I am the Voice…..chant by Diane Tegarden

 I AM THE VOICE
Chant by Diane Tegarden

I am the Voice
I will lead not follow
I will believe not doubt

I am the Voice
I create not destroy
I am a force for good

I am the Voice
A force for the god’s breath
I set the standard

I am the Voice
I Defy the odds, step up
Step Up, Step Up, Step Up!!

This hypnotic chant was inspired by attending to a Tony Robbins seminar! You can find these and other lyrics and poems in my book “Light Through Shuttered Window”.

More Bad…a Halloween song by Diane Tegarden

More Bad….
(A filk song, to the tune of My Favorite Things)
by Diane Tegarden

Witches on broomsticks and whiskers on kittens,
knitting the dog into warm woolen mittens,
big cauldrons filling with all kinds of slag,
riding the wind with my favorite hag.

When the rat bites,
when the bat stings,
when I’m feeling bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I can feel-
More bad!

Freaking the neighbors
with singing and howling,
burning the fence down,
and cackling and yowling.
Big pregnant moon
caught up in a swing,
These are a few of my favorite things…

When the rat bites,
when the bat stings,
when I’m feeling bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I can feel-
more bad!

 

Author’s Notes:

“WHAT THE HECK IS FILK MUSIC?
by Nick Smith- from www.filk.com

Well, it’s sort of like folk music. It is a mixture of song parodies and original music, humorous and serious, about subjects like science fiction, fantasy, computers, cats, politics, the space program, books, movies, TV shows, love, war, death. . .

Filk music started off forty or fifty years ago, at science fiction conventions, where people got together late at night to have good old-fashioned folk music song circles. Well, late night circles being what they are, some folks got a little silly and started singing song parodies about their favorite SF books and authors. Fans started writing song parodies about themselves or each other. Some started composing serious songs about favorite topics.”

And that’s where it all began!

My Salvation, not what I expected

My Salvation
by Diane Tegarden
09/29/05

Verse#1
For all the times
I wanted you to save me
but you couldn’t
- I cried.

For the depth of emotions
I’ve felt
that you never met
-a heartfelt sigh.

Chorus:
You thought I was a broken doll,
You were wrong.

I thought you were my salvation,
I was wrong.

Verse#2
As hard as it’s been to love you,
I didn’t want us to part.
But you’ve been stuck
inside your own head
-and I’m alone again.

Chorus:
You thought I was a broken doll,
You were wrong.

I thought you were my salvation,
I was wrong.

Verse#3
My love began a brilliant light,
now it’s a falling star.
What once was burning fire,
a guttering candle flame.

Chorus:
You thought I was a broken doll,
You were wrong.

I thought you were my salvation,
I was wrong.

Garden Rose- a song for Spring

GARDEN ROSE
Lyrics by Diane Tegarden/ Music by Wade Webb

VERSE 1:
OUR MOTHER IS THE EARTH IT SELF
FATHER’S THE SKY ABOVE,
WE HER CHILDREN
HEAR HER CALL,
SHE CRIES FOR HELP
WE KNOW WE’VE GOT TO SAVE HER.

CHORUS:
THE MEAD SHE GIVES IS PURE DELIGHT
THE INCENSE OF HER GARDEN ROSE
IN THE MOON LIGHT………………. SHINE LOVERS FAIR

VERSE 2:
SINCE I’VE KNOWN HER,
SHE HAS ALWAYS HELPED,
WHEN I CRIED OUT,
SHE ANSWERED ME.

IN THIS WORLD
OF STRESS ‘N’ DOUBT,
HER HANDS REACH OUT
FROM DEEP IN THE EARTH
TO COMFORT ME.

CHORUS:
THE MEAD SHE GIVES IS PURE DELIGHT
THE INCENSE OF HER GARDEN ROSE
IN THE MOON LIGHT……………….. SHINE LOVERS FAIR