Commissions
Theater of Hope: III. Mother's Song
Adam Maness
Composer:
Adam Maness
Arranger:
Not Applicable
Publication:
Duration:
4:47
Program notes:
Recorded at Powell Symphony Hall, January 2016
Voicing:
SSAA
Accompaniment:
Piano - can be performed with strings and percussion as in our recordings
Themes:
Love, War, Sisterhood
Lyrics:
III. Mother's Song
You must trust
You must trust the sun to rise
Ev'ry morning, you must
This is an exercise of faith.
You hope it's not a lie
You must trust
You must trust the memory of your fingers, the feel,
The palm of your hand
On his sweet forehead
His soft boy's hair when you tucked him into bed
You must trust
You must trust and believe
That you will rest again when he is home
Though now you awake at dawn
Never forgetting where he is gone
And you must trust,
You must trust the song
The power of all you cannot see
That feels like gravity,
That holds all things together,
Like melody
Like the arms of a mother.
Katy Miller
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