Miracles
Copyright, mendel singer 2010
Inspiration
Miracles was written during Chanukah while driving to work over 2 mornings. I wasn’t playing guitar at the same time. 🙂 The song was inspired by Rabbi Simcha Zeesel’s explanation of why Chanukah is celebrated for 8 days, when there was enough oil to burn naturally for 1 day. Thus, only 7 days of burning were miraculous. Rabbi Simcha Zeesel explains that it is no harder for G-d to make vinegar burn than oil. It is only because we have grown used to what happens all the time, and call it Nature. Really, everything is miraculous and it is our challenge to see the miraculous every day, in the mundane as well as the sublime.
- THERE ARE EIGHT CANDLES BURNING BY THE WINDOW
LOTS OF LITTLE FACES LOOKING ON
THE PARENTS THEY ARE GRATEFUL
FOR THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A HOUSE A HOME
C H O R U S
MIRACLES ARE EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE AND EVERYDAY
SOMETIMES THEY ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES,
SOMETIMES THEY CAN HIDE
YOU CAN OFTEN SEE THEM IF YOU TRY
LOOK AT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
SOON I’M SURE YOU’LL SAY
MIRACLES ARE EVERYWHERE, AND EVERYDAY
2. THE SUN COMES UP EACH AND EVERY MORNING
THE WINTER ALWAYS TURNS INTO THE SPRING
WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT
THERE ARE MIRACLES IN EVERYTHING
C H O R U S