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Thread #120485 Message #2621805
Posted By: George Papavgeris
30-Apr-09 - 06:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: To be a Pilgrim:Secular Hymn?
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: To be a Pilgrim:Secular Hymn?
This is an area that interests me particularly. Being essentially a humanist, there are occasionally feelings that I wish to write about that could easily be interpreted (wrongly) as "religious". I then go out of my way to construct the song avoiding religious references, but I nevertheless often use hymn-like tunes. "Miracle of Life" is one such, as are "Those Who Also Serve", "Ending Of The Day" and "Countryside Like This". The latter has given me particular satisfaction, as it is in fact being used as a non-denominational hymn at assembly in a certain school in Essex; yet it is the only one with any reference to "God", albeit in a non-religious, Dave Allen-like manner: "In countryside like this, your God comes out to greet you..." - which Cloudstreet promptly changed to "dog" of course!