Essays Contents
As It Is In Heaven
March 31, 2023
Andrea Bocelli - The Lord's Prayer - 2009
video
Our Father which art in heaven
Hallow-ed be Thy Name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory... forever. Amen.
A Beautiful Morning. The Rascals. (1968)
video
It's a beautiful morning,
ahhhhhhhhhhh
I think I'll go outside for a while
And just smile
Just take in some clean fresh air, boy
No sense in staying inside
If the weather's fine and you've got the time
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Either way
It's a beautiful morning,
ahhhhhhhhh
Each bird keeps singing his own song
So long
I've got to be on my way now
No fun just hanging around
I got to cover ground
You couldn't keep me down
It just ain't no good if the sun shines
When you're still inside
Shouldn't hide
Still inside
Shouldn't hide
Still inside, shouldn't hide
There will be children with robins and flowers
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour
Seems to me that people keep seeing
more and more each day
Gotta say, lead the way
It's okay, brand new day
Gotta say, it's okay
Brand new day, gotta say, lead the way
Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind - (1965)
video
You might wake up some mornin'
To the sound of something moving
past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse
of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon
You may see the floating motion
of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps
running through an open meadow
Don't be concerned,
it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance
through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As I ran searching
after something to believe in
You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long-abandoned ruins
of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past
you followed close by heavy breathin'
Don't be concerned,
it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Unchained Melody - Elvis Presley - Rapid City 1977
video
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch,
a long lonely time
Time goes by, so slowly
and time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love,
I need your love
God, speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers cry, wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home, wait for me.
k.d. lang & Roy Orbison - Crying
video
I was all right... for a while
I could smile... for a while
Then I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say, Hello
You wished me well
You couldn't tell
That I'd been crying... over you
Crying... over you
Then you... said, So long
Left me standing... all alone
Alone and crying... crying
Crying,
crying
It's hard to understand
That the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I... was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But, darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be... crying... over you
Crying... over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying... crying...
Crying... crying...
Yeah, crying... crying...
Over you
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
video
A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
"Go to sleep. Everything is all right."
I close my eyes...
Then I drift away...
Into the magic night I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream
My dreams of you.
In dreams I walk with you.
In dreams I talk to you.
In dreams you're mine all of the time
We're together in dreams... in dreams.
But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it, I can't help it... if I cry
I remember... that you said goodbye.
It's too bad that all these things,
Can only happen in my dreams
Only in dreams...
In beautiful dreams.
Andrea Bocelli - The Lord's Prayer - 2009
video
Our Father which art in heaven
Hallow-ed be Thy Name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory... forever. Amen.
A Beautiful Morning. The Rascals. (1968)
video
It's a beautiful morning,
ahhhhhhhhhhh
I think I'll go outside for a while
And just smile
Just take in some clean fresh air, boy
No sense in staying inside
If the weather's fine and you've got the time
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day
Either way
It's a beautiful morning,
ahhhhhhhhh
Each bird keeps singing his own song
So long
I've got to be on my way now
No fun just hanging around
I got to cover ground
You couldn't keep me down
It just ain't no good if the sun shines
When you're still inside
Shouldn't hide
Still inside
Shouldn't hide
Still inside, shouldn't hide
There will be children with robins and flowers
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour
Seems to me that people keep seeing
more and more each day
Gotta say, lead the way
It's okay, brand new day
Gotta say, it's okay
Brand new day, gotta say, lead the way
Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind - (1965)
video
You might wake up some mornin'
To the sound of something moving
past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch the fleeting glimpse
of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon
You may see the floating motion
of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps
running through an open meadow
Don't be concerned,
it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
You might have heard my footsteps
Echo softly in the distance
through the canyons of your mind
I might have even called your name
As I ran searching
after something to believe in
You might have seen me runnin'
Through the long-abandoned ruins
of the dreams you left behind
If you remember something there
That glided past
you followed close by heavy breathin'
Don't be concerned,
it will not harm you
It's only me pursuing somethin' I'm not sure of
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Across my dreams with nets of wonder
I chase the bright elusive butterfly of love
Unchained Melody - Elvis Presley - Rapid City 1977
video
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch,
a long lonely time
Time goes by, so slowly
and time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love,
I need your love
God, speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers cry, wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home, wait for me.
k.d. lang & Roy Orbison - Crying
video
I was all right... for a while
I could smile... for a while
Then I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say, Hello
You wished me well
You couldn't tell
That I'd been crying... over you
Crying... over you
Then you... said, So long
Left me standing... all alone
Alone and crying... crying
Crying,
crying
It's hard to understand
That the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I... was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But, darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be... crying... over you
Crying... over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying... crying...
Crying... crying...
Yeah, crying... crying...
Over you
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
video
A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
"Go to sleep. Everything is all right."
I close my eyes...
Then I drift away...
Into the magic night I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream
My dreams of you.
In dreams I walk with you.
In dreams I talk to you.
In dreams you're mine all of the time
We're together in dreams... in dreams.
But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it, I can't help it... if I cry
I remember... that you said goodbye.
It's too bad that all these things,
Can only happen in my dreams
Only in dreams...
In beautiful dreams.