Born

Rick played this song for us on Sunday night a few weeks ago that I really liked. I explored the band a little more after that and really found I like most of their music. Maybe you've heard of Over the Rhine. I had heard of them but wasn't really aware until now.

Last night we bought the CD Drunkards Prayer - their newest CD and today I found out that the track Rick played for us is on their website as an MP3. If you want to hear it, go to Over the Rhine and click on the link for BORN, about half way down the left hand side of the screen.

The story behind this song is that this couple (Karin and Linford - two of the artists on this CD) had decided they had been investing all their creative energy into their band and their music while their marriage was getting more and more fragile. So they made a decision to quit the tour they were on, go home and begin to invest in their marriage with that level of intensity. So they bought a couple of cases of wine and each night put one bottle on the table and talked and drank it - not to get plowed but to talk into the night and say whatever needed to be said.

It struck me I've experienced this - in a "whatever you've got I don't mind" and "I'll listen long as I am able" kind of way. I think it's what we want in all of our intimate relationships. I'm grateful for those in my life who invite me to talk and laugh with them as long as it takes and they are patient with me as I am trying to learn to love without fear.

So on whatever level you might find meaning in this I wanted to share it with you, and I hope it blesses you too.

Born
Bergquist/Detweiler

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear

Pour me a glass of wine
Talk deep into the night
Who knows what we'll find

Intuition, deja vu
The Holy Ghost haunting you
Whatever you got
I don't mind

Put your elbows on the table
I'll listen long as I am able
There's nowhere I'd rather be

Secret fears, the supernatural
Thank God for this new laughter
Thank God the joke's on me

We've seen the landfill rainbow
We've seen the junkyard of love
Baby it's no place for you and me

I was born to laugh
I learned to laugh through my tears
I was born to love
I'm gonna learn to love without fear