{"id":36732,"date":"2014-04-16T18:54:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T22:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=36732"},"modified":"2015-04-19T10:46:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T15:46:21","slug":"what-i-got-when-i-asked-bryan-tilford-for-a-crossing-over-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/what-i-got-when-i-asked-bryan-tilford-for-a-crossing-over-song\/","title":{"rendered":"What I got when I asked Bryan Tilford for a Crossing Over song"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bryan<\/a>In June 2011, I’d asked Bryan if he had a Crossing Over song, something that could be played at a friend’s memorial service.\u00a0 He did not have one, so I asked if he might write one for me. I told him I know that no matter if my body dies, that my soul will live on. That was why death did not scare me. Even in a violent death, I knew that the soul would leave the body before it became too much to bear. Like when the cheetah catches the gazelle, and the gazelle writhes and screams, its soul has long left the body, and what we see are the muscles going through automatic responses. This is what Bryan is referring to in the last paragraph. While he did this for me, I thought it appropriate to share it.<\/p>\n

July 6, 2011 From Bryan:
\nthis was handed to me special delivery – a gusher. not sure if it’s exactly what you were looking for, but spec delv songs i don’t argue with.<\/em>
\n title could simply be – crossover.<\/em>
\n i’m going from pov of griever to the one crossing over. musically i’m not hearing somber tones, but a comforting rhythm type (ie eat2live (a song he did for me<\/span>)) beginning that builds to a joyous something. not sure what. yet.<\/em>
\n the spacings are to remind me of meter and phrasings.<\/em>
\nsorry, no gazelles 8^) extreme rough first draft.<\/em><\/p>\n

CrossOver<\/p>\n

your joy is here our joy is there
\ndreams and experience we’ve shared
\nwe now carry on our own but not alone
\nyou just dropped the body not our soul<\/p>\n

you are here i am there
\nin our hearts in the air
\nwe have never been so close as we are now
\nand ever will be
\nthis opportunity reminds us we’ve found
\nour unity for eternity<\/p>\n

i breathe in the deep peace
\nyou have waiting for me
\nyour embracing smile of light
\ntelling me how right
\nthis journey is for you, and me
\nnow we just breathe in the peace<\/p>\n

you await me there and i you here
\nascension, rest, light, no need for fear
\nour souls together whenever we feel the need
\nand ever will be
\nwe celebrate your life and all your
\ntroubles relieved<\/p>\n

when you miss me and i miss you
\nwe’ll be doing that together too<\/p>\n

i breathe in the deep peace
\nyou have waiting for me
\nyour embracing smile of light
\ntelling me how right
\nthis journey is for you, and me
\nnow we just breathe in the peace
\nwe breathe in the peace<\/p>\n

now the cheetahs on the run
\nto the gazelle he’s a gun
\ngazelle’s squirtin lots of blood, but no pain
\nit’s on the train
\noutta here
\nyeah yer outta here, oh dear
\nyer so outta here
\n### end<\/p>\n

brYan Tilford\u2019s memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 this Saturday April 19, 2014, at Unity of Melbourne<\/a>, 1745 Trimble Road , Melbourne FL 32934 phone 321-254-0313.\u00a0 I am scheduled elsewhere and have connected with the family. I know if I cannot attend I am no less connected to everyone who shared in brYan\u2019s heart. The bane of my career\/path is not having time to connect in person at many important events. But the bane is also the boon as it strengthens my experience of the inner connection. Most of my conversations with brYan were about our faith, so he knows I\u2019m there no matter where my body has to be.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Rest in Peace, brYan Tilford
\n<\/a>brYan Tilford\u2019s Memorial is Saturday, April 19<\/a>
\nThe end of death as we know it<\/a><\/p>\n

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