..the thread from my surgery came off, but I will have to wear the splint for another 10 weeks..they told me I could have the video they made, but it would set me off another 25 quid. ://
The good news: I wrote to a couple of recording studios as I will be recording a cover version of Privilege by Patti Smith in December..^^..to start with.
This is a song from the album Easter, which she wrote after an almost lethal accident while stage-diving..and it is about phases of extreme emotional strain and hardship. Which is something I can very well relate to. Here are the lyrics to it:
Privilege (Set Me Free)
I see it all before me:
the days of love and torment;
the nights of rock-and-roll.
I see it all before me.
Sometimes my spirit's empty;
don't have the will to go on.
I wish someone would send me
energy.
Give me something.
Give me something to give.
Oh, God, give me something:
a reason to live.
My body is aching.
Don't want sympathy.
Come on. Come and love me.
Come on. Set me free.
Set me free.
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me through the path of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.
Hey, Lord, I'm waitin' for you.
Oh, God, I'm waitin' for you;
waitin' to open Your ninety-eight wounds
and be Thee, be Thee.
Lead me, oh, lead me.
Leave me something.
Leave me something to live.
Oh, God, give me something:
a reason to live.
I don't want no handout;
no, not sympathy.
Come on. Come and love me.
Come on. Set me free.
Set me free.
Come on. Set me free
Set me free . . .
Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn young.
Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn young.
Oh, I'm so young, so goddamn.
Set me free.
In the presence of my enemies,
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life.
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Ah, damn, goddamn, goddamn, goddamn.
Here I am.
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I posted the video here sometime earlier this month..^^..
I would also like to add that I am not Christian. BUT..the base of all religions is the spirit. Therefore, I think it is simply a great song describing a deeply felt spiritual-emotional state, and is therefore..universal. Or, rather, in my terminology: VITRUVIAN.
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