Back to Songwriting

I thought I would post some of my earlier song lyrics and maybe write some new ones. This is something I can do as a loner in troubled times. In some ways I enjoy the stretches of lonely times for the opportunity to spend quality time with the LORD and write what I believe He gives me. I find comfort in these song lyrics and the soothing sounds of Yanni’s compositions. I would like to learn how to put the music and words together as slide shows with pictures eventually.

Aliyah

(Yearning for the Millennial Kingdom)

Lyrics by Renah (copyright 2002)
Music by Yanni (Nostalgia/Live from the Acropolis, 1994)

Origins: On the Wyoming Ascent, 1997
Refinement: On the Lonely Highway to Nevada, 2002

Sing along with Yanni's live performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bNal4-amdE
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Soft musical prelude, then..... the Ascent....

Come let us go up
To Jerusalem
To receive our King

Repeat refrain

Come behold
The King of Kings
In all His Splendor

[Alternate]
Come behold
What used to be
The Desolation

Come let us go up
To Jerusalem
To receive our King
To worship HaShem.

Long ago, far away
Came a day
When Avraham “sacrificed” his only son
In a “type” of the Holy One
Who was to come
And die
For all my sin
Create a new spirit within
I’m born again
And I’m glad to be
Grafted in the Olive Tree

Come let us go up
To Jerusalem
To receive our...

Come let us go up
To Jerusalem
To receive our King
Sing praises to Him

Come let us go up
To Jerusalem
To receive our King
To worship HaShem

Come let us go up
To Jerusalem.


Music can be downloaded at iTunes (Nostalgia...from Live at the Acropolis....Yanni).


Another song.......

In Tribute

Today is the anniversary of the passing of my mother twelve years ago. It took several years for me to completely get over losing her [to complications of kidney disease]. Her presence seemed to still be with me, influencing my life. She was sick for seven years....and it took about seven years for me to adjust and recover from the post-traumatic stress of caring for her in her fragile years.

Mothers are very special people in our lives. These song lyrics came as I tried to cope with the memories...from my happy childhood to my teenage rebellion and giving her grief....to growing up and appreciating her more and more as I got into my 30’s.....to the grief I felt watching her suffer (although she had many good days).

The song lyrics reflect a word collage, morphing between thoughts of Mom, thoughts of me in relation to Mom, thoughts of my own children in relation to me, thoughts of mothers and children in general. This is for all moms who grieve for their sons and daughters, whose greatest desire is that they would walk in truth. May the efforts of godly mothers to instill faith in their children not ultimately be in vain.

This is another Yanni tune which he calls Felitsa....composed as a tribute to his own mother. Watch and hear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dTt_DnywZ4
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Mother

lyrics by Renah, copyright 2001 (germinated 1999)
music by Yanni - Felitsa/In My Time

Dedicated to and inspired by my mother, Waltrude (Twyman) Madden – 1916-1996

Musical prelude, then....

A daughter can leave
And a mother can grieve
A son he can run
And a prodigal be

But they’ll never go far from
The Word Mother taught them
God’s Word it will haunt them
The rest of their days

You never know
Until you grow
What “Mother” really means
Your mother, your mother
What does she really mean?

Your mother, your mother
There is no other
That has such an impact
On your life today

You’ll love her
You’ll “hate” her
But don’t underrate her
Honor your mother today
It’s God’s way

A daughter can leave
And a mother can grieve
A son he can run
And a prodigal be

But I’ll never go far from
The words mother taught me
Her words they will haunt me
The rest of my days

I never knew
Until I grew
What “Mother” really means
My mother, my mother
What did she really mean?

My mother, my mother
There is no other
That has such an impact on my life today
I love her
I miss her
And now reminisce her
I’ll honor my mother today
Every day
It’s the only way

Oh, Yah’s fifth commandment
Says honor your parents
That it may be well
The rest of your days

A daughter can leave
And a mother can grieve
A son he can run
And a prodigal be

But they’ll never go far from
The Word Mother taught them
God’s Word it will haunt them
The rest of their days

You never know until you grow
What “Mother” really means
God bless your mother

Your mother, your mother
There is no other
That has such an impact
On your life today

You’ll love her
You’ll “hate” her
But don’t underrate her
Honor your mother today
It’s God’s way
It’s the only way

Yah’s fifth commandment
Says to honor your parents
That it may be well with you
All of your days
And that you may live
Long upon this Earth

I will honor her
I will become...
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