Journey of the Heart

In ancient times, there was a fine line between poetry and song, as most poetic verse first emerged as sound… And these poetic songs were believed to come through us from a divine source. This song seems to have come to us in that way as it appeared in a very unusual and rather fascinating way I’d like to share with you. Photograph: 'Sonja Vojvodic' by Vesna ~ While entering a Hindu temple late one evening, in a very special place called Vrindavan, in India, a melody came into my mind. Although the lyrics had already been pouring into my mind previously, the melody came to me most spontaneously, that night. Since I didn’t want to lose it, I did something I had never done before: I recorded it on my phone! Upon returning to Europe, on the first rehearsal with my band,   East Elysium , a guitarist told me that another member we call Wu, who actually makes the most of our music, had a new melody for a new song. As I sat down to listen to this ...

  I wrote this song while contemplating the way our heart gets broken so often in the relationships of this world.... Sometimes these relationships are so intense, that they seem to stretch across lifetimes! In Eastern traditions it is believed that the souls we encounter on our path are all there to help us go deeper into our relationships with our selves and God. Sometimes, they are the same souls, over and over again, and sometimes, new ones, but always bringing us closer to pure love. Although the lyrics of this song came to me around fifteen years ago, they are just now gaining their own wings. I think timing is mystical, and sometimes we cannot see the value in our broken heart until many years later. But broken hearts are good, because they always long to fly toward something deeper, and more real. If we follow them, I believe they will take us there. This is also my understanding of art: Krishna, or God,...