
2013
R
0 h 7 m
Rock
Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder (Lyrics on screen and in description)
This is the title track from "A Sense of Wonder", the fifteenth studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison & released in 1985. As I made this video, I envisioned myself walking along a forest path and remembering various events in my life, both big and small. I tried my best to convey the images in Van's fantastic lyrics. I hope you'll enjoy this video.
"A Sense of Wonder" Lyrics:
I walked in my greatcoat, down through the days of the leaves
No, before after; yes, after before
We were shining our light into the days of blooming wonder
In the eternal presence, in the presence of the flame
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder
Didn't I come to lift your fiery vision bright
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder in the flame
On and on and on and on, we kept on singing our song
Through Newtonards and Comber, Gransha and the Ballystockart Road
To Spike and Boffyflow, I said I would describe the leaves
For Samuel and Felicity, rich, red browney, half burnt orange and green
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder
Didn't I come to lift your fiery vision bright
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder in the flame
It's easy to describe the leaves in the Autumn
And it's, oh so easy in the Spring
But down through January and February
It's a very different thing
On and on and on through the winter of our discontent
When the wind blows up the collar and the ears are frostbitten too
I said, I could describe the leaves for Samuel
And what it means to you and me
You may call my love "Sophia", but I call my love Philosophy
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder
Didn't I come to lift your fiery vision bright
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder in the flame
Wee Alfie at the Castle Picturehouse on the Castlereagh Road
Whistling on the corner next door
Where he kept Johnny Mack Brown's horse
"O Solo Mio" by McGimsey and the man who played the saw
Outside the city hall, pastie suppers down at Da
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