Showing posts with label mp3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mp3. Show all posts

Sunday, 12 November 2006

the song in full


I said I'd think about putting our performance here for your critical appraisal - I hmmed and hahhed but I think the recording quality is adequately low to hide most of our major errors. And this time the microphone was far enough away from me - so here it is - better late than never (as the actress said to the special needs teacher):

I will sing.mp3

It's always odd after a performance of something, be it a song or a play or a film or anything, that you've spent time preparing. I'm kind of glad I don't ever have to hear it again, and glad to have a break from rehearsals - but there's a slight touch of regret that it's all over. More so with plays than with songs. I'm not that much of a sentamentalist - I don't get all teary about saying goodbye to 'an old friend', I move on without too much bother - but I do feel a little sad for an hour or two. It's ok with films - you still have the footage to remind you (until someone moves to london and takes it with him)

Sunday, 15 October 2006

Living


Living
by Ivana Hill

Everyone wanders the world the same,
Desperate for love, but they’re ashamed,
So they just play those little games,
They don’t give their all cause they’re afraid.

Well life was made for living,
And love was made for giving,
So give your love away.
You don’t have to be afraid.


I found a braver way to live,
Step out and take each chance to give,
Find someone lonelier than me,
Give them the love that will set them free.

Cause life was made for living,
And love was made for giving,
So give your love away.
You don’t have to be afraid.


And when your heart breaks just the same,
Time to call on that simple name,
Love unending, love divine,
Jesus’ love so pure, so fine.

Give your heart into another’s open hands,
Though they may give it back He’s got a bigger plan.
It’s better to love and lose than never love at all,
It’s better to try and fail than to live afraid to fall.

Cause life was made for living,
And love was made for giving,
So give your love away.
You don’t have to be afraid.


So the next time you observe
A lonely heart, recall these words.
And as you give, you will receive,
Love will come home and never leave.

Cause life was made for living,
And love was made for giving,
So give your love away.
You don’t have to be afraid.


© Ivana Hill, music & lyrics