Katharine Key Music

The other day I was talking with a friend who is in recovery from drug addiction.  In the course of the conversation, he mentioned all kinds of things that had happened to his family and friends, like his sister getting pushed out of a window to her death, and his friends being shot in drug-related skirmishes.  And I thought, so many people don't even know who they really are.  Baha'u'llah tells us that each and every one of us was created noble. What if we all got that as a fact of life?  Really got it? What would we do with our lives if we were truly conscious of our innate nobility?  How would your life be different if you got that about yourself?

Through his recovery process and his study of the Baha'i Faith, my friend is gradually coming to know who he really is and what he is capable of in this life.  My prayer and my work is for more and more people in the world to see this in themselves and act on it.  How are you working to help others to see their own nobility and their capacity?


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Here's a song sketch that came out of these ruminations.



amnesia

i found my sister
in an old apartment
lying on the floor
beaten to the core

i said sister, do you remember me?
do you even remember you?
don't you know you're the daughter of a king?
why are you here? are you listening?
you're the daughter of a king.

i found my brother
in an old apartment
brandishing his fist
how did it come to this?

i said brother, do you remember me?
do you even remember you?
don't you know your father is a king?
why are you here? are you listening?
your father is a king.

beloved sister, beloved brother,
here's a message from our father
it says, "noble have I created thee
noble have I created thee
...yet thou has abased thyself."

He wants you to
"rise then unto that for which thou wast created."

you don't even know who you are
you were created noble
you've got to know who you are
you are noble, noble

a princess would never put up with this
a prince would never raise his fist
you've got amnesia
you're noble, noble

jotting down a few more ideas for this song - will still need reworking, particularly for meter



my past came knocking
with a ridiculous joke
oh, God
if You're laughing with me
i should be laughing too

God, why are you taunting me?
God, are you mocking me?

Rumi says, "Don't grieve.
Anything you lose comes round
In another form."

i wish i knew what that form could be. 
that's the maddening part for me.
oh, God
if You're laughing with me
i should be laughing too

if in every test there's a gift
i can't wait to unwrap this
what on earth could it be?
don't keep it veiled to me

until then it's let go and love
let go and love
let go...and love
nothing else to do
but let go and love

oh God, if You're laughing with me
let me laugh with You

desire is a fire
desire is a fire
let me sink in that deep healing sleep
oh come, my Beloved, and hold me

i lost the melody & the musical feel when i went downstairs to get a pen and got distracted. so it doesn't make sense musically at this point. but this is what i came up with as a start. will need serious re-working.


my past came knocking
with a ridiculous joke
oh, God
if You're laughing with me
i should be laughing too

they say in every test there's a gift
i can't wait to unwrap this one
what on earth could it be?
this birthday has been a long time coming

until then it's let go and love
let go and love
let go...and love
nothing else to do
but let go and love

oh God, if You're laughing with me
let me laugh with You

desire is a fire
desire is a fire
let me sink in that deep healing sleep
oh come, my Beloved, and hold me