1. |
this is how it all began
03:08
|
|
||
you gave yourself away
i remember the day
you said you'd do anything
if i'd be okay
you went with me to dark places
through waiting rooms of stark faces
you were with me either way
but the lord always knew
we would never go through with it
on a long car ride home
everything changed
and all of the plans we'd made
had been rearranged
he made a way where there was none
a chance for life to start over again
said goodbye to all of our friends
packed the car to the ceiling and left
and it wasn't easy
to cultivate love from such a small seed
and friends were uneasy
telling us we wouldn't make it
but you set yourself aside
and carried me home
you fought for a shattered heart
and made it your own
and i'm so glad that you won it
where would i be?
where would be
without ellie?
|
||||
2. |
rest in me
04:26
|
|
||
i thought i did it your way
i thought that i did everything you said
thought i put my faith in you
but it must have been in something else instead
i must be missing something
my body's slowly wasting away
i haven't eaten much today
and everything inside me says
this will never go away
but then there's you
you whisper in my ear
to persevere
that this will work together for the good
because i love you, lord
looking at my daughter's face
if i could only have that faith
like the woman with the flow
reaching out to touch your robe
and if she only could she knows
you have the power to take it all away
well i'm not giving up
and i won't go away
i'll fall down at your feet until
you show me how to pray
cuz i must be missing something
and then in a day
i opened up your word and you said
"hear me, what i've been saying all along
nothing you could do would ever separate you
from the power of my love
when will you let me carry you?
rest in me, my sweet child, rest in me."
|
||||
3. |
spread your wings
03:43
|
|
||
she woke up in tears and called me to her side
"mom i wanna go back inside my mind
i was dreaming that i was flying
and i don't want to leave that behind
mom, i can't make sense of this at all
why birds can fly but i can only fall
cardboard wings and tape and strings
will never lift me off the ground
and why'd god make them to fly?
mama why can't i? mama why can't i?
and why'd god make them to fly?
mama why can't i? mama why can't i?"
and i'd be lying if i said
she wasn't slightly offended
and i tried to explain
that our bones aren't made the same
and they have to see their prey
from a thousand miles away
but she can't see
past her seven-year-old dreams
of being that free
being that free
i can't keep you from the pain this world will bring
but i will wrap my arms around you
until you spread your wings
|
||||
4. |
yahweh
03:38
|
|
||
if i gave it all away
you would remain
if i gave up everything
i would gain everything
i'm standing on the edge
if i let go
will you carry me? oh
i don't have the strength
to fight this anymore
you're always one step ahead of me
and i can't catch you
you're only an arm's length away
but i reach out my arm
and i can't reach you
or feel you
is there something in the way?
search my heart
search my heart
and i'll be waiting
i'll be singing
"yahweh yahweh
yahweh yahweh
yahweh"
|
||||
5. |
i still know you
03:48
|
|||
my child i've been watching you
though at times i've turned my eyes away
i can't tell you what to do
i can't rescue you
when you say that you don't hear me
and i know you don't feel near me
i've walked with you a long, long way
through your valleys and wide open plains
i was always there
no one's ever cared for you
the way i do, oh
you don't recognize the face that you see
but you're still that little girl to me
when you would raise your hands to me
you knew you were free
but who's voice have you been hearing
and what lies have you been fearing
but i still know you
and you are still mine
when the ground around you shakes
and you have lost your way
i still love you even when
you don't know yourself
you don't know yourself
you don't know yourself
|
||||
6. |
death of a loved one
05:35
|
|
||
you, you have died
they have buried you outside
some they lay flowers down
others shake their heads as they pass by
as for me
i walk down to your grave
i trace my finger in your name
and all that they've engraved
they did not know you.
memories fade
and our hearts learn to behave
we know where to go
to fill in all the holes we have made
all of the things
that we wish we could have said
and all of the things
we wish we never did
i put you in a box
with all the things you made
all the things i could not throw away
i laid my head down on the lid
channeled everything you ever said
i will put you on the shelf
and go on by myself
in a world without you
i wasn't there
when they put you in the ground
i'd like to think
that you're still walkin' round
and when i see
you on the other side
will we still be the same
or will we have changed
i put you in a box
with everything you gave
all the things i could not throw away
i laid my head down on the lid
channeled every word you ever said
oh, i will put you on the shelf
and go on by myself
in a world where
i never met you
|
||||
7. |
follow that star
03:55
|
|
||
my king, my baby king this day
this day is born to men
to mend this broken world
wise men
they sought him for miles and
they brought him gifts of grandeur
raised their hands and sang
"he shall reign o'er the earth
and his name shall be
wonderful counselor
our wonderful counselor is here!"
it's he
the one to take away
the darkness of this day
and hardness of our hearts
a clean slate
the chance to start again
new hope--good will towards men
we've waited for so long
for the messiah! prince of peace
we come to you on bended knee
to gaze upon your face
and he shall tear the veil
and by his blood the christ prevails
and we shall be redeemed
follow that star
wherever you are
it will lead you home
to the throne of glory
start the journey
he will lead
if you just take the time
you will find him
you will find
my king
my baby king this day
this day is born to men
to mend this broken world
to mend this broken world
|
||||
8. |
i still know you (extro)
00:46
|
|
||
i still know you
and you are still mine
when the ground around you shakes
and you have lost your way
i still love you
even when
you don't know yourself
you don't know yourself
you don't know yourself
|
||||
9. |
|
|||
10. |
|
|||
11. |
|
|||
12. |
|
becky & friends Boston, Massachusetts
singer & songwriter becky piscitelli collaborates with jon cooke (illustrated manual) and katie cooke to create this folk-
pop/bluegrass album. all songs were written by becky and produced by jon.
"we went to wyoming" could be described as a mix of the vocals of dido or delores of the cranberries with the instrumentation of nickel creek married with alison krauss & union station.
... more
Streaming and Download help
becky & friends recommends:
If you like becky & friends, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp