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Behind
'2 Weekends in Beirut'
In the
summer of 2005, I took a hiatus from recording 'Stages' to
explore a little bit of the world and for two months I
traveled around the Mediterranean. Each stop a story and
every day a song. It was fabulous.
And then, I
came upon Beirut, Lebanon. I didn't
know what to expect when I got there. After all, through
the television one can get a pretty gloomy idea of that part
of the world.
What would I find in a city
that has seen so much violence and strife? What could I
expect from a people that have lived through so much?
What I found
there was warmth and friendship.
Yes, there
were a few uneasy moments involving gunfire, demonstrations,
and even a bomb exploding blocks from where I was staying,
but Beirut just shrugged it off with a vibrancy and zest for
life I had never seen. No one there had forgotten how to
laugh and enjoy the day, and they welcomed me as if they had
known me all their lives.
On my last night there,
my newfound
friends took me out and we ended up on
a rooftop nightclub
where we danced until the sun came up.
By then, the
only people left was my little party and we just
danced while watching the most spectacular dawn view of the
city.
In moments
like this I realized that life is about a string of moments
and that nothing is eternal. I
understood that each moment is a finite thing and that one
must absorb it,
appreciate it, and
when it ends not to look back with regret or
hope of reliving it.
That moment
is this song.
Written mostly on the plane after leaving and completed upon
my return home, it is the first song I chose to record when
I came back from my trip.
Titled
'2 Weekends in Beirut', it is
dedicated to all the people I met
in that city.
- Zane
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