"Steer" Missy Higgins

Captured nine of the eleven tracks from "On a Clear Night" this week and grabed the album today!! The saturation media will surely have alerted punters to Missy's new disc produced by the skilled Mitchell Froom!!

"Steer" the new single is still my favourite upbeat track of the CD where this character realises its OK to be 'happy' with still yet more work to be done discovering who they are!!

Steer
Feel it falling off like clothing
Taste it rolling on your tongue
See the lights above you glowing
Oh and breathe them deep into your lungs

It was always simple
Not hidden hard
You've been pulling at the strings
Playing puppeteer for kings
And you've
Had enough

But the search ends here
Where the night is totally clear
And your heart is fierce
So now you finally know
That you control where you go
You can steer

So hold this feeling like a newborn
Oh with freedom surging through your veins
You have opened up a new door
So bring on the wind, fire and the rain

It was always simple
Not hidden hard
You've been played at a game
Called remembering your name
And you
Stuffed it up

But the search ends here
Where the night is totally clear
And your heart is fierce
So now you finally know
That you control where you go
You can steer, oh

And now you finally know
That you control where you go
You can steer

'Cause you've been listening for answers
Oh but the city screams and all your dreams go unheard

But the search ends here
Where the night is totally clear
And your heart is fierce
So now you finally know
That you control where you go
You can steer, oh

You get out of the box
You step into the clear, oh
'Cause now you finally know you can
Steer

The video clip as a crash test car driver is an understated beauty...



And its hanging in there as part of a new talk I'm working on around the theme "Pursuit of Happyness" which obviously includes some reflections on the Will Smith movie and the story of Chris Gardner who inspired it.

The age old question of 'the meaning of life' and maybe the birth scene from Python could get a start in whole worships around this theme...

What is life about.... are we supposed to be, allowed to be, meant to be.... HAPPY!!
Fulfilled? busy, employed, partnered, rich, good looking, blessed... indeed?

For the first time I reckon I'll find a use for the 'Good News' translation of 'The Beautitudes' or Sermon on the Plain ....

"Happy are the poor in spirit... those who mourn...
the meek... those who hunger... the merciful...
pure in heart... peacemakers... those persecuted for righteousness...
insulted...."

That's a heck of a definition of happiness.

So what its all about... who and what are we called to be... not we ourselves but
us as 'community.

Anyhow,
its a work in progress and may be on the backburner as my next opportunity
to share in worship is 'Pentecost.'
BREAK OUT the red images and an audio-visual somewhere there in a stack of old tv's...