Wunderkind

In accordance with a newly-made goal to not stress over things I can't control (idiot moderates-wishing-they-were-conservatives that vote in John "Hillary's Best Friend" McCain), I'm not going to say a word about yesterday's Super Tuesday results (nope, not a single word, Mike "Ross Perot" Huckabee *cough, populism is short for anarchy, coughcough*).

Instead, I am going to talk about a more pleasant topic: I went to the temple for the second time last night (this time, it was Manti) and it was as great and wonderful as the first time and I actually learned a few things. The best way I can describe it without making light of sacred things it is with a song - and it isn't even a church song, though it probably could be. It's "Wunderkind" from The Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack. That's probably not a coincidence: it's been said that CS Lewis was the greatest non-LDS General Authority (tongue-in-cheek, obviously, but he's quoted in General Conference so much that I think it works), so it would probably follow that a song inspired by a movie inspired by one of his greatest Christian works.

Here are the lyrics and also a video with the song. If you study the lyrics, that's how I felt after last night, and even today a little bit. Enjoy:

Wunderkind
Written by Alanis Morissette, Harry Gregson-Williams

Oh, perilous place walk backwards toward you
Blink disbelieving eyes, chilled to the bone
Most visibly brave, no apprehended bloom
First to take this foot to virgin snow

I am magnet for all kinds of deeper wonderment
I am a wunderkind
And I live the envelope pushed far enough to believe this
I am a princess on the way to my throne
Destined to serve, destined to roam

Oh, ominous place spellbound and un-child-proofed
My least favorite shelter bear alone
Compatriots in face they’d cringe if I told you
Our best back pocket secret our bond full blown

And I am a magnet for all kinds of deeper wonderment
I am a wunderkind
And I am pioneer naïve enough to believe this
I am a princess on the way to my throne
Destined to seek, destined to know

Most beautiful place reborn and blown off roof
My view about face whether great will be done

And I am a magnet for all kinds of deeper wonderment
I am a wunderkind
I am a groundbreaker naïve enough to believe this
I am a princess on the way to my throne

And I am a magnet for all kinds of deeper wonderment
I am a wunderkind

I am a Joan of Arc and smart enough to believe this
I am a princess on the way to my throne
Destined to reign, destined to roam
Destined to reign, destined to roam