The Secret Beyond

This song explores the juxtaposition of life and death, with text from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, and music that reflects the duality of light and darkness. A meandering, syncopated melody in the piano joins the open fifths that begin the piece, evoking an emptiness akin to the void felt after losing a loved one. The text offers solace and hopefulness throughout the song, reframing death as life’s journey into eternity rather than life’s end. “When the earth shall claim your limbs,” says the prophet Almustafa, “then shall you truly dance.”