Story Behind The Song

This song was written after visiting with Emmylou Harris who had just returned from June Carter Cash's funeral. I was reminded of our mortality and how we have a responsibility to continue making relavant music. I wrote this song the next day,

Song Description

There are spiritual place where we can find meaning and peace. Popular music used to be one of those places.

Lyrics

Please come close, I long for you to hear
Hear the sound that will rid you of your fears
In a land where not water can be found,
In a place where there is no fertile ground
Longing for, yearning not to be forgotten
In an age when the music is forgotten
In an age when the music is forgotten

And the truth speaks of great and mighty things
Teaching us what the peace of heaven brings
We must give, give to all the others
Those in need who we fear to call our brothers
Reaching out, so that we are not forgotten
In a time when the music is forgotten
In a time when the music is forgotten

If we stand on a hill and touch no one
How can we do some good
If we wash our hands of all our friends
What change can we expect to see
If we hide our fears and don’t draw near
Then have we really lived
Or are we all just standing here
Hoping there is grace

In a dream I had not long ago
Visions of a city made of gold
And a sound that I never heard before
Such a sound, saturating to the core
Such as sound, one that cannot be forgotten
In a time where the music’s not forgotten
In a time where the music’s not forgotten