“I sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world.”
"Universal Hall" (co-written with Steve Wickham)
Universal Hall (2003)
Context: I sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world.
Come friend, let us climb the winding flights of stairs
through the narrow door into the chamber bare
a single candle burns as we seat ourselves
words take form in our minds and repeat themselves :
"My beloved and I are one…"
"This Light Is for the World"
Universal Hall (2003)
"This Light Is for the World"
Universal Hall (2003)
"Universal Hall" (co-written with Steve Wickham)
Universal Hall (2003)
“You are an eternal being of love
you are the light of the world.”
"E.B.O.L."
Universal Hall (2003)
“A metaphor for seeing God's signature in the world.”
An indication of what he meant by the term "The Big Music" of a Waterboys song, a phrase which came to be applied to the group's early musical style, and that of a few other bands, as quoted in "Pieces of eighties" by John Robinson, in The Guardian (23 April 2004) http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/apr/24/popandrock1 <br class="br">Variant: <br class="br">A metaphor for seeing God's vision in the world. <br class="br">As quoted in "The Making Of... The Waterboys’ The Whole Of The Moon", in Uncut (June 2013) http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-waterboys/the-making-of-the-waterboys-the-whole-of-the-moon-feature