Songs + Nature | Hymn for an Awakening Soul | Hannah Lou Woods

Hope you enjoy this live performance of Hymn for an Awakening Soul.
This was one of those sort of magical moments in nature -- an owl was in the trees next to me as I sang and stayed to listen!
Video/Audio by Gray Bashew

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About the Songs + Nature series:
Nature and music are ways that I find peace, ways that I can find that sense of “okayness” within; they’re ways that I come back home to myself. I find a greater depth of communion and connection with myself and the present moment when I make music in nature. There’s something a little magical that happens for me, and I wanted to share at least a little bit of that experience that I have in nature with you all.

I hope this series can help you also find that sense of peace and okayness, that sense of coming home, even if it’s just for a moment. A breath, a pause, a moment of letting go of the chaos, an opportunity to connect with the beauty that is all around us, and that is always there, waiting for us to remember.

Lyrics:
There’s a freedom
deep in my bones
pulling me close
calling me home
when I open
that’s where I go
I'm finding my way back to my soul
I am coming home

There’s a doorway
in the back of my mind
it gets hard to find
until i let go
and then I open
that’s how I grow
I'm finding my way back to my soul
I am coming home

There’s an ocean
vast as the sky somewhere in light
beyond space and time
and when I open
that’s where I go
finding my way back to my soul
I am coming home

When the night falls
and the earth turns cold
When I lose my way
I remember that oh
to be broken
makes me whole
It frees my spirit and brings depth to my soul
I am coming home

When the dawn breaks
Over that mountain
I feel the sun’s warmth and
remember that call
To be open
To the mystery
to follow that Spirit
my destiny
I am coming home
I am coming home
We’re already home

©2024 Hannah Lou Woods

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