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May 24, 2015
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Cast your eyes on the ocean
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me
Please remember me
Cast your soul to the sea
When the dark night seems endless
Please remember me
Please remember me
Refrain: Faith
Behold the infinite horizon; be one with the boundless sea. When your darkness seems eternal, remember me by your side.
The refrain could be God's response to Dante's prayer, but could also be Dante's urging us to let go and remember that, like him, we can go through the gates of Hell and be reborn into a new life after death.
Behold the infinite horizon; be one with the boundless sea. When your darkness seems eternal, remember me by your side.
The refrain could be God's response to Dante's prayer, but could also be Dante's urging us to let go and remember that, like him, we can go through the gates of Hell and be reborn into a new life after death.
May 24, 2015
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Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares
Verse 5: Rebirth
Please take away this fear of death, and let me be born into a new life; please take away my shattered hopes, my tears, and let me rise above all earthly cares.
Please take away this fear of death, and let me be born into a new life; please take away my shattered hopes, my tears, and let me rise above all earthly cares.
May 24, 2015
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Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars
Verse 4: Redemption
Though all of us must go down the path of redemption, we do so utterly alone and helpless. How I long to shed this earthly body and soar to the heavens.
Though all of us must go down the path of redemption, we do so utterly alone and helpless. How I long to shed this earthly body and soar to the heavens.
May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015
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Then the mountain rose before me
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and fire
By the deep well of desire
From the fountain of forgiveness
Beyond the ice and fire
Verse 3: Death
When his path to heaven is blocked by his deep-seated selfishness, the traveler realizes that to find forgiveness he must pass through the ice and fire of Hell.
When his path to heaven is blocked by his deep-seated selfishness, the traveler realizes that to find forgiveness he must pass through the ice and fire of Hell.
May 24, 2015
May 24, 2015
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I did not believe because I could not see
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars
Though you came to me in the night
When the dawn seemed forever lost
You showed me your love in the light of the stars
Verse 2: Awakening
In death, the traveler realizes that his lack of faith results from failing to see that God came to him in his darkest hour, when he felt utterly lost, to embrace him in the love of heavenly light.
In death, the traveler realizes that his lack of faith results from failing to see that God came to him in his darkest hour, when he felt utterly lost, to embrace him in the love of heavenly light.
May 24, 2015
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When the dark wood fell before me
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way
I tilled the sorrows of stone
And all the paths were overgrown
When the priests of pride say there is no other way
I tilled the sorrows of stone
Hauntingly beautiful, achingly sad and ultimately uplifting, each verse in Loreena McKennitt's "Dante's Prayer" has a theme. (The use of the word "he" below is meant to be gender-neutral.)
Verse 1: Suffering
The traveler finds that his road has come to an end and every way forward is blocked. Too proud to seek help for a way out, he sadly prepares his deathbed.
Verse 1: Suffering
The traveler finds that his road has come to an end and every way forward is blocked. Too proud to seek help for a way out, he sadly prepares his deathbed.