The song speaks, not just of tolerance or acceptance of our differences and our multitude of beliefs, but goes beyond to celebrate diversity with joy and love. I think its a very appropriate song for the Winter Solstice. We hold the light in our hands...never let it go out, and shelter each others light along the way!
Happy Winter Solstice!
Winter Tide
By Alexander James Adams
The bitter bite of the winter cold
Brings memories of days of old
Wandering from the shadows long
We sing ourselves a winter song
Now we’re too diverse
We’re too advanced
There’s no song left that we’ve not
danced
Yet there remains one thing to learn
To perfect love we must return
Rejoice, rejoice
standing hand in hand
Raise one voice
all across the land
While the snow
white stag with the silver tines
Will dance in a
circle of six and nines
Forward back,
side to side,
All celebration
of the Wintertide
I don’t know you, you don’t know me
But we are kin in humanity
We can laugh, we all can cry
We strive to live, yet still we die
Let’s all seek shelter from the storm
With different faiths to keep us warm
Side by side around the fire
Trust and love are what gods require
(Repeat
refrain)
We need to keep the dark at bay
We need to watch the words we say
Comparisons keep us at odds
There’s room inside for all our Gods
Embrace the things that we all share
‘Cause then we find compassion there
To those who thirst you offer drink
It’s not as hard as you might think
So ring the bells and sound the horn
And celebrate our love reborn
Back to back or eye to eye
We stand as one against the sky
Different and yet still the same
Acceptance lies beyond the name
You live and breathe, the same as me
Respect of this brings unity
Rejoice, rejoice
standing hand in hand
Raise one voice
all across the land
While the snow
white stag with the silver tines
Will dance in a
circle of six and nines
Forward back,
side to side,
All celebration
of the Wintertide
(Repeat Refrain)
