the way So do I I’m the sun faced moon faced Buddha. Sun faced cosmic lover of all beings, of all beings. Moon faced cosmic lover of all things, of all things Of all things, of all things, of all things. You are the Way, the Way is you To look outside is to miss the Truth. This ain't pride I ain't tryin' to exalt me Far from it, the Truth is so disarming. (x2) The endless, endless hours disarm me The pretty petaled flowers disarm me The death that I must suffer disarms me Disarms me, disarms me, disarms me Cause I'm a sun faced Buddha, nothing but me The deathless Truth will always be. Infinite worlds manifest the way So do I just doing my thing. Infinite worlds manifest the way So do I I’m a sun faced moon faced Buddha.
8.
The universe emanates from the throne room! The universe emanates from the throne room! And from this Place Infinite worlds of beauty fill up space. My eyes make love to Thee I see nothing but Your face. Every single atom is singing of You! Endless galaxies cannot contain You! And from your grace Infinite worlds of beauty fill up space. My eyes make love to Thee I see nothing but Your face. All praise to the One and Only! Oh, Shiva, dancin’ like a diva Wearing universes like fresh jewelry. Oh, Shiva, You know that I love ya Wont you reveal Yourself to me? Everything bows before your face Oh, Cosmic Dancer, don’t disgrace Your servant, lead me on the path To your eternal bubble bath. Oh, Jesus, cosmic man Everything comes from your hand. Oh, Jesus, cosmic love I cannot get enough of Your presence, Oh, its everywhere Like eating pear inside a pear. Inside, out, below, above Gentle gentle turtle dove. All praise to the One and only. The universe emanates from the throne room! The universe emanates from the throne room! And by Your grace you reveal this eternal, changeless Truth That salvation is this: You are me and I am You.
9.
Krishna’s beloved How he loves your smile. At the ducklings in the park Walking single file. Dreaming of your life Colors touch your eyes. Speaking in sonnets Of your own deathless mind. I am the taste of water I am the love the heart of every child. I am love, I am hate, I am all that is great and is small. Beyond is and is not I’m the first and the last and the All. I am all that you hear and touch and taste and feel and see. And this very life is a manifestation of Me. You cant understand Him But His face you can know. As galaxies of stars Flow and flow and flow He is your mother And your father too. Krishna’s beloved Oh how He loves you. I am the taste of water I am the love the heart of every child. (chorus) Perfect Lotus flower, Boundless love of God! Hour after hour I long for you more to draw hear to your beautiful heart, The infinite fire in which this universe is a spark. Krishna’s beloved, Oh how He loves you. Before you were born He knew all your would ever do.
10.
Shoveling snow in an avalanche Death follows birth There is nothing worth my time. Spirit is beyond times flaws. No death, no birth Greater than the pleasures of the earth. We’re lovers that rest and flirt On a bed that contains the universe. And we dance on the dance floor of my soul, of my soul! And we dance on the dance floor of my soul! Linger in Samadhi I perceive nothing but, nothing but thee. Linger in Your presence I perceive nothing but, nothing but me, Nothing but me. And I see 24 elders fall on their faces Singing praise to the glory of the lamb. 24 elders sitting in a circle lost in the bliss of the great I Am. 24 elders fall on their faces Singing praise to the glory of the lamb. 24 elders sitting in a circle lost in the bliss of the Cosmic Man Go deeper until you become Him. Go deeper until He reveals them. Go deeper until He becomes you. Go deeper until you break through. (Chorus)
11.
Open my eyes, orange skies Filled with moons of every tint. Engine sparks, she's traveled far Six million light-years spent, spent, spent. Five years ago Earth ran out of green Pollution filled the sky like heavy cream. But we didn’t lose our dreams We built a ship filled with the Earth’s best botanists. They were in space for five straight years But they never lost hope and a planet appeared. The ship’s door opened and dust sailed past; Time to get out the oxygen masks singing We will never give up, Earth is the home we love. We will never give up, Earth is the home we love. Fathers and mothers appear before our eyes Motivating us to find new life. Well they walked on the ground of the planet they found It was empty and bare, they didn’t hear a sound But they came a crater with rising steam At the bottom there was a flowing stream. Filled with plants of every type They fell to their knees and began to cry. Time to fly back to earth with hope for the race And a bounty of plants in a glass case singing We will never give up, Earth is the home we love. We will never give up, Earth is the home we love. Surrender is impossible if your love is pure No matter how big the sickness, it implies the cure. The heart is an open eye That beholds all of life And there is a love inside That never, never, never, never dies. Open my eyes, blue skies Ain't seen since God knows when Engine yells she served us well Back on Earth again, again, again.
12.
A million desires pullin' at my frame Trying sink me down to a meaningless game Of being the best with a silk vest and chest Sticking out like a spout separated from the rest. But even if I live the sweetest life its gonna pass right by Gotta give it all up when I die, when I die. And yo, I tried so many ways to find peace But I lived in a house with an expiring lease. And even in moments when I felt release Death hung over me like a foaming beast. But the invisible yeast of the Eternal Eye By God’s grace began to rise and come alive No more no more I strive blissed out in the starry jive. Cause the nature of the Self is eternal life When we realize It we put an end to all strife. No matter who you are you become a king Transformed into Him you become all things But the world is tempting even though its soon gone To resist the whore of Babylon Takes all I got but God’s grace Will lead me back to His Face. Lord reveal yourself to me and deliver me from delusion Nothing else can ease this heart on fire. In You is the fulfillment of everything that I am seeking You alone are all that I desire! Cause I have laid with the whole of Babylon And she is never enough. The bliss of God makes the rest look laughable Nothing can compare, Its unsurpassable Worldly fame is like child’s play Compared to the joy of eternal day The experience of the Absolute It frees all things contain in you When it hits, an intuitive fist When God reveals that He alone exists. But we gotta make a choice to avoid disaster Like Christ said you cant serve serve two masters. If you want God you gotta leave Everything you thought that you wanted to be. Cause the heaven that the prophets spoke of It aint some place up above Its in us, an open book Waiting to be read, but we gotta look! Lord reveal yourself to me and deliver me from delusion Nothing else can ease this heart on fire. In You is the fulfillment of everything that I am seeking You alone are all that I desire! Cause I have laid with the whole of Babylon And she is never enough. And I have bathed in the holy gaze of Krishna And He is the one who dreams this dream of ignorance put to death put to death by merging with the stream of breath And awakening to the movie screen Projecting you and everything. And it's by Your grace alone in me I know that You alone are what I seek.

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Testimonium is a combination of the words testimony and pandemonium. In one sense it is my spiritual “testimony” to the world that expresses the bliss and love that I find in the Divine. Yet it is also “pandemonium,” a blend of different musical styles and a celebration of my own personal discovery of inner creativity. The lyrics are a blend of spiritual poetry influenced by a number of different religious traditions, but my personal view is that all religions are merely paths to Enlightenment or God-Realization. Above all, this record is simply art and therefore has value for both religious and secular people alike.

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released January 3, 2014

I have deep gratitude for everyone who gave money, time, and energy to help me create this album. Special thanks to (in no particular order!) Chris Harris, Larry Hammett, Ben Hill, Robbie Wing, Nathan Wright, Andrew Kern, and Laine Bergeron. Individual credits are located in the song links.

The album as a whole was mixed and mastered by Chris Harris at Hook Echo Studios in Norman, Oklahoma,

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Jeffrey Rothman is an artist, musician, social worker, and writer based in Tulsa, OK. His music primarily explores themes of memory, spirituality, and creativity.

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