Circle Dream

[dancerjodi]

Last Saturday B and I went to watch some bellydance before heading to a party (there were two that evening but we were only able to make it to one). After about an hour and a half of great entertainment by women of all different levels, http://www.thegoddessdancing.com/ ended the show by demonstrating one of their sacred shapes in an inspirational dance. After the show, B and I scampered off to get iced-coffee to keep us awake for the rest of the evening's festivities and I bounced around in the car to the bellydance CD that was in the dashboard.

I forgot to post about the experience due to other weekend craziness. Now that I'm coming back from the dead (sort of) with this cold I've finally sorted through piles of papers from the weekend, paid bills and found these lyrics from Saturday's show. I LOVE the 10,000 Maniacs (more so than Natalie Merchant's solo ventures) - I'm so bummed that they ever broke up.

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I dreamed of a circle
I dreamed of a cirle round
I dreamed of a circle
I dreamed of a circle round

And in that circle I had made
Where all the worlds unformed and unborn yet
A volume a sphere
That was the earth that was the moon
That did revolve around my room

I dreamed of a circle
I dreamed of a circle round

And in that circle I was a maze
A terrible spiral to be lost in
Blind in my fear
I was escaping just by feel
But at every turn my way was sealed

I dreamed of a circle
I dreamed of a circle round

And in that circle was a face
Her eyes looked upon me with fondness
Her warmth coming near
Calling me "sweetness", calling me "dear"
But I whispered, "No, I can't rest here"

I dreamed of a circle
I dreamed of a circle round
I dreamed of a circle
I dreamed of a circle round