Part 1; Do you have songs you listen to for spiritual reasons? (Self-inquiry)

Tonight we'll kick off the new year with music. Tonight we'll explore how songs can reach something in us. Songs have the knack of being confrontative, being poignant, a vehicle to carry some truth that otherwise would remain hidden to us. I'm speaking from my own experience but of course I imagine it relates to everyone. Here are some songs to get the ball rolling that I find hit something in me that may also ignite or trigger something in you:

Streets of Philadelphia: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia (Official Video)

Favourite lyric from this song: "Ain't no angel going to greet me, it's just you and I my friend, and my clothes don't fit me no more, I'd walk a thousand miles just to slip this skin..."

Change: Tracy Chapman - Change (Official Music Video)

Favorite lyric: "if you knew that you could find a truth, that brings a pain that can't be soothed, would you change?"

Fire and Rain: James Taylor - Fire And Rain (BBC In Concert, 11/16/1970) - YouTube

Desperado: Desperado - Eagles

Favorite lyric: "Your prison is walking through this world all alone".

Comfortably Numb: Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb

Favorite lyric: "I turned around and it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now, the child is grown, the dream is gone, I have become comfortably numb..."

Speed of the sound of loneliness: John Prine - "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (Live)

Favourite lyric: "you're out there running just to be on the run"

O Holy Night: Johnny Mathis - O Holy Night (from Home for Christmas)

Favourite lyric: "Until He appeared, And the soul felt its worth"

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What are the songs that strike you spiritually? Please join us on the night to share, I'd love the opportunity to listen to some new songs I'm not aware of that can tug at some heartstring or do something to turn my head upside down.

Meeting Link: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83611960869?pwd=32xebSci1RLyLrJfxb6pz4TYGbTs37.1
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Photo by Allan Mas: https://www.pexels.com/photo/young-asian-man-with-smartphone-and-skateboard-5370367/

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