Composition and Arrangement by Deniz Lim-Sersan
Lyrics by Jeremy Tozer
lyrics
I built a room to live in,
Faced it t’ward an instinct,
Dressed the walls within it,
With treasures and truths.
But as the world got spinning
The torrents of opinion
Rushed through every ribbon
And tore me in two.
Tell me you never went away,
Tell me you never change,
Oh the walls I built around
Are coming down, coming down.
And I see it all, I see it all,
The wonder and the wild
Outside the walls
Frees me from the prison
In the room, in the room
The brilliance of your gaze
Upon the futures maze
Is casting shadows on
The fear of leaving yesterdays.
And of a great divide,
To stand a foot on either side,
The recompense is found
Beneath the riches of our youthful pride.
credits
from Odyssey,
released May 15, 2016
JEREMY TOZER [VOICE], CAITLIN COMEAU-JARVIS [VOICE], DENIZ LIM-SERSAN[PIANO], OTIS WILLIAMS [DRUMS], SEAN DENNIS [BASS], BENAIAS LEMMA [GUITAR], JOEY MARTEL [GUITAR], GEORGE MURGA-MARTINEZ [TRUMPET]. ALEX GAMBREL [TRUMPET], MEGAN JUTTING [TRUMPET], NEBYU YOHANNES [TROMBONE], WILL CARN [TROMBONE], TELAN WONG [CELLO], ANDREW CHUNG [VIOLIN], WILLIAM LAMOUREAUX [VIOLIN]
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