Song rec
I loved the first Civil Wars album to pieces. I love the second one to pieces too. Such an amazing group! A great blend of old school gospel and folksy bluegrass with some modern flair. Exquisite harmonies (and the occasional surprising cover of a Jackson 5 song). If you haven't checked 'em out, I recommend them to EVERYONE.
This song, of the new album, I've been listening to obsessively over the past couple of days. As a very excellent episode of a very excellent television show once said, a really great song makes you feel happy and sad all at the same time. I think that's what I love about this so much. The lyrics are about a being lifted out of a sorrowful valley. There's aching and longing in the vocals, and yet the same lyrics and the same song radiate hope and comfort and makes you want to smile and dance.
It feels like this has been an extra-tough year for the people around me in so many ways. Two people in my life just lost loved ones to cancer-- one was a 13-year-old child, the other a spouse. My sister is recovering from a serious brain procedure. Friends in real life and online are struggling with jobs and financial issues, medical issues, all the upheavals life can throw at you, really.
And yet life keeps plunging right ahead. The same week my friends in South Carolina lost their daughter, another friend safely delivered twin girls. My sister came through her surgery with flying colors and is the middle of building a beautiful new home with her family. This song defies the sorrow and embraces the joy.
Oh won't you take me from this valley
To that mountain high above?
Oh, I will pray, pray, pray
Till I see your smiling face.
I will pray unto the One I love!
(Oh, and it doesn't make me want to make a Firefly vid at ALL. Huh-uh. Nope, nope, nope...)
This song, of the new album, I've been listening to obsessively over the past couple of days. As a very excellent episode of a very excellent television show once said, a really great song makes you feel happy and sad all at the same time. I think that's what I love about this so much. The lyrics are about a being lifted out of a sorrowful valley. There's aching and longing in the vocals, and yet the same lyrics and the same song radiate hope and comfort and makes you want to smile and dance.
It feels like this has been an extra-tough year for the people around me in so many ways. Two people in my life just lost loved ones to cancer-- one was a 13-year-old child, the other a spouse. My sister is recovering from a serious brain procedure. Friends in real life and online are struggling with jobs and financial issues, medical issues, all the upheavals life can throw at you, really.
And yet life keeps plunging right ahead. The same week my friends in South Carolina lost their daughter, another friend safely delivered twin girls. My sister came through her surgery with flying colors and is the middle of building a beautiful new home with her family. This song defies the sorrow and embraces the joy.
Oh won't you take me from this valley
To that mountain high above?
Oh, I will pray, pray, pray
Till I see your smiling face.
I will pray unto the One I love!
Click to view(Oh, and it doesn't make me want to make a Firefly vid at ALL. Huh-uh. Nope, nope, nope...)