Dawnings
Somebody needs to cry
By Nicholas Hooper
In this world, so beautiful
somebody needs to cry.
We live life with a hearty smile
but inside, where our heart lives
there are tears of both joy and sadness.
Feeling is two-sided:
there is no happiness without pain,
there is no peace without forgiveness,
there is no love without loss,
So cry for the world, for all you love
because it may not be here for ever
and neither will you.
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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”
— Nick Hooper