I had a singer/musician reach out to me recently. Ilona Bienkiewicz is a member of Australian roots/reggae/blues/rock group Crossroads. As thanks for the inspiration she said that my Wild Reiki and Shamanic Healing page provides her she wanted to give me a gift in return—the awesome track Wakan Tanka from their new album—great vocal, music and spiritual focus. In the Sioux way of life, Wakan Tanka is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated as The Great Spirit or Great Mystery. I found a live version (rough, but gives you the idea): youtu.be/I3l1KoPIHL8?t=2m23s Here are the lyrics: WAKAN TANKA WAKAN TANKA IM CALLING OUT FOR YOU WAKAN TANKA CAN YOU HEAR? WHY DO WE FORGET THE POWER AND THE SACREDNESS THAT RESIDES IN EVERY LITTLE THING WAKATAKEH, ALLAH YOU HAVE MANY MANY NAMES DESCRIBING ONE AND THE SAME THING WE LOOK UP TO THE SKY, PRAY FOR OUR SINS SENSE YOU FAR BEYOND THE STARS WE LOOK UP TO THE SKY, PRAY FOR OUR SINS BUT WE NEVER, OH WE NEVER LOOK WITHIN AND THEN WE SING WAKAN TANKA IM CALLING OUT FOR YOU WAKAN TANKA CAN YOU HEAR? WRITTEN WORD HAS DEFINED YOUR STORY THE MYSTERY FORGOTTEN CAUSE WE NEED TO GRASP THE HOLY WE SEE YOU AS UNTOUCHABLE, UNBREAKABLE, UNREACHABLE NOT SEE YOU AS A PART OF US WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND CAUSE WE NEED TO CONTROL AND WHEN OUR PICTURE BREAKS WE LOOSE FAITH IN IT ALL WAKAN TANKA IM CALLING OUT FOR YOU WAKAN TANKA CAN YOU HEAR? WE DONT SEE THE LESSONS THAT NOTHING EVER LASTS WE FORGOT THAT IT ALL HAPPENS TO GUIDE US ALONG OUR PATH WE WAIT FOR THE FUTURE AND IT ALL WILL BE BETTER IMMERSED IN OUR PAST AND HOLDING ON TO MEMORIES WE FORGET THAT RIGHT NOW IS ALL WE EVER HAVE WE FORGET THAT RIGHT NOW IS ALL WE EVER HAVE WE HAVE FAITH IN YOU WE HAVE FAITH IN YOU.. WE HAVE NO FAITH IN US WAKAN TANKA IM CALLING OUT FOR YOU WAKAN TANKA IM CALLING OUT FOR YOU.. WAKAN TANKA IM CALLING OUT FOR YOU WAKAN TANKA CAN YOU HEAR? WE HAVE FAITH IN YOU WE HAVE FAITH IN YOU... In case you are interested in listening or purchasing the album you can find it here: crossroads-music.au/store CROSSROADS Album delivers a high energy Roots/Rock/Reggae sound where pumping hard rock meets an earthy roots intersection, where reggae cuts across the blues highway and it all collides in a powerful musical fusion with Ilonas strong and husky, soulful vocals up front in the driver’s seat.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:20:13 +0000
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