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This song is now available on Bandcamp. https://helentrevillion.bandcamp.com It will also appear soon on Spotify, Amazon etc.
Thanks to all who enjoy and support my music. :)

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May every star in the sky
every memory of you
build a road in my heart
to a love ever new
I will hold on to the voice
that I hear in the dark
and I will stand by my choice
to believe in us

This may not be what I chose
but I'll always be true
Love is a fire, not a rose
and I'll always choose you
I will go on through the storm
with unwavering faith
'cause when we love we are born
and I believe in that

Oh, you say the river's too wide?
We'll find another way
I know our love is alive
in spite of what you say
There's something changing inside
the garden that we made
I know our love is alive
and love will never fade

Go seek the light that you need
when you lose your way
and let it grow like a seed
chase the shadows away
I don't know what will be
or if you'll ever come back
but you go on loving me
and I believe in that

Oh, you say the river's too wide?
We'll find another way
I know our love is alive
in spite of what you say
There's something changing inside
the garden that we made
I know our love is alive
and love will never fade

Love love love
Love will never fade...

May every star in the sky
every memory of you
build a road in my heart
to a love ever new
I will hold on to the voice
that I hear in the dark
and I will stand by my choice
to believe in us

Love Will Never Fade

@helen-trevillion

I pray that you will find your way back home
No matter what you do or where you run
I pray your heart will be
Blessed eternally

I pray the chaos will return to peace
I pray the war within you soon will cease
I pray your eyes will see
Light eternally

Hear the silence, let it speak
Heart of hearts, begin to beat
Though you're afraid and you are weak
When you're hiding Heaven seeks
And Mercy calls you to your knees
Plants in you a precious seed
Oh heart of hearts, will you believe?

(Will you believe, oh heart of hearts?
Will you believe, oh heart of hearts?)

I pray the waves will wash you to the shore
I pray your soul will rest and be restored
I pray you'll be set free
With joy eternally

Hear the silence, let it speak
Heart of hearts, begin to beat
Though you're afraid and you are weak
When you're hiding Heaven seeks
And Mercy calls you to your knees
Plants in you a precious seed
Oh heart of hearts, will you believe?

Will you believe, heart of hearts?
Will you believe, heart of hearts?
Will you believe, heart of hearts?
Will you believe, heart of hearts?

Oh I pray you will be safe, eternally
Oh I pray you will be safe, eternally
Eternally, heart of hearts.

Heart of Hearts

tie your laces
before you go down to play 
look around you carefully,
before you push people away.
and (bon iver) has been playing repeatedly in my head today,
i saw a face, it reminded me of your gaze,
light headed and fazed, 
smoking a cigarette


the nature of this is ambiguous, 
i don’t know what to say when your hands are so distant.
prepare to leave, prepare to stay, 
there’s so much i have to say to you, 
but i’m confused, 
you’re going to leave anyway

and my body is hurting with all the locked up punctuation in it,
full stops attached to this.
and i am unworthy of sounds of Clozee and remixed redos are out of my league,


as are you.

mispronunciation(intro)

We stand in broken places
We stand with tear-stained faces
We stand because He lives in us
We stand for love unending
We stand for grace transcending
We stand because He stands for us

And all the walls we raised
He will tear them down
And where the hurt remains
He will lay His Hands

And there is nothing that He cannot heal
There is nothing that He cannot heal
Nothing that He cannot heal
In the stillness of His precious love
There is nothing that He cannot heal
There is nothing that He cannot heal
Nothing that He cannot heal
In the stillness of His precious love

We Stand (2018)

Sorry for the brief hiatus on this page.. I have a lot of unfinished songs on deck currently so expect more soon :)

lyrics

All it took was a week
One week and I was swept away
All it took were the clouds and how they
Provided shade to the bay

All it took was that smile
A loop that stretched on for miles
A chair that bent at the perfect angle
Entangled like the curls in my hair

I want to remember
I want to remember
I want to remember
I want to remember

Windswept on the ferry deck
I don't want to get caught in the current

I want to remember x3
I want to remember this

I Want To Remember

It was a casual Saturday afternoon at a friends place; A random Spotify playlist had assumed the roll as the DJ for the night, which eventually cued up the Jose Gonzalez cover of “Heartbeats” (a song originally performed by the Knife). I couldn’t remember the last time I’d heard the song but was immediately consumed by feelings of nostalgia, as memories from my freshmen year in university hijacked my imagination. I found myself re-listening to the song over and over again, until coming to the (what should have been obvious) conclusion to create my own cover.

I laid down the acoustic guitars, along with some simple drums - just enough to get a general idea of how this was going to play out for me. A good friend of mine (who performs under the name Lani Rose) was available to track some demo vocals; what he sent back blew me away. 

I didn’t want the cover to be too similar to the Jose rendition, so I was sure to add a taste of Fairlane throughout the record. After wrapping up the first final version, I had the pleasure of previewing what Lani and I had done to another close friend (who’d admitted to sharing a similar obsession with the Jose cover in the past). As the demo ended, I turned around in my chair to gauge any reaction, only to discover my friend sitting in silence with his mouth agape. “That was special” he said “and that’s all I’m gonna say”.

This Heartbeats cover will always hold a place in my heart. To me, it represents an acknowledgment to the time my journey has taken to get to where I am - from the last time I heard the original 8 years ago, to the first time I heard it again on that random Saturday evening, and everything else in between.

free dl :)

Fairlane - Heartbeats

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📝 Lyrics:

Fear, don't you find me now
Don't you make me blind no, no
Don't you tie me down

And love, don't you go so far
Don't leave me in the cold no, no
Don't keep me in the dark

All along the road, give me light, give me light
I'm tired of being alone, every night, every night
Stuck out, cold, in my fright, in my fright
I need it in my bones, give me light, give me light

Faith, don't you close my eyes
When I don't know where to go no, no
Don't take me by surprise

And shame, don't you make a sound
Don't you break me in no, no
Don't you shake me down

All along the road, give me light, give me light
I'm tired of being alone, every night, every night
Stuck out, cold, in my fright, in my fright
I need it in my bones, give me light, give me light

Give Me Light

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Marti West - Give Me Light

Wings, be strong...
You've got a load to carry
It won't be long
These storms can make you weary

Go forward, wind,
and carry me on
and draw me in
to a new song

Heart, believe...
I see mountains moving
Hope, don't leave...
I see the gardens blooming

We're sowing seeds
and they are transforming
We're setting free
a brand new morning

And they can say what they wanna say
I'm already whole
And I know it's not the easy way
but I'm not solo

And I know there's a secret river rushing
And I know there is life where there was nothing

Mind, be still...
No more battles raging
Hope, be filled
with a fire blazing

It's burning up
all of the old
The new is coming
I let it take hold

And they can say what they wanna say
I'm already whole
And I know it's not the easy way
but I'm not solo

And I know there is healing in the crushing
And I know there is life where there was nothing

And I know there's a secret river rushing
And I know there is life where there was nothing

Wings

i uploaded this song's demo to my shitpost account @chevsmcgevs a few months ago and the response on it was so great i decided to make a proper version of it! so thank you all for your patience and a BIG thank you to @pivot1 for bringing this song to life and giving it that whimsical feel. i truly couldn't have done it without him :')

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2nzED6Q3yWuvSQnxw6QTlU?si=Jln9l7HkRemTp8Kc8A-AFQ

park bird: 
@pivot1
 twitter.com/parkbird789789

art by esther shin:
 twitter.com/estartsy
 www.instagram.com/estartsy/

this song was inspired by Roger Ebert, an infamous film critic who lost his ability to speak. after reading an article about his life and relationship with his wife, I wondered what it would be like to fall in love with somebody who was unable to do the things in life we usually take for granted, like talking or simply riding a bike...

lyrics:
if i could ride a bike
i’d zoom around the world
with you sitting there behind me
i’d take you to places 
pass several faces
just living life so carefree

if i could sail a boat
i’d cruise across the seas
a sweet adventure for us two
i’ll be Jack and you Rose
just please don't let me go
cuz i’d be nothing without you

oh when you call me
i'm drifting on clouds like I'm dreaming
but in the morning
i wake up and see that your stuck here w me

if only you knew
what i would do for you
i'd jump up and hold you so tightly
but i will never be
able to do these things
so i'm just left imagining

if i could ride a bike (w/ park bird)

Written for Standers United (Marriage Revealed Ministries), September 2018
Video produced by Travis Schoenlaub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co-iNvvC7Vg

Lyrics:

On the day that we said our vows
Love moved in every word
And it's so far away right now
But we believe what we heard
In darkest night
He lifted love like a bird
And gave it flight

We won’t surrender to the storm
'Cause love is a greater thing
And there’s an ocean we’ve seen from the shore
We’re looking out to a Kingdom 
that restores
All of the broken things
Behind these walls

And it won’t matter
What has shattered
Darkness scatters
When He moves
When He moves
And what was broken
What was stolen
Eyes will open
When He moves
When He moves

And sometimes it seems impossible
But we know it’s only unseen
'Cause His love is unstoppable
And He is the one who can heal
These broken hearts
And bring back the ones who are lost
And lift them up

And it won’t matter
What has shattered
Darkness scatters
When He moves
When He moves
And what was broken
What was stolen
Eyes will open
When He moves
When He moves

When He moves
When He moves
He will heal
He will heal
When He moves
When He moves
It will not matter

Wings

Helen Trevillion