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"Beneath the Surface" 

All songs written by Amy Hindman

Journey to the Soul / Beneath the Surface | Puget Symphony | Solo | Bertha Wilhelmina | Prayer for my Child | Deep Therapy | The Gift . . . for Karleen | Wendysong | Shakti Moondance | Mystery 

All Lyrics Copyright ©1992 Amy Hindman


 

Journey to the Soul / Beneath the Surface

December 1991

On this journey letting go of control

guide me, guide me so I know . . .

Passage through the darkness to be whole

illuminating hidden shadows I disown

Whimpering voices demanding to be heard

denied for so long . . . orphaned in this world

Conditioned in survival - severed from the whole

On this journey letting go of control . . .

guide me, guide me so I know . . .

Beyond the Illusion . . . beneath the surface so much more

embracing the duality . . .

surrendering to my soul . . .

guide me, guide me so I know . . . 


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Puget Symphony

 Summer 1980


Moonset Skagit Bay

sparklin' golden to the Milky Way

think I'm gonna delay my stay til the clouds disappear it away

 

Red houseboat circles around

rockin' to the beat of the sound

Whidbey lights come a flickerin' through

its windows like a haunting guru

 

Chorus: Soothing Puget Symphony

gently rockin' me away to the sea

moonset sinkin' through a clouded veil

intoxicating moonlight ale

 

Pairs of lovers greetin' the sea

sharin' in its mystery

rowboat dancin' by the red houseboat

lovers makin' moon a la float   Chorus

 

Moonset Skagit Bay

Moonset Skagit Bay . . . moonset, moonset Skagit Bay

Moonset Skagit Bay


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Solo

 Summer 1980

Restless times for love & wishin' I could sleep beside a man

that's not like all the others - not just casual intimacy

 

Chorus: Strangers in a strange land indeed

who are you who is me

and why can't we come together

we're fillin' a void that only gets wider

acting as if we both really care

yet still I'm sittin' here today

watchin' the sun play on the bay

 

Alone at home just a pen and my thoughts

high tide singin' strong

fire's cracklin', lanterns low - wish I had a beau

just someone to share with - just to be there with

to hold me when I'm low  Chorus

 

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Bertha Wilhelmina

July 1988

I remember when you told me "Don't name your kids after me"

but that would leave a great big hole in the family tree

it's really not such an atrocious name . . .

when I remember your soft gentle face

My mother is who you are . . . and "Bertha Wilhelmina" is pearls covered with lace

 

Chorus: And you're still so much a part of me

it's from you I got my identity

though you weren't there to show me how to be

I can feel your spirit move - movin' through me

 

Don't ya wish somehow we could've altered that untimely fate

seems amazin' that my heart didn't just fill up with hate

losin' you so long ago - it still wounds me so . . .

now I'm just lettin' it bleed . . .

healin' with the help of your love the wounded child in me 

 Chorus

I never knew I looked so like you

you left me as a little girl, became a woman I wish you knew

photographs of you yesterday - I resemble today

the essence of your beauty will sparkle within me always    

Chorus

I can feel your spirit move - movin' through me


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Prayer for my Child

July 1988

My brave little one . . . your pain is almost done . . .

soon you will be dancing in the sun . . .

the journey you are moving through

becoming the love that was given you

letting the pain overflow . . .

discovering what you didn't know

freeing your life from the shadow

melting into the beauty of the rainbow

 

Chorus:  You know that I can feel your pain

wounded child cryin' in the rain

though I've been gone for all these years

I have always dried your tears

for I am always near - feeling all your fear

just call on me, my little one . . . I am here

 

My youngest little prize, "bonus baby" of five

you've walked through the storm with your head up high

remembering the words to our lullaby

so go ahead and let yourself cry

I'm so sorry I never said goodbye

leaving my Amy, my little child -

wondering why?

  Chorus

My sweet child, I can still feel you smile

your serenade of love still touches me

soothing like a rhapsody

listen carefully for my reply

I come to you through dream and lullaby

"When at night I go to sleep - fourteen angels watch do keep" *

 

My brave little one, your pain is almost done

soon you will be shining like the sun

living in the light we are one

 

* from Humperdinck's "Prayer from Hansel and Gretel"


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Deep Therapy

March 1989


First day of spring

wish I knew what I was feeling

my mind needs clearing

Chorus:  Like a closet filled with webs of darkness

ghosts fade in and out of focus

pain and fear locked somewhere in my mind

the child remembers it somehow

please trust my journey through you now

together we'll expose the lurking shadows

and tenderly our love will light the way

Somehow I just need to sing

take the time to be listening

the wound keeps bleeding patiently

revealing unknown mystery . . .

searchin' for the key . . . inside of me . . . .

Memories buried long ago

photographs refuse to share the story

there was no glory when you let go

left alone you took the map and no one else could fill the gap

and all that rage I turned it in on me

and now I just want to be free

 

First day of spring

wish I knew what I was feeling . . .


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The Gift . . . for Karleen

March 1990


I wonder if you see the gift that you've given me

the courage to grieve

as you led me through forgotten memory

 

Chorus:  Guiding my hand

facing ghosts of long ago buried in this wasteland

the journey she denied . . . the tears we should've cried . . .

the love laid down and died . . .

withdrawn long before it was time . . . 

such a crime . . .

Now here you are giving to me all that she couldn't be

 

She never said goodbye

the children didn't ask why

but when in bed alone they'd cry

prayin' that she wouldn't have to die

Chorus

I wonder if you see the gift that you've give me

the power to be free

by listenin' to the wounded child in me

being my friend, knowing on you I can depend

the rage no more denied

suppressed feelings now brought into the light

creating a space open wide

where sleeping dreams no longer hide

thank God I'm alive . . .

 

I wonder if you see the gift that you've given me


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Wendysong

July 1988


Gentle friend, I'll be with you til the end - and then . . .

if you get there before I do

try to remember what we've been through

please touch me now and then with tender loving care

for I'd miss the warmth of your body from way out there . . .

 

Chorus:  I know when loved ones die . . . no one ever leaves

but our bodies are a treasure we receive

and the language of love through your body flow

lifts me when I'm feelin' low

your loving touch releases me to flow

 

You've seen my pain, and I've seen plenty of yours

we've shed our tears as loved ones come and go

we've cried and laughed and sighed

at times we wanted to die

sometimes we with eagles soared . . .

and other times wondered why we signed up for the course

Chorus

Gentle friend I'll be with you til the end - and then . . .

if you get there before I do

try to remember what we've been through

please touch me now and then with tender loving care

for I'd miss the warmth of your body from way out there . . .

for I'd miss the warmth of your body from way out there . . .

 


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Shakti Moondance

September 1991

And now I know it's time to let go . . .

the dying moon mirrors the dance my body knows . . .

the shedding of the old reflects the pain within my soul

healing passage through the dark will lead me home . . .

healing passage through the dark to be reborn . . .

and the mystery cycle begins anew . . .

 

Chorus:  New moon . . . the light will return real soon . . .

New moon . . . sometimes inspires a tune . . .

Magic moon . . . mysterious rune . . . 

 

Guru moon . . . please guide me to my shadow

through the darkness where the Goddess lies in slumber deep . . .

awaken her dormant power in me . . .

Chorus

Magic moon . . . mysterious rune

magic moon . . .

magic moon . . .


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Mystery


October 1992

Healing waters . . . healing waters of the earth

Cleansing waters . . . cleansing waters of the earth

 

Stones of mystery here long ago before me . . .

earth history . . . speaks to me . . .

Sacred pool envelop me . . . womb of the earth replenishing 

let it be . . .

 

Welcome the mystery . . .

wisdom of the Mother Earth guiding me . . .

gathering strength . . . emerging free . . .

 

Sing of earth's melody      joining in life's harmony

Breitenbush River symphony . . . 

healing me . . .

healing me . . .