and i will lay my love around you

A Great Moving Wave of Bliss

…and sometimes the feeling prevails upon ’em so hard, beloved, that they just have to mount up on the stage and get to giggin’ with the band. ~ Cub Koda (Kings of the Party)

It’s been a while since I gushed about Brian Eno here, so the time seems about right.

They say that most songwriters have about three songs in them that they re-write over and over again in various incarnations and attire. This is probably true in most cases, and certainly true in many. Whether or not it’s true for Mr. Eno I’ll reserve saying, but I would like to propose that he basically has three styles of songs: the generally ambient instrumental works, the self-described idiot-energy bursts of spastic euphoria, and the nearly canticle vocal works that feel to me like caravans to a distant and often intangible world.

While this last style of song is a far step from Rachmaninov, it takes me to a similar place in a more modern manner. Indeed, certain songs of Eno’s feel to me like electronic hymns, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing to have in this world, whether secular or spiritual.

So yes, I became inspired recently to try my own hand at writing something hymnal yet contemporary, something that acknowledged my perception of the All That Is and gave it its due gratitude. Something reverent yet upbeat, that still allowed me to play my gnat guitar, which appears about midway through this song. Yes, Charlotte…gnats are beautiful too.

Nodding musically to Eno, and mangling the writings of Evelyn Underhill, the following emerged and I hope you enjoy it (the mp3 is at the top of this page):

A GREAT MOVING WAVE OF BLISS

A great moving wave of bliss
Down the sheer and fathomless abyss
Of Being pours….

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