I'm finally uploading my song for the Oracle Archetypes Challenge!
Mine were:
The Pilgrim
The Storm
The Prayer
Anima Mundi
I'm still processing what I accessed through writing this. I find more every time.
I tuned into the idea that we all have a journey. That on a deep level, the thing we most have in common is being alone inside our own heads. While this seems kind of dark, this is a kind of loneliness I grew up thinking everyone just intrinsically felt. I find deep comfort in the knowledge that I am not the only one experiencing my own aloneness, as it were.
It's a fast and dirty recording job, but it got the job done, I think.
We search
We touch
We gather
We soothe
We sell
We slaughter
At the end of the day
No matter who held sway
The dream door admits only one
Alone
Even in your arms
Standing on the road,
All we ever are
Alone
Even in your arms
Standing on the road
All we ever are
We build
We come
We conquer
We smith
We cut
We'd rather
Go on our way
At the end of the day
Ignoring the dreaming door's law
Alone
All we ever are
Standing on the road
Even in your arms
Alone
Even in your arms
Standing on the road
All we ever are
We can walk side by side
We can share foolish pride
We can tether our souls
To each other
But the door holds its own
And we all really know
There's no chance that
The way could be other
Alone
Even in your arms
Standing on the road
All we ever are
Alone
Even in your arms
Standing on the road
All we ever are
We sing
We smile
We shelter
We look
We find
One another
@chroes Feb 2022
That is a very poetic song. I enjoyed the calmness and your soaring voice over the lush piano very much.
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
This is absolutely gorgeous and a wonderful take on the challenge. I love the structure of this song and the way the list of words evolve. Beautiful piano and stunning vocals - love that lift.