November 2, 2022
Mercy
A song, about a personified Mercy who comes to the garden, speaks voice that matters more than its content, and eventually leaves. The final verse is nearly a cappella, which was planned.
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Songs Tagged: spiritual
5 songs
January 19, 2024
Waterfall
A love song The verses move between intimate physical detail and a philosophical claim: the universe becomes aware through us, and we belong at home in that awareness. The instrumental bridge repeats twice...
Rough Working Demo
1980
God Can Only Love and Grieve
One of the earliest songs in the catalog, this is a rain-soaked meditation on longing, sorrow, and the uneasy feeling of being joined to something larger than oneself. Its language moves between intimacy and...
1981
Sufi Poem
One of the oldest pieces in the catalog. The lyrics are a translation of a poem by the ninth-century Sufi mystic Dhu'l-Nun al-Misri, set to original music.
Rough Working Demo
December 28, 2022
Samhain
A song, written for Halloween. The Gaelic framing — kith and kin in the wind, spirits of trees, the Otherworld just behind the eyes — is taken seriously rather than as costume. The first verse is repeated at...