God Moving Over the Face of the Waters

Words to describe this song, Haunting, Powerful, Emotional, Thoughtful, Glorious and yet Tragic, Inspiring the list goes on. Every once in a while you come across a song that stands head and shoulders above the rest and this is it. This is art. When I heard it after watching Heat for the first time, it just summed up the tone of the end scene. For Al Pacino its the glory of finishing the job, but for De Niro its the tragedy of losing his life.

I'm not sure if this song was written for that scene. If it wasnt then Moby is a genious because this is a masterpiece. His use of the drum in the middle of the song is just so powerful. It give the song the feeling of presence, like a heartbeat that only last a while but begins the chapter of a story behind this song. The violin is ever present, it gives the song the beauty. Its such a perfect instrument and yet modern method of music making continue to neglect it in favour of computerised methods of music making.

If i could ask one question, I would ask Moby why he chose the title. Because this song has no lyrics, only the title (after Moby explains it) could give us the context of this majestic song.