Story Behind The Song

HAVING SET 'THE DANCE', ANOTHER SUSIE JOHNSON POEM, TO MUSIC, I INVITED HER TO SEND MORE POETRY FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPTED UNION BETWEEN MY MUSIC AND HER WORDS. 'GOIN' HOME' WAS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THAT COLLABORATION. THIS SONG WAS INCLUDED ON MY ALBUM 'BEAUTY IN THE FEAST'

Song Description

THIS METAPHYSICAL TRAIPSE IN AN ENCHANTED FOREST RELIES HEAVILY UPON SYNTHISIZER TO CREATE A DEEPLY MYSTICAL SONIC ATMOSPHERE. THE MESSAGE, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, CONVEYS AN ENLIGHTENED KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE MORE THAN MERE FLESH AND BLOOD, WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS

Lyrics

i'll take you with me when i go.
to places unimagined light years away
wrapped within my memory of yesterday
we can dance upon the sunshine
hide our spirits in the stars
show you places you have never dreamed

i'll teach you how to touch the river
not to see it, but to be it
to look so deep into the water
the rocks will disappear
like time itself
the gentle flow has brought a rhythm
you've forgotten to remember
to find serenity, don't you need some help?
to find serenity, don't you need some help?

if the weight of the world's on you
then change what you're doing now
don't add to the witch's brew
you will see nature makes you smile
and as you live, may you find true happiness

i'll teach you how to count the needles
on the pine trees who touch the sky
while they whistle a secret song
to the bluejays at my window
foretell the harvest beneath the snow
all the rainbows that are painted
by the rusty, weathered land
up from a seed, a new tree grows
up from a seed, a new tree grows

i'll save it all until you come
to touch the spirit of the earth
and learn to hear the beating of her heart
and learn to hear the beating of her heart
to touch the spirit of the earth
to touch the spirit of the earth
i'll take you with me when i go.