Ben's Songs

A song about the lore of The Dark Crystal that reaches out to reference the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, which is commemorated on Tisha B'Av. In Jewish mythology, the loss of the Temple represents the same kind of primordial cosmic catastrophe as the cracking of the Crystal — our holy place is cracked, the world is cracked, and so are we.

 

lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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