- published: 25 Apr 2016
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Chant (from French chanter) is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music).
Chanting (e.g., mantra, sacred text, the name of God/Spirit, etc.) is a commonly used spiritual practice. Like prayer, chant may be a component of either personal or group practice. Diverse spiritual traditions consider chant a route to spiritual development.
Some examples include chant in African, Hawaiiian, and Native American cultures, Gregorian chant, Vedic chant, Jewish hazzan, Qur'an reading, Baha'i chants, various Buddhist chants, various mantras, and the chanting of psalms and prayers especially in Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches (see Anglican Chant).
The best part of you is now long gone
You've been out with the same crowd for far too long
This is isn't home this just you
Learn how to settle, learning how to look of love
(Ho ho ho ho ho)
You used to laugh with every heart-ache
Said you were just getting better at making mistakes
Said your hope was struck with a bad name, a bad name
Well, my hope is a tidal wave
Your home was a great escape
And now I'm on the rope oh
Praying to anyone that you come home
My hope is a tidal wave
And your home was a great escape
Now I'm on the rope oh
Praying to anyone that you come home (home)
Come home, come home, come home