Down Here Below
Abbey Lincoln * Track #3 On A Turtle’s Dream
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Down Here Below by Abbey Lincoln
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In “Down Here Below”, Abbey is having a conversation with God about the trials of living on Earth, specifically from the Black perspective. This song is a testament to the acceptance of mortality, but also the recognition and celebration of knowing that God made her perfectly, that she is just as wo...
Down Here Below Lyrics
Down here below
The winds of change are blowin'
Through the weary night
I prayed my soul will find me
Shinin' in the mornin' light
Down here below
Down here below
It's not so easy just to be
Sometimes I'm really all at sea
You made me when the world was new
And skies were blue
And I am here, because there's you
They say I'll never see your Face
And we are banished from your Grace
The one you fashioned with your Hand
And scattered all across the land
But I am happy just to know
That you will go where I must go
For there are wounds and scars to show
Livin' here, down here below
Down here below
The setting sun is shining
On a melancholy moon
I hear the distant thunder
And the crying of the loon
Down here below
I'm yours alone
The only one to call my own
The only one I've ever known
Sometimes I see you standing there
Sometimes, I'm free
And you are here
Down here with me
You made me just the way to be
A heart with feelin', eyes to see
A strong embrace, a simple hand
A spirit free that says: "I can."
And I am happy just to know
That you will go where I must go
For you will send me, this I know
Living here, down here below
Living here, down here below
Living here, down here below