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We Shall All Be Free

by Unbound Project

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1.
I know you know heartache, I know you know ruts. I know you've seen better days, Who hasn't seen better days? You also know family. You also know trust. I gave up on better days. But all your stolen sisters, They'll never fully understand. Decipher a thieving claw, From an outstretched, begging hand. I am a ravished child, I am an overworked, bleeding man. Will you remember my face? Will you remember my heart? Will you remember my world? Will you remember your part? Well you've witnessed breaking. You've also seen mends. I gave up on better days. And your world you're making. Mine uncontrollably spins. It's getting hard to believe, It's the same world we're both in. Well you've witnessed breaking. You've also seen mends. I gave up on better days. Your image was tarnished, Because your efforts were spent, Working on a ship trading slaves, Then you wrote Amazing Grace.
2.
Well, they tried to name me. Tried to make me something that I’m not And they tried to claim me As if I was something that could be abused, used, and bought And they tried to mark me. I won’t lie, they left me scarred, feeling marred But I’m learning I am lovely and that these here scars are telling stories of what I’m not And what I’m becoming, and who I am I have a name—it’s not the one you tried to hang on me and curse me damned They can’t hang a name on me like a tag that bears a price. I am the price. I am the price. If you listen closely, you can hear me In the midst of noises and a sea of voices crying out for dignity Do you know me? I’m your sister, brother, baby, child, faces painted in eternity And we’re becoming. Screaming out . . . “I am.” I have a name—it’s not the one you tried to hang on me and curse me damned They can’t hang a name on me like a tag that bears a price. I am the price. I am the price. I’ve heard of roses known by any other name smelling sweet You’ll find us buried in the thorns We are becoming. Screaming out . . . “I am.” We have a name—it’s not the one you tried to hang on us and curse us damned They can’t hang a name on us like a tag that bears a price. We are the price
3.
in dark silence, I walk moving forward, in small steps, slowly, feeling the cold walls as fear flows like rushing water over my soul until I am drowning I cry aloud to God, aloud to God and he will hear me. From his temple he heard my voice. O Lord, hold not your peace at my tears the voices, loud the noises, growing louder, drum in my ears. I try to silence them. I cannot block them out. my voice is but a whisper now, disappearing I cry aloud to God, aloud to God and he will hear me. From his temple he heard my voice. O Lord, hold not your peace at my tears the pains that pound are digging deep into places that I never knew could hurt like this. bruises, aching, longing in my bones for healing. instead, this feeling turns familiar I cry aloud to God, aloud to God and he will hear me. From his temple he heard my voice. O Lord, hold not your peace at my tears Love is this: the only One who meets me here, breathes into my darkness, light. his voice is quiet, soft, like mine – I hear him still. He holds me and his healing washes over my cold bones. I whisper and I can’t believe he hears me.
4.
If I could make your nightmares disappear And free you to live a beautiful dream If I could take away your doubts and fear And let you live strong and free I would, I would For now I’m here walking with you And when you need to talk I’m listening to you I can’t change the course of your life But Love can, and I can Love you If I could turn the darkness into light And turn you back to your carefree youth If I could trade your tears for happy times And help you stand in the truth Somehow survivors push through the pain Somehow weakness becomes a source of strength I can’t wait to see you rise above On the winds of love
5.
Has ever has ever your heart beat As true as true as the sky. A river a river my heart bleeds Fraying the Web of your lies. As if I had not seen right through it I knew it I knew it I did But you talk me right out of my mind And you broke me and sold me again. When is all unwoven every inch And I'm bare and broken like a naked doll in your fist. What's the use in trying to stand up tall? When all my strings are lying in the broken Hands that make me fall. Will ever will ever my heart sing As only as only God knows? A whisper a whisper his words bring Me closer and closer to letting go. As if I could step out and trust in the hands that formed my heart That knit me together and know me as more than just broken parts.
6.
You know there's gonna be a wedding a promise older than time everyone we love will be gathered all around as the lovers twist like twine it'll be such a joyous occasion every tear will be dry the past will be vanquished and laid in the dirt as we look into our lover's eyes water turned to wine and wine turned to blood a blood that can clean, release and redeem so that two can be as one all the fighting will finish all the debts will be paid for who can harbor anger sitting in a church on their own wedding day earth once shrouded in darkness now pierced by a beckoning light and to joyful peels of monastery bells all will be made right and the trees will sing hallelujah and the earth shall give up it's dead and we won't then remember this hell as we're caught up to heaven instead
7.
There's a light in your eyes There's a song in your soul And you sing sing sing Yeah you sing sing sing There's a light in your eyes There's a light in your eyes There's a song in their souls And they sing sing sing Yeah they sing sing sing There's a light in their eyes And the song you sing Sounds like hopeful things And the song they sing Sounds like doubt But the soul's the same Whether free or chains Can't let the light go out Hear the melody Rising up to be The anthem of our time Let their light shine free May their song always be We're not alone In the fight I'm not alone In the fight
8.
I've been running for my life If only in my mind I put all of my thoughts away And I hide them in my heart Where they can never touch And I pray somehow I'll make it through the day Because I know Someday we'll all be free And i hope That day will come for me to see There's no locks on my cell No bars inside this jail Just the lies that I believed were truth And it's stealing all my youth And cutting off my roots It's killing all the life in me But I know Someday we'll all be free I just hope That day will come for me to see
9.
Praise we the Lord! Let songs resound To earth's remotest shore Songs of thanksgiving, songs of praise For we are slaves no more And cease we not the fight of faith 'til everyone be free 'til mercy o'er the earth shall flow Like waters o'er the sea Praise we the Lord! Whose power hath rent The chains that held us long God's voice is mighty, as of old, And still God's arm is strong Praise we the Lord! Whose wrath arose Whose arm our fetters broke The tyrant dropped the lash, and we To liberty awoke

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"We Shall All Be Free" is a compilation album of artists who came together to promote freedom and build awareness of human trafficking in Michigan and our world.

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released September 7, 2014

Mastered by Andy Maitland

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