Music
It's darkest before the dawn, but the end of the tribulation is coming and we'll be sailing free. Just wait and see.
It's about achieving personal liberation and freedom, and having faith that the dream will come true.
It's about the union of apparent opposites. It was written in 1978 while I was camping in the desert, realizing that only when our eye is single can we truly live.
A lament over how many people have been misled, and wondering how many people can see why.
A strong statement to refute right-wing bible thumpers who pray for the ears of men, make a show of religion and don't yet realize that they betray God and humanity.
A rose is a rose, by any other name. So it is with God, who by any other name is still the Supreme Universal Consciousness, and the Eternal, Infinite, Omnipresent Great Spirit-Parent who loves us all.
The divine reality comes not with observation in the world, but from within. And when it does, you can then see, if only for a moment, how and why it is right here at hand.
This song is for those disheartened by all the greed, selfishness, corruption, conflict and war. And it recognizes that while we desperately need to reform our governments and religions, the reform must begin with ourselves.
It's kind of a bio, summarized.
A call to give new pioneers a place to dwell, to build a house on their own terms and use the material at hand ... like pioneers of old did, but without using a gun to take land away from others.
The lyrics below have been revised, but the recording you hear was made in 1982, with the original lyrics, on a cheap little tape recorder with a built-in mic. I hope I will be healed enough to be able to re-record it, but that hasn't happened yet.
This song was recorded in 1982 on a cheap little portable tape recorder with a built-in mic, and I hope I will be healed enough to be able to re-record it because the lyrics below have been slightly revised from the original version.
