Name: Slowly Born
Duration: P00H04M43S
Description: Inspired by a quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (See chorus) as I wrestled with the loss of our Great Grandfather and the effect it had on our family, this song was... for a lack of better words, slowly born.

Slowly Born

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Inspired by a quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (See chorus) as I wrestled with the loss of our Great Grandfather and the effect it had on our family, this song was... for a lack of better words, slowly born.

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Dressed in black, loosening my shirt and tie
Howard’s dead, and I can’t cry
Stories told but no one knew him like I did
Ninety-three, his best friend was me

It’s in my blood, to get lost trying
To be underground and think I’m flying
How many years before I learn to let you go
I still can’t sleep, I hear you in the room below

Changing will lead to the unknown and the unknown is painful
But necessary, so necessary. Close your eyes decide to truly live.

A single event awakens within us a stranger unknown
To live our lives is to slowly be born
A single event can change us into a broken soul alone
To live our lives is to slowly be born

I find myself at the end
The end of all the light I see
I find myself unwilling
Unwilling to step out into a world unseen

A question arises "If I step will my feet be met?”
Eyes closing, deciding I’d rather die than never truly live

A single event awakens within us a stranger unknown
To live our lives is to slowly be born
A single event can change us into a broken soul alone.
To live our lives is to slowly be born
To live our lives is to slowly be born

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from Maltby, released November 16, 2017

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