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The Alchemist

by Daniel and the Sparrows

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There's a light at the end of this tunnel It could be headlights or sunshine We're heading straight towards a collision There's no turning back to the dark No turning from the light
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Verse1 To anywhere she will follow you But not to the deepest corners of her heart I will never know If she fell or if she always had both feet Planted on the ground Verse2 Well I’ve never claimed to have the answers But I know deep in my soul this to be true I’ll never be able To show the logic or the beauty to be found Far above the ground Chorus Have you seen it all Are these wonders getting old Is your life meant for more Will you live before you’re cold You may never know it all Or see what lies beyond the wall But you will find your soul alive With both feet off the ground Verse3 Are there voices that you’ve ignored Much to the perils and the pitfalls you’ve yet seen I can never tell If you’ve ever felt the wonder of the love That found you on the ground Bridge Will you ever realize that the nature of faith is that you See only one step ahead of you
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Verse1: I have gone I have gone too far again By my words And the things I left unsaid I have sailed into the storm Fought the wind til’ my sails were torn But for one more time I will turn this ship to shore Chorus: Oo— oh I will not be moved Oo— oh Til’ the break of day And for one more time You will lose this war for me Verse2: I have gained A false impression of my worth But on the way I discovered unfailing love Though I fail to understand All the melodies of your plan For one more time Will you sing that song for me You’ll lose this war Oo — oh And I’ll lose myself And for one more time You will lose this war for me
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Room to Grow 03:16
Verse1: Have you been walking Barefoot and broken Have you been living a nightmare but never waking I know it’s hard to believe Amidst all the noise that deceive That your life is a life worthy of love Verse2: Have you been told You’re meant to be sold That there is no value in you So wait in the cold Maybe this world is a place Where no one remembers your face But your home is a home far from here Chorus: Oh Child of God Like a tree by the stream Whose roots reach far below Your spirit’s anchored in a hope And it gives you room to grow Verse3: The water is sweet In the well that is deep This spring that has welled up inside is for you to keep Don’t you let it get dry Don’t be afraid when you cry There is life where streams overflow Bridge: O-o-o There is love set apart for you O-o-o There is hope set deep in truth Maybe you’re lost in the wind Maybe you try but it doesn’t get better O-o-o There is beauty because of you O-o-o So look to the sun cause there’s room to grow O-o-o So look to the sun cause there’s room to grow
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Verse1: How many times have I lost My cards in this game I’m living How many times have I tried it on my own Only to find that I needed You all along Only to find that I needed You all along Verse2: How many days have I spent Wishing I were made stronger How many weeks have I wasted on myself Only to find you were strong in me all along Only to find you were strong in me all along Chorus: So I’m letting go of the things that hinder All the baggage that weigh down my heart Don’t you let these failures define you You’re a child of light from the dark Verse3: How many seasons have I lost control And time and again you guide me home How many reasons will I give on the issue Only to find that You’ve heard it all before Only to find that You’ve heard it all before Bridge: So maybe then I could be free Maybe everything could be beautiful If I could only focus on The things that matter to you Things that matter to you Are things that matter to me
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Verse1: Our eyes are dark We’ve lost our sense of wonder Maybe if we turned off these lights We’d see the stars again Verse2: We’d drive for miles To get away from this noise But we’ll never be free from these voices in our heads Chorus1: You said meet Me by the shore Don’t look at your neighbor beside you It’s you and I alone This story is your own Leave your world beneath the waves as you rise above the surface Verse3: Our souls are trapped Inside a mess of skin and bones The only way to freedom is death to ourselves Verse4: So take a breath And take a walk to the river Put both feet in the water and be swept away Chorus2: I don’t know If I will end up on dry ground again I don’t know And I don’t mind if I’ll never be the same again If I’ll never be the same again Bridge: Come to the river, Come to the river Come to the river, Come to the river Come to the river, Come to the river
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Verse1: So many times I’ve been afraid Of falling over the edge I guess I know But in my head and not in my heart That I’ve always been falling Verse2: But don’t give me wings I don’t have it in me to fly Just give me my measure of patience To wait for you To lift my soul from this tired shell And join You in the sky Chorus1: Like a dream with the terror of a nightmare I give up control My pride and self-reliance will burn from my bones All that’s left all that stays in this life will turn to gold I give up all this lead in my heart To the Alchemist of my soul Verse3: So You come like a roaring lion You’re all I fear and all I love Tear away All the dead skin that clings to my back Though I bleed and though I burn Chorus2: In the shallow of these nail pierced hands I’m justified In Your arms like a raging furnace I’m purified Though I bleed, though I burn, though I cry out Don’t you let me go Though this heart in my chest has turned to stone You won’t let me go cold So please take all this weight in my heart For Your hands to hold
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Verse1: Don’t look any further than me ‘Cause I’m afraid of what you might find Come with your eyes tightly shut Oh God I hope this surprise is gonna be good Verse2: Leave your restlessness behind Believe it or not this is our great adventure Don’t you fret about the past Or all who’ve tried and failed before Chorus: Oh maybe I won’t find a place That we could call home That we could call our own No matter where we lay our heads You are my refuge and you’re my escape Verse3: Walk this lonely road with me Don’t stop ‘cause there’s no place I’d rather be Towns and cities come and go Oh Lord I know this life is gonna be good Bridge: I don’t know where the wind will take us Our sails are tangled our kite string broken I don’t see a new beginning Just the curtains falling and the spotlight fading Yea Outro: Don’t look any further than me Well I’m not afraid of what I might find
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Verse1: If you should feel That darkness is your friend Only because you’ve never seen the light And if you should steal Quietly away And chose to keep your scars out of sight Verse2: When evil men Demons in the night Come to you with sweet and heartless words Rest assured We are on the march into the dark Chorus: Don’t feel alone God longs to be with you Sing to the night For the love that finds you where you are Verse3: If tears should find Their way out of your skin Through anywhere else but your eyes If teeth should grind Against the carnal pain Shame that haunts you through the night Verse4: If you should kill Your spirit day by day Letting your dreams and visions bleed you dry But stand assured That we are on the run into the dark Bridge: Take the step towards the child who’s living through perpetual hell Take the stand against the profane of women chained to beds of pain Take a leap of faith into the hearts of dreamers cut in two Take away our apathy and push our pride into the sea Outro: And run into the dark Run into the dark Into the dark(x4)
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The Alchemist album is an ode to the journey we take when we accept the fatal call to follow Christ. We all begin our journey with a heart of lead - we begin with unbelief. Inevitably, we must die to ourselves in order for God to make something beautiful out of us- gold.

I drew inspiration from my own experiences and took the entire project as an exercise to stand in awe of the changes God has made in me. My hope is that whoever listens to this album will be as challenged as I was to live a life in this reality - a reality of freedom from our old selves.

As a highlight, songs such as “Come to the River” talk about the turning point of our salvation or perhaps for some, the point of surrender in order to reconcile with “The Alchemist”, or become gold.

The flow of the album moves from dark to light and ends with the challenge to take that light back to the dark. Hence, we end with one of our most cherished songs- “Run Into the Dark”. Our call, our action, as a church is a necessary indication of the completeness of our salvation (James).

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released November 23, 2018

Singers: Stephanie Autumn Lim (Don't Look any Further than Me), Hannah Thompson (Come to the River, The Alchemist Live, and From the Dark), Alli Goble (Run into the Dark), Anton Kompare (Lose this War)
Cello and Drums: Anton Kompare (Run into the Dark, Lose this War)
Keys: Josh Lee (Run into the Dark)
Lead Vocals, Guitars, Ukulele, Synth instruments and drums: Daniel Lim
All songs except "This New Beginning is You" (by Caleb Tolleson) were written, produced, mixed, and mastered by Daniel Lim.
Album art by Lin Hamann

Special thanks to:
OneWay Studios
ChapelStreet Church
Wheaton Gospel Choir
Caleb Benjamen Tolleson

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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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