Sorrow

from The Seas We Fear to Sail by Evan Sponseller

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To me, "Sorrow" sounds like an old church hymn dressed up in 90's skate punk. The contour and cadence of the melody is something you'd read right out of an old hymnal, though the lyrics are a different story. I was never a huge Bad Religion fan, but when a friend of mine died in a motorcycle accident in 2005, this song was played in a memorial video and it became the inspiration for this entire project.

lyrics

Father can you hear me?
How have I let you down?
I curse the day that I was born
And all the sorrow in this world

Let me take you to the herding ground
Where all good men are trampled down
Just to settle a bet that could not be won
Between a prideful father and his son

Will you guide me now, for I can't see
A reason for the suffering and this long misery
What if every living soul could be upright and strong
Well, then I do imagine

There will be sorrow no more

When all soldiers lay there weapons down
Or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns
Or when the only true messiah rescues us from ourselves
It's easy to imagine

There will be sorrow no more

credits

from The Seas We Fear to Sail, track released October 20, 2017
Vocal Re-composition/Recording/Editing/Mixing: Evan Sponseller

Mixing/Mastering: Miles Ferrell

Soprano: Katie Fritzke (soundcloud.com/katie-fritzke)
Alto: Jenna Alleman
Tenor: Brian Buffon (www.brianbuffon.com)
Bass: Joey Sponseller

Songwriters: Greg Graffin / Brett Gurewitz (www.badreligion.com)

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