Andrea Gibson - Say Yes (Studio Version)
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0:01 - 0:04When two violins are placed in a room
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0:04 - 0:06if a chord on one violin is struck
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0:06 - 0:08the other violin will sound the note.
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0:08 - 0:10[soft guitar plays in the background]
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0:10 - 0:12If this is your definition of hope,
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0:12 - 0:13this is for you.
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0:13 - 0:15For the ones who know how powerful we are.
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0:15 - 0:18Who know we can sound the music in the people around us
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0:18 - 0:20simply by playing our own strings.
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0:20 - 0:22For the ones who sing life into broken wings.
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0:22 - 0:24Open their chests and offer their breath
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0:24 - 0:27as wind on a still day when nothing seems to be moving
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0:27 - 0:30spare those intent on proving god is dead
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0:30 - 0:32for you when your fingers are red
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0:32 - 0:33from clutching your heart
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0:33 - 0:34so it will beat faster
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0:34 - 0:36for the time you mastered the art of giving yourself
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0:36 - 0:38for the sake of someone else
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0:38 - 0:41for the ones who have felt what it is to crush the lies
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0:41 - 0:44and lift truth so high the steeples bow to the sky
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0:44 - 0:46this is for you
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0:46 - 0:48this is also for the people who wake early to watch flowers bloom
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0:48 - 0:50who notice the moon at noon
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0:50 - 0:54on a day when the world has slapped them in the face with its lack of light
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0:54 - 0:56for the mothers who feed their children first
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0:56 - 0:58and thirst for nothing when they’re full
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0:58 - 0:59this is for women
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0:59 - 1:02and for the men who taught me only women bleed with the moon
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1:02 - 1:04but there are men who cry when women bleed
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1:04 - 1:07men who bleed from women’s wounds
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1:07 - 1:08and this is for that moon
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1:08 - 1:10on the nights she seems hung by a noose
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1:10 - 1:12for the people who cut her loose
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1:12 - 1:14and for the people still waiting for the rope to burn
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1:14 - 1:16about to learn they have scissors in their hands
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1:16 - 1:18this is for the man who showed me
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1:18 - 1:20the hardest thing about having nothing
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1:20 - 1:22is having nothing to give
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1:22 - 1:25who said the only reason to live is to give ourselves away
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1:25 - 1:28so this is for the day we’ll quit our jobs and work for something real
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1:28 - 1:31we’ll feel for sunshine in the shadows
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1:31 - 1:32look for sunrays in the shade
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1:32 - 1:35this is for the people who rattle the cage that slave wage built
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1:35 - 1:38and for the ones who didn’t know the filth until tonight
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1:38 - 1:41but right now are beginning songs that sound something like
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1:41 - 1:45people turning their porch lights on and calling the homeless back home
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1:45 - 1:47this is for all the shit we own
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1:47 - 1:49and for the day we’ll learn how much we have
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1:49 - 1:51when we learn to give that shit away
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1:51 - 1:53this is for doubt becoming faith
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1:53 - 1:55for falling from grace and climbing back up
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1:55 - 1:58for trading our silver platters for something that matters
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1:58 - 2:02like the gold that shines from our hands when we hold each other
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2:02 - 2:05this is for the grandmother who walked a thousand miles on broken glass
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2:05 - 2:09to find that single patch of grass to plant a family tree
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2:09 - 2:11where the fruit would grow to laugh
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2:11 - 2:13for the ones who know the math of war
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2:13 - 2:16has always been subtraction
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2:16 - 2:18so they live like an action of addition
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2:18 - 2:21for you when you give like every star is wishing on you
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2:21 - 2:23and for the people still wishing on stars
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2:23 - 2:25this is for you too
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2:25 - 2:29this is for the times you went through hell so someone else wouldn’t have to
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2:29 - 2:32for the time you taught a 14 year old girl she was powerful
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2:32 - 2:35for the time you taught a 14 year old boy he was beautiful
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2:35 - 2:38for the radical anarchist asking a republican to dance
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2:38 - 2:41cause what’s the chance of anyone moving from right to left
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2:41 - 2:45if the only moves they see are NBC and CBS
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2:45 - 2:47this is for no becoming yes
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2:47 - 2:49for scars becoming breath
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2:49 - 2:50for fear becoming trust
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2:50 - 2:54for saying i love you to people who will never say it to us
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2:54 - 2:57for scraping away the rust and remembering how to shine
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2:57 - 3:00for the dime you gave away when you didn’t have a penny
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3:00 - 3:03for the many beautiful things we do
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3:03 - 3:05for every song we’ve ever sung
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3:05 - 3:07for refusing to believe in miracles
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3:07 - 3:09because miracles are the impossible coming true
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3:09 - 3:11and everything is possible
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3:11 - 3:13this is for the possibility that guides us
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3:13 - 3:16and for the possibilities still waiting to sing
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3:16 - 3:18and spread their wings inside us
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3:18 - 3:20cause tonight saturn is on his knees
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3:20 - 3:23proposing with all of his ten thousand rings
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3:23 - 3:26that whatever song we’ve been singing we sing even more
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3:26 - 3:30the world needs us right now more than it ever has before
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3:30 - 3:32pull all your strings
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3:32 - 3:33play every chord
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3:33 - 3:35if you’re writing letters to the prisoners
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3:35 - 3:37start tearing down the bars
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3:37 - 3:39if you’re handing our flashlights in the dark
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3:39 - 3:41start handing our stars
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3:41 - 3:45never go a second hushing the percussion of your heart
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3:45 - 3:46play loud
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3:46 - 3:50play like you know the clouds have left too many people cold and broken
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3:50 - 3:52and you’re their last chance for sun
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3:52 - 3:55play like there’s no time for hoping brighter days will come
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3:55 - 3:59play like the apocalypse is only 4…3…2
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3:59 - 4:02but you have a drum in your chest that could save us
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4:02 - 4:04you have a song like a breath that could raise us
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4:04 - 4:08like the sunrise into a dark sky that cries to be blue
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4:08 - 4:11play like you know we won’t survive if you don’t
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4:11 - 4:13but we will if you do
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4:13 - 4:15play like saturn is on his knees
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4:15 - 4:18proposing with all of his ten thousand rings
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4:18 - 4:20that we give every single breath
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4:20 - 4:22y'all, this is for saying–yes
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4:22 - 4:25this is for saying–yes
- Title:
- Andrea Gibson - Say Yes (Studio Version)
- Description:
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http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/andreagibson3
Say Yes
when two violins are placed in a room
if a chord on one violin is struck
the other violin will sound the note
if this is your definition of hope
this is for you
the ones who know how powerful we are
who know we can sound the music in the people around us
simply by playing our own strings
for the ones who sing life into broken wings
open their chests and offer their breath
as wind on a still day when nothing seems to be moving
spare those intent on proving god is dead
for you when your fingers are red
from clutching your heart
so it will beat faster
for the time you mastered the art of giving yourself for the sake of someone else
for the ones who have felt what it is to crush the lies
and lift truth so high the steeples bow to the skythis is for you
this is also for the people who wake early to watch flowers bloom
who notice the moon at noon on a day when the world
has slapped them in the face with its lack of light
for the mothers who feed their children first
and thirst for nothing when they’re fullthis is for women
and for the men who taught me only women bleed with the moon
but there are men who cry when women bleed
men who bleed from women’s wounds
and this is for that moon
on the nights she seems hung by a noose
for the people who cut her loose
and for the people still waiting for the rope to burn
about to learn they have scissors in their handsthis is for the man who showed me
the hardest thing about having nothing
is having nothing to give
who said the only reason to live is to give ourselves away
so this is for the day we’ll quit or jobs and work for something real
we’ll feel for sunshine in the shadows
look for sunrays in the shade
this is for the people who rattle the cage that slave wage built
and for the ones who didn’t know the filth until tonight
but right now are beginning songs that sound something like
people turning their porch lights on and calling the homeless back homethis is for all the shit we own
and for the day we’ll learn how much we have
when we learn to give that shit away
this is for doubt becoming faith
for falling from grace and climbing back up
for trading our silver platters for something that matters
like the gold that shines from our hands when we hold each otherthis is for the grandmother who walked a thousand miles on broken glass
to find that single patch of grass to plant a family tree
where the fruit would grow to laugh
for the ones who know the math of war
has always been subtraction
so they live like an action of addition
for you when you give like every star is wishing on you
and for the people still wishing on stars
this is for you toothis is for the times you went through hell so someone else wouldn’t have to
for the time you taught a 14 year old girl she was powerful
this is for the time you taught a 14 year old boy he was beautiful
for the radical anarchist asking a republican to dance
cause what’s the chance of everyone moving from right to left
if the only moves they see are NBC and CBS
this is for the no becoming yes
for scars becoming breath
for saying i love you to people who will never say it to us
for scraping away the rust and remembering how to shine
for the dime you gave away when you didn’t have a penny
for the many beautiful things we do
for every song we’ve ever sung
for refusing to believe in miracles
because miracles are the impossible coming true
and everything is possiblethis is for the possibility that guides us
and for the possibilities still waiting to sing
and spread their wings inside us
cause tonight saturn is on his knees
proposing with all of his ten thousand rings
that whatever song we’ve been singing we sing even more
the world needs us right now more than it ever has before
pull all your strings
play every chord
if you’re writing letters to the prisoners
start tearing down the bars
if you’re handing our flashlights in the dark
start handing our stars
never go a second hushing the percussion of your heart
play loud
play like you know the clouds have left too many people cold and broken
and you’re their last chance for sun
play like there’s no time for hoping brighter days will come
play like the apocalypse is only 4…3…2
but you have a drum in your chest that could save us
you have a song like a breath that could raise us
like the sunrise into a dark sky that cries to be blue
play like you know we won’t survive if you don’t
but we will if you do
play like saturn is on his knees
proposing with all of his ten thousand rings
that we give every single breath
this is for saying–yesthis is for saying–yes
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 04:33
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