That's true. A lot of Cockburn's lyrics are of religious/spiritual and definitely Christian inspiration. Being a Jew, that does not really get me off, but the spirituality and love shine through,and I have always dug his music immensely.
Have you ever heard the recording, "Sunwheel Dance". It's from 1971, and I still have my vinyl, which I bought when I was living in Canada. However, I think Columbia has re-released a lot of his early Canadian-only releases on CD now.
There's this one song on there, with very religious intent, and extremely beautiful, called , " He came from the Mountain". Have you heard it? Gorgeous melody.
He came from the mountain,
To walk among the wounded,
They couldn't see him,
But the snow did melt whenever he passed by.
He came behind winter,
His face was like the sun,
They wouldn't see it,
But he sang on the bank, and made the waters run.
In his world we wait,
In his hands our fate,
Keep on shining,
We shall see his gate,
In good time.
He came from the lowlands,
He said we must have faces,
So we could see like him,
Before our wings would ever come to fly,
In his world we wait,
In his hands our fate,
Keep on climbing,
We shall see his gate,
In good time.
Gene
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That's true. A lot of Cockburn's lyrics are of religious/spiritual and definitely Christian inspiration. Being a Jew, that does not really get me off, but the spirituality and love shine through,and I have always dug his music immensely.
Have you ever heard the recording, "Sunwheel Dance". It's from 1971, and I still have my vinyl, which I bought when I was living in Canada. However, I think Columbia has re-released a lot of his early Canadian-only releases on CD now.
There's this one song on there, with very religious intent, and extremely beautiful, called , " He came from the Mountain". Have you heard it? Gorgeous melody.
He came from the mountain,
To walk among the wounded,
They couldn't see him,
But the snow did melt whenever he passed by.
He came behind winter,
His face was like the sun,
They wouldn't see it,
But he sang on the bank, and made the waters run.
In his world we wait,
In his hands our fate,
Keep on shining,
We shall see his gate,
In good time.
He came from the lowlands,
He said we must have faces,
So we could see like him,
Before our wings would ever come to fly,
In his world we wait,
In his hands our fate,
Keep on climbing,
We shall see his gate,
In good time.
Gene
Have you ever heard the recording, "Sunwheel Dance". It's from 1971, and I still have my vinyl, which I bought when I was living in Canada. However, I think Columbia has re-released a lot of his early Canadian-only releases on CD now.
There's this one song on there, with very religious intent, and extremely beautiful, called , " He came from the Mountain". Have you heard it? Gorgeous melody.
He came from the mountain,
To walk among the wounded,
They couldn't see him,
But the snow did melt whenever he passed by.
He came behind winter,
His face was like the sun,
They wouldn't see it,
But he sang on the bank, and made the waters run.
In his world we wait,
In his hands our fate,
Keep on shining,
We shall see his gate,
In good time.
He came from the lowlands,
He said we must have faces,
So we could see like him,
Before our wings would ever come to fly,
In his world we wait,
In his hands our fate,
Keep on climbing,
We shall see his gate,
In good time.
Gene
