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Sophie Solomon - Burnt by the sun
Identifier
014889
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Sophie Solomon is a British violinist, songwriter and composer (born June 6, 1978) who fuses many different musical influences into her music. She began playing the violin at the age of two. At four she met Yehudi Menuhin and was taken to see the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. For the first five years she played totally by ear, learning to read music at the age of seven. Even though the National Children's Orchestra and ProCorda heralded her as one of the most promising violinists of her generation, Sophie "was never completely satisfied by the classical world alone, I felt constrained by the fact that the music was written down and the strict parameters of the repertoire. I felt I had to step outside of that and find my own voice." She studied at Cheltenham Ladies' College, and later at University College, Oxford (University of Oxford) graduating in 1999 with a First Class degree in Modern History and Russian. She also holds an MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics.
A description of the experience
Burnt by the sun - Sophie Solomon
I was burnt by the sun
said good bye to the sea
when I saw you were losing
your love for me
Your eyes told the tale
of a wound that's still raw
as I watched you renouncing
any hope of a cure
How can I be bitter that it's over
after all I've got myself to blame
the sun dissolves to winter now it's over
I'm lost amongst the shadows that remain
Then your words rang out strong
at once broken but clear
and I heard you dismissing
any last trace of fear
I was burnt by the sun
tried in vain not to cry
since I knew all the answers
tell me why I ask why
How can I be bitter that it's over
after all I've got myself to blame
the sun dissolves to winter now it's over
I'm lost amongst the shadows that remain
Now the swing in your step
makes me tremble with hurt
when I see how you blossom
I feel lost and inert
I've been burnt by the sun
in my Prozac cocoon
just can't pick up the pieces
of my life without you
just can't pick up the pieces
of my life without you