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2eclipseone of the things that makes me nuts is when people just randomly post song lyrics.
i don't mind lyrics, but they have to MEAN something for me to feel like they are worth my time without the music behind them.
so i'm going to tell you about some that are meaning something to me today.
vienna teng continues to be one of my favorite artists. i think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spiralshell especially should listen to her. she had GREAT lyric phrases like, "a little flock of boxes and i, surrounded by a painted white unknown" about a new apartment. also she's a kickass pianist who can play bongos and piano at the same time (i've seen her do it, though she doesn't do it on this song), and ACTUALLY nice enough to go out in the crowd and talk to people after her show.
she doesn't write about puppy love although love is a factor in some of her songs. she writes about corporate corruption and gay marriage and religion (although i think she's an atheist) and deciding not to have an abortion and how hard it is to move into a new apartment and lullabies for frightened children...she writes about things all of us go through or know someone who has gone through. she writes about the things she thinks about.
more importantly to me, she writes about things _i_ think about.
her song "soon, love, soon" has been in my head today. it is a song that is full of hope for the future.sunmother and i have had discussions in the past about one difference between her generation(boomers) and mine being our cynicism vs. their hope. they are a generation prefers and identifies with the roadrunner, whereas we almost universally see ourselves in the coyote (this is from a survey/book, i'm not making it up). when i think about this difference, i think yes, this is because my generation is being saddled with SO much in the way of corruption and global warming and national debt that previous generations wracked up for us....and then i think about how little we are doing to change things and feel ill to my stomach.
but that doesn't mean that my generation is without hope. it means that we can't buy into hope that isn't grounded in something...we don't like hope for the sake of hope. we like hope for the sake of...something else. what that something else is varies, depending on the individual.
and what do we hope for? all kinds of things. i hope for the things in this song. i hope for peace and unity without the loss of self-hood. i hope for the understanding that allows for compromise and wisdom. i hope for it to come soon. i don't expect it to be soon, but i hope for it. and my hope is grounded in God, but it is also grounded in the brilliance and the initiative and creativity and kindness of the friends who have supported me in this life and who i continue to meet and be inspired by. it is grounded in the people who i see around me determined to throw their lives against the current in life even when there is no hope they will succeed because of the faith that they can make a difference in this world even if they never see it in their lifetime. this song embodies that hope for me. it also has a pacing and a tone of bittersweet sadness that suggest that it will not come without work. it will not come easily. it will not come in the way that fits our expectations exactly. it will not come without a price. and really, what in life that is worthwhile comes easily? this song holds a hope i can believe in.
it also has kickass backing vocals that suggest something tribal and primitive. that change will not only happen for our intellect and spirituality, but at the deep core of what we are. they bring the kind of passion that comes from the gut and set it square at the heart of the song.
so yeah. everyone should know and love vienna teng.
and these are her lyrics.
soon, love, soon
there'll be a fire burning in the temple of our peace
soon, love, soon
there'll be a soaring voice for our silent pleas
soon, love, soon
we will hold our broken circle and begin to pray
soon, love, soon
we will find a black and white in the gray
and we will be as one god
and we will be as one people
soon, love, soon
we will find illumination in a natural light
soon, love, soon
you will travel a thousand miles without leaving my sight
soon, love, soon
we will find we never knew hatred ran so deep
soon, love, soon
such a wide, wide chasm of faith to leap
but we will be as one god
and we will be as one people
soon, love, soon
there will be an evolution of the human soul
soon, love, soon
we will know that be a part is to be truly whole
soon, love, soon
we will know the pattern of centuries rise and fall
soon, love, soon
we will know that the fate of one is the fate of all
and we will be as one god
and we will be as one people
i don't mind lyrics, but they have to MEAN something for me to feel like they are worth my time without the music behind them.
so i'm going to tell you about some that are meaning something to me today.
vienna teng continues to be one of my favorite artists. i think
spiralshell especially should listen to her. she had GREAT lyric phrases like, "a little flock of boxes and i, surrounded by a painted white unknown" about a new apartment. also she's a kickass pianist who can play bongos and piano at the same time (i've seen her do it, though she doesn't do it on this song), and ACTUALLY nice enough to go out in the crowd and talk to people after her show.she doesn't write about puppy love although love is a factor in some of her songs. she writes about corporate corruption and gay marriage and religion (although i think she's an atheist) and deciding not to have an abortion and how hard it is to move into a new apartment and lullabies for frightened children...she writes about things all of us go through or know someone who has gone through. she writes about the things she thinks about.
more importantly to me, she writes about things _i_ think about.
her song "soon, love, soon" has been in my head today. it is a song that is full of hope for the future.
sunmother and i have had discussions in the past about one difference between her generation(boomers) and mine being our cynicism vs. their hope. they are a generation prefers and identifies with the roadrunner, whereas we almost universally see ourselves in the coyote (this is from a survey/book, i'm not making it up). when i think about this difference, i think yes, this is because my generation is being saddled with SO much in the way of corruption and global warming and national debt that previous generations wracked up for us....and then i think about how little we are doing to change things and feel ill to my stomach.but that doesn't mean that my generation is without hope. it means that we can't buy into hope that isn't grounded in something...we don't like hope for the sake of hope. we like hope for the sake of...something else. what that something else is varies, depending on the individual.
and what do we hope for? all kinds of things. i hope for the things in this song. i hope for peace and unity without the loss of self-hood. i hope for the understanding that allows for compromise and wisdom. i hope for it to come soon. i don't expect it to be soon, but i hope for it. and my hope is grounded in God, but it is also grounded in the brilliance and the initiative and creativity and kindness of the friends who have supported me in this life and who i continue to meet and be inspired by. it is grounded in the people who i see around me determined to throw their lives against the current in life even when there is no hope they will succeed because of the faith that they can make a difference in this world even if they never see it in their lifetime. this song embodies that hope for me. it also has a pacing and a tone of bittersweet sadness that suggest that it will not come without work. it will not come easily. it will not come in the way that fits our expectations exactly. it will not come without a price. and really, what in life that is worthwhile comes easily? this song holds a hope i can believe in.
it also has kickass backing vocals that suggest something tribal and primitive. that change will not only happen for our intellect and spirituality, but at the deep core of what we are. they bring the kind of passion that comes from the gut and set it square at the heart of the song.
so yeah. everyone should know and love vienna teng.
and these are her lyrics.
soon, love, soon
there'll be a fire burning in the temple of our peace
soon, love, soon
there'll be a soaring voice for our silent pleas
soon, love, soon
we will hold our broken circle and begin to pray
soon, love, soon
we will find a black and white in the gray
and we will be as one god
and we will be as one people
soon, love, soon
we will find illumination in a natural light
soon, love, soon
you will travel a thousand miles without leaving my sight
soon, love, soon
we will find we never knew hatred ran so deep
soon, love, soon
such a wide, wide chasm of faith to leap
but we will be as one god
and we will be as one people
soon, love, soon
there will be an evolution of the human soul
soon, love, soon
we will know that be a part is to be truly whole
soon, love, soon
we will know the pattern of centuries rise and fall
soon, love, soon
we will know that the fate of one is the fate of all
and we will be as one god
and we will be as one people