Vagabond Prayer

from Kinora by Jade Alger

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Can you take calamity and sprinkle her with stars?
A vagabond sings, hallelujah
Can you change direction when you’ve lost who you are?
A drifter replies, hallelujah
Can you hear heaven in the dribble of the rain?
The abbey resounds a hallelujah
Can you find the moonbeam buried in the lane?
A dreamer begins a hallelujah

Look up at the weeping world
She fumbles on the edge
Her Spirit is almost dead
And I sing my song

Daffodils scream from the yellow of their eyes
Long days of freedom bring longer nights
A sinister glow in the Western sky
People on the streets with hatred and signs
Angels in the valleys and demons in the trees
God is still watching, but He’s on bended knee
Red is the colour of innocent blood
White is for purity, honor and love

[Refrain]
Can a story be retold from another point of view
To make up what we lost in the hurricane?

Can you take misfortune and sprinkle her with stars?
A vagabond sings, hallelujah
Can you change direction when you’ve lost who you are?
A drifter replies, hallelujah
Can you hear heaven in the dribble of the rain?
The abbey resounds a hallelujah
Can you see the moonbeam buried in the lane?
The minstrel boy plays a hallelujah

Look up at the weeping world
She fumbles on the edge
Her Spirit is almost dead
I sing my song

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from Kinora, released March 17, 2018
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Jade Alger
Mastered by Hybrid Mastering
Jade Alger (cello, guitar, melodica, vocals)
Yatziv Caspi (drums)
Mro Fox (flute and piccolo)

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Jade Alger Chattanooga, Tennessee

Jade Alger began his journey in music at an early age playing cello. At university he made a name for himself through song- writing and became known for his abilities to marry avant-garde wordplay with lilting melodies and intricate finger-style guitar work. ... more

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