Joy To The World - Bjéar
I feel conflicted about enjoying religious music. Faithlessly uttering some particulars of the lyrics-
joy to the earth, the saviour reigns- feels like lying, or at least disrespectful, and the clumsiness of the lies eclipses the secular-enough beauty of other words-
let men their songs employ while fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains, repeat the sounding joy. This fragile, hopeful instrumental lets me dodge my diffidence about sacredness. It reminds me a bit of craning towards weak winter sunbeams, imagining my skin can feel their warmth until I nearly do.