I walked this morning through the gate, into the satisfaction 
Lately I’ve been lost for choice, and it’s not amusing 
10,000 soulless options – where is the one direction 
Where is the singularity – where is the holy meaning? 

Once there was a holy grail, never reached but not in vain 
We lived on the strength of the journey, not question the meaning 
Now I sojourn this in you – your oldest word it sounds so new 
My satisfaction is finding truth - in the one direction 

And then you ask yourself; what will be left when I’m gone 
And will the love I’ve shown, outshine the hate I’ve known 
And you ask yourself, what will be waiting for me 
My treasure or my bad history 

This world can make you sore; make you shut all of your doors 
You walk the high path, and what’s the problem with that 
There is no purpose in you – except the ones you’re given to 
There is no field to harvest – except the one you’ve sown 

And then you ask yourself; what will be left when I’m gone 
And will the love I’ve shown, outshine the hate I’ve known 
And you ask yourself, what will be waiting for me 
My treasure or my bad history

BadHistory

Would you be still for a minute, and tell me why, you’re so sore 
You cant, cant stop the feeling, like you cant stop breathing, but you cant take more 
The sounds you hear are no symphony, and the words they are a bore
And the love, it’s all so fake and tired, just like those eyes, just want to close 
A word to satisfy my soul, an answer to the coldness, answer to the darkness 
The truth is hidden in my heart, and I will never part, I will never ever part 

Would you be me for a minute, and tell me how, I stay afloat 
I hate to steal your thunder, but I’ve been battered and I’ve been torn 
I have prayed for truth and justice and I’ve waited for it to show 
And I’ve kept my eye on the promise, yet I’ve cursed it, for being so slow 

Don’t need the spells of the medicine man you, 
Don’t need the stars to help you make your plans you 
Don’t need the mystics and you don’t need the ghosts you don’t need to telephone the fortune tellers posts 
You don’t need to be humoured and you don’t need someone to hold 
What you need is a word to satisfy your soul

A Word To Satisfy

Oh my love, my love, 
You light, you light up my day, 
The song, the song you sing, 
Is like honey, honey in my heart. 

And the words you speak enchant me, 
Inspire and delight me, 
Oh my love, my love 
You light, you light up my day. 

Fire, fire behind your eyes, 
I see the truth burning in your heart, 
Jewels money don’t excite me, 
But your touch drives me wild 

And the words…

You Light Up My Day

Now I see the vision 
Now I see hope 
Now I see all is possible 

Coz El Shaddai has found me 
El Shaddai has loved me 
El Shaddai has captured my heart 

Now I hear laughing 
Now I hear singing 
Now I share in it all 

Coz El Shaddai has found me 
El Shaddai has loved me 
El Shaddai has captured my heart 
my heart... 

he has captured my heart.. 
'you're the reason I live - ( reason I live, reason I live ) 
'you have captured my heart' – ( captured my heart, captured my heart ) 

and Now I take that vision 
and Now I take a stand 
then I'll take the hand of 

El Shaddai who has found me 
El Shaddai who has loved me 
El Shaddai who has captured my heart 
El Shaddai who has saved me 
El Shaddai who has healed me 
El Shaddai who has touched me 
El Shaddai who has captured my heart 
El Shaddai who has loved me 
El Shaddai who has touched me 
El Shaddai who has captured my heart.

El Shaddai

One Week of Days’ are husband and wife duo Bob and Jan Murphy. They are based in Kilkenny, Ireland.

Bob and Jan are both prolific songwriters and they have worked together on various musical projects, most notably ‘Kaydee’ (1994-1997)

Bob and Jan met in 1988 when they were in a school musical together. It wasn’t long however before they ended up performing in the same group in their home town, Kilkenny. One group followed another until the group they were in at the time ‘Kaydee’ ended up signing a recording contract with EMI records in 1994.

They finished up with ‘Kaydee’ in 1997 and Bob went on to record some solo material while Jan took a break from writing and recording.

In April 2000 they got married and later the same year they decided to work together again on a new project “One Week of Days”

“One Week of Days” features the singing songwriting and production of both, with Bob recording and providing the instrumentation.

In early 2002 One Week of Days released their first album … ‘Who you really Are’ was recorded in their home studio in Kilkenny city. The album contains 11 tracks. Songwriting is a dominant element and the music is rock based with elements of pop, folk, electronica, jazz and roots.

Between 2003 and 2008 Bob and Jan have played mainly as a 2 piece, but occasionally as a four piece.

Since then some singles have been released: Bad History in September 2008, You Light Up My Day in December 2009, Shepherd King in May 2010 and “A Word to Satisfy” in June 2014.

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