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