Royal Robes from "A Parable About the King"

by Cameron Blake

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Watch the performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cusS6_7spks

Recorded and commisioned for "A Parable About the King"- 2012 original ballet choreographed by Hannah Ferianc, Tassia Johnson and the Hearts in Step Dance Academy, Grand Rapids, MI.

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Underneath my royal robe there’s a chest of skin and flesh and bone
that’s breathing in and out
Underneath my open ribs where I’ve locked away my tenderness comes a thunder of a sound

My heart is pumping with the blood that has returned
My cheeks are gaining color with each new twist and turn
But my robe is dirtied with each lesson you’re learning and each tear of grace
that we can’t earn
that we can’t earn

Underneath your little toes there’s an empty world you had to know
and discover on your own
Love is patient, love is kind and when you make some more mistakes like mine
you’ll need a different kind

I see you running to the place that you’ve called home
I’ll hold you shaking in the desert and the cold
But my robe is dirtied with each lesson you’re learning and each tear of grace
that we can’t earn
that we can’t earn

Father, father, father, father
My crown is shrinking

Daughter, daughter, daughter, daughter
My eyes are weeping

I will take these tattered clothes and turn them back to royal robes
with no debt for you to owe

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released March 20, 2012
Cameron Blake; guitar and vocals
Jill Warne; cello
Engineered and Produced by Dave Ferianc
Additional tweaks and mastering by Geoff Knorr

For more music: www.cameronblakemusic.com

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