This Is Life
Words and Music by Jeremy Mayfield ©2008 

Verse 1
So this is life or so I’m told
Well it’s gotten boring, and now I’m getting old
If this is life, well then give me death
Give me something better; please give me something else
Something else…something else…
What is life, and who am I to even try to define
The reasons why we live or die?

Verse 2
Pick up the pieces, but do they even fit
In this puzzle of our existence
Our existence…our existence?
And who are we, humanity, to dare to say we’re more than clay
And muddy men in Potter’s hands?

Verse 3
They say, “Hold on to this life! Hold on to it tight!”
But I find it’s best to let it go
To let it go…to let it go…
When I lose my life I will find it on the other side of sacrifice
To truly die: this is life

This Is Life - Mp3

I wrote this song  in 2008 when I was in an "in between" time of my life...not really sure of where to go/what to do next.  It's an honest song of struggle/uncertainty.  Ultimately, the only hope is summed up in the Bridge: "You are the end/You are the means/And everything in between." 

In Between

Simple words/profound truth: "Without You I am nothing/I'm nothing without You."

Without You

One More Day With You

This is one of the first songs I ever wrote as a singer/songwriter (I'd been composing instrumental pieces for years but was always hesitant to sing). 

Father, Please

I'd never heard this hymn before, when I opened up a hymnal and came across it several years ago.  The lyrics struck me, so I sat down at the piano and began arranging it.  I hope I've done justice to the timeless/heart-wrenching words of St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

This was the first country/pop song I ever wrote (over 10 years ago). 

Three Things

Bethlehem

Bethlehem (Remix)

One of my more "experimental" songs...wrote/recorded this tune about 5 years ago in my apartment in Jackson, MS.

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