Surely there are some Emmylou fans out there. This is probably my fave song of her extensive catalog. In Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl she's done something that very few artists achieve: she's essentially invented a unique genre that, for want of a better term, could be called "alternative country" (yeah I know that sucks. We need a better term.) The line "And fear the silence is the voice of God" gives me chills every time I hear it, and I think the meaning of the song can be summed up in the final line of the last verse: Until we behold the pain become the pearl". The Buddha said that "life is suffering". Emmylou is saying that our task is to somehow transform that suffering into something of beauty. And yes, dolfan, it IS brilliant.
Surely there are some Emmylou fans out there. This is probably my fave song of her extensive catalog. In Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl she's done something that very few artists achieve: she's essentially invented a unique genre that, for want of a better term, could be called "alternative country" (yeah I know that sucks. We need a better term.) The line "And fear the silence is the voice of God" gives me chills every time I hear it, and I think the meaning of the song can be summed up in the final line of the last verse: Until we behold the pain become the pearl". The Buddha said that "life is suffering". Emmylou is saying that our task is to somehow transform that suffering into something of beauty. And yes, dolfan, it IS brilliant.