a collaboration between Casson and LCB Photography
lyrics & photographs, Twitter and Instagram.
Beautiful images lend a context for original lyrics, and form a trail to hear the song.
This series of sunrise photographs was taken on the south coast.
Words in Pictures
Pure light of early day
Send the dark of night away
Banish all shadows with the dawn
Shine on a world reborn
Whitest light, to clear the sky
Cold light of day that brooks no lie
Chases fears - away they fly
Spirit of life shine on
Light of life, the rise and shine
Ready for action? Here's the sign
Soul of doing by design
Spirit of life shine on
Treasure remembered golden hours
Gift of a summers day
Gilding the twilight time
Ever May
Glow memory in my heart
Never stray, never stray
Source of life, the fire that glows
Passion and power, from which all flows
God's gardener - tends as he grows
Spirit of life shine on
Spirit of light shine on
Who can doubt, when the sun is out
Light of the world shine on
About SPIRIT OF LIFE...
In Ancient Egypt, as the sun rose a singer would lead worshippers towards the temple raising her voice in praise of the supreme creator.
To be a temple musician to a particular god was a high status position in Egyptian society - and frequently held by women.
I wrote this song for
asking myself,
how might a woman singing
to the sun god Amun Re, sound?
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