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Canvas of Sky

by Paul Demer

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1.
What is this you say? There’s a world beyond our own Outside of all we’ve seen But still as close as here and now Where the sun will never set And winters turn to spring Where there’s hope that we could change And allay the war inside I still believe it’s true That everyday we’re created new and This life is not our own When we realize that we’re bound for home What is this you say? There’s a world beyond our own And we travel through vast seas Under your canvases of sky To a land beyond compare Where the poor will finally feast With the sinners and the saints As every tribe and tongue confess
2.
Soaring 04:14
I get so scared of losing all I’ve gained But the things I cling to keep weighing me down I feel remorse at the thought of letting go But when I breathe it out I breathe you in We’re soaring on the updraft With melodies flooding our lungs Singing songs never heard before In harmonies never sung Time is gone, now is all we have And all we’ll ever need Let go of all you can do without And learn to just believe These worries and doubts have my feet chained to the floor And the things I cling to are still holding me down Sometimes I fear the vast and brilliant sky But when I just let go I float away Let go now Let go now Wings open (and hearts wide) The time is now But there are so many miles before dawn (the road is long) Keep holding on Keep holding on
3.
Neutrino 03:08
As independence grows I find myself drifting away from you Stumbling towards the light I still can’t do this alone We look all around But we still don’t find what we’re looking for We look up and down When the truth is right in front of us I am nothing without you But my pride wants to tell me otherwise I am nothing without you So make me small again I tried to buy escape But the more I have the emptier I feel Been wasting so much time Searching for fools gold We look on the inside But we still don’t see the way to go We look for a guide When you’re the star ahead of us Give me child-like eyes Give me child-like faith
4.
Suspension 03:51
Pages, silent but waiting to say Old words, sung in some new way Voices, blank but begging to tell In stories new, old stories well There’s a space untold There’s a line to cross Look and behold Who could ever relay Beauty of infinite measure You were called to create Take hold of suspension Mountains, soaring higher than clouds Hear the echo of silence and sounds just as loud Lights rise in the east and fall in the west As pitch climbs still from trough to crest Find the shore unseen Feel the life that waits In the in between Can you tell me of the other side? Are these the answers or just a waste of my time? Can I find myself in these songs of mine?
5.
Your flower is withering I can see it in your eyes Your frame is quivering From too many failed tries And when the night begins The truth becomes disguised You want out but you’re stuck within Waging wars on the inside Open your eyes The pain you feel is temporary Don’t compromise I know someday you’ll see the other side It’s hard to see the stars When your head’s down in the dirt And when your heart’s ajar The small things start to hurt “Where are you?”
6.
The Window 03:39
You said that you would never leave But I seem to convince myself otherwise And I fall victim to worry and regret But you’re still calling me back “Perfect love casts out fear” I will not be afraid Of the things that might come my way Because you knew all my days Before I even opened my eyes Help me plot my course through these changing times Cause I often lose sight of where to go Help me hear your still small voice echo in my ear Let me see that this life is more than me And I will not be ashamed Of the things I did yesterday Cause you claimed me through grace Before I even opened my eyes
7.
Birthday 02:33
One year to twenty and I thought that things would be different But my indifference is still turning a blind eye To the struggling world that sleeps outside my bedroom window And the groaning creation awaiting a day when all these things will be made new It seems so strange that we start our lives as others reach their end But this circular life will always spin Still, it’s hard sometimes Must we say goodbye for now? So here we go, we ride upon the wind Never knowing as to which way we might blow So we dance to rhythm of the stars Will you show me the direction and lead me home again?
8.
Constant 04:07
One step forward Then two steps back I’ve come to see there is a pattern The sky is cloudy The stars obscured Why can’t I seem to stay on target? You are all that’s constant in my life And you turn my dark to light You’re everything that’s right But still I run away And leave you at arms length When you’re my only source of strength Still there’s nothing I can say or do To escape from you The things I’ve leaned on The ones I’ve loved Fall and fade as time goes on But you are different You’re always there I feel your presence in the air I breathe
9.
The tides roll in Tearing down what we built up The sun is going down The day is done And nothing is in place Nothing in its truest form We stumble in the dark Looking for light You are turning this world around One day at a time You are giving us eyes to see So we can find you I tremble at the thought That all this could be falling down But when my strength is gone That’s where you come Help me find you In my darkest days when all seems to be lost Help me hear you when you call You are turning my life around One day at a time You are spinning me upside down So I can find you
10.
Run 03:21
These moving waters grow so shallow The currents turn to pools A burning fire is glowing in the distance But the flame is growing cool We run into the same old walls And nothing’s gonna break our fall Unless we take a leap of faith And drop these false pretenses We will run but never move at all When we were young we took all chances We ran and burned and tried These memories burn like candles on a canvas But are we still alive

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released June 10, 2014

All songs written by Paul Demer (BMI) except “Suspension” written by Paul Demer (BMI) & Graham Jones (BMI)

Produced by Paul Demer & Tom Demer
Mixed & Mastered by Karl Demer (atomick.com)

Design by Stephen Floyd

Paul Demer – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Viola
Josh Jessup – Drums on “The Window”
Ben Jessup – Bass on “Soaring”
Annalise Kean – Cello on “Maybe All is Not Lost”
Cynthia Thorne – Harmony vocals on “Maybe All is Not Lost”
Preston Eastwood, Paul-David Key, Nick Johnson & Justin Hull – Gang vocals on “Soaring”

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