Daily Meditation: Song For The Dead

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Today's meditation features a song by singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. "Death With Dignity" is full of the nostalgia and melancholy of recalling shrouded memories. How do we move forward when we can't see the past?







Death With Dignity by Sufjan Stevens



Spirit of my silence I can hear you

But I’m afraid to be near you

And I don’t know where to begin

And I don’t know where to begin



Somewhere in the desert there’s a forest

And an acre before us

But I don’t know where to begin

But I don’t know where to begin

Again I've lost my strength completely, oh be near me

Tired old mare with the wind in your hair



Amethyst and flowers on the table, is it real or a fable?

Well I suppose a friend is a friend

And we all know how this will end



Chimney swift that finds me, be my keeper

Silhouette of the cedar

What is that song you sing for the dead?

What is that song you sing for the dead?

I see the signal searchlight strike me in the window of my room

Well I got nothing to prove

Well I got nothing to prove



I forgive you, mother, I can hear you

And I long to be near you

But every road leads to an end

Yes every road leads to an end

Your apparition passes through me in the willows

Five red hens – you’ll never see us again

You’ll never see us again

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