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At first listen, I didn't love Erin McKeown's new album, but now, I can't stop listening. She is such a musical wonder. I always enjoy her songs, and the live show in Brooklyn last week was great. She just rocks my world.

aspera
words by erin mckeown
music by erin mckeown and george javori

i'm in shambles
blown to bits by our troubles
these brambles
our stumblings our struggles

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!

it's a forced march
and i'm parched in denial
it's a struggle
of faith and of fire

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!

walking we are caught, by tiny hooks that hold our hope
our skin may be scratched, but nothing holds us back
i will be brave, my body may change
but my spirit will stay, i will be brave

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!

i'm in shambles
blown to bits by our troubles
these brambles
our stumblings our struggles

aspera! per aspera! per ardua! ad astra!
thorns! over thorns! through this trouble, we are born!

~ ~ ~

(Per ardua ad astra means "through struggle to the stars")

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In honor of today's mood

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What We Need Is Here
Wendell Berry

Geese appear high over us,
pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,
as in love or sleep, holds
them to their way, clear
in the ancient faith: what we need
is here. And we pray, not
for new earth or heaven, but to be
quiet in heart, and in eye,
clear. What we need is here.

Re: In honor of today's mood

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Ah, I didn't see this until today! It's lovely.