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Knife and Novice (Dear I'm On The Way)

from Threadbare Heart by Balla Dear

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This song relates my dealings with the church. Sometimes people do more harm to other people, with good intentions and no love. Sometimes harm can be done with lots of love and no boundaries. Countless people are burned by 'the church' everyday. The real question is, will you blame God for that? Or will you become bitter? Or will you rise up to the challenge, and forget about the ones around you, who would tear you to pieces. Spend some time in the wilderness, spend some time on the rock, be fed with the bread of life.

Mastered by Bruce Neher at Disc & Dat

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I was headed down the slope
A knife and novice on a rope
I made my way and went awry
Wondering just when did I die

All the king's men turned away
They didn't care to bear the day
Into the fray I cast my soul
With hope and love upon the knoll

Dear I'm on the way, coming home today
Dear I long for exile from these bones
Dear I'm on the way, coming home today
Dear I long to rest in your repose today

On the rock I laid my life
For my children and my wife
So they would enter by the gate
and sing a song of happy fate

Dear I'm on the way, coming home today
Dear I long for exile from these bones
Dear I'm on the way, coming home today
Dear I long to rest in your repose today

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from Threadbare Heart, track released January 10, 2014

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Songs born out of trial and triumph, Balla Dear explores the dichotomy of the human condition, the physical and the spiritual. From deep in the heart of central Arkansas, Balla Dear muses in the medium of Southern Folk, Country Gospel, and Folk Ballad. The themes are evident; peace and solace amidst one's own undoing. Sacrificial love is by far the greatest gift among men. ... more

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