My favourite Bruce Cockburn song is probably Arrows of Light, with Joy Will Find a Way finding its way into the top ten, or so. It's odd, because both are overtly religious and decidedly spiritual. The music appeals to me very much, even though the lyrical content of both songs is kind of stupid. Burn, an early political song, appears here, in the midst of songs of praise and a couple of songs that might better appeal to the non-converted. As time passed, Cockburn shed some of the religious sentiments and started to make some more obvious political statements. Still, that the two could live in harmony in his brain is surely a sign of cognitive dissonance. I think this album cover is a bit weird.
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