… my wayward son
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry no more.
Here are the lyrics to the song I referred to in my Wednesday post, my favorite of all time by the band Kansas. The spirituality of the lyrics and power in the music, has always moved me. Anyone else care to share their favorites of all time in a comment below?
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I’m dreaming,
I can hear them say
Carry on my wayward son,
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry no more
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well,
it surely means that I don’t know (this is the quote in Wednesday’s post)
On the stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about, I’m like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune,
But I hear the voices say
Carry on my wayward son
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry no more
Carry on,
You will always remember
Carry on,
Nothing equals the splendor
Now your life’s no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you
Carry on my wayward son
There’ll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don’t you cry,
Don’t you cry no more
Never heard the song before, however, it sounds beautiful.
Lori you and Kathy need to keep up, you hear?
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Hmmmm, I read this yesterday. Thought I commented, but must have just kept singing this song in my head, instead…
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Oh no, I hope your comment didn’t get lost somewhere in cyberspace! I checked my comment que and my spam. Didn’t see it anywhere. Hmm, well, I know I’m still singing the song in my head. 🙂 Thanks for reading it, Kathy.
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I think it got lost in my head, Lori! lol…
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Hey Ms Kathy, I just thought of something, you did comment to my other post about this song. I just put in one quote from the song and not all the lyrics. Maybe you’re thinking of that one.
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I think I read both posts, but scurried on down to the other and left the comment for this one in my head. Happens sometimes these days. 🙂
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I love that song too. So does my son, Jake. He bought it on iTunes and we both added it to our iPods a few years ago.
One of my favorites was the inspiration for my blog title and the video is on my About page – 10,000 Maniacs’ “These are Days.” …
These are days, you’ll remember
Never before and never since, I promise
Will the whole world be warm as this and as you feel it
You’ll know it’s true that you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you are touched by something
That will grow and bloom in you
These are days, you’ll remember
When may is rushing over you with desire
To be part of the miracles you see in every hour
You’ll know it’s true that you are blessed and lucky
It’s true that you are touched by something
That will grow and bloom in you
These are days
These are the days you might fill with laughter until’ you break
These days you might feel a shaft of light make it’s way across your face
When you do you’ll know how it was meant to be
See the signs and know their meaning
It’s true, you’ll know how it was meant to be
Hear the signs and know they’re speaking to you, to you
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Thank you for sharing those lyrics, Terri. They are wonderfully positive. It’s really cool to learn what inspired your blog title too.
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Wow! Kansas and Leonard Cohen! That’s quite a combo! Love both! I especially liked Jeff Buckley and K.D. Lang’s covers of Hallelujah. 😀
I like all kinds of music so I don’t have a single favorite, but I love Andrew Peterson’s More
This is not the end here at this grave
This is just a hole that someone made
Every hole was made to fill
And every heart can feel it still–
Our nature hates a vacuum
This is not the hardest part of all
This is just the seed that has to fall
All our lives we till the ground
Until we lay our sorrows down
And watch the sky for rain
There is more
More than all this pain
More than all the falling down
And the getting up again
There is more
More than we can see
From our tiny vantage point
In this vast eternity
There is more
A thing resounds when it rings true
Ringing all the bells inside of you
Like a golden sky on a summer eve
Your heart is tugging at your sleeve
And you cannot say why
There must be more
There is more
More than we can stand
Standing in the glory
Of a love that never ends
There is more
More than we can guess
More and more, forever more
And not a second less
There is more than what the naked eye can see
Clothing all our days with mystery
Watching over everything
Wilder than our wildest dreams
Could ever dream to be
There is more
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I listened to the link you shared and I’m so glad you did. What a beautifully, hopeful song. What a good song for someone to hear when grieving too. It may help, if even an inkling, to comfort. Thank you so much for sharing this Deb. I will probably pass it on to others too.
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Never heard about Kansas before … and neither this song – a bit too heavy rock for my taste! Maybe I need to be educated *smile
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I know it’s not much your taste, Viveka. I’m a big fan of rock music. I grew up in the big hair rock days. I had a perm (curly, big hair) and wore my bangs teased up high. Hee, hee. Disco sucks, rock rules! 😉
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Had big hair too … disco … love it. *smile … this is going to be fun *smile
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I like that song 🙂 I’ve always loved Mr. Bojangles, I think it tells a great story… and of course, the lyrics to Hallelujah are great 🙂
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I especially like Hallelujah myself. Thanks for sharing Layla.
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