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Precious Heart ~ finding the path out of darkness

I commented on a post that I’d post this song.

I’ve been holding onto it, because there are a number of other connotations for it — one of those is a woman, one woman in particular, a soul-mate. But I’m not ready to tell that story, or is it the story that’s not ready to be told?

In that other post, Traces of me ~ In the darkness that is you, we are discussing darkness in a number of senses, and also coming out of darkness. Precious Heart is a song very much about one kind of darkness, and wavering on the edge of falling into it or escaping it. Also, in those discussions of that post, I wrote about how the terror that chases me, so often, into the quiet somnambulent numbness of the darkness will force me to my knees, literally, should I resist it. The lyric to this song also speaks to that, and to the state of putting a smile on your face when you leave the confines of your brokenness to walk in the world.

What I love most about this song is its straightforward prescription for finding your way out of the darkness, out of the anguish and terror. So, take a deep breath and look down, look down…

Above all that, though, whatever this song means to me, however it affects me, Precious Heart is perhaps Veda Hille’s most beautiful song. That’s saying something. She’s created an abundance of beautiful, spirited and insightful music.

Precious Heart

I am such a beggar now
I sleep out under my own bridge
If my wealth’s in what I give away
Then he’s a wealthy man today
I dance in rags of shearest shear
Out on the edge of you’re not here

Oh, precious heart
You think you’re lost
Look down, look down
And find your feet
The next step is
The path you’re on
Just don’t confuse
The light and heat

I thought that I had loved my last
But the strangest one was comin’ round
Amidst all this brokenness
My own two knees fell in love with the ground
It’s hard to keep up appearances
When dealing with such experiences

Oh, precious heart
You think you’re lost
Look down, look down
And find your feet
The next step is
The path you’re on
Just don’t confuse
The light and heat

How can you be my destiny
You’ve been here from the start
How can you be my ending
When you’re already in my heart?
Are you the many or the one?
Will I know before I’m done?

Oh, precious heart
You think you’re lost
Look down, look down
And find your feet
The next step is
The path you’re on
Just don’t confuse
The light and heat

~ Veda Hille
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