“Isaac” by Bear’s Den

It’s been over a year since I posted anything on this blog.  Maybe I can get started again here—sort of a new year’s resolution (since all my other resolutions aren’t going that well).  I’ll start with a music video of a song I heard just this week and liked a lot.  The band is Bear’s Den, an alternative folk group from Britain.  I checked out their CD Islands from my local library and am really enjoying it.  I’m not sure what the song is about exactly, but it seems to be referencing the biblical story of the sacrifice of Isaac (a story I frankly never liked and have always found disturbing).  At one point the lyrics say:

Isaac I have never seen you look so afraid
With your head pressed so hard against the stone
You look so alone

But love seems to win in the end with the repeating chorus:

I’m going to give all my love to you

Whatever this song means, I think it’s quite beautiful.  I’m always a sucker for moody banjo.