Asheville, North Carolina singer-songwriter Hannah Kaminer completed a 48 hour residency in July, 2015, and penned this song inspired by her time in Indy.

Lyrics:
If you love me, bring me to life
Don’t you run home (to the suburbs)
Don’t you change your mind
Let these buildings be the place you thrive
If you love me, I will come alive

	I’m your mother			I’m the train
	I’m your city				through your heart
	I’m your sister			traveling on into the night
	So make me pretty		if you love me, I will come alive

Chirping birds and cooing trains
A hundred lonely people 
Finally have a place
Take your time, where you’re going,
Put a name to that face
Love will run like a river through these roadways

		Break your silence
		Your gaze on the ground
	Plant your roots in the driest part of town
		Being lost ain’t so bad,
		If you can tell when you’re found
	If you love me, I will blossom in this dry ground


Come Alive - Hannah Kaminer

The Sky Is Not The Limit

Fearless

Into the Flame
(for Brook, and Kyle) Written in support of Brook, in memory of Kyle. Performed at Kyle's memorial service at Haywood Congregation.

bearer of radiant sun in the sky
iron willed wolf spirit child
too free to be caged, wise beyond age
by turns both captive and wild

your heart is a compass to chaos
the threat and the thrill of the game
but if you gaze at the glow of a candle
you don’t have to fly into the flame

savoring decadent grudges		
we issue indignant demands
but clutching hot coals meant for some other soul
you only will burn your own hands

face down in distorted reflection
one can drown in the shallows of shame
you can gaze at the glow of a candle
but you don’t have to fly into the flame

yarnspinner, wordslinger, teller of tales
narratives tangled and torn
sounder of sorrows whose songs go unsung 
tender of rose and of thorn

continue to witness the unseen
keep giving the nameless a name 
fall into our arms, let us catch you
breathe deeply and sit with the pain 	

reach for the star you have summoned
and rest in the warmth of her name
today let us each light a candle
but please don’t fly into the flame

you don’t have to fly into the flame

Words & Music ©2019 by Brian Claflin
http://haywoodstreet.org/

Into the Flame

A song I wrote for communion during weekly services at Haywood St Congregation.

Break Bread With Me Today
Words & Music copyright ©2019 by Brian Claflin

brother, break bread with me today
brother, break bread with me today
be nourished, be made whole 
in body and in soul
brother, break bread with me today

sister, please come in from the cold 		
sister, please come in from the cold
up from the riverside
and dry the tears you’ve cried
sister, please come in from the cold

stranger, there are no strangers here
stranger, there are no strangers here
with dignity rise up
come forth, drink from this cup
stranger, there are no strangers here

(repeat 1st verse)

http://haywoodstreet.org/

Break Bread With Me (the Haywood St Communion Song)

Brian Mercier Claflin

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