This song is about moving past the immediate surfaces of things, to a deeper meaning, to the breaking of silence…
It was around this time that I first started writing songs to drums… Here it’s a large frame drum… The tricky thing about singing to drums is that depending upon the weather the pitch varies a lot… On this day, this drum happened to be just the right pitch…
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The Breaking of Silence
Song #199 | November 1993 | CD: tbd
You could be the moon on the ocean
You could be a spark upon a river of fire
You could be the breeze that calls it up into the sky
You could be the day that I met you
You could be the cousin of the Wizard of Oz
You could be the writing on the back of my grandfather’s watch
Refrain:
And I don’t know what secrets you hold
Or what possessions you have recently sold
All I know is what I have been told…
You could be the town I grew up in
You could be the weather on a trip to the beach
You could be endless acres of green winter wheat
You could be the breaking of silence
You could be a drum playing late in the night
You could be the kiss on my lips as I turn off the light…
Refrain:
You could be the eyes of the children
Watching from the window as you walk to the door
You could be that but I know that you could be much more
Motion is a fact of our living
Stillness is a song that we engrave on our hearts
Living is a dream where we can give ourselves a reason to start
Refrain:
You could be the breaking of silence
You could be a drum playing late in the night
You could be the kiss on my lips as I turn off the light…
Copyright 1993-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved.
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