Artist: Anggun
Song: Snow On The Sahara
What would normally be a cheesy song was somehow made beautiful with the irony of conflicting images strung together. One line its dust and winds, the next; ocean. Snow vs desert likewise. Even the harshness of the drums seem to conflict with the tranquility of melody.
I think a good artist (whether in music or art) understands that warm colors can't be truly appreciated without some cool colors and vice versa. Too much sun or snow is always a bad thing in life as well as art. I think we know this instinctively, and when harmony is lacking conflict, or conflict, harmony we will often create our own balance consciously or not. A ying for our yang I suppose.
Seems most of my life, crap found me before I had to go looking, but I am pretty sure I could have avoided a lot of the circumstances that put me in craps way.
I have noticed any time I have stopped writing there has been a lack of this emotional balance in my life. Whether negative or positive.
Just a thought….. ode perhaps to my blues for the day.
Snow On The Sahara
Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert
But to stand with you in a ring of fire
I'll forget the days gone by
I'll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight
Lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara
If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara
Just a wish and i will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold
Lost out in the desert
If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara
If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara