Here is a song that I wrote ten years ago. It stands out to me now because I feel optimistic when I sing it. When I go back and play my songs from that era, they are often bleak-sounding. This tune, Beyond the Sky, feels hopeful, the way I strive to be now.
I’m not exactly sure what this song is about, but it describes faith beyond death. No particular faith, mind you, as I don’t consider myself a religious person.
I do believe in a higher togetherness that we’ll all return to someday and that gives me hope. It feels damn good to sing about such things.
It’s hard to describe faith because words can be overloaded and limited. That’s where songs come in. They travel through the air, and change that very medium through compression and rarefaction. Songs are different every time you sing them.
Songs are magic.
Long story short, I mixed up Siddhartha, Bob Dylan and Carl Sagan and came up with this tune. You can watch a video of the song on YouTube here and read the lyrics below.
See you back beyond the sky someday, my friend!
Beyond the sky
it’s getting so dark I can’t see my sneakers
blackness has filled up my mind
stumble through the dark
trying to find a spark
to light the lamp that fills my heart with shine
beyond the sky, beyond the sky
that’s where you’re going
beyond the sky
if you get so sick and tired of what you’re saying
and your ears can’t bear the hot and shaky sound
if you don’t know where to look
when you’re hanging on a hook
just remember that your soul is in the clouds
beyond the sky, beyond the sky
that’s where you’re going
beyond the sky
you need a song to sing
you need one badly
you need somebody to treat you right
you need a song to sing
you need one badly
where can you go?
where can you go?
where can you go now?
beyond the sky, beyond the sky
that’s where you’re going
beyond the sky
beyond the sky
beyond the sky
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