DLDown's 2nd album, complete with 12-page booklet, packaged in a beautifully designed limited edition digipak. Also includes immediate download of the digital album as detailed below.
A QUICK WORD ABOUR HOW THIS VARIABLE PRICING THING WORKS: You can choose how much you want to pay for this music.
• I like this because the important thing about music is the enjoyment of it, not the money.
• I like this because it takes the wind out of the Music-Is-An-Industry sails.
• I like this because it means you can have my music even if you haven't got any spare spending capacity just now.
• I like this because I don't know how to price my music either.
I know the whole "ascribing worth to something" thing makes some people uncomfortable, so if you need a suggestion to get you started, how about £5 for an album, or 50p per track. Or alternatively, you could download it for free and give it a few listens, then if you decide you really like it, you can come back and donate something later. Or buy a copy for a friend. Or help me by sharing it with your friends or writing a review. Or just enjoy it for free.
If you're dithering, DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE NOW, and worry about all this another day!
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Putting your trust in something or someone is often easier said than done, especially when the person in question is somewhat intangible. This song comes from a beautiful section of something Jesus said to the crowds of people following him, recorded in Matthew 6:25-34. (Part of a larger block of things he said, widely referred to as the Sermon on the Mount - see Matthew 5-7).
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
I think one of the hardest aspects of our human condition is the surrendering of our own plans - after all, who doesn't like to be in control?!
Fiona plays some beautiful saxophone in the background of this one - I love those bends in the last chorus!
lyrics
Are you listening? Pay attention, I'm talking to you
I need your assistance this time
The path branches twenty identical ways
And it seems someone's stolen the signs
I planned my route carefully before I began
But my map doesn't match the terrain
Too many choices are weighing on me
And I still can't decide on my aim
And I'm longing to trust you
But I just can't let go
I need you, I need you
Much more than I show
Come and see:
In fragile petals Solomon's finery displayed
Transient riches which brighten then fade
Straining my eyes to see you in this
But foresight's much harder than hind
Maybe it's natural to feel insecure
When I'm held in invisible hands
You know that I trust you
But it's hard to let go
I need you, I need to
Relinquish control
Come and see:
Cold weary sparrow is tossed in the gale
His trajectory traced on the air is planned in detail
Deep down I know you have my best interests at heart
And the power to see all my dreams through
Help me remember, when it feels like you're gone
That you gave, you give, and you'll give again
And I'm longing to trust you
But I just can't let go
I need you, I need you
Much more than I show
You know that I trust you
But it's hard to let go
I need you, I need to
Relinquish control
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