The Hermiston High School Chamber Choir performing City Called Heaven by Josephine Poelinitz at Central Washington University on November 18, 2015. Joshua Rist, Director, Margaret Wetterling, Collaborative pianist. Soloists: Ebony Wilson, Macie Cox, and Alanna Ellis. Please forgive the audience's applause midway through the performance. They just got carried away in their excitement. :)

City Called Heaven

This goes out to all the lonely band kids who don't have girlfriends on band trips.  Credit goes to Bobby Crane, Andy Gilham, Chance Longhorn, Zion Velasco, and three guys from Missouri. 

Bus Ride Isolation

Deliverance by Naomi Aguilar. Performed live by Naomi Aguilar, voice, and Chance Longhorn, piano. Recorded by Joshua Rist on July 22, 2016, at Hermiston High School in Oregon. 

“Deliverance”

Verse 1
He plays his records, drinks his liquor got me lying on the floor, I’m halfway out the door
I got him touching on my body, when I feel, I got nobody, does that make me a whore? 
He’s got me believin, I ain’t never leavin, why am I so vulnerable
He wears a crown of thorns, blasphemous soul, calls himself a Savior

Chorus
Set my chains ablaze, let them burst in flames
Its time I free them my gods and demons (2x)

Verse 2
My minds been painted blind, all I live for is a lie
My faith has been crucified    
Imprisoned, to believe that even death can’t set me free
Though some call him paradise

Chorus
Set my chains ablaze, let them burst in flames
Its time I free them my gods and demons (2x)

Coda
Deliverance, I’m in need, he hands me a bible along with a rifle
He says come and follow me, come and become my disciple 
Let your river flow red, have you heard what they said?
You’re nothing but a youth and you don’t know what you do
Deliverance, I’m in need, come and delivery me.
















              

















 























Bus Ride Isolation

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