A song that is special to me.
Composed in 2013. Recorded in GarageBand on iPhone in 2019.
Artwork from "Forest" by William Witherington.

Lyrics:
A mother softly sings
Mercy's waiting in her wings
And with food and faithful song
Little Mercy has grown strong (Mighty)

Mercy's hungry still
Mercy never had her fill
Heaven's set on heaven sent
Little seeds of sacrament (the Mighty)

The seeds are trees the fifteenth year
Little Mercy hunts and gathers there
Little Mercy, maybe not so small?
Like the trees, she's growing tall

Who sends the seed? Who grows the tree?
Who's growing Mercy, mercy me!
Mercy strides onto barren earth
Who greens the land in a second birth?

Allelujah! God the Mighty.

The Mighty

For my lovely sister-in-law on her 30th birthday.
Composed in 2016. Recorded in GarageBand on iPhone in 2019.
Harmonies by my wonderful wife Sharon.

Lyrics:
When the land is dark
And the sky is old
Cloud unparted
The winter lamps
Have burned to gold
And golden hearted
Sit with me
And raise a glass
To a golden heart
A golden heart

When a patchwork coat
Doesn't stop the cold
Face unguarded
See the sky now bright
With burnished gold
And golden hearted
Stand with me
And raise your eyes
To a golden heart
A golden heart

(I) dreamed my possessions were all placed on a pyre
You held my hand
We watched the heart of burning fire

A golden heart
Golden heart

Stand with me
Let's raise our hands
To a golden heart
A golden heart

Dreamed my possessions were all placed on a pyre
You held my hand
We watched the heart of burning fire

A golden heart
Golden heart

Golden Heart

From the heart!
Composed in 2017. Recorded in GarageBand on iPhone in 2019.
Artwork from "Neubrandenburg" by Caspar Friedrich.

Lyrics:
Brother, have you seen the light?
Look out with your gifted sight
I've been stumbling over this coal-black night
Asking "have you seen the light?"

My friend, I taught myself to cry
Never had much cause to try
But "we never had friendship"?
Well, that's a lie!
So I taught myself to cry
So I taught myself...

The honest eye sees every hue
Not just black and blue

Brother, have you seen the light?
Brother now, it's time to fight
To know what's right, and end the night
Brother, have you seen the light?

Tim Knauf