The Way Is Wide
from 2010 (http://www.benbruce.com) by Ben Bruce
about
I started writing this in New York and it was never finished. Lately it came back into rotation and I've been working on it ever since
lyrics
Some say deny,
Some say deliver,
Some say it’s a journey,
Some say a River,
And we eat the Bread
and we drink the Wine
dig up the earth
and support the vine,
The way is wide,
The way is wide to heaven
Some say it’s joy
some say suffer
Some say avoid
the passion we are given
And we warm in the sunlight
and draw down the moon
dance in the firelight
and die too soon
The way is wide
the way is wide to heaven
If there’s a heaven at all …
If there’s a heaven at all …
If there’s a heaven at all …
Good people meet there, one and all.
Some say do penance
some fight pollution
some take a chance
on absolution
we drink bitter tears
to remember the fallen
embrace our fears
follow our calling
The way is wide
The way is wide to heaven.
Some say deliver,
Some say it’s a journey,
Some say a River,
And we eat the Bread
and we drink the Wine
dig up the earth
and support the vine,
The way is wide,
The way is wide to heaven
Some say it’s joy
some say suffer
Some say avoid
the passion we are given
And we warm in the sunlight
and draw down the moon
dance in the firelight
and die too soon
The way is wide
the way is wide to heaven
If there’s a heaven at all …
If there’s a heaven at all …
If there’s a heaven at all …
Good people meet there, one and all.
Some say do penance
some fight pollution
some take a chance
on absolution
we drink bitter tears
to remember the fallen
embrace our fears
follow our calling
The way is wide
The way is wide to heaven.
credits
from 2010 (http://www.benbruce.com),
released November 11, 2010
All credits: Ben Bruce
All credits: Ben Bruce
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about
Ben Bruce Seattle
Hey everybody! I’m Ben. I’m a singer and songwriter in Seattle, WA. I’m also a husband and father, a homebrewer, Web master and ideator. I help produce some of the Northwest’s most amazing parties.
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