23
Jun
Sweet Sweet Music
- By Helen
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There is an endless amount of music in the world and not all of it will reach our ears yet we hear enough to make a list of songs that we connect to the words, or are moved by a melody or rhythmic beat.
Each of us could make a list of the music that we would like played at a wedding, a party or a compilation of songs as a gift.
Yet what songs or music would you choose for your funeral service? Would you choose hymns, contemporary compositions, classical, rock, jazz, or opera? The music people select is often a swan song for the deceased whilst offering comfort for the bereaved.
Yesterday morning, a friend of many years passed and I sit here wondering what song she would have liked played in her honour. We both loved the music of Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, and casting thought on their fine repertoire, I feel that she would love Anthem by Leonard Cohen. My song for you Caz, may you rest in the light.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ma5tF6TJpA
“Anthem” by Leonard Cohen
but you won’t have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee. Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in. Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
That’s how the light gets in.
That’s how the light gets in.
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