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Rejoicing in the Hands Lyrics
In the dark, we are without her empress light
In the dark, we are without a light
Half asleep, we calmly waiting through her night
Half asleep, we wait 'til she arrives
Clouds of birds are covering the dark blue sky
Clouds of birds are covering the sky
A rush of wind is gently playing with their wings
And yellow stars are standing all arise
All rejoices, all we are in her hands
All rejoice, we are in her hands
Our lives of sun are rising like the land
All rejoice, we are in her hands
In the dark, we are without a light
Half asleep, we calmly waiting through her night
Half asleep, we wait 'til she arrives
Clouds of birds are covering the sky
A rush of wind is gently playing with their wings
And yellow stars are standing all arise
All rejoice, we are in her hands
Our lives of sun are rising like the land
All rejoice, we are in her hands
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such a beautiful song, and how about the harmonies of vashti bunya? it certainly would make anyone feel like rejoicing. as far as the meaning, i hear he worships the sun and that's what he's referring to when he says "the golden empress." the full title of the album/song being "rejoicing in the hands of the golden empress"
devendra banhart and vashti bunyan... theres nothing better
whenever i listen to this or AC's prospect hummer, i'm always impressed by how her voice still sounds just as calming and honest as it did in 1970.
beautiful song! but there are a few errors in the lyrics above. here is the correct version (from the booklet)
In the dark we are without her empress light In the dark we are without a light Half asleep we're calmly waiting through her night Half asleep we wait 'till she arrives
Clouds of birds are covering her dark blue sky Clouds of birds are covering her sky A rush of wind is gently playing with their wings And yellow stones are standing on her eyes
All rejoice is all we are when in her hands All rejoice we are in her hands Owl eyes her sun will rise and light the land All rejoice we are in her hands
yeah, makes sense that the golden empress is the sun. in short, seems like he adores the nature and this is a song about it. love this part ''clouds of birds are covering her sky / a rush of wind is gently playing with their wings''