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In One Breath

by Owen Stroud

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last night I dreamed the world had ended
the end we never thought would come
the news of horror struck us heartsick
we knew the golden years were done

and we locked eyes from a distance
and wondered all that might have been
if I had kissed you when we first met
if you had dared to be my friend

and I sing it in one breath
like the wind that blows the pages
of birth and life and death
we read them through the ages
and we hold it like it was our own
while we’re only longing for our home

today I think of every birthday
years I’ve spent prolonging youth
the flower does not bloom forever
the mirror is the strongest proof
oh, and I wish I had a son to raise up
to love and teach him all I knew
to celebrate his very first step
to point him onwards in the truth

and I sing it in one breath
like the wind that blows the pages
of birth and life and death
repeating them through the ages

but I know that there is more
and I trust my Lord is waiting
to usher in a world
that doesn’t need explaining
and the earth will quake
and the sky will fill with lightnin’
the end of war and hate
oh He comes to make things right again
and I have peace, I have peace
I have peace to live and die

tonight I’ll sing myself to slumber
from every joy that I have known
for there’s no fear when I remember
the Love that has me in its hold

(and I sing it in one breath
like the wind that blows the pages
of birth and life and death)
oh we read them through through the ages
and we hold it like it was our own
and we hold it like it was our own
yes we hold this like it was our own
while we’re only longing for our home

credits

released January 17, 2019
Owen Stroud: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, Mellotron, AceTone, piano effects

Tyler Hutcherson: piano

Eddy Dunlap: pedal steel guitar

John Athayde: percussion

Joe Dickey: bass

John Kanu: cello

Produced by Owen Stroud. Recorded at White Star Sound (Louisa, VA) and in Nashville, TN. Mixed by Mark Nevers of Beech House Recording (Pawleys Island, SC). Mastered by Joe Hutchinson of Garage Masters (Nashville, TN). Lyrics & music to "In One Breath" © 2017 by Owen Stroud, Prairie Driver Songs (BMI).

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