Showing posts with label Entrance Antiphon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entrance Antiphon. Show all posts

Friday, July 24, 2009

Sermons on the Subtleties of Love and Hate, Track 1: "Entrance Antiphon"

Here is the lead track. It is a spoken word I performed for the album, and it reads similarly to a prayer or a creed. In a Catholic mass, the entrance antiphon is essentially the introduction to following set of rituals that are to occur. I view this as a secular prayer directed at the people in my life worth fighting for.


1.) Entrance Antiphon

I will not succumb to the fears of my father’s generation, nor continue to dwell on those of my own. I will walk down paths on which the fearful will not tread and steer clear of the shadows of history’s ghosts. When I come to the end of the journey through this place I will not shed a tear or regret. I will have no excuse to feel anything but joy, for at the end I know I will see your face.