the winged life - Blog Posts - Yoga Vidya International - Yoga, Meditation and Spirituality2024-03-29T09:57:16Zhttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/the+winged+lifeThe Winged Life (revisited)https://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/the-winged-life-revisited2011-04-30T14:15:57.000Z2011-04-30T14:15:57.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://poligraf.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/444px-redon_winged-man.jpg?w=444" alt="444px-redon_winged-man.jpg?w=444" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">(« <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redon_winged-man.jpg">The Winged Man</a> » by Odilon Redon)</span></p><br /><div align="center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" id="audioplayer" height="24" width="290"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://kiwi6.com/swf/player.swf" ></param><param name="" value="" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param></object></div><br /><p>« The Winged Life » takes its name from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake" target="_blank">William Blake</a>'s poem « Eternity » :</p><br /><blockquote><em>He who binds himself to a joy<br />Does the winged life destroy<br />But he who kisses the joy as it flies<br />Lives in eternity's sunrise</em></blockquote><br /><p>This piece is a singularity as far as the poligrafic repertoire is concerned. I didn't aim for innovation or cleverness as I often do because I felt that the best way to let the message through was to keep the music simple. Thus, the composition is about four minutes long and stays within a fairly standard structure.</p><br /><p>The song starts in a negative, finger-pointing, minor mode, and progressively evolves to a positive, hope-fostering mood. It ends on a reprise of the instrumental section, harmonized to an uplifting variation of the original minor chord progression.</p><br /><p>The lyrics have been slightly reworked since the original publication. They have been stepped up from the « <em>almost done yet still tentative</em> » status to the « <em>nearly complete yet there is still time to find even better</em> » status.</p><br /><p><em>I remember quite well<br />Seems not so long ago<br />You had to face a choice<br />At last you had your chance to grow<br /><br />You said you would I can recall<br />Your mind made up, you couldn't fall<br />But when came time to break the news<br />Who could deny you were confused ?<br /><br />Heartbreak and time alone<br />Letting the dust settle<br />Anxiety built up<br />Pressure that you could not handle<br /><br />Spitting your flames, playing your games<br />Never taking part of the blames<br />And after all this much abuse<br />Who could deny there was no use — in going on ?<br /><br />Because you didn’t believe in us<br />You're not part of the team — oh believe that<br />Because you didn't hear faith but fear<br />You’re not part of the dream<br /><br />We have wings, when we refuse to cry<br />We have wings, when we refuse to lie<br />We have wings, none of us can deny<br />We have wings, why be afraid to fly ?<br /><br />Believe, you have to believe in us<br />Play your part in the team — oh believe<br />Believe, you have to hear faith, don't fear<br />Be your part of the dream<br /><br />We have wings, when we refuse to die<br />We have wings, when we stand up and try<br />Trust your wings, and stop to ask why<br />You have wings — just jump up and fly !<br /></em></p></div>The Music Of Poligraf : The Winged Lifehttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/profiles/blogs/the-music-of-poligraf-the-12009-08-08T00:17:47.000Z2009-08-08T00:17:47.000ZChristopher Stewarthttps://my.yoga-vidya.org/members/ChristopherStewart<div><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="" alt="" width="444" height="316" /><br /><span style="font-size:x-small;">("<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redon_winged-man.jpg">The Winged Man</a>" by Odilon Redon)</span></p><div align="center"><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="100" flashvars="song_label=converted-poligraf.the.winged.life.clip_converted.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/dvpwjxkfe3twfmya38we/05c56a3c40d72c78057df357b384e1589d75842f/b227be60-9ff1-012b-31f9-f4fba15cb1e1/18017bf0-9ff2-012b-dc47-f754f551fab6/v2/content&autoplay=false" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed></div><p>"The Winged Life" takes its name from the following verse by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake" target="_blank">William Blake</a> :</p><blockquote>He who binds himself to a joy<br /> Does the winged life destroy<br />But he who kisses the joy as it flies<br />Lives in eternity's sunrise</blockquote><p>This piece is a singularity as far as the poligrafic repertoire is concerned. I didn't aim for innovation or cleverness as I usually do because I felt that the best way to let the message through was to keep the music simple. Thus the song is about 4 minutes long and stays within a fairly standard structure.</p><p>The song starts in a negative, finger-pointing, minor mode, progressively evolves to a positive, hope-fostering mood, and ends on the instrumental section harmonized to an uplifting variation of the original chord progression.</p><p>The lyrics are at the almost-done-yet-still-tentative status :</p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>1st Verse</strong><br />I remember quite well, seems not so long ago<br />You had to face a choice, at last you had your chance to go<br /><br />You said you would I can recall, your mind made up, you couldn't fall<br />But when came time to break the news, you clearly showed you were confused<br /><br /><strong>2nd Verse</strong><br />We took some time apart, and let the dust settle<br />But you let your fear build up, a pressure that you could not handle<br /><br />I faced your flames, I played your games, you said that I should take the blame<br />And after all this much abuse, I thought for sure there was no use, in going on<br /><br /><strong>1st Chorus</strong><br />Because you didn't believe in us<br />You're not one of the team - oh believe that<br />Because you linger from faith to fear<br />You're not part of the dream<br /><br /><strong>1st Bridge</strong><br />We have wings, when we refuse to cry<br />We have wings, when we refuse to lie<br />We have wings, none of us can deny<br />We have wings, but were afraid to fly<br /><br /><strong>2nd Chorus</strong><br />Believe, you have to believe in us<br />Play your part in the team - oh believe<br />Believe, of faith and fear one is clear<br />Be your part of the dream<br /><br /><strong>2nd Bridge</strong><br />We have wings, when we refuse to die<br />We have wings, when we stand up and try<br />Grow your wings, and stop to ask why<br />You have wings<br />Just jump up and fly</p><p style="border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAAAAA;font-size:x-small;">The Music Of Poligraf series are reposts of writings and audio clips that have been originally published on The Goal Was So Near from November 2008 to April 2009, made available for those who missed the original Clip Of The Day series.</p></div>