Living My Lyrics Again
On my Telluride CD there’s a song called, “Dear Mr. President”. I wrote the song when I was living in Colorado in 1992. I’ve been disenchanted with the decisions I see ourselves making that seem short sighted, fear-based and abusive to ourselves and the people we have an impact on for more than a little while.
I say “ourselves” and “we” because I can’t deny that I am a part of what is going on in this world whether I like it or not. I walk on this Earth and participate in society. Because I live and breathe on this planet, what I do influences what happens, and, therefore it is now my intention to be part of the solution to what we are facing on Earth today.
I cannot deny that what I read in the paper, on the internet and experience with some people on a day-to-day basis is sick. We are in the midst of very destructive thought processes and it doesn’t seem to be anything that anyone of us can control. We keep repeating patterns and reliving nightmares to different degrees and I’ve had enough.
In my song, “Dear Mr. President”, I pose the question, “What happened to the love we all could share?” It’s the last line in the bridge:
People can we live together? Can we find a way? This is supposed to be a gift to live another day. What happened to the love we all could share?
Are we so de-humanized that we have no compassion anymore? Have we lost touch with the ramifications of our behavior so much that we’ve decided it’s cute and endearing to be abusive? Are we so disjointed that we can no longer see what is going on? And why, when we see, don’t we change?
I’m sorry if I’m being abstract here. I’m sorry that today I find myself enraged in sadness that so many people who are in a position of strength have stopped caring about the welfare of other human beings, animals, and the state of the Earth and continue to live the same story of greed, war, abuse and human detriment over and over and over again.
I sang my song, “Miracle” today at a benefit for families that have been devastated by Katrina. It’s on the Telluride CD, too. The lyric is what’s crying in my heart now:
God I need a miracle, right now. You know I need a miracle, show me how. I’m standing here alone upon another place. And everything seems different like before. Tell me why I need to be here anyway. All I want to be right now is reassured. God I need a miracle right now. You know I need a miracle. Show me how. Show me now. Show me now.
God bless us all!
Laura
To get a copy of the Telluride CD go to the online store at:
www.LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
I say “ourselves” and “we” because I can’t deny that I am a part of what is going on in this world whether I like it or not. I walk on this Earth and participate in society. Because I live and breathe on this planet, what I do influences what happens, and, therefore it is now my intention to be part of the solution to what we are facing on Earth today.
I cannot deny that what I read in the paper, on the internet and experience with some people on a day-to-day basis is sick. We are in the midst of very destructive thought processes and it doesn’t seem to be anything that anyone of us can control. We keep repeating patterns and reliving nightmares to different degrees and I’ve had enough.
In my song, “Dear Mr. President”, I pose the question, “What happened to the love we all could share?” It’s the last line in the bridge:
People can we live together? Can we find a way? This is supposed to be a gift to live another day. What happened to the love we all could share?
Are we so de-humanized that we have no compassion anymore? Have we lost touch with the ramifications of our behavior so much that we’ve decided it’s cute and endearing to be abusive? Are we so disjointed that we can no longer see what is going on? And why, when we see, don’t we change?
I’m sorry if I’m being abstract here. I’m sorry that today I find myself enraged in sadness that so many people who are in a position of strength have stopped caring about the welfare of other human beings, animals, and the state of the Earth and continue to live the same story of greed, war, abuse and human detriment over and over and over again.
I sang my song, “Miracle” today at a benefit for families that have been devastated by Katrina. It’s on the Telluride CD, too. The lyric is what’s crying in my heart now:
God I need a miracle, right now. You know I need a miracle, show me how. I’m standing here alone upon another place. And everything seems different like before. Tell me why I need to be here anyway. All I want to be right now is reassured. God I need a miracle right now. You know I need a miracle. Show me how. Show me now. Show me now.
God bless us all!
Laura
To get a copy of the Telluride CD go to the online store at:
www.LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
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