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Great Departure

from Another Dawn by Tempest

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GREAT DEPARTURE (Sorbye/Reynolds)
Written for the passing of a loved one.
The tune at the end is based on a Scottish Pipe Reel

GREAT DEPARTURE Is very significant as it was written when my father died last year. It is not meant to be a somber song it reflects an attitude of change. The lines: “The tender morning hesitates; Emerging from a dawn; And in the pure light of the sun; The darkness soon is gone” talks about death as a transition not an end. Our society is very big in celebrating birth but not very evolved with dealing with death. This became very obvious to me when my dad died and left his body. We should celebrate birth and death as a continuation of each other, that transition is what life is all about.

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from Another Dawn, released March 30, 2010

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