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When We Wake, Until We Fall

by Daniel and the Sparrows

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The Mountain 02:59
As the City Sleeps below tonight Would you meet me here in the morning light Say to me in the midst of my fear Say anything so I'd know that you're near And higher and higher away we go 'Til the air grows thin and we begin to slow At the edge of this mountain with the sun in my reach This wall of doubt is about to be breached And I'll say what I know And you'll teach me the rest And I'll say what I know And I'll dream of this mountain in the valley of death I've walked on ice and I've walked on stone The cold came in through my skin to my bones But I'll wrestle with you 'til the morning light Though you've touched my hip I will put up a fight Time again I've begun to grow A little more angry and a little more cold But you've held to this cynic like the spring to the breeze When the ice melts away I'll be finally free
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We've all had dreams of heaven When we wake it feels like hell We're not brave enough to show it Too cowardly to flinch in the flame If we could only flaunt our stains So the only beauty left is love If we could only show our face And define our souls from above I believe the no one is to walk alone I can see if we look behind we'll turn to stone We are blind like racing horses We are blind to his love And she can see right now That there is peace for her She's alive This unspeakable truth That unreasonable tear So she struggles beneath the surface of her skin Only visible to him Even when the world is blind Even when there is no light Smile into the face of God Awaken those lost in the dark
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'Til We Fall 04:51
Several years ago When I was young, I would know That in the morning glow When my cheeks were cold, the air was gold If I went too far Across the field and to the sea Will you meet me there Though I've caused so much pain As we grow older Our hearts get colder Don't slow me down And we lose focus Our eyes grow darker Until we fall We fall In this time of self reflection The water is calm, there is now wind But beneath the mirror lake Your crying eyes across from mine
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Take over my poor heart Make it rich with love Save it from the dark let it rise above me If I say let me go, call my bluff Even if I lay all my cards down in a royal flush I've figured it out one day You knew my hand You read me like a map Writing in the sand When you came into my life, I pushed you out And when we struggled in the dark, you changed my heart And though my heart is in a mess I find there is love there is love There is love
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Oh My God 03:48
I didn't mind you sitting right beside me You didn't mind my hand And I said “Oh my God!” I don't understand her Cause she didn't seem to care It was raining outside but the storm was deep inside me Greater than the ocean's tide No one else could see our hands beneath the sheets But We couldn't seem to hide And I said “Oh my God!” Where are you taking me? Oh my Lord Her love is like the sea It's coming over me The first time you met my father and my mother I asked your hand be given me My father said, “accidents could happen” Accidents like you apparently A few weeks later the first of January We took to the skies that day And I forgot to get down on my knees but I said yes anyway
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Bury Me 03:36
Oh my friends, what have we sacrificed Have we pinned our lives against a dying tree Can you feel though you cannot see Will you recognize the man who set you free Bury me in a place far away from home Where no one knows my name or where I've been Oh my love, how could we separate You've taken all the heat and I've replaced them with these lights So I called out of the silent cold And you replied with the flame That I could never hold Oh my mind begins to wander Straying out from the shadows I pray my heart will follow soon See I've seen your face through the looking glass You beckon me to enter fast Welcome to a brave new world And I'll send you regards from the other side
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I am Lost 03:44
I've traded the stars for street lights and cars And though this roads familiar I don't know where we are These maps and signs they lead me back to you My pride has led me a hundred miles In the wrong direction Is it too late to turn around Am I far too gone to recognize Where I am without you I am lost, Oh I am lost Now I've seen the light but it's blinded me oh no I saw you in the garden where innocents was lost I saw you in our battles Trading your life for the cost And still the world thinks your wasting time The only place where I could see myself grow Is the place the world forbids The place that I don't know All I know is that I have lost my way I'll stay awake for awhile I'll stay awake for now
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There's a common need that we all share Like bread and wine and love and air It may be free but it's a price that we can't pay Here's a question never asked Are you more than your painted past You may be free but you're behind your phantom bars Hold your gaze a little longer Hold your gaze a little higher The sun with all its promises Will keep its word for but an hour And when it sleeps, silent demons come For the sun is merely smoke and shadows When seen beside the greater light A light that always rises but never sets He'll strip us of our stars that turn our eyes away
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Light 06:06
Child Go ahead and breathe Go ahead and feel the leaves beneath your naked feet Love Open up your eyes Not only to see the light But to share it with the dark Drink Drink to the life that's tied us to the groom who's called us To be His chosen bride Sing Though there isn't a song that captures the breadth of His love the weight of His despair If we have Been through the waters There should be Light Where there are shadows in our lives There should be Light We have fallen in the dark we're painted to be painters too children of the light believe Though there's cause to doubt That everything will be beautiful In His patient time

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released December 18, 2014

Daniel Lim: Lead vocals, Background vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, and percussions
Stephanie Lim: Vocals for “Oh My God” and “The Sun with All its Promises”
Gabrielle Torres: Vocals for “The Sun with All its Promises” and “If Our Hearts are Midnight”
Ayanda Khumalo: Drums for “If Our Hearts are Midnight”, “The Mountain”, “Take Over My Poor Heart”, and “Light”
Dennis Tng: Drums for “Bury Me”
Eric Reyes: Piano on “If Our Hearts are Midnight”, “The Mountain”, “Till We Fall”, and “Light”, and Vocals for “If Our Hearts are Midnight”
Dominic Soon: Keys for “Bury Me”
Immanuel Aziz: Electric guitar for “Light” and Bass for “The mountain”
Matt Swanton: Electric Guitar for “Bury Me”
Isaiah Nichols: Bass for “Take Over My Poor Heart” and “Light”
Gregory Low: Bass for “Bury Me”
Jasmine Sims: Spoken word for “If Our Hearts are Midnight”
Anna-Marie Henry: Vocals for “The Sun with All its Promises”
Elmer Bernardo: Percussions for “The Sun with All its Promises”
Eunchan Lee: Cello for “If Our Hearts are Midnight” and “Light”
The Village: Choir for “If Our Hearts are Midnight”

Special Thanks to:
Firstly, I would like to say thank you to my Wife, for supporting and bearing with the artist in me. Next, to The Village, for lending me their voices and humor when I needed it most, thank you. While it only amounted to one song in the whole album, the people involved in the Philippines tour have played a big part in the development of both my music and this album. Thank you Anna Marie Henry, Gabrielle Torres, Elmer Bernardo, Christer de Silva, the Covita family, the Torrez Family, and UBC, particularly Eugene Talusan. My greatest gratitude goes out to Reidar Fostervold and Ryan McConnaughay for being directly involved in the technical production of this album. Finally, to God, for giving me the skills and passion to write and sing, and to my family, for raising me well.

All songs written and composed by Daniel Lim except for "If Our Hearts are Midnight" by Jasmine Sims, and "The Sun with All Its Promises" by Daniel Lim, Gabrielle Torres, Stephanie Lim, and Anna-Marie Henry.
Recorded, mixed, and produced by Daniel Lim
Mastered by Ryan McConnaughay
Visuals by Reidar Fostervold

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Daniel and the Sparrows is a Christian songwriter who uses music and storytelling to live and breathe his faith- "Show the world that we stand together broken but whole".

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