The last couple of nights I’ve awoken at exactly 3:13 AM with this Dennis Wilson tune playing in my head. I don’t know why and don’t know what it means, but it’s a great tune and touches me in a way I can’t explain. I especially love the lyrics, though I haven’t a clue as to what they mean:

With the ego of a lamb
The holy man
Come the swagger out of the dust
You know he can
Turn the corner all alone
He meets you there
Holy man will meet you there

The one you love is everywhere
He is everywhere and you can follow

Summer burns and winter blows
The holy man
Speaks of fears to overcome
He knows you can
When you lose the innocence
He’s standing there
Holy man will meet you there

The one you love is everywhere
He is everywhere and you can follow

The song is from the legacy edition of Dennis’ Pacific Ocean Blue Legacy Edition CD; the track is actually from 1977 with the the vocal (sounding eerily like Dennis) actually added by Taylor Hawkins, drummer of The Foo Fighters, as Dennis never had a chance to record proper vocals before he died back in 1983. The song and the sentiment it expresses is very special to me, the lyrics touch my soul to the bone as if they were written with me in mind. I guess that’s why there’s music to begin with, eh?

I hope you like it as much as I do.