Love Is The Path To Freedom

I remember writing this song even though it was a long time ago. I was taking a film class in high school. We had spent a whole semester watching movies and then analyzing them. I loved the class. I love films and I love analyzing things to death. That's true still. My final for the class was to convey what I got out of the movie Braveheart. Never one to miss an opportunity to write a song instead of a paper I wrote this song.
I thought this song did I nice job of representing the love story in the movie. I was also drawing from my own limited experiences I had in love up to that point. Naturally. Since then I've run the gauntlet in love. I've fallen hard, had my heart broken, fall again, can't make it work, fall again. I've made love, made babies, made a home, made a mess. I've been through make or break and come out broken. I've done for better or for worst. I've followed my heart and gotten lost. What would a song written before that journey mean to me now?
I was going through some old journals and came across the lyrics for this tune. They spoke to me and where I am in my life. Lyrics can take on whole new meanings as a result of our experiences. When I sang the song I didn't think of Braveheart at all. I concentrated on where my journey through love has brought me and suddenly it meant something all together different. When this song was given to me years ago the universe was allowing me a chance to play prophet in my own life.
Dani plays mandolin on this recording with me. It seems fitting. Secret Sage has helped me hone the ability to connect to the parts of songs that speak to me more immediately.
The concept of this years Calendar Project was another opportunity the universe gave me to play prophet. I chose to write about secrets. I chose to write about lies. Life imitates art. I should have thought about that in January.

Love Is The Path To Freedom