Name: The Tree Beyond the Fire
Duration: P00H03M28S
Description: This song is about a lady I met who had the grace and strength to forgive and reconcile with a man who murdered her son. The process of writing this song was a painful and healing process at the same time and I'm glad I get to share this with the world.

The Tree Beyond the Fire

from The Tree Beyond the Fire by Daniel and the Sparrows

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This song is about a lady I met who had the grace and strength to forgive and reconcile with a man who murdered her son. The process of writing this song was a painful and healing process at the same time and I'm glad I get to share this with the world.

lyrics

today we see what is in our hearts
no it ain't pretty but it's beautiful
it is freedom, the way she forgives

A single boat in a hurricane storm
at the mercy of the sea
searching ever more for the shore

The tree beyond the fire is green
The tree beyond the fire is green

pray for a monster by its name
and he'll become a man of faith
then every breath he takes will be life

God takes a picture from the sky
with his polaroid and tries
to let the slide fall into our hands

The tree beyond the fire is green
The tree beyond the fire is green
The tree beyond the fire is green
The tree beyond the fire is green
He is more alive than the demons behind a man
He is more alive when you forgive
God takes a picture from the sky
with his polaroid and tries
to let the slide fall into our hands
and only when the colours come
do we see, like a blinding flash,
the truth that finally sets our spirits free
We are all but murderers
we are all but running thieves
The tree beyond the fire is green
The tree beyond the fire is green

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from The Tree Beyond the Fire, released May 16, 2012
Rachel Olney for her AMAZING violin playing

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Daniel and the Sparrows Chicago, Illinois

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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