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Self​-​Portrait

from Grace by Lisa Young Quartet

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Composed Young, lyrics adapted from David Whyte's poem (used with permission). Arranged Young/Robertson

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Self-Portrait
Adapted by Lisa Young from the poem
by David Whyte from Fire In the Earth ã 1992 Many Rivers Press

It doesn’t interest me if there is one God or many
I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned
if you know despair
or can you see it out there in others
I want to know

It doesn’t interest me if there is one God or many
are you prepared to live in this world
with its harsh need to change you
and can you look back with firm eyes
saying this is where I stand
I want to know
I want to know if you know

how to melt into that fierce heat of living
falling toward the center of your longing
I want to know if you are willing
to live day by day with the consequence of love
and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat

I have been told that in that fierce embrace
even the gods speak of God

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from Grace, released November 4, 2006

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Lisa Young Melbourne, Australia

Lisa Young is well known to World and Jazz Music listeners as a creative vocal stylist, composer and improviser, incorporating Indian and African elements in her work.
A longtime student of maestro Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani in Chennai, India, Lisa specializes in ‘Konnakol’ - South Indian vocal percussion. She is a founding member of acapella group "Coco's Lunch", a composer of choir music and TV music ... more

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