Song: Swimming to the Other Side
This morning I learned a song with lyrics that resonated with me; it was part of a ceremony that celebrated high school graduates, and it was a wonderful experience singing it with about 100 other people.
But it's not just for graduates. It's also been called an "underground anthem" - something I think we could use in these trying times. It was written by Pat Humphries, published in 1992, and performed by Emma’s Revolution, an American folk music and social justice activist duo, consisting of songwriters Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow.
Swimming to the Other Side
Chorus:
We are living ’neath the great big dipper
We are washed by the very same rain
We are swimming in this stream together
Some in power and some in pain
We can worship this ground we walk on
Cherishing the beings that we live beside
Loving spirits will live forever
We’re all swimming to the other side
I am alone and I am searching
Hungering for answers in my time
I am balanced at the brink of wisdom
I’m impatient to receive a sign
I move forward with my senses open
Imperfection, it be my crime
In humility I will listen
We’re all swimming to the other side
Chorus
On this journey through thoughts and feelings
Binding intuition, my head, my heart
I am gathering the tools together
I’m preparing to do my part
All of those who have come before me
Band together and be my guide
Loving lessons that I will follow
We’re all swimming to the other side
Chorus
When we get there, we’ll discover
All of the gifts we’ve been given to share
Have been with us since life’s beginning
And we never noticed they were there
We can balance at the brink of wisdom
Never recognizing that we’ve arrived
Loving spirits will live together
We’re all swimming to the other side
Chorus
"Swimming to the Other Side," track from 2007 album Roots, Rock & Revolution by Emma's Revolution (Youtube)
(
szandara, this is the song I was talking about this afternoon.)
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But it's not just for graduates. It's also been called an "underground anthem" - something I think we could use in these trying times. It was written by Pat Humphries, published in 1992, and performed by Emma’s Revolution, an American folk music and social justice activist duo, consisting of songwriters Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow.
Swimming to the Other Side
Chorus:
We are living ’neath the great big dipper
We are washed by the very same rain
We are swimming in this stream together
Some in power and some in pain
We can worship this ground we walk on
Cherishing the beings that we live beside
Loving spirits will live forever
We’re all swimming to the other side
I am alone and I am searching
Hungering for answers in my time
I am balanced at the brink of wisdom
I’m impatient to receive a sign
I move forward with my senses open
Imperfection, it be my crime
In humility I will listen
We’re all swimming to the other side
Chorus
On this journey through thoughts and feelings
Binding intuition, my head, my heart
I am gathering the tools together
I’m preparing to do my part
All of those who have come before me
Band together and be my guide
Loving lessons that I will follow
We’re all swimming to the other side
Chorus
When we get there, we’ll discover
All of the gifts we’ve been given to share
Have been with us since life’s beginning
And we never noticed they were there
We can balance at the brink of wisdom
Never recognizing that we’ve arrived
Loving spirits will live together
We’re all swimming to the other side
Chorus
"Swimming to the Other Side," track from 2007 album Roots, Rock & Revolution by Emma's Revolution (Youtube)
(
szandara, this is the song I was talking about this afternoon.)
This entry was originally posted at https://ponders-life.dreamwidth.org/101693.html.