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.