Float from Small Flames by Dylan Blackthorn

The lyrics for this song were notes that I took, in the form of poetry, while attending a lecture on the mystic teaching of the Baal Shem Tov. The music I wrote under the biggest sky I have ever existed under: out in the Black Rock Desert, camping with friends and comrades of the BRC DPW. We awake with the dawn to draw lines in the dust that become the streets of Black Rock City, home of the Burning Man event. I had the honor to play Float for a dear friend in the hospital, who died shortly thereafter. Also for a friend that had just lost her mother. We were in the garden, as the wind came up, thunder resounding with the impact of G-D's ever-presence. I shall always remember these moments of beauty and caring, which my muse has brought me and my friends to. I hope this song can help you to decide float, when it is so easy to sink beneath the waves in this life.

Tracklist

8.	Float	4:39

Lyrics

You risked your soul way up on the mountain
When you raised your voice to your Lord
and drank deep from Wisdom's Holy Fountain
The greatest gift, they say, is a sense of wonder
It's a choice that I make every day -
will we float or go under?
You and I are more alike than we can scarcely believe
the Divine & the Shrike, through & though we can conceive
If I could only learn to live each moment, one by one,
I might learn to forgive, to be here under this sun
to forgive this mortal stain, to live in Your eternal Amen....
The greatest gift, they say, is a sense of wonder
It's a choice that you make every day -
will we float or go under?
You and I are more alike than we can scarcely believe
the Divine & the Shrike, through & though we can conceive
You are made Holy because of me
and I am made Holy because of You.
You kick me when I'm deep
You whisper while I'm asleep
hmm... aaah, Your secret Name
hmm... the rules of your Heavenly game
which no one may speak, which no one may know
and through which, the breath of life flow....
The greatest gift, they say, is a sense of wonder
It's a choice that we make every day
will we float or go under?
You and I are more alike than we can scarcely believe
the Divine & the Shrike, through & though we can conceive

Credits

from Small Flames, released April 1, 2021
Written and composed by Dylan Blackthorn
Produced by Dylan Blackthorn
Recorded, mixed, & mastered by Matt Smith at 6-String Ranch studio in Austin, Texas.
Dylan Blackthorn - lead vocal, ukulele
Samantha Blackthorn - flute
Dr. $ick - fiddle, guitar
Tom Crail - bass
Special guest:
David Ansel - cimbalom, "Float" & "Bessarabian Traffic Jam"

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