Crane Dance song
This is a song by a very talented filk artist who is credited for professionalizing the world of filk music. Not only did she create beautiful lyrics, but she & her producer composed fully orchestrated music rather than filking common tunes. Here are the lyrics:
Crane Dance
by Julia Ecklar
In all things there must be balance
So my teacher says to me
Living life's the point of things
But balance is the key
There is power in the balance
That allows the Crane to stand
Li'l one you must learn balance
To assist your empty hands
For balance guides the butterflies
And lets the seasons turn
The greatness inside anyone
Is the balance that you learn
In my life there's been no balance
I was taught to lose or cheat
How am I to balance
With no ground beneath my feet?
How will learning to be hurt and hate
Help me to have a chance?
While a Crane may stand by balance
You will never see one dance
For balance is a fairytale
I never will achieve
The knife may find balance
But the bitter can't believe
Still I try to catch my balance
Where the sand hills meet the see
Do I need another's faith
For my own faith in me?
With my head above the water
I can sometimes see the land
Could it be I must see balance
Before I can understand?
That balance is as balance does
Between the left and right
Balance means you understand
The Crane when it's in flight
Almost lost can I find balance
In the guise of what I feel
Could it be a test of fire
Must make the balance clear?
This fire only balances
The cold I've known so long
From this balancing I will emerge
A single human strong
For balance tempers light and dark
And guides these empty hands
Like the Crane whose one leg bears his all
With balance I can stand!
I fiddled a little with the lyrics to take it out of the filk genre, but I only changed five words. After my Meeting with the Crane, I was vaguely reminded of this song, but it did not rise to consciousness until my son started singing another song from this album that he last sang years ago. Synchronicity?
I want to learn to play the accompaniment for this song (or write it for guitar), although it will be a challenge for me since the arranger & keyboardist, Michael Moricz, did not write anything down.
Crane Dance
by Julia Ecklar
In all things there must be balance
So my teacher says to me
Living life's the point of things
But balance is the key
There is power in the balance
That allows the Crane to stand
Li'l one you must learn balance
To assist your empty hands
For balance guides the butterflies
And lets the seasons turn
The greatness inside anyone
Is the balance that you learn
In my life there's been no balance
I was taught to lose or cheat
How am I to balance
With no ground beneath my feet?
How will learning to be hurt and hate
Help me to have a chance?
While a Crane may stand by balance
You will never see one dance
For balance is a fairytale
I never will achieve
The knife may find balance
But the bitter can't believe
Still I try to catch my balance
Where the sand hills meet the see
Do I need another's faith
For my own faith in me?
With my head above the water
I can sometimes see the land
Could it be I must see balance
Before I can understand?
That balance is as balance does
Between the left and right
Balance means you understand
The Crane when it's in flight
Almost lost can I find balance
In the guise of what I feel
Could it be a test of fire
Must make the balance clear?
This fire only balances
The cold I've known so long
From this balancing I will emerge
A single human strong
For balance tempers light and dark
And guides these empty hands
Like the Crane whose one leg bears his all
With balance I can stand!
I fiddled a little with the lyrics to take it out of the filk genre, but I only changed five words. After my Meeting with the Crane, I was vaguely reminded of this song, but it did not rise to consciousness until my son started singing another song from this album that he last sang years ago. Synchronicity?
I want to learn to play the accompaniment for this song (or write it for guitar), although it will be a challenge for me since the arranger & keyboardist, Michael Moricz, did not write anything down.