Sigh No More

Serve God, love me, and mend
This is not the end
Lived unbruised we are friends
And I'm sorry
I'm sorry

Sigh no more, no more
One foot in sea, one on shore
My heart was never pure
And you know me
And you know me

And man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing
Oh man is a giddy thing

Love that will not betray you, dismay or enslave you,
It will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be.
There is a design,
An alignment of the cry
Of my heart to see,
The beauty of love as it was made to be

*Mumford & Sons

What a great song, from a great album, by a great band. One of the rare times I've bought an album, with no notions of what it's like, and absolutely loved it the first time through. I had never heard of them at the time. I bought it based on their name, their album art, and the fact that their songs had names like, "Sigh No More" and "Thistles and Weeds." These reasons have proved to be good ones.

Amazingly enough, the people/person who broke into my car last week forgot to push eject on the cd player and left this album in my car, but they took the empty case (they left Frank Sinatra on purpose though, for some strange reason). Theirs is the music of the soul in transit from deep sadness to a golden opportunity to live - it isn't sad, but it isn't downright optimistic either. It is perfectly real life and honest. And beautiful. It is the moment when you've been crying for what seems like forever and just there at what is almost the end of the despair is the quavering breath and realization of "I'm getting ready to move on with my life now," as scary and exciting as that thought is. Thrilling. Terrifying. Wonderful.