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Thread started 07/20/08 7:26am

midnightmover

What a brilliant lyric this is!

This Waterboys song reads just as well with or without music. Read the lyric first then click on the link below to hear what it sounds like. This is really a poem set to music. Hats off to lead singer Mike Scott for writing it.

Spirit

Written by Mike Scott

Man gets tired
Spirit don’t
Man surrenders
Spirit won’t
Man crawls
Spirit flies
Spirit lives when man dies

Man seems
Spirit is
Man dreams
Spirit lives
Man is tethered
Spirit free
What spirit is man can be

http://www.youtube.com/wa...yDnvT27rus
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Reply #1 posted 07/21/08 4:58am

midnightmover

This bump is being performed for the good of the org.
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Reply #2 posted 07/21/08 5:32am

missmad

i like this a lot. love how there are many poets in the music biz at least from my perspective and are set to melodies becoming songs.


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Reply #3 posted 07/23/08 4:47am

midnightmover

Yeah, there's not one word here that could be improved and the pay off line at the end is perfect.

I don't think there are any poets in the music biz under the age of 50 though. neutral
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Reply #4 posted 07/23/08 6:45am

cdwillis

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Poets under 50 in the music biz? Try Saul Williams, brother.
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Reply #5 posted 07/27/08 8:06am

midnightmover

Who's Saul Williams? Details?
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