Kyrie Eleison Song

The wind blows hard against this mountain side across the sea into my soul it reaches into where i cannot hide setting my feet upon the road.

Kyrie eleison song. Mister from their album welcome to the real world. When translated to english it means lord have mercy. Hayden from seattle wa i think i was about 9 when my brother gave me his old mono reel to reel tape recorder and i recorded the song timothy written by the guy who later wrote the pina colada song. Kyrie a transliteration of greek κύριε vocative case of κύριος is a common name of an important prayer of christian liturgy also called the kyrie eleison ˈ k ɪər i eɪ ɪ ˈ l eɪ ɪ s ɒ n s ən keer ee ay il ay iss on ən.

And it is the opening line of a traditional prayer in certain parts of europe. Eɪ is a song by american pop rock band mr. Since then i made a point to find out the lyrics to what i m. I wrote down the lyrics and was shocked to find out what i was actually grooving to.

Kyrie eleison on a highway in the light when i was young i thought of growing old of what my life would mean to me would i have followed down my chosen road or only wished what i could be kyrie eleison down the road that i must travel kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night kyrie eleison where i m going will you follow. On a highway in the light whoa oh oh whoa oh oh whoa oh oh. I dunno this song always reminds me of summer holidays when i was a kid the blue sky and sand the sea and the feeling of freedom. So we know that to some extent the addressee of this song is actually god himself.

More specifically the phrase kyrie eleison which is repeated throughout the track actually is greek. The beginnings of the kyrie eleison can be found in holy scripture mostly in the book that served as the church s first prayer book the book of psalms have pity on me o lord. Part of the introductory rites of the roman catholic mass the kyrie eleison greek for lord have mercy is a song by which the faithful praise the lord and implore his mercy. Kyrie ˈ k iː r i.

Whoa oh oh kyrie eleison down the road that i must travel kyrie eleison through the darkness of the night kyrie eleison where i m going will you follow kyrie eleison on a highway in the light kyrie eleison down the road that i must travel kyrie eleison. It also hit the top spot on the billboard top rock tracks chart for one week. In the uk the song peaked at number 11 in april 1986.