"Chasing Eden" Original Song by Tay Zonday

THIS SONG IS ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ! I'm amazed by how it seems like 90% of the audience missed the song's topic. I only use Christian metaphors because I (wrongly) assumed they were common knowledge; not to advance a religious position. "Chasing Eden" is a metaphor for the failed pursuit of salvation in the most commonly accepted historical location for a "Garden of Eden," the Fertile Crescent tied to the Tigris and Euphretes rivers in IRAQ.Download the FREE MP3!* http://www.tayzonday.com/Tay_Z... Users Right-Click and SAVE, Mac Users CTRL+Click. This song was inspired by a poem I once heard by Jason Bayani: http://vids.myspace.com/index.... say Eden was a great placeBut that serpent had a sweet faceWhen people gained the knowledgeEden diedBut they saw Eden risingIn that fertile crescent liningAnd off we marched to make the story right[Chorus]'Round the Tigris and EuphratesHeadlines fly and we're still waitingFor the good news that salvation rises here'Round the Tigris and EuphratesI just wonder, is there reallyThat old Eden dreamed before my knowlege came*****Seeing that Eden would I lose it?Would my actions take me to it?Would I chase it past the sunsetthrough the night?Would it pull on how I feel'til that Eden seemed so real?Would I fill my home withhope that it came true?Would the angels rising thereneed a flag to pay the fare to reach the heaven for the ones I love? Would the money and the powertake the feeling of the hour,sing drive-by prayers pretendingsweet support? [Chorus]'Round the Tigris and EuphratesAnthems part the lips of babiesSinging sins the parents can't conceive 'Round the Tigris and EuphratesHardware acts as judge and juryMaking law the factory never sees'Round the Tigris and EuphratesSymbols fill the crooks and craniesThat mark turf from Chicago to Coeur d'Alene'Round the Tigris and EuphratesWe all love our heroes' facesBut who believes that Eden they'll retrieve?will that ancient garden sprout?Or is starlight somewhere else? I saw it 'round those stripesthe other day. Chasing EdenBut it ran away PAINTING/IMAGE CREDITS (In Order Of Apperance):MICHELANGELO Buonarroti, Expusion From The Garden of Eden, 1509-1510CAMASSEI, Andrea, The Massacre Of The Niobids 1638-39ALTDORFER, Albrecht, The Battle of Alexander 1529Image From NASA VISIBLE EARTH http://visibleearth.nasa.govBO... Hieronymus, Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (left wing) c. 1500BOSCH, Hieronymus, Triptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (center panel) c. 1500BRUEGHEL, Jan the Elder, Garden of Eden, 1612Mignard, Pierre, The Heavenly Glory, 1663BASSEN, Bartholomeus van, Renaissance Interior with Banqueters, 1618-20------------*Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa License:"This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Others can download and redistribute your work just like the by-nc-nd license, but they can also translate, make remixes, and produce new stories based on your work. All new work based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also be non-commercial in nature."See details: http://creativecommons.org/lic...

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 5, 2008 at 4:08 am
Author: TayZonday

Length: 03:41
Rating: 4.25
Views: 295498

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