I Will Follow Your Voice

Parallels between Sappho 1 (L-P) lines 5-8 (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by Downhere

ltc-admin, 2015-03-13 12:47
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“no, come to this place, if ever before you heard my voice singing from afar and listened and, leaving your father’s house, came on the golden” Both the ancient text and the song talk about a lover “following the voice” of another. In the ancient text from Sappho, he says that ‘she’ heard him singing and came to him. In the modern song, however, ‘he’ says “I will follow your voice”, placing it above any guidance of his own.

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I can hear the people I hear the ideals they love I can hear preachers that please other seekers The message of heroes and proclamation of kings I hear the messages I hear the debate I hear all the love songs I hear all the promises I hear music that dreamers create I won’t take advice from cynics I won’t listen to the word of fools Sure, everyone has their own take On what I should do, but… I will follow Your voice I will follow Your voice I will trust Your choice I will not fear I will follow Your voice I will follow Your voice Not my will but Yours Be done here… I can hear the questions The answers that breed doubt The spiritual poison of hecklers and demons Who whisper in corners, hoping for a sell-out I can feel the pressure To filter everything I say To sit down in silence Put up with injustice and turn the other way I hear about a war I lose with tragic force I hear I’m going down I’m headed for the ground I hear I should panic I should be afraid I hear through all the noise A still and steady voice say… With every channel on We don’t know where we belong Help me to hear Your voice Above all the other noise

Listen to the song:
I Will Follow Your Voice