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The Wilderness - Music for Lent

by The Many

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Only Grace 05:03
1. Things are broken here. Things are shared Things are carried here Hearts bow in prayer Chorus It is grace, only grace That brings us here, holds us together here. It is grace, only grace That brings us here, holds us all together here. All together here. 2. Things are dying here Things are torn Things are growing here And burdens borne. Chorus Bridge Amazing grace, hear the sound. Here is where hope is found. Chorus
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Forsaken 03:45
Forsaken Why have you forsaken us? Where have you gone? Why have you forsaken us? How can we go on? Verse 1 There’s a woman who has lost her child And a man who’s lost his way. There’s a boy who’s keeping it inside And a girl who cannot pray. Pre-chorus Why have you forsaken us? Where have you gone? Why have you forsaken us? How can we go on? Chorus We search for your face Search for your grace We want to follow your way Why have you forsaken us Where have you gone? Verse 2 There’s a man who says he cannot breathe And another with a gun There’s a family that’s left everything Just exiles on the run Pre-chorus Why have you forsaken us? Where have you gone? Why have you forsaken us? How can we go on? Chorus We search for your face Search for your grace We want to follow your way Why have you forsaken us Where have you gone? Bridge There’s a man forsaken on a cross Body broken in two There’s a God hanging on a cross Who feels it all too Crying with us, dying with us. Praying with us. Holding us too. We search for your face Search for your grace We want to follow your way Lyrics: Lenora Rand Tune: Hannah Rand
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Lovely Needy People Verse 1 Oh you prisoners in your cells All you in private hells All: Kyrie eleison All you hungry and ignored Who thirst for something more All: Kyrie eleison You who feel so lost but are afraid of being found You who are in chains but are afraid to live unbound All: Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison. Chorus For all us lovely needy people Living in this world that’s spinning Round and round and round Round and round and round Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy All: Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison Verse 2 Oh you children ripped and torn Battered, bruised and worn All: Kyrie eleison All who look hate in the face Locked in hate’s embrace All: Kyrie eleison You who’ve given up and can’t see anywhere but down You who’ve lost all hope and think it’s nowhere to be found All: Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison. Chorus Chant All: There is mercy enough, there is grace enough. There is love enough for all of us.
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Verse 1: We try, we fail Do too little too late We wish we could walk away Verse 2: We hurt. We’re hurt Nothing seems to work. We don’t know what to say Chorus: Forgive us Forgive us. We know not what we do. Be with us Be with us. We don’t know what to do. Verse 3 What’s wrong. What’s right. Hard to see without sight. Blindly we come to You Chorus: Forgive us Forgive us. We know not what we do. Be with us Be with us. We don’t know what to do. Bridge: We don’t know how to pray here. stay here. All we hope is You’re here. Help us Seek Justice. Love Mercy. Walk humbly, here. Chorus
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Lamb of God, with love poured out you suffer with the world. Have mercy. Have mercy. (repeat) Lamb of God who suffers with the world.   Grant us peace. Grant us peace. Music by Gary Rand. Text adapted from the traditional by Lenora and Gary Rand. © 2017 Plural Guild Music
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Room for Us All They said no room They said move on They turned, turned you away. We’ve been there too Felt that alone been hurt been hurt that way. Chorus Your light comes shining Into this crying night, Bringing hope, bringing healing, Your love revealing. Your light comes shining into this crying night To say it's ok, there's room for all of us here. Oh but it’s hard To open the door Not lock, lock love away We’ve been there too Felt too afraid To see, to try another way Chant: We are on this earth to love

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This is music from THE WILDERNESS, a Ritual of Resistance and Hope, originally created for a Lenten gathering at the CONVERGENCE MUSIC PROJECT event, February 2017

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These songs are for people of faith and doubt, rooted in many voices from gospel to indie, pop to folk. Songs meant to accompany you on the forty days and forty nights of Lent. Songs made to sing together. Songs for those who seek justice, long to live in kindness, walk humbly, and follow the God who so loves us all.

Note that songs in this bundle are also available on other albums by The Many. Only Grace, Forsaken, Lovely Needy People, and Forgive Us are from the the album, All Belong Here. Room for All of Us is from the Advent and Christmas album. Lamb of God is available as a single , and Must Not of Known is from a solo album by Hannah Rand called Standing on Shoulders, available from Itunes and other retailers.

The liturgy only, with the sheet music, is available at themanyarehere.com/merch

The liturgy that accompanies these songs was inspired by Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness where he faced his demons, sat with all that is hard and mysterious and painful, within and without. It is an invitation, during Lent to follow Jesus into this rocky, desolate place to examine ourselves, to face our fears, our temptations, our sorrows, our aloneness, and to listen for the still, small voice that calls us to refuse to be numb, calls us to wake up, be alert, look into the eyes of the other gods we worship on a daily basis – success, money, power, comfort, security – name them and confess them and find the path of holy resistance.

A PDF with the entire script and lyrics for the songs is included in the download of the album. There is also a PDF of the sheet music for all the songs.

Please share and sing and bring The Wilderness by The Many to your church or performance space.

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released February 5, 2017

The Many are from Chicago, IL USA and include singers, Darren Calhoun, Leslie Michelle, Hannah Rand, Gary Rand and everyone else who can join in.

The Many is a collaboration of the Plural Guild, headed up by Gary and Lenora Rand. www.pluralguild.com

All songs written by Hannah Rand and Gary Rand, with lyrics by Lenora Rand, except "Must Not Have Known" - music and lyrics by Hannah Rand from her solo album, "Standing on Shoulders." Full album is available here: hannahrandband.bandcamp.com/album/standing-on-shoulders

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Weaving together many musical influences, from folk to gospel to pop to indie, into one unique sound somewhere between them all, The Many deliver songs filled with questions and doubts, pushing toward a faith that’s real and honest, that doesn’t settle for easy anything, always with an eye out for the God who so loves the world. . ... more

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