Originally composed by Ric Albano on April 7, 2015
From the album Out There Somewhere by Ric Albano
Released October 24, 2020
Listen to the Song:
“Redemption” is the second (quasi-)commissioned song on Out There Somewhere, originally composed in 2015. It is inspired by a real-life story about a friend trying honestly to better herself but something from the past coming back to haunt inexplicitly.
The song is built on a piano riff topped by a majestic guitar with the whole orchestration nicely elevating keys at strategic moments.
Ric Albano – vocals, guitars, piano, organ, bass, drums
Lyrics
I tried to cast you from my heart but that wasn’t so easy to achieve
Oh, that bitter poison that you fling, it permeates through everything
Corrupting all which I’d believe
So many years go by as I slowly find and build some meaning in my life
Then the haunting echoes of the past returned in shards of shattered glass
To rekindle the ugly days of strife
If I write a thousand songs, will anybody listen?
If I right a thousand wrongs, will I be forgiven?
Where is the redemption for me?
I tried to scrub you from my life, but all alone I just couldn’t get this done
Reverberating deep despair, it tossed and turned me everywhere
And now I’m again on the run, oh no… oh, no, no, no, no
If I write a thousand songs, will anybody listen?
If I write a thousand wrongs, can I finally be forgiven?
Where is the redemption? Will there be some redemption for me?
Oh Lord, for me?
People need a good faith path towards renovation
Without the peril of this yore annihilation
Where is the redemption? Can there be some redemption for me?
Will there be hope for me?
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