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“Holy Now” by Peter Mayer is a song that I would want someone to play at my funeral (preferably on the acoustic guitar). I got stuck on this question because funeral songs are usually about saying goodbye or religious songs in my experiences. Goodbye songs would be for other people to pick I think, so I picked this song because of the essence of the meaning behind the poetry is an outlook on life that I would like people to remember about me and carry on to their own lives. It’s not a religious song per se, but it references religion and contrasts the childhood experience of going to church where we learn that once a week we worship to the idea of seeing every day life as worship and finding the divine in everything around us. It very clearly sums up my religious beliefs. “Wine from water is not so small, but an even better magic trick is that anything is here at all” is one of my favorite lines from the lyrics. I’ve written before about my experiences with religion and my scientific philosophy. If you’re interested, here are the links:
Science Saved My Soul
What Does Christmas Mean to You?
30 Days of Truth: Day 5 Something You Hope to Do in Your Life
The lyrics to this song are a reminder to look at the miracle of life with humility and to see the beauty everywhere around us. I don’t know what happens after death, but I do know that life goes on. It’s amazing to think about the vastness of the universe and the diversity of life on this planet. If our spirits do transcend to other realms or reincarnate to new beings that will be incredible. It’s all a big mystery, and I would hope to leave behind that feeling of awe and wonder in those I knew and loved.
“When I was a boy, each week
On Sunday, we would go to church
And pay attention to the priest
He would read the holy word
And consecrate the holy bread
And everyone would kneel and bow
Today the only difference is
Everything is holy now
Everything, everything
Everything is holy now
When I was in Sunday school
We would learn about the time
Moses split the sea in two
Jesus made the water wine
And I remember feeling sad
That miracles don’t happen still
But now I can’t keep track
‘Cause everything’s a miracle
Everything, Everything
Everything’s a miracle
Wine from water is not so small
But an even better magic trick
Is that anything is here at all
So the challenging thing becomes
Not to look for miracles
But finding where there isn’t one
When holy water was rare at best
It barely wet my fingertips
But now I have to hold my breath
Like I’m swimming in a sea of it
It used to be a world half there
Heaven‘s second rate hand-me-down
But I walk it with a reverent air
‘Cause everything is holy now
Everything, everything
Everything is holy now
Read a questioning child’s face
And say it’s not a testament
That’d be very hard to say
See another new morning come
And say it’s not a sacrament
I tell you that it can’t be done
This morning, outside I stood
And saw a little red-winged bird
Shining like a burning bush
Singing like a scripture verse
It made me want to bow my head
I remember when church let out
How things have changed since then
Everything is holy now
It used to be a world half-there
Heaven’s second rate hand-me-down
But I walk it with a reverent air
‘Cause everything is holy now”
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