The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers rework a traditional gospel train song into a stark meditation on death, judgment, and family loss.…
salvation and judgment death and mourning exclusivity of grace
Leonard Cohen
A meditation on grace and surrender disguised as a portrait of a woman by a river, Cohen's song moves from intimate seduction…
spiritual longing disguised as romance the sacred in the everyday trust and surrender
LCD Soundsystem
An eight-minute slow-burn opener that begins as a bruised account of social exclusion at some gathering and gradually detonates…
social exclusion and cliques the failure of language catharsis through dance
A short, incantatory prayer-song in which the speaker surrenders the illusion of being the one who loves and comes to see love…
surrender of ego divine or transcendent love exile and punishment