4 May, 2008

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I’ve become a great fan of k.d. lang’s latest album, she’s a musical nomad.  But, more than that, Lang is someone who has evoked the Buddhist and caused me to  migrate toward meditation.  As a theologian, trained at 2 different Protestant schools, this might seem odd.  However, finding a pace of meditation and rhythm is something that actually warms my heart.  I have found her wisdom helpful where she talks about her singing:

“I think that is age and wisdom,” she decides. “It’s like a painter discovering earth tones again in a whole new way or a chef coming back down to the Alice Waters level of cooking, where sea salt is the absolutely perfect spice

Here’s the lyrics to Valley, which she sings live on her latest album!

Valley:

I live in the hills
You live in the valleys
And all that you know are those blackbirds
You rise every morning
Wondering what in the world will the world bring today
Will it bring you joy or will it take it away
And every step you take is guided by
The love of the light on the land and the blackbird’s cry
You will walk in good company
The valley is dark
The burgeoning holding
The stillness obscured by their judging
You walk through the shadows
Uncertain and surely hurting
Deserted by the blackbirds and the staccato of the staff
And though you trust the light towards which you wend your way
Sometimes you feel all that you wanted has been taken away
You will walk in good company
I love the best of you
You love the best of me
Though it is not always easy
Lovely? lovely?
We will walk in good company
The shepherd upright and flowing
You see…