2250 – Van Morrison – Dweller on the threshold (1982)

 

 

Escrita por Van Morrison e Hugh Murphy, foi gravada no verão de 1981, em Sausalito, California e lançada em 16 de fevereiro de 1982 no disco Beautiful vision, o décimo terceiro disco de Van. Saiu também em compacto, com a instrumental Scandinavia como Lado A. Foi produzida por Van Morrison. A letra foi inspirada em uma publicação de 1950 chamada Glamour, a world problem, escrito por Alice Bailey e o mestre tibetano Djwal Khul. Glamour na versão dela são ilusões mentais que criam uma neblina que encobre o espírito e empata dele ver o mundo como ele é. Ele se torna iluminado como um “Dweller on the threshold” quando o anjo de presença purifica a alma com a luz. Van Morrison cantou, Tom Donlinger tocou bateria, Pee Wee Ellis tocou sax tenor, Chris Hayes tocou guitarra e David Hayes tocou baixo. Mark Isham tocou trompete. Chris Michie tocou guitarra. Pauline Lozano, Annie Stocking e Bianca Thornton fizeram backing vocals.

 

A letra:

 

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I have seen without perceiving
I have been another man
Let me pierce the realm of glamour
So I know just what I am

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

Feel the angel of the present
In the mighty crystal fire
Lift me up, consume my darkness
Let me travel even higher

I'm a dweller on the threshold
As I cross the burning ground
Let me go down to the water
Watch the great illusion drown

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I'm gonna turn and face the music
The music of the spheres
Lift me up, consume my darkness
When the midnight disappears

I will walk out of the darkness
And I'll walk into the light
And I'll sing the song of ages
And the dawn will end the night

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I cross some burning ground
And I'll go down to the water
Let the great illusion drown

I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

I'm a dweller on the threshold
Dweller on the threshold
I'm a dweller on the threshold
I'm a dweller on the threshold
Dweller on the threshold
Dweller on the threshold
Dweller on the threshold

 

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