I have already covered the next two songs on the record by Paul Gurr, Carmelite, Come As You Are.
“Mary’s Song” by Peter Gagen confused me when Emma noted it’s use in her parish, but Sam tracked down it’s origin on this album. I blogged it here. There is a Yahweh alert.
“Eucharist” by Leo Watt has been reborn as “Take This Bread and Cup of Wine”, which I blogged here. It is now available from Willow, which I suppose means Leo retrieved the copyright from Spectrum. Well done.
“Quiet and Still” is based on Psalm 139 and written by Bruce Dynan. It is a sung prayer and the music is lovely. I can’t find the sheet music for sale anywhere, so the second hand market may be an option.
1 If I sing to the heavens, you are there.
If I speak to the wounded, you are there.
If I call to the sunrise, you call to me, quiet and still.
2 With my words high and mighty, you are there.
With my song low and hurting, you are there.
For the ways that you know me outnumber the sands themselves.
3 If the night should surround me are you there?
Is this night but the stillness of your hands?
If I should lose my own word in the womb quiet and still…
Are you there? [key change]
4 In the ringing of the heavens you are there?
in the singing and the sounding you are there.
In the voice of a child in the word of a friend,
Quiet and still. Quiet and still.
© 1986 Spectrum