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The Perils, The Grace and The Way

by Rob Halligan

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Let It Go 04:37
I know your trouble And I've seen you fight A thousand times I wept the tears you cry I tried to reach you but you run and hide And your barbed wire fences are just to high If I could I tare them down for you If I could Oh i would let it go Let it go Tare it down I want to see your sky Let it go Tare it down Take your life and Fly I see you dancing Like a puppet to a tune And I've tasted of that bitter fruit I seen your darkness Oh I've seen that blinding night And i turned away from that perfect light If I could I'd break these chains for you If I could Oh I would let it go
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Shaggy 03:35
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Grace 04:34
Your grace is what I need When heaviness surrounds me And the world is closing in And I need some space to breathe Your grace is what I need When doubt tries to confound me And everything is wrong Your grace is what I need And I find it here when I’m standing with you And I see it here in what I see you do And I know it’s real when I’m with the people you love And I know you’re here And I know you’re God Your love is what I need When I’m scared of what they’re thinking And there’s nowhere I can run And I’m standing on my own Your love is what I need When my confidence is sinking And everything’s been done Your love is what I need
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If I had a pen to write The words I want to say It would be a pen that writes With fire on the page If I had a book with pages Filled with words of fire It would be a book that tells Of all my hearts desire And all the breaking And all the longing To be with you You wrote your name On my heart And it’s still there Now all I want in my heart Is to know you there If I had a heart that opened For the world to see They would see a tide of love Washing over me And If I had the strength to ride That wave to where you are I would gladly ride that wave No matter how far Until it breaks Until it takes me Back to you
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Jerusalem 03:39
I woke up this morning And none of the news was good. Death machines were rumbling across the ground where Jesus stood. And the man on my tv told me It had always been this way And there was nothing that no one could do or say And I almost listened to him And I almost lost my mind Then I regained my senses again And looked into my heart to find That I believe that one fine day All the children of Abraham Will lie down their swords forever In Jerusalem Maybe I'm only dreaming Or maybe I'm just a fool But I don't remember learning how to hate in Sunday school But somewhere along the way I strayed And I never looked back again But I sometimes find some comfort now and then Then the storm comes rumbling in And I can't lay me down And the drums they're drumming again And I can't stand the sound And believe that one fine day The lion and the lamb Will lie down in peace togetherin Jerusalem And there'll be no barricades And there'll be no barbed wire walls And we can wash all the blood from our hands And the hatred from our souls And I believe that one fine day The lion and the lamb Will lie down in peace together In Jerusalem
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What does it mean to believe what I believe When I'm surrounded by a world That doesn’t like what I'm doing What does it mean to believe what I believe If I'm gonna stand by what I say I believe is true So many words around That make the sounds of difference But words are not enough When belief calls for commitment It's a dangerous thing To live what you believe What does it mean when I fail to be the man I try so hard to be And you see me for what I am What does it mean when doubt makes me retreat And I can't find the strength I need To stand up and beat it It's not hard to compromise And take the easy option But living lies wont satisfy When truth can't be forgotten End Taking up your cross Is a dangerous thing It'll be the end of life as you know it Leaving everything What does it mean to believe what I believe When what I say is not the way The world would want to see it
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I read the email that you sent today I know you find it hard when I'm away But our love reaches across the miles You said that you missed me and was I ok There was no news, you just needed to say Our love reaches across the miles Just like in the old songs that made us smile It's true that I think about you all the while And the only good thing about being away Is coming home to you I dream of you smiling in you special way And hear your voice knowing the right words to say And our love reaching across the miles I could write back saying I'm missing you But those words wont tell you what I'm going though But our love reaches across the miles
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Meet Me 04:15
D I'll walk the road of love for you A Take the cross in all I do Bm I will stand among the few G On the road of love D I will cross the line for you A Run the race I know is true Bm I'll do all that I must do G To cross the line D A So meet me at the foot of the tree Bm And we'll climb to the top and we'll see G The places we can be when we're free D When we climb Out of the worlds blackest night From darkness into light We wont stop until we're right Out of this world So meet me at the foot of the tree And we'll climb to the top and we'll see The places we can be when we're free When we climb I'll take you by the heart and we'll go To places further on up the road

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released February 21, 2011

Recorded by Graeme Duffin, Sandy Jones and Rob Halligan at The Foundry Music Lab, Motherwell.

Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars - Rob Halligan
Electric, Slide and acoustic guitars, Programming - Grame Duffin
Bass, Keyboards and Programming - Sandy Jones
Double Bass - Si Hayden
Bass guitar on Let It Go - Ian Farquhar
Additional Guitars on Across the Miles - Chris Hunt

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Award winning international artist who has worked with Graeme Duffin,Sandy Jones (Wet Wet Wet), Bob Halligan Jr (Judas Priest, Cher), After The Fire, and Paul Evans (Delirious). He has appeared on BBC Radio 2, BBC1 TV, ITV’s Daybreak and many local radio stations. ... more

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