I'm happy to be starting a new theme, although I will circle back for a few final thoughts at the end of this theme to close the #SocialismSongs theme.
Description and lyrics below.
This is the first song of my #SongsofCourage series.
These are treacherous times for many of us, especially with the coronavirus things and so many concerns about our health, our finances, our families, the role of the government, the economy, and questions about how the world will look when all of this comes to a close. This song is intended to bring peace to anxiety, courage to weakness, faith to doubt, hope to despair, love to loneliness, and perhaps comfort in a time of heaviness, confusion, and depression for many.
I wrote this song after visiting a beautiful ancient Cathedral in the Netherlands in June, and there learning that the title, "Star of the Sea," attributed to Mary--the ubiquitous religious historical figure--may actually have been a mistranslation of "drop of the sea." I found it fascinating. Historical religious texts, at the very least, hold deep symbolic meaning for all of us, especially in trying times.
Due to some technical issues, I will circle back to finish the #SocialismSongs series after this new theme closes--one more song and one more commentary.
This is part of an ongoing "song theme" series I'll be doing throughout 2020 with regular commentary. I'll be sharing the gamut from politics, culture, and art, to love, injustice, and true humanity, all from the perspective of a Catholic, conservative millennial.
You can check out my #SocialismSongs series in full, here:
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"Star of the Sea"
Looking out into the sea
Waves disturbing the harmony
I call on mystery
To come and save me
‘Course it’s just analogy
I’m not one for sailing
But in need of shores and peace
And a refuge, please
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
Shine a spotlight
Set us free
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
You’re a shelter
Be our lee
Star of the sea
Star of the sea
Star
Heard they translated incorrectly
“Drop” instead of “star,” you see
A mistake handled gracefully
Passed down the centuries
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
In this darkness
Keep us free
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
You’re a spotlight
Shine on me
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
Walk us through
This stormy sea
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea
Stella Maris
Star of the Sea
Copyright Kay Clarity 2020, "Young Skin: Songs & Poems of Emergence, 2020-2022"