The Seal Lullaby Lyrics
And black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o'er the combers, looks downward to find us
At rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
Asleep in the arms of the slow-swinging seas (x2).
This is his most beautiful song, in my opinion. Even though it doesn't have as much of the dissonance he employs in his other songs, its sound is heavenly and the lyrics are magical. I never tire of it. I hope someone does a good recording of it so I can take it around with me instead of constantly having to listen to it off of MySpace. :)
My high school choir went to MMEA and we sang this as one song in a theme. I was told that Whitacre wrote this for a possible movie as a background track. Doesn't make it any less beautiful. We (my choir) understood it as a "mother" singing to her child. Even though there are so many bad things that happen in life (The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee) it will be ok in the end. We also understood it as "It is ok to act like a kid once and a while. Don't grow up too fast and enjoy yourselves." Amazing song.
Georgeous. I just love poetry put to music. Priceless...
Obviously spelling-ly challenged tonight; chalk it up to exhaustion...please.
Obviously spelling-ly challenged tonight; chalk it up to exhaustion...please.