I posted this on the youtubes awhile back, but wanted to link it to this here blog, so everything is in one place. And so you can hear it again (or maybe for the first time)! This is a “love song”, but you can probably tell that. It’s about love that waits, and sees all that is happening on the inside and outside and longs for something different – something more – and then waits again. But not with anxiety. With hope. Sometimes that’s hard, eh?
Special thanks to my friend Ian Cromwell for his stellar work on viola. The original recording of this song was using the midi strings provided on Garageband and he heard and gasped! and then offered to take out the midi strings and put in real strings. What a guy! Thank-you, Ian! You can check out his music at:
www.crommunist.com
(Also, he’ll be playing a gig with me this summer that I’m VERY excited about. But more on that later…)
Here are the lyrics, in case you want to sing along:
grown up
what’s in a face
i follow the trace of a tear from a crack
in my heart to the place where we plant
to the place i call dibs on you
there’s so many ways
so many names that i could have worn
could have born could have sworn
that i lost you long ago
(chorus)
but as it is
and as it will be
we’re more than a means to an end
we’re an end to a start
and as it is
and as it will be
we’re all grown up now
except for the hope in our hearts
i’ve held on real tight
my knuckles are white as the flag i have flown
i have sown, i have covered the dead
and prayed for life again
but we’ve got what it takes
though i know the stakes are high and we try
and ask why as we fall but i see
it in your face
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