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Thread #124446 Message #2748470
Posted By: Janie
19-Oct-09 - 11:27 PM
Thread Name: Death songs
Subject: RE: Death songs
May sound strange, but I think "I Shall Be Released" is one I wouldn't mind having sung at my wake.
"I Can Hear the Sweet Wind Blowing" is one I love. Such a simple and gentle leave-taking.
And lastly (and yes, I know all of these may be weird choices to many...
WHAT YOU GIVE ME ( Laura G. Lindgren)
To Walk in your forest, To graze in your pastures, To fly in your starry black night Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart
To flow in your river, To gaze at your colours, To sway in your treetops so high Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart refrain
1st bridge What you give me is a doorway to God, let us bathe in the Now Never grasping at the days ahead Just a patience of the heart in the pastures of truth And love, trembling love.
To let out your kite string, to feel your dark ocean, to play in the breakers at dawn Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart
To shatter on your hard floor, to dance in your cobwebs, to sing the song of our death Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart
2nd bridge You are teaching me songs that I never dreamed of. Opening worlds that I never hoped for I'm breathing my breath, I'm dying my death Sing that the world doesn't end.
To read your sad story, to bask in your glory, to sit in the presence of God Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart
To know beyond knowing in the patience of being beyond thought, beyond wanting to know Such is the garden, Such the devotion Such is the fountain of love in my heart