Glad Tidings Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gabrielle1 

Cover art for Glad Tidings lyrics by Van Morrison

For me, this song speaks to seeing our heart's desire manifested in the world! And for anyone who has ever tried ( and succeeded) to manifest something in the field of infinite possibility, it is always a SURPRISE! :-)

The whole Moondance album is very spiritual, very much on the vanguard of the new age - it was 1970, after all! We "believe no lies" (we know our own inner truth), we "dry our eyes" (we create love and joy instead of fear and pain)... when we "come right in on time" it's because we're just in the flow - everything is the universe is working on our behalf. Beautiful!

I like the comment above from Hal Boutham that "the words flash semi-random mythic messages"

"Open up your eyes so you can see" - we have the power to create our reality with our thoughts and what we visualize. We'll see it "materialize right in front of our our eyes".

Meet the world with "love, peace and persuasion" and EXPECT IT to rise to the occasion!

Exactly so!

So what if someone says it's about a contract negotiation! That may be true, but the story has been transformed by the artist into something beautiful and life-affirming with a mythic resonance indeed.

My Interpretation