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Song #5 – Work to Believe – February *FREE TRACK*
Soon after I wrote this song, I knew it would quickly become one of my long time favorites. Something happens when I write a song that really resonates with me… It bounces and bounces around in my head for days, whenever I pick up my guitar to sing it’s that song which comes to my fingers and throat. “Work to Believe” is a vote of encouragement to both myself and to the struggling people in this world, the ones who have hope and really try to do well by others but also for those of us who wish to achieve great things in this world. It is quite different in this recorded version from it’s original acoustic incarnation. On a technical side, it was a very challenging production for me because I’ve never recorded or mixed live drums before. (I read something this morning that said something like “jump off a cliff and build your wings on the way down”. Seemed suiting.) Devon Tramell played the kit on this one. In addition to Devon drumming, Rick Snell played mandolin, Shaun Jones played electric guitar and Laura Lee Jones did some vocals. Thanks all! Feel free to give it a listen and comment on what you think!
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WORK TO BELIEVE – SETH FAERGOLZIA © ⓟ 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Taking myself back again
So hard. It takes work to maintain who I am
In this world where humans consume everything
I overeat, I take the drugs, I live the same as anyone
I watch TV, I fantasize, I let my eyes glaze over and over
over and over
It takes work to believe in yourself, I believe in me
It takes work to believe in yourself, I believe in you
It takes work to hold onto the spirit inside
It takes work, just hold on and you will arrive
Turning back into myself
Turning back into myself again
Turning back into myself again despite what the world would want me to do
I’m dreaming out loud from my heart
I’m dreaming out loud what my heart would want
I’m dreaming and making what my heart would want me to do.
It takes work to believe in yourself, I believe in me
It takes work to believe in yourself, I believe in you
It takes work to hold onto the spirit inside
It takes work, just hold on and you will arrive
I’m working to save my own life
I’m working to save my own life
I’m working to brighten the lives all around me
I’m working to waste not
Don’t want not don’t waste it, it’s life.