"Wonder of the World" genre: Spiritual Pop
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	Enouragement to not get too set in our ways as we grow a bit older, but rather to keep searching, ever searching, for deeper meaning and insights in our lives.
	MP3.com CD: Spiritual Springtime - buy it! CD: Spiritual Springtime   Label: self released in Hong Kong (pm productions) Credits: written, arranged, and performed by Paul Meredith. Recorded with Bob Simms at R.Pebbles studio in Scottville, MI
	Story Behind the Song Like most songs I write, it just started as a guitar riff that I liked and expanded on. I think I liked the guitar riff on Bruce Cockburn's "Silver Wheels," and just spun it off from that. Some of the lyrics employ metaphors from the Baha'i Faith, which was my spiritual "home" for many years. It describes the first "valley" or stage in the journey of the soul as being one of Search, and that to progress, one must find the courage to detach from all prior knowledge and belief, "trusting" that answers to our questions, and our quest, can be found. I love this concept of questioning, and it inspired the song. I hope you like it. Lyrics WONDER OF THE WORLD 1. Did you ever find an answer for All those questions you used to ask Wonders of the world you wondered about You're a strong one, the surviving kind And you've come so far but somehow something's left behind You should be reaching for the stars Now you won't even reach out to me And your questions now you just keep to yourself Is it too late to wonder now Just forget what you've learned What you think you know is just holding you from your heart's desire Go back to the valley of search you abandoned To the seven hills that keep you climbing higher 2. Must be a million stars out tonight We're never gonna reach in this life even the closest one But they shine so bright for you What kind of love song does it take to shake What kind of metaphor can open the eye Close your eyes and see beyond your dream Past the veil of your experience Through the darkness of your doubt Then detach yourself from heaven and earth And immerse your soul in the ocean of search May your wonder then return to you The wonder of the worlds of God The wonder of the world Just forget what you've learned What you think you know is just holding you from your heart's desire Go back to the valley of search you abandoned To the seven hills that keep you climbing higher c) Paul Meredith, 1995

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