Who?

from Angel Food by Sarahtonin

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I just started playing this one day in 1976 on an old thumbtacked piano , and the line, "Who are we all praying to?" came to me. I wrote the rest of the lyrics recently so I could finally record it after all these years.

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Who?

Give us hope, give us peace, ease our pain
Give us light, give us fire, bring the rain
Let it fall
Keep the old green world
Rolling 'round and 'round
Stars without a sound
Till the day of reckoning
Comes to call

Give us time, give us place, let us be
Keep us well, make us whole, set us free
Free to love
All the world's beauty
Trying to hold it all inside
Long enough to hide
Long enough to face the void
Up above

Who are we all praying to?
For all we know it's me and you
Behind the veil
Only shadows behind the veil

World gone mad, mad as hell, save us now
Love is loss, love is hard, show us how
Shine a light
In the dark places where we hide our fright
Strong enough to fight
Strong enough to be alone in the night

Only shadows

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from Angel Food, released February 16, 2022
Snappy drumming - Ryan McPhaill
Laughter - unknown children from the internet
Everything else - S J Burke

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Sarahtonin Portland, Oregon

Sarah Jane Burke began playing piano at age five. She had a handful of piano lessons, but is mostly self-taught. She took up guitar at about age 11, mostly inspired by The Beatles, and other "British Invasion" acts. She began writing songs at around age 12, playing in bands at 13, and by 17, she'd taught herself to compose full scores. She's been composing, recording, and performing ever since. ... more

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