Many creative individuals have a dream of that special place, where everything is beautiful and peaceful. Free from violence, war, evil, and lies. And all the other negative stuff that is quite often associated with those bad things, along with the bad people who usually cause them. Where justice and compassion rules. And where decent people can live out their dreams, unhindered. A place that you can call your own, if you will. John Lennon coined a phrase for that imaginary place as: "Nutopia". (You can call it whatever you like). I like to call it: "Zion". Which in reality, actually began with a vision originating with the jewish people, from a long time ago.
Websters definition of 'Zion' is this: "The ideal nation or society envisaged by Judaism. 2: Heaven. 3: Utopia." This song started out with the chords for the chorus composed on the guitar, over 20 years ago already! I sort of developed the idea for the tune from there. And finally decided to brush it off (take it from the archives) and finish the song; which I decided to put on the: 'And Then, Winter Came' EP...
The final completion, and the lyrics to this track, were also influenced by that somewhat brief period of time when I visited a Jewish Community Center back in Maryland called: Beth Shalom, and which I mention in the 'Its A Feeling' blog post, where I learned about Kabbalah, the hebrew language, and Judaism, from the Rabbi there, as I was searching for answers, and the meaning of life; and in rememberance of the time I was invited to spend Passover with some of the attendees of the center.
It was a mystical experience (of Hope) in a very unusual place, during a very unusual time. And now, facing another very unusual time, which caused me to finally create a music video of the song, as it seems there are certain similarities of events, in a country, that has seemingly (and even deliberately, in some cases) lost its way...