Monday, September 26, 2005
HARVEST
I forgot to mention before that when I was at the garage on Friday afternoon, I asked Carter about the origins of his first name, since Gareth is not very common. He told me that his mother was originally from North Dakota and though a lot of people don’t know this, she was a very educated woman. He told me that he was named after a character from literature. “But I bet you don’t know which one,” he added. “Of course, I do,” I replied, “Gareth was one of the Knights of the Round Table.” He was completely taken aback that I would know this. But I explained to him that one of my secret obsessions is the King Arthur story. In fact, the irony of all of it is that I was reading and carrying with me “The Once and Future King” the very night I met Clint.
Today, while I was speaking with Carter, I told him that I had done some thinking about his name. I explained to him that I had realized the knights began to return from the Grail Quest around Michaelmas. Michealmas is an old Catholic holiday devoted to the archangel Michael. It also coincidentally (or not so coincidentally) falls around the time of the Harvest Moon and the Fall Equinox. On most calendars, Michaelmas would be celebrated on September 29th. As we all know, this is Thursday of this week. If one were to think of the Clint Search as a type of Grail Quest, so to speak, perhaps his return comes around this time, as well as around the time of the Harvest, when we “harvest all things hoped for over the past year.”
Perhaps all coincidence…but perhaps not…
SONG 44...keep 'em coming until there's a change...
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OCTOBER
You come around as the days grow shorter
The shadows creeping up the walls
I think I knew it all along
Since the harvest comes in fall
Summer breaks and the days grow cooler
The sun sets with a deeper slant
One by one, the birds head south
As you migrate back
The earth spins…round and round
I rise…from underground
I am waiting for you to come back home
**CHORUS**
Oh…meet me in October
Oh…return to me October
Oh…waiting for October
Oh…see you in October
See you in October…
Where do you sleep when you’re on the road?
Oh your transitory flight?
Very soon, I’ll have all the answers
But I have none tonight
The minutes move like a ticking bomb
Suspense is up as time winds down
I’ve been falling all this time
How will my landing sound?
You retreat…half the year
Rise from the ashes dear
You have no idea what you’re coming home to now
**Chorus**
Oh, Libra tip the scales
And tell me that I have paid the toll
To travel on this road
Oh, Venus do be kind
And tell me I’ve balanced all the debts
That I had left behind
You come to me and it’s like my birthday
You hold my gaze and we are reborn
Until that moment we never knew
What our star-crossed feet led us toward
Oh…surrender your control
Fate…has us in it’s hold
As this journey ends, a new beginning unfolds
**Chorus**
See you in October...
I forgot to mention before that when I was at the garage on Friday afternoon, I asked Carter about the origins of his first name, since Gareth is not very common. He told me that his mother was originally from North Dakota and though a lot of people don’t know this, she was a very educated woman. He told me that he was named after a character from literature. “But I bet you don’t know which one,” he added. “Of course, I do,” I replied, “Gareth was one of the Knights of the Round Table.” He was completely taken aback that I would know this. But I explained to him that one of my secret obsessions is the King Arthur story. In fact, the irony of all of it is that I was reading and carrying with me “The Once and Future King” the very night I met Clint.
Today, while I was speaking with Carter, I told him that I had done some thinking about his name. I explained to him that I had realized the knights began to return from the Grail Quest around Michaelmas. Michealmas is an old Catholic holiday devoted to the archangel Michael. It also coincidentally (or not so coincidentally) falls around the time of the Harvest Moon and the Fall Equinox. On most calendars, Michaelmas would be celebrated on September 29th. As we all know, this is Thursday of this week. If one were to think of the Clint Search as a type of Grail Quest, so to speak, perhaps his return comes around this time, as well as around the time of the Harvest, when we “harvest all things hoped for over the past year.”
Perhaps all coincidence…but perhaps not…
SONG 44...keep 'em coming until there's a change...
______________________________________________________________________
OCTOBER
You come around as the days grow shorter
The shadows creeping up the walls
I think I knew it all along
Since the harvest comes in fall
Summer breaks and the days grow cooler
The sun sets with a deeper slant
One by one, the birds head south
As you migrate back
The earth spins…round and round
I rise…from underground
I am waiting for you to come back home
**CHORUS**
Oh…meet me in October
Oh…return to me October
Oh…waiting for October
Oh…see you in October
See you in October…
Where do you sleep when you’re on the road?
Oh your transitory flight?
Very soon, I’ll have all the answers
But I have none tonight
The minutes move like a ticking bomb
Suspense is up as time winds down
I’ve been falling all this time
How will my landing sound?
You retreat…half the year
Rise from the ashes dear
You have no idea what you’re coming home to now
**Chorus**
Oh, Libra tip the scales
And tell me that I have paid the toll
To travel on this road
Oh, Venus do be kind
And tell me I’ve balanced all the debts
That I had left behind
You come to me and it’s like my birthday
You hold my gaze and we are reborn
Until that moment we never knew
What our star-crossed feet led us toward
Oh…surrender your control
Fate…has us in it’s hold
As this journey ends, a new beginning unfolds
**Chorus**
See you in October...
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