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| Van Morrison – In The Garden Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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The lyrics communicate - quite clearly, IMO - the idea of grace. Grace is a concept that transcends - and possibly predates - Christian imagery in this tune. All the prayers, practice, rituals, incantations, and so forth are revealed of little use. Enlightenment has never been anywhere but in this moment. No guru, method, or teacher can bring you to where you already are. Yet a mere impression can trigger this realization...a memory of youth, the smell of a summer rain, a glimpse of the object of our love, etc... The lyric seems to indicate a separation followed by a reunion. The reunion leads to the grace of realization that the "the garden" is where one's love is... |
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| Van Morrison – In The Garden Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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@[aKatB1:14847] I know this is 7 years after the comment but reverence and purity (as a return to innocence through grace) are 2 of the essential qualities that I feel ITG communicates. Were also at AW in Chicago...
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| Van Morrison – In The Garden Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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We've seen Van 3 time. Astral Weeks in Chicago was the last. Before that Montreux Jazz Fest with Patti LaBelle and Solomon Burke. And the 1st time? Auditorium Theater in Chicago for No Guru "tour". I think he did like 5 US dates with band and string quartet. I think of NGNMNT as Van's last Celtic Soul album and In The Garden as the functional title cut. This song is sublime. I will assume that it ties in to the tir na nOg legend. The idea of sacrificing enlightenment/heaven/oneness for the chance to be reunited with the object of our love - be it a person, family, a place - resurfaces numerous times in this period. Beautiful Vision to No Guru is, IMO, the best period of VM's career. And "In The Garden" is among the best of the best. |
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| Steely Dan – Lunch With Gina Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Gina is slang for the recreational drugs GHB and Meth used together. I've always considered Lunch With Gina a drug song.It discusses paranoia, addiction, avoidance, physiological effects, and all the typical drug stuff. Another brilliant Dan lyric. |
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