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Christopher Black

by Christopher Black

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1.
To wake content may be our choice For joy is not required Guitar + Rhodes to start We need not fear our voice, no! There's nothing left to prove Though miles still to come - we know not their end The journey's just begun And we are younger, and we are younger, but we're not young Maybe we could be less concerned Making something of ourselves And seek to make ourselves into Something of gold The road is worn, yet still so unknown The story's ours to tell And we are older, and we are older, but we're not old The days ahead are ours and ours alone We are hopeful, we are hopeful, we are hopeful, but we're not home
2.
You got some nerve Coming back here tonight You got me wrong Coming just here to fight To let me down easy You still must tear apart all we were Listen up, listen good! You should go Maybe I can't forget you The least I can do is let us be All I have left to say to you Is, "no, no, no" You got some nerve Coming back here tonight You got me wrong Coming just here to fight You got some nerve Coming back here tonight You got me wrong Coming just here to fight
3.
So now I'm walking away You're gonna think what you want To think what you must To keep your head afloat Oh, we started so strong! ...to end up with no words I'm sad to go I'd hope the same for you It's well past time to heal I wish I could say we were fine I'd apologize But you'd never listen as I say: I gave up We weren't right And that's all it is Time goes on - can we choose to walk with it? Oh, these will be the last Words that I will waste To tell about All that we weren't
4.
You're never far from my eyes Left and right, it should be no surprise You're in the sunrise And always in the lion's way On the tip of my tongue you might not always be But you're never far from my eyes Though creep in the darkness may And oh, how I might lose my way Alive, still I stay Together I stand, set against the fall Into your eyes I might never look But you're never far from my eyes And where the contour of the earth meets the sky There, oh there shall meet our eyes
5.
Now I Know 04:38
No one's died from a case Of taking things too seriously: You might be the first And maybe dreams were made to haunt All your days and more Though I lie to your face constantly Please don't call the hearse What matters now: what I've been or done Or who I'm out to be? I used to think there was no such thing as home Now I know The hardest part of this all Is losing sight of who I once was And forgetting how to let you in so I Would know life once more I used to think there was no such thing as home Now I know I used to think there was no such thing as home Now I know your arms
6.
Now far too lately I've said I'm sorry but apologizing won't help me grow For you see, you're still much too close -- Far too close inside And you've disappeared For that I won't fault you And you've disappeared For that I won't fight you And we had our third and fourth And second chances to fight it out But to find ourselves back at the start Oh, we've broken it all down And you've disappeared For that I won't fault you And you've disappeared For that I won't fight you And you've disappeared For that I won't fight you I can't fight you anymore
7.
Life Goes On 03:50
"I thank you for your crime, but it's nothing to stay on my mind. And you can keep your clothes, just don't let me hear you groan" I cannot save you What more can we hope for? I'm home without faith for there are still tears in your days "Now what can we do, to save our hearts from you? We'll lay our bags down, and take our hope from the ground." I cannot save you What more can we hope for? I'm home without faith for there are still tears in your days
8.
1/30/11 04:04
And my good friend I was so surprised to hear of your departure There was so much unfinished When will I see you? When will I see you? When will I see you? And my good brother To think that you've left us behind I'm sorry that we may not share a laugh or night again When will you come home? When will you come home? When will you come home? And lastly, I hope that you are safe That you have found your way Along the road back home And we shall rejoice together soon And we shall rejoice together soon And we shall rejoice together soon

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released January 13, 2017

CB – guitars, vocals, viola, piano
Morgan Mecaskey – guitars, Rhodes, piano, vocals
Joel Negus – bass
Cass Jewell – drums
Marc Sutton – trumpet, flugelhorn
Chiara Fasani Stauffer – violin
Sam Hartman – French horn
Robert Nicholson – cello

Recorded by Cass Jewell at the Centrum Theater and Jim Stewart at Crushtone Studios in Cleveland, Ohio
Mixed by Jim Stewart at Crushtone Studios
Mastered by Dan Millice at Engine Room Audio

String arrangements by CB
Horn arrangements by CB and Steven Diaz
All songs written and produced by Christopher Wertime Black (SESAC)

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Christopher Black Raleigh, North Carolina

Steeped in folk, rock, and classical music, North Carolina-based singer/songwriter Christopher Black has led a varied career that has seen him as a solo opener for artists such as The Black Keys, Walk the Moon, and Minus the Bear, in addition to appearances on stage as a violinist at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts & MidPoint Music festivals. ... more

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