This song was our song! This the song for the Purple Carrot Club.
It formed different meanings and inspirations for us over the years and now has settled into a song of Jimi’s passing. I hold it high as a message to everyone to channel peace and gentleness through the craziness of our times. We have to allow a deeper consciousness of perception give meaning to our experience. We have to stop the anger and bitterness and alchemize it into peace and passion. Jimi knew this song in his heart…knowing he had scars of anger. He wanted peace. He now knows peace!
As I listen to this song, I see Jimi closing his eyes, lifting his head and singing with a smile. In this times when we was feeling the music deeply, he would reach out his hand to mine and squeeze. They were the special soft touches that exploded and melted my heart.
Oh let us rise
Above the bones
Let us remember the memories
Filled with compassion
Not scarred by anger
No not blinded by the ashes of the past
My eyes have not seen it all
Yet in my soul I know
No conception
Is hidden there down below
I wanna go home
Take me home
I’ve got to go home
Take me home
We gonna rise yeah,
High above the flames
Our hearts open as the endless sky
No more deception
No more shame
Just a reflection of the natural high
Ah, do you remember that melody?
Ah, oh yeah, do you remember that song so free?
I wanna go home
Take me home
I’ve got to go home
Take me home
Oh let us rise
Above the bones
Let us remember the memories
No more afraid
No more alone
Let our spirits fly so free
In my arms
A little child wrapped tight in prayer
Safe from harm, oh yeah
Ever guided by jah jah fire
