Name: Redemption
Duration: 3 min 11 s
Channel: James M. Gregg

Redemption

James M Gregg

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James M Gregg

Singer/songwriter from Portland Oregon.

I am a singer/songwriter, guitarist, pianist and vocalist from Portland Oregon. My training is actually in jazz trumpet and orchestral conducting, and my background in jazz history, theory and improvisation, but I love dabbling in just about everything musical.

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Brit Pop

Charts

Peak #294

Peak in subgenre #10

Author

James M. Gregg

Rights

2006 Rioghal Music

Uploaded

January 22, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 4.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:11

Lyrics

If a paperback falls open
On chapters I remember I had tried to tear out
But I couldn't grip the pages 
And pull with all my strength on the words that said
This is what your life is about
 
If a photograph falls face down
And hides the empty secrets I had tried to cut out
But I couldn't hold the scissors
And cut a blackened hole on my face
I screamed "this can't be what life is about"
 
Now there is no better time
To be way out of line 
With the notion things should stay the same
It's never been less important
To lie sleeping dormant
Like the mountains we made
Of our valleys and plains
 
Take a chair and hear the story
Of failures and redemption we both know leave a scar
Hard to swallow all deception
And find a hidden truth in the words that say
This has been your life so far
 
Now there is no better time
To be gentle and kind
And to take the time to find a way
It's never been less attractive
To be hyperactive
Like the storms that we made
Of all our mistakes

Now you will find me on
Roads moving on
There will be no standing by
I want to believe in us
So when you can trust
We can give another try
I'll be there waiting to write
The story of our old life
The story of our old life
The story of our old life
Needs to be told
 
When you reach the final chapter
Don't rip the pages
Don't tear me out
Don't rip the pages 
Don't tear me out
Don't rip the pages 
Don't tear me out

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