Echoes of Eternity: A Song Inspired by "In illo Tempore"

My song is about the echoes of actions through the ages-scribbling in the book of time, laying stones for glory, driving nails into history's pain. It's about the harm we cause, both to others and ourselves, and how the screams of our past still resonate, undiminished in their energy and ache.

The past is eternally present.

The song title comes from "In illo tempore," coined by Mircea Eliade, refers to the concept of "in that time" or "at that time" in Latin, used to denote a mythical or sacred time before recorded history.

Eliade employed this term to describe the time of origins or the primordial age where the sacred events of myths occurred.

This concept suggests that in many traditional societies, rituals and myths are understood as a way to return to or relive these archetypal moments, thereby giving meaning and structure to the present.

The phrase encapsulates Eliade's idea that for religious man, the repetition of these primordial acts through rituals allows one to transcend the profane world and enter into the sacred time, where the events of creation or divine actions are eternally present.

Angels singing loud above he sky

Some dance to the music made by stars

Some carry a book from Heaven to Heaven

I also wrote something in that book

I also placed a stepping stone

In the glory of the nations

I also hammered a nail in the cross

I too harmed a heart that wasn't mine

I too harmed my own heart

My scream traveled from my times to your times

And never lost its vigor

Never lost its pain