Song, Chant, Poetry, Stories and Satire for the Pagan Community

This entry made: 01/03/2000

Title: The God Song
Lyrics by: Starhawk
Tune: Michael Charnas
Date: 1992
Source:
Recorded on: "Let It Begin Now: Music from the Spiral Dance," Reclaiming (Serpentine Music, P.O. Box 2564, Sebastopol, CA 95473)
Subject: God

[Note: This song and "No End to the Circle" are companion pieces and can 
be sung together.]

Oh, people, why is it so hard for you to open your eyes and see me?
Oh, people, how can you believe that the names they taught you describe me?
I am more than you know
How does a seed begin to grow when you drink the poisoned water
Can't taste the river?
And you can never hold me in a hand that can not open
Don't think that I don't need you, I'm always reaching for you
Don't think that I don't want you, I'm still calling to you
Don't think that I don't want you, I'm still calling to you

I'm not what you expect to see
I will never tell you what to be
Look outside every boundary
Where there's nothing to hold to, there I'll be

Chorus: There is no end to the circle, no end
        There is no end to life, there is no end

I'm the word that you can't define
I'm that color that runs outside the lines
I'm the shiver running up your spine
Break the pattern, I'll make a new design
(Chorus)

I'm the wild bird that won't be tamed
The desire that you don't need to name
I'm the branch that becomes the flame
When the fire's done burning, I remain
(Chorus)

The sun, it rises and descends
The seasons turn and turn again
The circle has no end
There is no end to life, there is no end
(Chorus)

For all proceeds from me and all returns
All that returns to me comes forth again
The circle has no end
There is no end to life, there is no end
(Chorus)

I am the honey taste of passion's heat
The fear running through your heartbeat
I am dancing through your lightened feet
Desire so fierce and love so sweet
(Chorus)

And you can touch me with your hand
Reach out and take the hand of a friend
(Chorus)