Donna Devine songs
Some months ago I re-read Arthur C. Clarke's short sci-fi story of the same name. The title immediately generated a series of personal images quite different from the story. The result was this "dark night of the soul" piece.
Not sure which genres it fits into, but Latin is certainly one of them. (-:
Music/arrangement/instrumentation/mix: Billy Playle
Vocals: Bree Noble
Lyrics: Donna Devine
Nine Billion Names of God
(v1)
Hope of heaven
Slowly fading
Earthly whispers
All pervading
(v2)
Light grows fainter
Once so holy
Now the soul fights
Melancholy
Chorus
In the company of angels
Was I pushed or did I leap
Plunging through a human womb
Not landing on my feet
And if indeed I ever walked
On paths that angels trod
How could I have forgotten
The nine billion names of God
Instrumental
(v3)
Have my old friends
Left me stranded
Crawling homeward
Bloody-handed
Instrumental
Bridge
Whose idea was it then
For us to join the world of man
I have vague memories of a key
But heaven still feels closed to me
Chorus
In the company of angels
Was I pushed or did I leap
Plunging through a human womb
Not landing on my feet
And if indeed I ever walked
On paths that angels trod
How could I have forgotten
The nine billion names of God
© 2010 Donna Devine
Not sure which genres it fits into, but Latin is certainly one of them. (-:
Music/arrangement/instrumentation/mix: Billy Playle
Vocals: Bree Noble
Lyrics: Donna Devine
Nine Billion Names of God
(v1)
Hope of heaven
Slowly fading
Earthly whispers
All pervading
(v2)
Light grows fainter
Once so holy
Now the soul fights
Melancholy
Chorus
In the company of angels
Was I pushed or did I leap
Plunging through a human womb
Not landing on my feet
And if indeed I ever walked
On paths that angels trod
How could I have forgotten
The nine billion names of God
Instrumental
(v3)
Have my old friends
Left me stranded
Crawling homeward
Bloody-handed
Instrumental
Bridge
Whose idea was it then
For us to join the world of man
I have vague memories of a key
But heaven still feels closed to me
Chorus
In the company of angels
Was I pushed or did I leap
Plunging through a human womb
Not landing on my feet
And if indeed I ever walked
On paths that angels trod
How could I have forgotten
The nine billion names of God
© 2010 Donna Devine
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