Exploring the light within us that we can tend to dim for the sake of “love,” or loss, or protection, Music From Between The Worlds now expands into nearly an hour of happy, poignant bliss to celebrate your place in this world!

Responding to requests for a longer, more upbeat show, I have granted your wishes! I hope you enjoy! Included below are any videos that relate to the song or artist.

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STARLING CRUSH -- The One
http://www.starlingcrush.com/

I’m the one who touched you
I did it with my lips
and I’m the one who needs
You’re on my fingertips

cuz I’m the only one

can you feel
cuz I wanna make you

I’m the one who kissed you
Cuz I know where it is
I’m the one who feels you
but I don’t even know if you exist
and I’m the only one

can you feel
cuz I wanna make you feel

I know inside of me
you are the light of me
I know inside of me
you are the light of me
I know inside of me
you are the light of me
I know inside of me
you are the light

and I’m the only one
I’m the only one

SLEEPTHIEF
feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw -- The Chauffeur (Seize Puts on the Breaks Mix)
http://sleepthiefmusic.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXoaXfu33k

Out on the tar plains, the glides are moving
All looking for a new place to drive
You sit beside me, so newly charming
Sweating dewdrops glisten freshing your side

And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress -- all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

nd the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress -- all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

Way down the lane away, living for another day
The aphids swarm up in the drifting haze
Swim seagull in the sky towards that hollow western isle
My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze

nd the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress -- all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

nd the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress -- all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

And watching lovers part, I feel you smiling
What glass splinters lie so deep in your mind
To tear out from your eyes, with a thought to stiffen brooding lies
And Ill only watch you leave me further behind

And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress -- all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

And the sun drips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress -- all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

CHRIS GARNEAU -- Over and Over
http://www.chrisgarneau.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhR2geQ6SgU

Not my fault
You said so
Oh You said it over and over
It’s not my fault
You said so
Oh You said it over and over

Now I’m in this thing
This fucking thing
I’m stuck over and over
Yeah, I’m in this thing
This fucking thing
It’s happening over and over

Then you give me things
They make me sad
You give them over and over
I can’t feel the day
When I’d like to say
“Remember the days when we used to…”
But I don’t feel them over and over

It’s not my fault
You said so
Oh You said it over and over
It’s not my fault
You said so
You, You said it over and over

Now I’m in this thing
This fucking thing
It’s happening over and over
Yeah, I’m in this thing
This fucking thing
I’m stuck over and over

Then you give me things
They make me sad
You give them over and over
I can’t feel the day
When I’d like to say
“Remember the days when we used to…”
But I don’t feel them over and over

We’re all cursed anyway
Just skin and bones
Good hair, good clothes
And that’s how it goes
we’ve got sweet little toes

And it’s all all all all all all up to me now
There’s a lot of work work work work work work to do
And it’s all all all all all all up to me now
Leave me be be be be be be I am through

PASSION PIT -- Sleepyhead
http://www.myspace.com/passionpitjams

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bfseWNmlds

And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going to the beat
And everything is going –

And you said
It was like fire around the brim
Burning solid, Burning thin the burning rim
Like stars burning holes right through the dark
You gave fire like saltwater into my eyes
You were an inch from the edge of this bed
I drive you back a sleepyhead, sleepyhead

They couldn’t think of something to say the day you burst
With all their lions with all their might and all their thirst
They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin
Against the walls, against your rules, against your skin
My beard grew down to the floor and out through the doors
Of your eyes, begonia skies like a sleepyhead, sleepyhead

Go ahead

LAL MERI -- Give Me Your Light
http://www.lalmeri.com/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6BGP-GhoBY

Sitting at her bedside
guarding his throne
Says everyday has been so great since the one when she was born
Got on my knees and prayed god please bring her happiness
So finally she can see that her life is blessed

Please don’t go away
Give your light to the sunny day
Don’t hide it
Don’t hide it
Want you to stay and give your light until it fades away

Found her silly letter and
didn’t like so much what it said
but tears fell down, tears fell down
when I found her in her bed

And yes indeed, times like these when you call upon your friends and tell them
come along, come along now
and help me up again

Please don’t go away
Give your light to the sunny day
Don’t hide it
Don’t hide it
Want you to stay and give your light until it fades away

Did you ever notice once youve tried to make someone smile
like they’re born, stuck that way, real happy for a while
Cuz it’s the simple things that make the world okay
forget your mind, forget your pain, so we can play

Please don’t go away
Give your light to the sunny day
Don’t hide it
Don’t hide it
Want you to stay and give your light until it fades away

Please don’t go away
Please don’t go
Give your light to the sunny day
(remember you made a promise)
Don’t hide it
Don’t hide it
(you said you’d be around, you’d be around)
Want you to stay and give your light until it fades away

Please don’t go…

AU REVOIR SIMONE - Lark (Ruff and Jam Remix)
http://aurevoirsimone.com

So
So long
So long ago
There wasn’t anyone out there I thought I needed to know
But no more

When I find the day
leave my mind in the evening
just as the day before

I saw the window was open
The cool air
I don’t know what you saw there
Don’t know what you saw in me
Sometimes I want to be enough for you
Don’t ask
Know that it’s understood
There’s not enough of me

I saw that something was broken
I’ve crossed the line
I’ll point you to a better time
A safer place to be
Sometimes I want to be enough for you
Don’t ask
Know that it’s done no good

Sometimes I want to be enough for you
Don’t ask
Know that it’s done no good

THE FIERY FURNACES -- Nevers
http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com

There’s a town I know called Nevers,
no Nevers
never wasn’t was what it weren’t

when it wasn’t once. Knew Nevers?
Knew Nevers?
Nothing never I’ll ever learnt.

There’s a village I visit, that’s Vaguely;
Sorta Vaguely,
vaguely yes I seem to recall,

though it’s unclear clearly–vaguely?
Very vaguely,
can’t say it’s been there once and for all.

I put back on my overshoes
and got in my Renault.
The trips reset so I’m unsure
how far it is to go:–
But then it hits me (slap)–
I’ve left it off my map!

There’s a city I saw signed Something–
must be something,
something never quite so defined,

so much so how somewhere something
(though some sing)
so to speak’s the uncertain kind.

In an index looked up Where-it-was,
exactly where it was,
just in fact to make sure I can’t

set a course straight through to where it ain’t
and where it ain’t
ain’t gotten to except at a slant.

I put on my new black boots
and pack up my Citroen.
And out of town it huffs and puffs;
I set off there alone.–
And then it hits me (slap)–
I’ve left it off my map.

There’s a place I passed called once upon a time–
tiny once upon a time–
never wasn’t weren’t what it was.

Set the clock back twice or once upon a time
in once upon a time—
never knew when it wasn’t there because.

ANN DRISCOLL -- In My Eyes
http://www.myspace.com/anndriscoll

I wish that I could tell you
how you made me feel
but you can probably see it in my eyes
I wish you could tell me
how I made you feel
if I awakened anything inside

you made me feel rejected
you made me feel blown away
you made me feel so helpless
you made me feel like a bird astray

I thought that I could trust
Now I’m not so sure
It no longer feels good to share myself
But when I saw you crying
And didn’t know the cause
Well, I wanted to hold you
and ask what was wrong

you made me feel rejected
you made me feel blown away
you made me feel so helpless
you made me feel like a bird astray

I wish that I could tell you
how you made me feel
but you can probably see it in my eyes

BETH HIRSCH -- Love Will Come Again
http://www.bethhirsch.com/

Girl, make up your mind
Make up your heart
It’s all in time
Love will come again
You won’t be wrong
You’re only right
As you go on
Love will come again

Couldn’t decide if you could make it
of if you’d have to fake it
you were ready to fold
Something inside propelled you out here
Grateful for the moment you started to let go

Oh, make up your mind
Make up your heart
It’s all in time
Love will come again
You won’t be wrong
You’re only right
As you go on
Love will come again

Bet you he was the man you dreamt of
And tell me she’s the woman
You were ready to hold
Betcha you’ll think it’s cruel deception
The way this life has played you
Your pain is getting older

Oh, make up your mind
Make up your heart
It’s all in time
Love will come again
You won’t be wrong
You’re only right

Girl, you will go on to figure out
The best is yours
love will come again
you can be sure, you can be strong
as you go on
love will come again

SANAGI -- Sleepwalking
http://www.myspace.com/sanagimusic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCNDVC025JA

Wake me from my sleepwalking
from my numb existence and my shallow breath
shake me out of warm day dreams
compulsive good-girlness, and mechanical steps

Wake me from my sleepwalking
from my numb existence and my shallow breath
shake me out of warm day dreams
compulsive good-girlness, and mechanical steps

Help me breathe
Help me breathe
Help me breathe
Help me breathe

We are all what’s keeped us
stumbling in blindness
Stepping on each other’s pores
and yelping from the pain
and yelping from the pain

CPR my lonely heart
Stroke my rubber skin so I feel warm again
CPR my lonely heart
Stroke my rubber skin so I feel warm again

Help me breathe
Help me breathe
Help me breathe
Help me breathe

We are all what’s keeped us
stumbling in blindness
Stepping on each other’s pores
and yelping from the pain
and yelping from the pain
and yelping from the pain…

SCIENCE FOR GIRLS -- 14 Days
http://www.scienceforgirls.net

Gotta be 14th Street
Corner of 7th Ave
Funny Cry Happy gift is always open

Gotta be 14 days
Why never more or less
This is when the phone rings

And even the stars are alive
Even the stars at night
Even a star like you
Can be looking for something

You’ve got a light like mine
Even a light like mine
Never a night goes by
I know what you like

Never a dull moment
Life is a game of chance
Wrinkly and inconvenient

99 cents a shirt
We’ll get the wrinkles out
Just take a look at our dog

And even the stars are alive
Even the stars at night
Even a star like you
Can be looking for something

You’ve got a light like mine
Even a light like mine
Never a night goes by
I know what you like

I don’t know what to wish for
I don’t know how to carry on
I never know what to say
To a gray
September rainy day
Except go away

Didn’t it used to be
Down by the Waverly
I don’t think you’ll remember

Don’t act like it’s some surprise
The end of this long free ride
Consider yourself fortunate I asked you

And even the stars are alive
Even the stars at night
Even a star like you
Can be looking for something

You’ve got a light like mine
Even a light like mine
Never a night goes by
I know what you like

Today marks the release of my first-ever attempt at podcasting music! YAY!

I’ve always wanted to do this and I am not beyond being anything but amateur, but it’s nice to be able to put this together for friends, students, and listeners who are interested in hearing some great artists who may not be so easily found. The music genres will span across many genres, but most of it will be just beautiful in some way, beautiful and poignant and inspiring.

I’ve submitted this to iTunes, so you should be able to synch your ipods soon… just search for “truthloveenergy” or “music from between the worlds” or “troy tolley,” and you should find it. You may find my other podcasts in the process, but this all-music podcast is called “Music From Between The Worlds.”

I’d like to package the podcasts into themes that are playfully explored in some way. This first podcast is about exploring our feelings of being lost, disoriented, and challenged in life, but finding our way through! So make sure you listen through to the end!

All of the artists in these podcasts have provided their music as “podsafe,” which means all of it is legal and independent. Please buy their music through any the sites that are linked to the artists’ sites, which are included below, with lyrics so you can sing along during the show!

EPISODE ONE: MARCH 2009 – LOST and FOUND

SHOW NOTES:

SANAGI – rabbit hole
http://www.sanagimusic.com

Once upon a time
I used to go
Beneath the branches of a tree
To a muddy hole
And the rabbit came
And it brought me down

But the rabbit disappeared
Through a small loophole
And I tried to follow up
But was left alone
Didn’t seem to find
My magic road

Dear God above
Where is my road?
(2x)

Dear God above (Dear God above)
Where is my road? (Where is my road?)
(2x)

Then the only magic there
Was my own voice
And I sung my lungs out
I sung my soul
And then began
To realize

Ohhhhh…

Dear God above
Where is my road?
(4x)

Dear God above (Dear God above)
Where is my road? (Where is my road?)
(4x)

Just the other day
I tried to go
Beneath the branches of the tree
To a muddy hole
But the branches had
Grown too long

PLASTIC OPERATOR – home 0207
http://www.plasticoperator.com

A lot of fun in my Chevrolet
as we drive away
i wake up to the sound of brakes
then i check the stop and get off the train

cab’s in a traffic jam
i am stuck again
an old couple stares at me
and then they agree
they’ve mistaken me

mistaken for someone nice
i wish they were right
how could i give you up
declare a sudden stop
cancel common luck

i’m coming home
it’s not something you know about
but it is allowed

i don’t know when i’ll be coming home
’cause you don’t have the time
you don’t know where i am coming from
’cause you don’t care

thinking about what i should have done
now seems so wrong
taking off for the second part
it feels to me like a brand new start

wasted my time when i was away
but as people say
only fools never change their mind
they sit and wait for better times

i’m coming home
it’s not something you know about
but it is allowed

i don’t know when i’ll be coming home
’cause you don’t have the time
you don’t know where i am coming from
’cause you don’t care

you couldn’t be home
if you weren’t sure
you’re wasting your time
you cannot decide

ANN DRISCOL – i need a reason
http://www.myspace.com/anndriscoll

If I could learn to sing
My voice would soar like a bird’s
If we could learn to love
We’d find it’s what we prefer (to hating)

I need what everybody needs
I need a reason to believe
I’m not alone in the world

If we could hold our tongues
We’d finally have something to say
If we could lose control
We might start to get it our way (I bet you)

Wanna know what everybody needs (I’ll tell you)
We need a reason to believe
We’re not alone in the world
If we could read the news

We’d wake from our ignorant bliss
And when we sit in pews
Learn how to love and assist (and not hate)
I need what everybody needs
I need a reason to believe
We’re not alone in the world
We will be loved by a boy or a girl
A change is coming our way
It might unravel today

46BLIS – in a long time
http://www.46bliss.com

I saw stars around your feet once
Little lights like fish you swim in
Took off your hat you turned your chin and
Time stood still on St.Marks Place

We walked up thru hills of times like
This and times like those we felt the
Heat of all the years
I filled my head and spilled my tears

In a long time
In a long time
In a long time
I will see you

In a long time
In a long time
In a long time
I will see you

I saw time around your feet once
Little seas that blink and shimmer
Flowing on your coat of arms you
Made your mark you take your place

In a long time
In a long time
In a long time
I will see you

In a long time
In a long time
In a long time
I will see you

[heat of all the years] X 3

In a long time
In a long time
In a long time
I will see you

In a long time
In a long time
In a long time
I will see you

I saw stars around your feet once
Little lights like fish you swim in
Took off your hat you turned your chin and
Time stood still on St. Marks Place
We walked up thru hills of times like
This and times like those we felt the
Heat of all the years
I will see you

LOVESPIRALS – motherless child (karmacoda remix)
http://www.lovespirals.com

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long, long way from home
A long, long way from home

Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone
A long, long way from home
A long, long way from home

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long, long way from home
A long, long way from home

HUNGRY LUCY – storm (carried away)
http://www.hungrylucy.com

Don’t you bring me no sunshine today
I need the grey skies and the rain
You never understand my pain
I need the wind to blow it away

Afternoon showers for me
The coldness is all that I see
It numbs my pain so deep
The storm it will rock me to sleep

Rain
Will wash away my sorrow
Clouds
Make me see the light
Wind
Carries me away
To the place
I want to be

Alone in the dark sky tonight
I feel the thunder will make it alright
Lightning strikes me down to you
Love of the darkness will help me through

Rain
Will wash away my sorrow
Clouds
Make me see the light
Wind
Carries me away
To the place
I want to be

HOWARD JONES – just look at you now
http://www.howardjones.com

I’ve known you since you were a girl
When things just didn’t work out for you
I said don’t crack up and see both sides
But you kept on blaming the world for everything
I tried to tell you that you were in control
But you didn’t seem to listen to a word I say
But I’m never giving up giving up on you (I try to )
Help you see the world in a different way

Hey Yeah – just look at you now
Riding on a silver wave
That keeps on going
Through the sun and through the rain
Through the good and the bad times
Through the joy and through the pain
Hey look at you now
See what you’ve become

Now look me in the eye, now and tell me straight
Did you find it hard to tell me everything
I said things can only get better dear
But they won’t if you don’t lift a finger to help me
What’s the point in taking this human form
If we can’t understand the point of living here
Who would ever want to live alone
Without sharing this world with everyone and everything

Just look at you now
Riding on a silver wave
That keeps on going
Through the sun and through the rain
Through the good and the bad times
Through the joy and through the pain
Hey look at you now

See what you’ve become

HOWARD JONES – building our own future
http://www.howardjones.com

People cryin’ out for some peace
There’s a lot of people listening
Time for us to sit down and talk
Try to build an understanding

What we feel can be altered in the moment we decide,
Between the light and the dark side.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos’ we’re building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that’s better for all of us.

Putting people’s lives at the top
Is the first consideration
Changes in the heart of just one
Will affect entire nations

Don’t give it up to the fates and force around us,
We decide between the in and the outside

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos’ we’re building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that’s better for all of us.

Sons and daughters,
Mothers and fathers,
Sister’s and brothers,
Friends around the earth.
All deserve to live in a world that welcomes every single birth.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos’ we’re building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that’s better for all of us.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos’ we’re building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
free to choose a life that’s better for all of us.

So take a stand, in this place,
Cos’ we’re building our own future,
Just one by one,
Day by day,
Free to choose a life that’s better for all of us.