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Where Trees Once Stood

by Daniel and the Sparrows

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1.
These houses burn bright Sending fickle rays of light into the sky Like dying stars So it goes with us You and I both are alive But for a moment But for a silent heartbeat We light the skies We are all still idealistic from our youth Oh we do not know Where we will go Or where we will end up If we go down this road If we keep on walking In the light of this dream That's been burning to the ground Come my heart, come my soul, come and wake from this spell Come and stand where our spirits fell When I was yours to take And your grace was there for me to take for granted So I did The crowd that created my muse was standing in the way To your side While I was climbing There is light at the end of this fall Come my heart, come my soul, come and wake from this spell Come and stand where our spirits fell Come my pain, come sorrow, come and die in the well There will be new life where our spirits fell
2.
Will I find you in this forest Under shadows, do you hide Will I see the light through the leaves and through the scars that mark my side When you walk with me through fear why do I feel so alone oh God of my doubt, you are still, God of this world And in spite of my discontentment You challenge me to kneel But even as my knees begin to bleed I hear you say Where is your great faith my child Where is the seed I placed in you oh God of my doubt, you are still, my gardener And I can sense the rain is coming I can smell it in the air You tell me to stand firm against the wind that levels the land I am but a temporal flower in a place where trees once stood Oh God of my doubt, you are still, God of this fool I am but a broken man A contradiction to your love Oh God of my doubt, you are still, God of this heart
3.
We are gardens, where the Lord once dwelled in Born from the earth our breath was the wind So it goes we became like barren empty lands Trading our living earth for the dust in the sand There is a farmer who walks the land The ground beneath meets the seed in his hand We are clay we are vessels for beauty But do our roots reach deep enough for us to stand If you believe that we were meant for more then look above and realize We could be trees that are planted by the river flowing from the source of life Now we are the children, we are the heirs to the city that's shining like a star on a hill Though we are shadows of our Father's land We've got to change the soil for the seeds in our hands If you could see all the love in our Father's eyes Then you will know that to live you must die Here on this earth we are one and the same Feeling each other's joy, the sunshine and the rain We are gardens We are gardens full of life We are gardens We are going to survive
4.
Lead me off the weathered path Take me to the place where crowds begin to pass I can hear the river rushing on its way But I'm not going anywhere until you're here I've had a dream about this place Where broken wood came alive, my soul will turn to face the trees were walking like people this broken life begins to sing in second part And you've painted the inner walls of my heart (x2) Into the woods Where you broke the frozen castles of my heart And when you found there's nothing left in me but sorrow you said child, my arms are bigger than your throne and on my face, your hand is warm Our broken hearts amidst the grass Reflecting grace like the dawn that's breaking across against the glass We've got to turn towards the light It's a dangerous place inside when you're alone
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This is the first project of its kind for Daniel and the Sparrows. Being by far the most expensive, ambitious, and fun endeavor I've ever attempted, "Where Trees Once Stood" epitomizes my (and dare I say our) philosophy in music. Keeping the rough and edgy feel of a live performance, this EP tries to tie both the religiously liturgical and spatial aspect of music with the geographically transcendent power of digitally recorded audio. While it's not completely "pure" (we've had to layer over a few instruments and vocals), this work is very much live and raw.

The entire set was filmed and can be watched at this link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VHY6YYhln0&list=PLsDEf4FyqfOh1YAdkKXxK7Fjml83gjmuC

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released May 24, 2015

All songs written and composed by Daniel Lim (except for the outro)

Arrangements by Daniel Lim and Joshua Lee

Musicians
Daniel Lim (Guitar and Vocals), Stephanie Lim (Guitar), Joshua Lee (Piano and Celeste), Song Kim (Cello), Sylvia Robin (Violin), Tyler Blohm (Double Bass), Isaiah Nichols (Drums), Matthew Casiple (Trombone and Harmonica)

Audio
All songs mixed and mastered by Ryan McConnaughay

Videography
Head videographer: Pavel Adamek
Camera men: Reidar Fostervold, James Hasdak, Joe Straw

Special Thanks
Joe Manning, Gabrielle Torres, Jessica Lenning, Victoria Kim

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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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