06 I Went Another Way

from The Shadow Mountain Fae by Sencha Skene

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The acoustic version of this song was released in 2016, but this song wasn't finished with me yet. It seemed to need more, so here's the remix with a full band.
The original version was written when I was undergoing difficulties with the fundamentalist Christian members of my family wanting to estrange me, my wife, and my children for our Pagan ways. As I've performed it over the years, I can't tell you how many times people have told me of their own experiences with family members turning them away because of their religion.
This song is for anyone who went another way in pursuit of their dreams and visions.

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I Went Another Way
Copyright 2016 by Charlton Hall
I never felt the spirit
In temples made by men
But the forest called to me
As a child
I tried to understand it
To follow where you led
But I only felt at home
There in the wild

For a long time I pretended
To go where you had gone
To try to make you happy with your choice
But I soon grew tired of make-believe
When the Goddess called to me
There in the woods I found her voice

CHORUS
You have your own path
But I went another way
The door is open from my side
The choice is yours
We can agree to disagree
You don’t have to run and hide

“Hate the sin but love the sinner”
Is what I’ve heard you say
To justify the closing of your doors
But when it comes to hating
This is what you need to know
The hating is your god’s job, and not yours

I know our paths are different
And we both have different ways
But the pathway doesn’t matter in the end
If you can set aside your judgments
I’ll try to do the same
Because I know we both could use a friend

CHORUS
You have your own path
But I went another way
The door is open from my side
The choice is yours
We can agree to disagree
You don’t have to run and hide

You find wisdom in your one god
I find wisdom in them all
In the end I find that we both seek the light
You chose to shut me out because
You think that I am wrong
But self-righteousness doesn’t make you right

You turned your back on me
Because I went another way
Your decision’s your loss and not mine
I’ll be waiting patiently
If you ever change your mind
In the meantime
Me and mine are doing fine

CHORUS
You have your own path
But I went another way
The door is open from my side
The choice is yours
We can agree to disagree
You don’t have to run and hide

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from The Shadow Mountain Fae, released March 1, 2022

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Sencha Skene Seattle, Washington

(pronounced SHEN-ka SKAYNE)
I study all forms of spirituality.
The more I learn about paths from around the world, the more I know they all have more in common than not.

I seek the ancient origins of spirituality; the realms of animism and shamanism.

I began music in 1974. My influences were Neil Young, John Prine, Dan Fogelberg, and Pink Floyd.

Now I seek the mystical through music.
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