There is a Meadow (j.yonks)

Beeyonks Songwriter: Diane Rulliere

241 There is a Meadow (j.yonks) 1 There is a Meadow (j.yonks) Plays: 8

Songs I have written with John Kenney (j.yonks)

I have long been a admirer of the writings of the 13th century poet and mystic, Rumi. In this song I have gathered some of Rumi's better known quotes and tried to shape them into a narrative that flows and still retains the original meaning of the message. I also had to shape the lyric to fit an intriguing little melody that John had already sent me. John's astonishing vocal and subtle musical touches completed the journey. Quite the experiment! :)

Here is the quote which was my inspiration for the whole thing...and forms the chorus of the song:-

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,

there is a field. I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,

the world is too full to talk about.

Ideas, language, even the phrase each other

doesn't make any sense.

Many thanks to John for accompanying me on this unusual song journey :)

you've been watching your shadow at play and you've found it's too hard to outrun is it time that you shifted your gaze into the sun

there's a door you've been beating upon now you find it stands open and wide and you see you've been knocking so long from the inside

out beyond right and wrong there is a meadow somewhere all is lost and all is one I will meet with you there

there's a treasure within you to mine you don't need to go searching for gold cause it's been waiting here all the time inside your soul

for the secret of love is to fly let the shackles of living fall free til at last you can walk on the sky slip out of your feet

out beyond right and wrong there is a meadow somewhere all is lost and all is won I will meet with you there

(guitar)

so you dance when you're broken and low and you dance when you're torn and you bleed and you dance and you dance til you know you're perfectly free

out beyond right and wrong there is a meadow somewhere all is lost and all is one I will meet with you there

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