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lyrics

Step back my soul, take a hard look at your life
Through fears and through failures, you know you never fled the fight.
Now late at night with pen clutched tight, drunk on your own sorrow,
You write these words and hope in vain they could clear doubt’s dark shadow.
And how long has it been since you last cried?
Each tear torture, a shameful show that hurts the pride you hide.
The problem with sadness is sometimes it’s sung so pretty,
So I think I’ll just swim a while in the melancholy sea.

St Anthony please intercede for me, my courage is lost now all that’s left’s uncertainty.
Help me to find the confidence I once owned, that I don’t have to walk this world alone.

Met a sidewalk prophet on the corner of Norfolk road,
3pm on a Saturday, bare feet sippin’ cheap Merlot.
He said, would you follow the wind if it whispered your name?
Take a step off this worldly rock and just drift away.
Often in life it takes letting go to gain,
Like stripping bare of the clothes you wear and dancing in the rain.
I’d give without expectation, yes I’d love with no condition,
If I could withdraw all longing for meaningless recognition.

St Anthony please intercede for me, my courage is lost now all that’s left’s uncertainty.
Help me to find the confidence I once owned, that I don’t have to walk this world alone.

When the pain fades and my beating heart is still,
The truth sings softly in the silence until
It sinks in slow and I know I’m loved,
I’m loved.

St Anthony please intercede for me, my courage is lost now all that’s left’s uncertainty.
Help me to find the confidence I once owned, that I don’t have to walk this world alone.

credits

from The Heart and the Fight, released November 12, 2021
Composer/guitar/lead vocal/vocal harmonies/bass guitar/whistling/piano/trumpet: Franz James
Violin: Erin Herbert
Cello: Nicholas Tam
Drum Kit: Callam Manning
Mixed/produced/recorded: Jonathan Virgona
Co-produced/recorded: Aidan Campbell

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Franz James Brisbane, Australia

Franz James is a passionate singer/songwriter from Brisbane, Queensland. His music is inspired by a lot of early folk, with classical guitar influence, and he seeks to express his values and emotion through poetry and song.

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