Sing Me to Heaven

 

Daniel E. Gawthrop (b. 1949)
text: Jane Griner

 

In my heart’s sequestered chambers lie truths stripped of poet’s gloss.
Words alone are vain and vacant, and my heart is mute.
In response to aching silence memory summons half-heard voices,
And my soul finds primal eloquence and wraps me in song.

 

If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby.
If you would win my heart, sing me a love song.
If you would mourn me and bring me to God,
Sing me a requiem, Sing me to heaven.

 

Touch in me all love and passion, pain and pleasure,
Touch in me grief and comfort; love and passion, Pain and pleasure.

 

Sing me a lullaby, a love song, a requiem,
Love me, comfort me, bring me to God:
Sing me a love song, Sing me to heaven.

 

 

This piece was performed on Octarium’s Ode to Music Concert, November 2003, Essentials - The Concert, October 2008 and Listener's Choice, February 2011.

This piece is also featured on Octarium's 2008 release, Essentials.