Story Behind The Song
a song i consider my piece de resistance. after many years of living close to the natural world, i came to the conclusion that nature speaks to you if you just listen. what it seemed to say was all life is interconnected, that the universe is beautiful, infinitely full of love, and limitless in it's biological diversity.
Song Description
i believe it was around 1960 the idea for this song began forming. completion took forty years. the lyrics to this new adaptation came to me all at once during a walkabout in the great forests of northern california
| Song Length |
5:30 |
Genre |
New Age - Progressive, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Content |
Subject |
Infinity, Spirituality |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
HOW GREAT TO BE ALIVE ON THIS SUNNY DAY.
LAST NIGHT BENEATH THE STARS,
HEARD THE WONDROUS SOUND OF ALL EXISTENCE.
I'VE COME TO ACCEPT WHAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS
LIKE HUMMINGBIRD WINGS AND VEINS IN A LEAF...
CREATION WON'T CEASE WHEN MY JOURNEY ENDS
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING?
THE OWL WOULD SPEAK.
ROUND EYE SAYS NOTHING, HIS WISDOM RUNS DEEP.
NIGHT COMES TO THE FOREST...
GREAT HUNTER SEE ALL...
NOTHING IS SPARED...FINALITY STRIKES, IT'S THE NATURAL LAW
GREAT SPIRIT CALLS TO ME...
ACROSS THE SACRED LAKE, IF ONLY MY EYES COULD SEE
SECRETS FROM BEYOND THE GREAT EMPTINESS.
I KNOW LOVE HAS THE POWER TO PRESERVE US FOREVER,
LOVE AND YOU'RE BLESSED
IT'S ABOUT LOVE...IT'S ABOUT LOVE.
WAITING BEHIND THE DOOR IS A NEW DIMENSION
WHERE THE BEST IN THIS WORLD'S RESERVED A SPECIAL PLACE.
FOR DEAR MOTHERS, REST THEIR SOULS, SO KIND AND TENDER
FOR DEAR FRIENDS WHO WON'T DESERT US THOUGH WE'RE LOST OUT HERE IN SPACE
WHO WILL STICK WITH US THROUGH ETERNITY IN THIS REALM OF EASE AND GRACE
FAR FROM THIS DREAM, OLD RAVEN KNOWS
THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR, NO PAIN, NO CONFUSION...
A DEER RUNS PAST YOU, BRUSHING YOUR SKIN WITH SUCH DELICATE GRACE...
THIS CAN'T BE REAL...
WHILE CLOUDS OVERHEAD KEEP SWIRLING,
A VOICE SEEMS TO SAY...