Name: Free Tibet
Duration: 4 min 36 s
Channel: Demian Yumei/Stacey Young
Description: Lyrically rich song blessed by the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, chanted by Dolma Tempa

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Lyrically rich song blessed by the words of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, chanted by Dolma Tempa

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DreamSinger is the ethereal voice and lyrics of female singer/songwriter and activist, Demian, supported by the musical artistry of Stacey Young. Inspirational

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Song Info

Genre

World • World General

Charts

#3,128 in subgenre Peak #73

Charts

Peak #401

Author

Demian Yumei/Stacey Young

Rights

2004 DreamSinger

Uploaded

May 30, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 10.6 MB • 320 kbps • 4:36

Story behind the song

NOTE FROM THE OFFICE OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA:

"Dear Demian Elainé Yumei,
His Holiness the Dalai Lama directs me to thank you...He very much appreciates that you and your song writing partner, Stacey Young, has written the Song called Free Tibet. Your concern for and solidarity with the Tibetan people and their struggle for freedom are much appreciated. 
 
His Holiness sends you His prayers and good wishes. 
 
Best wishes, 
 
Tenzin Geyche Tethong

Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama"

******What a thrill and an honor to receive this email! And we were so fortunate to have the wonderful talent of Dolma Tempa on this song. It was she, who brought this song to the attention of His Holiness. She had fled Tibet in 1959 with the Dalai Lama, and worked in the exiled Tibetan government.  

I met Dolma through my involvement with the Chinese detainess from the Golden Venture in York. She graciously agreed to chant on the end of "Free Tibet". We let Dolma choose what she felt would be the best prayer to use, and she chose one she said His Holiness wrote specifically as a gift to his people. What a blessing this was for us, especially as it gave us the opportunity to get to know a little of the remarkable person Dolma is.

It was important to me when we wrote this song, to make it as inclusive as possible. The last verse really says it all to me...each of us responsible, each of us connected in ways we can't even begin to imagine.

Free Tibet. Free us all.

Lyrics

Deep in the Himalayas
Up on the Roof of the World
There is a Shangri-La 
Beauty on the high plateau
Deep in the human heart
On a plain of truth and love
Flowing with the seasons
Morning with the sun
With the earth, with the sky
We are one

Free Tibet, Free Tibet
Free Tibet, Free Tibet

Forced to wander the earth
A voice reaches out to every heart
A song of the Soul
They long to return home
We are the invaders
We are the refugees
Truth, a gentle mystery
When China lets them be
She will find with the dawn
She, herself, is free

Free Tibet, Free Tibet
Free Tibet, Free Tibet

	Prayer 

Free Tibet, Free Tibet
Free Tibet, Free Tibet

	Prayer and refrain repeated to end