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Jacaranda

by Josh Garrels

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gracenf4u What can be said? What do you say about music/musician with such a creative and talented desire to only worship deeply?
Thank you Father! Thank you Josh
><> Favorite track: Blessed Is He.
David Yvinec
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David Yvinec It all starts with a beautiful instrumental (and one of the reasons I often pick up that album instead of others by Josh Garrels). Christians informed worldview, but certainly not one of those Christian artists attempting to be trendy/edgy and/or soppy and preachy. Josh Garrels is a sensible and talented singer-songwriter. Never Have I Found is a well written gospel blues and another favourite on the album for me. An album that concludes with another superb - and ethereal - instrumental track! Favorite track: Lake Yarina.
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ventfan Es difícil seleccionar un tema favorito en esta obra maestra. me quedo con "Jacaranda tree" pero todos son una pasada. Favorite track: Jacaranda Tree.
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1.
Lake Yarina 02:36
Instrumental
2.
Please don’t wait for me I lost my way again I lost my job, I walked away From the life that I was leading with my friends When I was young I dreamed Of a life that had freedom that had joy Oh life it crushed my soul With its cruel demands and fool’s gold Please don’t wait for me I lost my way again I lost my house and my good name When I found the road of my king When I was young I dreamed Of a life that had beauty that had joy But now I lost my life For the one I dreamt of as a boy Please don’t wait for me I ain’t coming back again I cannot turn around From the place I’m going to where I’ve been
3.
Praise the Lord, when it’s all gone wrong Everything fades but our love shines on Praise the Lord, when your hope is gone Everything fades but our love shines on Like waves on the ocean singing old songs Like waves on the ocean breaking beyond So faint the impatient can’t hear The sound of the one without years The culmination of every child’s tears Form tide breaking on the eternal lands Time stands still In the moment when we are healed I questioned if this was real But then I opened up my heart and I could feel The feather of a bird in the wind Fire in the brush if we only Speak when we must A hush of heart will become a good treausure Kept in a place without systems of measure But as real as an undying love We will discern what comes from above Compared to that which could never be sustained The season of rain will bring labor pain But its end will be the most wonderful Joy, Oh Lord Praise the Lord when it’s all gone wrong Everything fades but our love shines on Praise the Lord when your hope is gone Everything fades but our love shines on Like waves on the ocean singing old songs Like waves on the ocean breaking beyond
4.
Run, run so fast Over fields and grass At last, at last We escaped from the trap With the rabbit and the bear And the sparrows of the air Come one, come all The hunter is gone And this is our chance To crawl under the wire Through the darkest wood On up to the mountain of fire Where everything is free In the light of the sun Where every creature sings Oh Lord, you rescued us all Don’t listen to the snake For he lies and he takes Your hope, your faith Away from you But when the lion comes around With his claw and his crown Follow, follow His every move
5.
Centipede 02:44
Instrumental
6.
Oh great mammon of form and function Careless consumerist consumption Dangerous dysfunction Described as expensive taste I’m a people disgraced By what I claim I need And what I want to waste I take no account for nothing If it’s not mine It’s a misappropriation of funds Protect my ninety percent with my guns Whose side am I on? Well who’s winning? My kingdom’s built with the blood of slaves Orphans, widows, and homeless graves I sold their souls just to build my private mansion Some people say that my time is coming Kingdom come is the justice running Down, down, down on me I’m a poor child, I’m a lost son I refuse to give my love to anyone, Fight for the truth, Or help the weaker ones Because I love my Babylon I am a slave, I was never free I betrayed you for blood money Oh I bought the world, all is vanity Oh my Lord I’m your enemy Come to me, and find your life Children sing, Zion’s in sight I said don’t trade your name for a serial number Priceless lives were born from under graves Where I found you Say, my name ain’t yours and yours is not mine Mine is the Lord, and yours is my child That’s how it’s always been Time to make a change Leave your home Give to the poor all that you own Lose your life, so that you could find it First will be last when the true world comes Livin’ like a humble fool to overcome The upside-down wisdom Of a dying world Zion’s not built with hands And in this place God will dwell with man Sick be healed and cripples stand Sing Allelu My kingdom’s built with the blood of my son Selfless sacrifice for everyone Faith, hope, love, and harmony I said let this world know me by your love By your love Oh my child, daughters and sons I made you in love to overcome Free as a bird, my flowers in the sun On your way to Mount Zion All you slaves, be set free Come on out child and come on home to me We will dance, we will rejoice If you can hear me then follow my voice
7.
I walked under the blood red moon At night when wolves gather ‘round And I’ve spent some time with the Devil But never have I found Another one like you Oh Lord Jesus And I’ve tasted too many temptations And I’ve been chased by a demon hound Lord I just can’t be satisfied Because never have I found Another one like you Oh Lord And your love Jesus
8.
Learn this lesson well, my friend There’s a time to rejoice and lament Every season will find an end All will fade and be made new again Standing on the rocks of the railroad tracks Feet calloused, eyes open, sun beats on my back As I gaze upon the unseen winds And they are wandering, whispering Wisdom that’s eternal From the heart to the mind To the hand to the journal Now the kernel of the seeds in the cleft of the rock And it’s watered by the winds Having power to unlock and Stop the clock of chronological logic With its homogenized systems That are dead and can’t dodge it Being deaf to the voice of the Almighty One Spirit illumines the dark like a fire Revealing the way that was hidden but is higher Now we must travel on the wings That will never grow tired Of searching the mysteries of God I said Father the feathers of my wax wings Fall away by the rising of the sun And I have descended when I was undone And I will ascend when your Spirit comes Because what’s been done and overcome Cannot be stopped by the power of any human Like the number of sand we will stand And we will fall, all In the face of an eternal call But those who call on His name In the midst of the pain In the guilt and the shame And the world full of blame And all the bloody stains From the unjust gains I learned all men suffer the same Because we’re wayward sons And all our jokes betray Our foolish hearts and our selfish ways But if we would turn to the Father’s grace We would never be the same This is an unseen land of a devastated soul That’s prepared in contemplative silence For the mighty working hand of an unseen Lord To come restore this land from its violence I said walk another mile Stare across the fields of grain This is how the prophets train Learn this lesson well my friend There’s a time to rejoice and lament Every season will find an end All will fade and be made new again
9.
Words Remain 04:02
Heaven and the earth will pass away But your words all remain And my hands are growing old And weary with pain Still I fold them to pray To the one unchanged Yesterday and today Oh YHWH I will try to stay awake Take my last breath of faith As I wait for you to come Take me beyond This land undone Over the flood By your word, spirit, and blood It was prophesied long ago Every word set in stone Not one will pass away Or walk alone All that I own Does not compare To the love that we share Please remember me When the hour arrives And you must decide If you’ll wait for me to come Take you beyond This land undone Over the flood By my word, spirit, and blood
10.
Sitting on porches Since Friday while the sky Tilts like a watery glass We wait for downpours A drenching joy A carnival sky But what I don’t say What I can’t say Is that with this joy Comes a mourning Something left behind Blue lined, teary Mingled I move on All things will change We wait for the rain And the promise remains Live life fully Peeking through fingers Slung in our hammocks Cocooned Skimming the water Trapezed above time We glide like slingshot angels Belly up and Floating we see The promise in the sky Up to Orion’s ribs We climb this tree And listen For our pulse All things will change We wait for the rain And the promise remains I flung loosely Into that world I stayed heavily I’ll be a Jacaranda Tree In Indiana I say Greenhoused and sung to I pray light will Leak from out pockets We’ll be drenched, overcome At night the fireflies Streamers at our sides Silent flaming arcs of hope All things will change We wait for the rain And the promise remains
11.
Little Blue 03:07
Who is like my child Who’s so lovely and wild? Oh, my little bird By the river I have heard My lover calls In fall and spring She says Keep your eyes on heron’s wings She’s coming soon Let’s dance and sing For the joy a new life brings Strong and graceful, too Like your mother In red and blue Love I never knew Filled my heart When I held you My lover calls In fall and spring She says Keep your eyes on heron’s wings She’s coming soon Let’s dance and sing For the joy that her life brings
12.
You will not see me Again until you can say Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord Yeshua Amen
13.
When we were young We walked where we wanted to Life was ours And now we’re old We go where we’re told The Lord’s Spirit calls He’s singing Follow my road to sorrow and joy Be intertwined And find All things are under my wings And rise Given time Oh my Brother sun, sister moon All children of light Fly around the world Let the glory be unfurled All things are made new We’re marching on To a spirit song That no man can cage In lands of dead wood That reject the good From our old Father’s hands But we run free And weep gracefully In a world Dark and cold Hold on All you Who wait by the blue shores For Him To part the water Desert Father Show us a new way The impossible dream Through the deep and the unseen Carry us home
14.
You left on a Saturday In her hands you passed away On seashores we laughed and played Only months ago And I know you tried so hard To heal the space between our hearts And now your work is done For your daughters and sons Swing low to the ground For we have lost our father’s crown Hallowed was the night When the veil was torn And your spirit took flight From the world We gathered the sticks and leaves To set aflame our memories Your family gathered around To lay your ashes down Sing treetops and clap your hands For the grace in this sorrowful plan That night when one candle remained We whispered your name Swing low to the ground For we have lost our father’s crown Hallowed was the night When the veil was torn And your spirit took flight From the world
15.
Embarkation 04:08
Instrumental

about

Jacaranda was written and recorded in the solitude of an old mansion, at the end of a gravel road, on the banks of the Mississinewa River in Indiana. Many years ago the same house was in the underground railroad as a place of refuge for escaping slaves, and later, in the 1920's, infamous bank robbers such as John Dillinger used the mansion as a safe-house in between their criminal exploits. In the tradition of using the home as a place of safe harbor for those on the move, the current owners Bill and Robin Lett invited me and my wife Michelle to live on the estate (which Bill affectionately calls "the pig farm") while recording this album. We took them up on their offer, and moved into the secluded manor as the summer months were drawing to an end.

As we watched the seasons change from summer to fall, winter to spring, we wrote, created and sang, all the while stalking the majestic Great Blue Heron along the banks of the river. The most recent season brought the death of a father, David Ramsdale, and the birth of our first child, Heron Selah Garrels.

Jacaranda is the name of a tropical tree, native to the jungle of Peru where my wife grew up. When Michelle moved to Indiana to marry me, she knew she would be "a jacaranda tree in Indiana, green-housed but sung to". This tree has become a strong symbol in this album, and in our family as well, of welcoming displacement as we wander the earth. - Josh Garrels

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released September 23, 2008

All songs written, performed, recorded, and produced by Josh Garrels
Words for "Jacaranda Tree" by Michelle Garrels
Art, design and handcrafted assembly by Michelle Garrels
All drawings by Gala Bent
Additional design and layout by Zack & Gala Bent

Mastered by Trevor Sadler at Mastermind Studio in Milwaukee, WI

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