1 post tagged “the rising”
This song is nearly six years old now, but every time I hear it, my body stats to shudder and tears well up in my eyes. I've listened to the album version and seen it live, always the same reaction. This, in my mind, is a true gospel long in all but name. It's a profound calling out to people to come together on a deep, spiritual level — to come together and heal collective wounds — to rise out of the ashes. Of course, this song came out right after 9/11, but I believe it was written before.
I see you Mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
