Be Still (Lament)

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Wrote and sang this song when I got back from my dad's funeral back in 2003. A lot of emotion swirling around... took me over 10 years just to revisit it! Not all songs are upbeat.

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Adrian J Pratt

Songwriter, Singer, Rock, Pop, Folk, Funk, Punk, Christian, Contemporary, 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's, 10s, 20s, covers, experiments, doodles and oodles of fun!

Introducing the greatest talent ever to emerge from the orange bedroom at my parents house. I play guitar like.... well, like a guy playing guitar. I tickle ivories. I twiddle on the computer. I sometimes enjoy beans on toast for breakfast. And in the cracks between the eating, sleeping, laughing, crying, working, breathing experience that is my life there sometimes slips out songs like these.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic General

Charts

Peak #59

Peak in subgenre #19

Rights

Adrian J Pratt December 11 2003

Uploaded

February 17, 2024

Track Files

MP3

MP3 12.4 MB • 320 kbps • 5:26

Lossless

WAV 89.5 MB

Story behind the song

A lament for the death of my parents.

Lyrics

Be Still
(Adrian J Pratt December 11 2003)

Everything I ever wanted but no time to make it my own
Surrounded by those who love me but feeling so alone
I built my life on solid things that they said would carry me
Yet I am traveling through these days running on empty

Oh, Oh, be still my soul... Be still
Oh, Oh, be still my soul... Be still

I'm not trying to understand it, or pretending it's not real
"Papering over cracks and holes" describes the way I feel
People see me smiling and they think that I'm O.K.
But for me it's just one of those ways I make it through the day

Oh, Oh, be still my soul... Be still
Oh, Oh, be still my soul... Be still

For the former things have passed away... Be still
And there will be no more pain on that day... Be still
There will be no more tears on that day... Be Still
And we'll understand as we dance with joy
That there are things that death can not destroy

It's impossible to capture, the song playing in my heart
Singing out these deep felt words stops me falling apart
I'm going to miss you, in ways I cannot comprehend
It's sad but true, even the greatest things have their end

Oh, Oh, be still my soul... Be still
Oh, Oh, be still my soul... Be still

Be still, Be still, Be still, Be still

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