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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 2:57:27 PM | I like music... it seems to me that the ability to make music is a purely humn thing. I think it is marvelous. I have also been deeply affected by some music, on a spiritual level. What's your experience with music or songs that somehow feed your soul, or even just make you really think about things?
Wayward Son, by Kansas is one that really does it for me (out of quite a few)
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
No!
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 3:21:00 PM | Umm, this song is long, mm'k?
I heard it first when I was a teen and it changed the way I viewed learning... It helped change the way I view alot of things and actually may have been what sparked my interest in Zen...
"Thick as a brick"
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.
My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT.
I may make you feel but I can't make you think.
Your sperm's in the gutter -- your love's in the sink.
So you ride yourselves over the fields and
you make all your animal deals and
your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick.
And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in
the tidal destruction
the moral melee.
The elastic retreat rings the close of play as the last wave uncovers
the newfangled way.
But your new shoes are worn at the heels and
your suntan does rapidly peel and
your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick.
And the love that I feel is so far away:
I'm a bad dream that I just had today -- and you
shake your head and
say it's a shame.
Spin me back down the years and the days of my youth.
Draw the lace and black curtains and shut out the whole truth.
Spin me down the long ages: let them sing the song.
See there! A son is born -- and we pronounce him fit to fight.
There are black-heads on his shoulders, and he pees himself in the night.
We'll
make a man of him
put him to trade
teach him
to play Monopoly and
to sing in the rain.
The Poet and the painter casting shadows on the water --
as the sun plays on the infantry returning from the sea.
The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other --
as the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed.
The home fire burning: the kettle almost boiling --
but the master of the house is far away.
The horses stamping -- their warm breath clouding
in the sharp and frosty morning of the day.
And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword.
And the youngest of the family is moving with authority.
Building castles by the sea, he dares the tardy tide to wash them all aside.
The cattle quietly grazing at the grass down by the river
where the swelling mountain water moves onward to the sea:
the builder of the castles renews the age-old purpose
and contemplates the milking girl whose offer is his need.
The young men of the household have
all gone into service and
are not to be expected for a year.
The innocent young master -- thoughts moving ever faster --
has formed the plan to change the man he seems.
And the poet sheaths his pen while the soldier lifts his sword.
And the oldest of the family is moving with authority.
Coming from across the sea, he challenges the son who puts him to the run.
What do you do when
the old man's gone -- do you want to be him? And
your real self sings the song.
Do you want to free him?
No one to help you get up steam --
and the whirlpool turns you `way off-beam.
LATER.
I've come down from the upper class to mend your rotten ways.
My father was a man-of-power whom everyone obeyed.
So come on all you criminals!
I've got to put you straight just like I did with my old man --
twenty years too late.
Your bread and water's going cold.
Your hair is too short and neat.
I'll judge you all and make damn sure that no-one judges me.
You curl your toes in fun as you smile at everyone -- you meet the stares.
You're unaware that your doings aren't done.
And you laugh most ruthlessly as you tell us what not to be.
But how are we supposed to see where we should run?
I see you shuffle in the courtroom with
your rings upon your fingers and
your downy little sidies and
your silver-buckle shoes.
Playing at the hard case, you follow the example of the comic-paper idol
who lets you bend the rules.
So!
Come on ye childhood heroes!
Won't you rise up from the pages of your comic-books
your super crooks
and show us all the way.
Well! Make your will and testament. Won't you?
Join your local government.
We'll have Superman for president
let Robin save the day.
You put your bet on number one and it comes up every time.
The other kids have all backed down and they put you first in line.
And so you finally ask yourself just how big you are --
and take your place in a wiser world of bigger motor cars.
And you wonder who to call on.
So! Where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday?
And where were all the sportsmen who always pulled you though?
They're all resting down in Cornwall --
writing up their memoirs for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual.
LATER.
See there! A man born -- and we pronounce him fit for peace.
There's a load lifted from his shoulders with the discovery of his disease.
We'll
take the child from him
put it to the test
teach it
to be a wise man
how to fool the rest.
QUOTE
We will be geared to the average rather than the exceptional
God is an overwhelming responsibility
we walked through the maternity ward and saw 218 babies wearing nylons
cats are on the upgrade
upgrade? Hipgrave. Oh, Mac.
LATER
In the clear white circles of morning wonder,
I take my place with the lord of the hills.
And the blue-eyed soldiers stand slightly discoloured (in neat little rows)
sporting canvas frills.
With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention,
while queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.
Saying -- how's your granny and
good old Ernie: he coughed up a tenner on a premium bond win.
The legends (worded in the ancient tribal hymn) lie cradled
in the seagull's call.
And all the promises they made are ground beneath the sadist's fall.
The poet and the wise man stand behind the gun,
and signal for the crack of dawn.
Light the sun.
Do you believe in the day? Do you?
Believe in the day! The Dawn Creation of the Kings has begun.
Soft Venus (lonely maiden) brings the ageless one.
Do you believe in the day?
The fading hero has returned to the night -- and fully pregnant with the day,
wise men endorse the poet's sight.
Do you believe in the day? Do you? Believe in the day!
Let me tell you the tales of your life of
your love and the cut of the knife
the tireless oppression
the wisdom instilled
the desire to kill or be killed.
Let me sing of the losers who lie in the street as the last bus goes by.
The pavements ar empty: the gutters run red -- while the fool
toasts his god in the sky.
So come all ye young men who are building castles!
Kindly state the time of the year and join your voices in a hellish chorus.
Mark the precise nature of your fear.
Let me help you pick up your dead as the sins of the father are fed
with
the blood of the fools and
the thoughts of the wise and
from the pan under your bed.
Let me make you a present of song as
the wise man breaks wind and is gone while
the fool with the hour-glass is cooking his goose and
the nursery rhyme winds along.
So! Come all ye young men who are building castles!
Kindly state the time of the year and join your voices in a hellish chorus.
Mark the precise nature of your fear.
See! The summer lightning casts its bolts upon you
and the hour of judgement draweth near.
Would you be
the fool stood in his suit of armour or
the wiser man who rushes clear.
So! Come on ye childhood heroes!
Won't your rise up from the pages of your comic-books
your super-crooks and
show us all the way.
Well! Make your will and testament.
Won't you? Join your local government.
We'll have Superman for president
let Robin save the day.
So! Where the hell was Biggles when you needed him last Saturday?
And where were all the sportsmen who always pulled you through?
They're all resting down in Cornwall -- writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition of the Boy Scout Manual.
OF COURSE
So you ride yourselves over the fields and
you make all your animal deals and
your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick. | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 4:13:19 PM | Thanks for sharing Ravenstar66 and stonestongue  /to respond to the original post and not to take up too much space,I tried to narrow it down to these three songs :
Into the mystic/Van Morrison
We were born before the wind
So much younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly
Into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows
I will be coming home
And when that fog horn blows
I want to hear it
I don't have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float
Into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows
You know I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows
I got to hear it
I don't have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float
Into the mystic
It's too late to stop now
Too late to stop now
Too late to stop now
Too late to stop now
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Everyday People
Artist/Nicole C. Mullen
Come on yall
Ooo sha sha
Sometimes I'm right
and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
makes no difference what group I'm in
Chorus:
I am everyday people.
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
for living with the big one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
ooo sha sha
We got to live together
Verse 1:
I'm no better and neither are you
We are the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me
you know me and then
you can't figure out the bag I'm in.
I am everyday people.
Chorus:
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
for being such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
ooo sha sha
We got to live together.
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
that won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
different strokes for different folks
so on and so on and scooby dooby dooby
ooo sha sha
Well I am everyday people
Hear me when I tell you now
I am everyday people
yep oh yes I am yes I am yes I am
I am everyday people yea yea
Ooo sha sha
We got to live together.
I said we got to live together.
Well I am everyday people
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Music of my Heart
Artist/Nicole C. Mullen
I'm not ashamed to tell the whole world, oh
Without you, I'm nothing at all
That I have strings in need of mending
I'm out of tune in certain parts
So strum the chords of mercy
Restore my soul completely
Lay your hand upon me
And this instrument will breathe
[Chorus]
'Cause you're the music of my heart
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
The melody within my soul
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
The song that holds me in the dark
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
The fire that warms me when I'm cold
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
The symphony that calms my fear
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
The lyric that I long to hear
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)
The masterpiece, the work of art
Complete before I start
The music of my heart
Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Creator of all that is lovely, oh
Write a tune upon my heart
And when you finish will you play me
Like a beautiful guitar
Strum the chords of mercy
Restore my soul completely
Breathe life into me
And this instrument will sing
[Repeat Chorus]
Of my heart
I'm captivated
(Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Heart)
Of my heart
My soul's elated
(Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Heart)
Of my heart
Because
Every single line's full of love divine
Write me like a valentine
[Repeat Chorus]
Yeah, the music of my heart
Of my heart
The music of my heart
Of my heart
The music of my heart | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 4:41:27 PM | Yes, quite a few songs touch me. This one in particular.
BELIEVE
Believe
Lyrics:
Old man Wrigley lived in that white house
Down the street where i grew up
Momma used to send me over with things
We struck a freindship up
I spent a few long summers out on his old porch swing
Says he was in the war when in the navy
Lost his wife, lost his baby
Broke down and asked him one time
How ya keep from going crazy
He said I'll see my wife and son in just a little while
I asked him what he meant
He looked at me and smiled, said
(Chorus)
I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what i can see
Oh i believe
Few years later i was off at college
Talkin' to mom on the phone one night
Getting all caught up on the gossip
The ins and outs of the small town life
She said oh by the way son, old man Wrigley's died.
Later on that night, i laid there thinkin' back
Thought 'bout a couple long-lost summers
I didn't know whether to cry or laugh
If there was ever anybody desevred a ticket to the other side
It'd be that sweet old man who looked me in the eye, said
(Chorus)
I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what i can see
[these lyrics are found on http://www.songlyrics.com]
I can't quote the book
The chapter or the verse
You can't tell me it all ends
In a slow ride in a hearse
You know I'm more and more convinced
The longer that i live
Yeah, this can't be
No, this can't be
No, this can't be all there is
(Chorus)
When I raise my hands, bow my head
I'm finding more and more truth in the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life than just what i can see
I believe
Oh, I
I believe
I believe
I believe
I believe
I believe | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 5:04:42 PM | Hi Ravenstar,
Funny you should have a song by Kansas as one of your favorites.... this one here is also by Kansas, and it still makes the hair
on my arms stand up when I hear it....
"Dust In The Wind"
I close my eyes
Only for a moment, then the moment's gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
It's the same old song
We're just a drop of water, in an endless sea
All we do
Just crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Life's too short brothers and sisters
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever, but the earth and sky
It's there always
And all your money won't another minute buy
Dust. . . all we are is dust in the wind
Life's too short brothers and sisters
Dust. . . all we are is dust in the wind
Open your eyes you've acquired quite a bit
Keep your balance don't you slip
It could all end instantly as you will see
Time waits for no one, it just moves on
There is a white one
Who won't accept the black one
Who won't accept the yellow one
Who can't accept the white. . .
When will we learn
That all we are is dust in the wind
Time for the healing to begin
All we is are dust in the wind
Time for the healing to begin
All we are is dust in the wind
Everything is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind
And this one too by Audio Slave...
"Like A Stone"
On a cobweb afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
By a freeway I confess
I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death
Reading how we'll die alone
And if we're good we'll lay to rest
Anywhere we want to go
(chorus)
In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
On my deathbed I will pray
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to heaven
To a place I recall
I was there so long ago
The sky was bruised
The wine was bled
And there you led me on
(chorus)
In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
And on I read
Until the day was gone
And I sat in regret
Of all the things I've done
For all that I've blessed
And all that I've wronged
In dreams until my death
I will wander on
There's just so many songs that have touched me throughout the years, it's hard just to choose just one or two... :)
Take care...
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 7:28:27 PM | Wow Ravenstar... There are just sooo many...
Another one that got me right off the hop was "Ripple" by the Grateful Dead.
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air
(Chorus)
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone
(Chorus)
You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall you fall alone
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home
-- Robert Hunter
I have a feeling I may be posting some more Robert Hunter lyrics here... | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 8:11:13 PM | Pick me up
Been bleeding too long
Right here, right now
Ill stop it somehow
I will make it go away
Can't be here no more
Seems this is the only way
I will soon be gone
These feelings will be gone
These feelings will be gone
Now I see the times they changed
Leaving doesn't seem so strange
I am hoping I can find
Where to leave my hurt behind
All the shit I seem to take
All alone I seem to break
I have lived the best I can
Does this make me not a man?
Shut me off
I'm ready
Heart stops
I stand alone
Cant be on my own
I will make it go away
Cant be here no more
Seems this is the only way
I will soon be gone
These feelings will be gone
These feelings will be gone
Now I see the times they changed
Leaving doesn't seem so strange
I am hoping I can find
Where to leave my hurt behind
All the shit I seem to take
All alone I seem to break
I have lived the best I can
Does this make me not a man?
Am I going to leave this place?
What is it Im running from?
Is there nothing more to come?
(am I gonna leave this place? )
Is it always black in space?
Am I going to take its place?
Am I going to win this race?
(am I going to win this race? )
I guess gods up in this place
What is it that Ive become?
Is there something more to come?
More to come...
Now I see the times they changed
Leaving doesn't seem so strange
I am hoping I can find
Where to leave my hurt behind
All the shit I seem to take
All alone I seem to break
I have lived the best I can
Does this make me not a man?
Now I see the times they changed
Leaving doesn't seem so strange
I am hoping I can find
Where to leave my hurt behind
All the shit I seem to take
All alone I seem to break
I have lived the best I can
Does this make me not a man? | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 8:18:00 PM | Isn't It A Pity Lyrics
» George Harrison
Isn't it a pity
Now, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity
Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 8:20:33 PM | Some folks have already taking some of my most favorite Kansas Dust in the wind and Wayward Son. But I also get in the mood for the Moody Blues among many others.
Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters Ive written,
Never meaning to send.
Beauty Id always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I cant say anymore.
cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Gazing at people,
Some hand in hand,
Just what Im going thru
They can understand.
Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end, | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 8:24:12 PM | "Imagine"
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
(Imagine all the people sharing all the world)
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 9:30:53 PM | Jennifer Knapp "Kansas" is one of my fav CD's and as I checked my sheet music this song is from another album so there goes the Kansas connection but same artist, different set list....
PEACE
He is my light and my salvation
Whom have I to fear?
In His secret place I'll hide and pray,
that I might hear
A simple Word
Oh how I would have despaired if
You had not come found me there
I can lean against Your throne
And find my Peace
Find my Peace
And when my enemies draw near
I Pray that they will find
That Im protected and secure
All tempests He will bind
With Mighty Word
Oh how I would have despaired if
You had not come found me there
I can lean against Your Throne
And find my Peace
Find my Peace
I can lean against Your Throne and find
Lean against Your Throne and find
Lean against Your Throne and find
My Peace
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/13/2007 9:49:14 PM | Oldsould has already mentioned my most favorite song of all... Imagine.
I still get tears in my eyes whenever I hear that one. And I wonder what other music and outlooks John could have favoured us with if he had not been taken from us so early.
But another song come to mind as well.
Joni Mitchell's "We are stardust".
She was being factual as well as poetic. Every element on earth, except for the lightest, every atom in our bodies, was created in the heart of some massive star.
I came upon a child of god
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
Im going on down to yasgurs farm
Im going to join in a rock n roll band
Im going to camp out on the land
Im going to try an get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe its the time of man
I dont know who l am
But you know life is for learning
We are stardust
We are golden
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
By the time we got to woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
We are stardust
Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devils bargain
And weve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 4:43:53 AM | This song continues to touch me everytimes I hear it, regardless of how many times I hear it:
Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning
Who told the ocean you an only come this far?
Who showed the moon where to hide 'til evening
Whose words alone can catch a falling star?
Well I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redeemer lives
All of creation testifies
This life within me cries
I know my Redeemer lives
The very same God that spins things in orbit
He runs to the weary, the worn and the weak
And the same gentle hands that hold me when I'm broken
They conquered death to bring me victory
Now I know my Redeemer lives
I know my Redemer lives
Let all creation testify
Let this life wihtin me cry
I know my Redeemer, He lives
To take away my shame
And He lives forever I'll proclaim
That the payment for my sin
Was the precious life He gave
But now He's alive
And there's an empty grave.
And I know my Redeemer, He lives
I know my Redeemer lives
Let all creation testify
This life within me cries
I know my Redeemer lives | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 6:06:05 AM | Since the death of my son, this song brings tears to my eyes every time
Who You'd Be Today: By Kenny Chesning
Sunny days seem to hurt the most
Wear the pain like a heavy coat
I feel you every where I go
See your smile, see your face
Hear you laughing in the rain
Still can’t believe you’re gone
It ain’t fair you died too young
Like a story that had just begun
But death tore the pages all away
God knows how I miss you
All the hell that I’ve been through
Just knowing that no one could take your place
Sometimes I wonder who’d be today
Would you see the world
Would you chase your dreams
Settle down with a family
I wonder what would you name your babies
Some days the sky’s so blue
I feel I can’t talk to you
I know it might sound crazy
It ain’t fair you died to young
Like a story that had just begun
But death tore the pages all away
God knows how I miss you
All the hell I’ve been through
Just knowing no one could take your place
Sometimes I wonder who’d be today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Sunny days seem to hurt the most
Wear the pain like a heavy coat
The only thing that gives me hope
Is I know I will see you again someday
Someday
Someday
Someday | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 6:11:22 AM | Up From the Skies, by Hendrix
I just want to talk to you. I won't uh, do you no harm,
I just want to know about your different lives, on
this here people farm.
I heard some of you got your families, living in
cages tall & cold,
And some just stay there and dust away, past the
age of old.
Is this true? Please let me talk to you.
I just wanna know about, the rooms behind
your minds,
Do I see a vacuum there, or am I going blind?
Or is it just remains from vibrations and echoes
long ago,
Things like 'Love the World' and 'Let your fancy
flow',
Is this true? Please let me talk to you. Let me
talk to you.
I have lived here before, the days of ice,
And of course this is why I'm so concerned,
And I come back to find the stars misplaced
and the smell of a world that has burned.
The smell of a world that has burned.
Well, maybee, maybe it's just a change of
climate.
I can dig it, I can dig it baby, I just want to see.
So where do I purchase my ticket,
I would just like to have a ringside seat,
I want to know about the new Mother Earth,
I want to hear and see everything,
I want to hear and see everything,
I want to hear and see everything.
Aw, shucks,
If my daddy could see me now.
This song always makes me think of my spirituality.
Cheers, Raven | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 7:13:08 AM | This is a song about god.
Everywhere - Michelle Branch
Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
But when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere
Just tell me how I got this far
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
'Cause every time I look
you're never there
And every time I sleep
you're always there
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
you might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I am not alone
Whoa, oh, oooh, oh
And when I touch your hand
It's then I understand
The beauty that's within
It's now that we begin
You always light my way
I hope there never comes a day
No matter where I go
I always feel you so
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I close my eyes it's you I see
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
'Cause you're everywhere to me
And when I catch my breath
it's you I breathe
You're everything I know
that makes me believe
I'm not alone
You're in everyone I see
So tell me
Do you see me? | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 8:19:00 AM | There are so many songs that touched me ... I chose this one because of the experience I had while at a Creed concert in 2002 ... Scott Stapp revealed that he wrote it upon learning that he was to be a father ... everyone in the audience stood and raised their arms up ... I wonder if anyone had a dry eye at the end ... it was beautiful ...
CREED
"With Arms Wide Open"
Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I closed my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, I'll take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything ...oh yeah
With arms wide open..wide open
If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
And he can greet the world
With arms wide open...
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
I'll show you everything..oh yeah
With arms wide open....wide open | |
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Joined: 1/23/2007
Msg: 19 | |
| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 8:27:10 AM | | Yep,the song 'I can see clearly now'.I am to lazy to type the lyrich down so if anyone want to hear the song they have to YouTube it themselves.And message is to short to be posted..But I think that song has something to say. | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 8:34:47 AM | And here's something new from Scott Stapp ...
THE GREAT DIVIDE
I have run to the ocean
Through the Horizon
Chased the sun
I’ve waited for the light to come,
And at times I would give up
You have
Wrapped your loving arms ‘round me,
And with your love I’ll overcome.
You have
Loved me when I was weak,
You have
Given unselfishly,
Kept me from Falling…Falling
Everywhere but my Knees!
You set me free!
To live my life
You became my reason to survive the great divide
You set me Free!
I’ve been on Heaven’s doorstep,
With the Door open,
One foot inside
I’ve cried out…God give me answers!
Please hush child I’ll tell you why
You have
Loved me when you were weak,
You kept
Giving unselfishly,
Kept you from
Falling…Falling
Everywhere but your Knees!
You set me free!
To live my life
You became my reason to survive the great divide
You set me free!
Oh…our love is beautiful
Oh…oo…oh…Isn’t it beautiful?
Times have changed
But you remain
My everything
Our Love is Beautiful
Stood by my side
Helped me survive
My great Divide
Isn’t this is beautiful.
You set me free!
To live my life
You became my reason to survive the great divide
You set me free! | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 9:59:36 AM | I Can See Clearly NowI can see clearly now the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way,Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
I think I can make it now the pain is gone,
And all of the bad feelings have disappeared,
Here is the rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Look all around, nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies.
I can see clearly now the rain is gone.I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day. | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 10:12:25 AM | Deity by Wendy Rule.
One of the best songs I have ever listened to. I could listen to this song for hours on end lol.
When the moon is lit on her eastern side
And I am slowly centering, centering
When my blood is pulled, with the waning tide
And I fall, and am willingly entering
Night -- The Dark, the Womb that's hollow
It's here I've found a voice to follow
Chorus:
I am the maiden
I am the mother
I am the crone
I am the sea, I am the sky
I am the blood, I am the moon
Never alone, never alone, never alone
When the moon is lit, on her western side
And she slowly is brightening, brightening
When the Earth is full, with the waxing tide
And I breath with it brightening, brightening
See -- reflected in the water
The older moon held by her daughter | |
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| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 11:39:57 AM | Yes, quite a few... but I don't know how to put the lyrics up, lol...
Unwritten- Natasha Beddingfield
Soar- Christina Aguilera
Alive- Edwin (lead singer of I Mother Earth)
Pilgrim- Enya
Teardrop- Massive Attack
Beautifulsoul... I LOVE that song "Dust in the Wind"!! My mom used to sing it to me and my sister at bedtime while playing the guitar... so it conjures some great memories too :) | |
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Joined: 10/9/2007
Msg: 25 | |
| Has there been a song that really touched you spiritually?
Posted: 10/14/2007 11:44:51 AM | HA!
Here's one:
Freewill
There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance,
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance.
A planet of playthings,
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
"The stars aren't aligned,
Or the gods are malign..."
Blame is better to give than receive.
Chorus:
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill.
There are those who think that they were dealt a losing hand,
The cards were stacked against them; they weren't born in Lotusland.
All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate.
Kicked in the face,
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate.
Chorus
Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete.
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet.
Chorus
by the band Rush | |
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