This is the fifth week I’ve written a song based on the upcoming week’s readings. This is much shorter and simpler than the previous ones.
This folk chant sounds like a ripoff of every folk sing ever written but I can’t place it, so the tune, such as it is, is mine until someone tells me what it used to be.
The text is from the first reading for this Sunday and it is a favourite with Elijah looking for God as he comes out of the cave. I love the indeterminate ending. You could busk the key words of the Psalm (Mercy, Peace, Love, Justice, etc) over the chant on the repeats.
I searched for the Lord in the mighty wind,
He was not there.
In the shaking of the earth,
He was not there.
In the raging of the fire,
I only found a pyre.
Listen to the sound of the breeze.
© 2014 Geoffrey Madden
Sheet Music: He Was Not There