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Video and Audio: 1/29/2019 “Music Video”, “Short Film”

Audio: 12/31/2014 solo acoustic audio from Fire Before The Flame CD

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About this song:
This song got launched when a guest speaker at Unity Church In Albany offered a single line quote from a Rumi poem, “The New Rule”
“Break the wineglass, fall towards the glass blower’s breath” After the service I just kept being haunted by that phrase…

and ultimately the song became about thriving in spite of our old patterns and “failures”. Ultimately the key idea is that of the flower growing out of a crack in the sidewalk.

We are capable of turning ANYTHING into a victory.

USE the challenges to “level up!”

Lyrics:

Break the Wine Glass

Song #432 | 7/31-8/6 2011 

Break the wine glass.
Fall into the breath of the glass blower
Break the boundaries that used to keep you small
Break the silence.
Fall into the breath of the sound
Break the patterns.
Fall to your knees on the ground

Refrain:
And on the way you might notice a flower
Growing out of a crack in the sidewalk
And on the way you might notice the power
 you have
To walk your talk and dance into your dreaming…

Walk the garden
Glimpse the world through the gardeners eyes
Has your heart hardened?
Is there no room left for surprise?
Break it open
Scatter the seeds of surrender
Water them well
Do your best to protect the tender…

Refrain:

Your greatest weaknesses
Are also your greatest strengths
Your greatest failures
May just have been heaven sent…
Will the wind break you
Or lift you off the ground?
Will the wind break you
Or merely bow you down?

Refrain: X2

…Break the wine glass…
Fall into the breath of the glass blower…

Copyright 2011 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.

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Never fails to move me…

Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love…

Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

Gina Sullivan, Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph

Enjoying your songs so much…

Hello Mark. I am enjoying your songs so much! I’d love to see you play live somewhere.

Marianne

I loved the song and listened to it 3 times….

Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

Gail Russ

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

Jeremy

Brilliant!

Brilliant! I LOVE seeing the words to all these beloved songs, thanks!

Mary F.

They love (your song) and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

My name is Cecile. I teach kindergarten at OMSD. I had the pleasure of using your song Together We Can Change The World to help my students make a difference in this wonderful world! They love it and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

Cecile Arvizo

Your song was just perfect to start my day…

Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

Total awesomeness!!!

‘Let’s Run’ is MY FAVORITE so far.. I LOVE THIS ONE.. great job.. total awesomeness!!! I thank Jana Stanfield for introducing me to your gifts. I am grateful.

Merril

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

I Love listening to all your songs…

Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

Been singing the chorus since the first day I heard it…

I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

Gene Moore

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album…

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

Love your lyrics!

Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

Just awesome…

Your music is taking over my life and it’s awesome!

Eric

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