The Sunday after this episode is released, December 29th, 2024, at 4 p.m. Eastern time, there will be an online gathering of folk who use song to help navigate life -- and we'll sing through this Ribbon of Songs with live-looping! To learn more, click here, or sign up right now to join us!
Lyrics & Links to the original episodes for the songs in this ribbon.
Words & Music by Sol Amarifio (title in the Ga language of Ghana)
Composed in 1971
We are going,
heaven knows where we are going,
but we know within.
And we will get there,
heaven knows how
we will get there,
but we know we will.
It will be hard, we know,
and the road will be muddy and rough,
But we'll get there,
heaven knows how
we will get there,
but we know we will.
Wɔyaya, Wɔyaya,
Wɔyaya, Wɔyaya.
Words from Wendell Berry
Music by Kate Thomas
To go in the dark with a light
is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark;
go without sight,
and find that the dark, too,
blooms and sings,
And is traveled by dark feet,
and dark wings.
Words & Music by Anni Zylstra
Finding home
in all that is unknown.
Release
what is gone.
Words & Music by Laszlo Slomovits
Change comes and goes, love stays.
Change comes and goes, love stays.
Life is filled with such mysterious ways.
Change comes and goes, love stays.
Words & Music by Lissa Schneckenburger
1. My mother, when love is gone (2x),
in our darkest hour, hope lingers on.
My father, when peace is gone (2x),
in our darkest hour, hope lingers on.
Chorus:
I will not hate, and I will not fear;
in our darkest hour, hope lingers here.
2. My sister, when equality’s gone…
My brother, with tolerance gone…
3. My love, when honor is gone…
My country, when justice is gone…
Words & Music by Starhawk and Anne Hill
When we are gone, they will remain:
wind and rock, fire and rain.
They will remain, when we return;
the wind will blow and the fire will burn.
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