Tuesday, October 7, 2008

October 7 - Lyrics: Let's Move From Darkness Into the Light

Let's move from darkness into the light
Let's end the fight and choose to unite

In the musical arrangement of the song, we deleted these lines, instead weaving their essence through the whole song through flourishes of "See the Light!" and "Choose to Unite."  

Moving from darkness into light is about understanding, shedding light on truth.  This is a time where we need to see beneath the surface of things and understand the bigger picture of what is at stake – quite literally, our very own future and that of our children.  "Ending the fight" means ending war and violence, ending warring sides (including political parties), ending the division in our own minds that would make us right and others wrong. Choose to unite is an active verb – making a choice to work together toward everyone's well being (creating a win-win game), recognizing that we are in this boat called life together.

Regarding seeing beneath the surface, it seems (ironically) that darkness motivates our light (white) candidate, and light emanates from our dark (black) candidate.  Discerning truth beneath surface appearances is critical at this juncture.