FRANK, Happy Arrival Day!
- Thomas Tittmann
- Mar 25, 2024
- 3 min read
FRANKly...there must be music in heaven...
SUPPOSE WE WANT TO TAKE THE TRAIN...WHICH ONE? E, F, J...?
NAW! This one:
They encourage dancin' in the aisles...
WHERE'S THE END OF THE LINE?
LAST STOP...
FOR ALL OF US...WISDOM ALL ALONG LIFE'S STOPS...STEPS...
"I Hear Trumpets Blow"
"I am not of royalty
I'm an ordinary guy
From a little family
And the riches pass us by
No red carpets on the floor
Nothing fancy I can show
But when we all stand together
I hear trumpets blow"
TRYOUTS FOR HEAVEN'S BANDS
Have you sat in with these guys? Perhaps, you'll dedicate it to your only daughter: Eileen
Frank, I heard you tried out for other gigs than your original polka guys...How's that comin'?I heard Gabriel put in a good word for you with this group.
If you get a few free minutes, here are 2 shows I know you'll enjoy:
POSTSCRIPT
I thought I was done and then heard the words of this next song's title...Because of present content, I chose this version with an interstellar railroad that stops in the attics of our lives...
"Attics"...
"Sliiiiiiide"
"I have spent my life Seeking all that's still unsung"
An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd
1997-98 Research Associate, Music Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
David is my SME for taking deep dives into and climbing the heights of the many mystical threads and themes in the Dead's wisdom. I encourage interested travelers to click the above link. Here's a sampling:
tastes, lights, hear
Hunter uses the senses repeatedly in this lyric, evoking how it is we know "reality," and then counterposing the sensual world to the spiritual realm: the attics--"upstairs"--which contain the inner world of dreams. Hunter seems to be addressing the source of his inspiration, and in this the lyric has similarities to "Ripple" and to "Terrapin".
And closed my eyes to see
This note from a reader:
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 02:01:38From: "rick waters" Hello, I recently found this prayer and was struck by a line that is very similiar to one in 'Attics of my Life'. Is it just coincidental? or do you think there is a possibility that Robert Hunter may have been influenced by this prayer? The line is: "you fill to the full with most beautiful splendor those souls who close their eyes that they may see" it came from this site: http://www.webdesk.com/catholic/prayers/stdenisprayer.html Bye now
Thanks, Rick. The prayer is St. Denis's Prayer, a 14th-century poem from St. Denis's The Cloud of Unknowing.
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