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The Light Behind the Shadows
Wish that I could touch you
heal all your pain
just to help you to feel that
you are whole once again
Wish that I could show you
who you really are
Wish that you could capture
the peace which could be ours
There is light behind the shadows
Power will make you strong
There is peace within the silence
in this space where you belong
Would that I could help you
feel your roots of soul
lead you to remember
what you knew so long ago
Would that you’d know spirit—
essence of the light
help you find the courage
to make it through the night
There is light behind the shadows
Power will make you strong
There is peace within the silence
in this space where you belong
Jennifer Hughes lyrics & music for piano © January 15, 2014
Guitar version arranged by Kristi-Leah Bradley
Performed by Skylar Drior
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2. |
Angels Incarnate
04:08
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Angels Incarnate
Suffering is rampant
So hard to see
Bodies are hungry
and languishing
Such great need
never adequate
supply to place
a balanced bet
The world grows cold
and hope falls dim
We beat the odds
To lose again
I am flawed
and I am only one
but the soul revolution
has positively begun
Send an angel like me
Send an angel like me
Stand up for the weakened voice
Choose as though you have a choice
The soul will carry your burdens nigh
Vision intact of the other side
Grant the strength to raise the vibe
Quell with love the anguished cry
Just send an angel like me
Calling now
to the higher self
devitrify
the pretentious delve
Gentle showing
there’s no real pain
Except that comes
from ignorance again
Silent now
You raise your thoughts
You second-guess
the stories you bought
Claim your place
and take my hand
Raise your voice
Let’s make a stand
Send an angel just like me
Send an angel just like me
Stand up for the weakened voice
Choose as though you have a choice
The soul will carry your burdens nigh
Vision intact of the other side
Grant the strength to raise the vibe
Quell with love the anguished cry
Just send an angel like me
Music & Lyrics by Jennifer Hughes
November 12, 2012
Revised January 3, 2015
Performed by Skylar Drior
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3. |
I Send You Angels
03:29
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I Send You Angels
It’s hard to know
what you’re going through
It must be hard to make a plan
In this life
we’re all striving to
just do the best we can
You're not alone
I send you angels
to light the way back home
I send you angels
to lead you down that winding road
May angels get you through
the angels I’m sending you
It’s hard to bear
The loss of time
Nothing’s fair with life on the line
But you must know
Somewhere deep inside
Love will be your guide
you’re not alone
I send you angels
to light the way back home
I send you angels
to lead you down that winding road
May angels get you through
the angels I’m sending you
Jennifer Hughes music & lyrics © March 19, 2014
Arranged and performed by Skylar Drior
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4. |
Dreams of Life
02:39
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Dreams of Life
Dreams that came to life
only to die
Lookin’ at the past
No tears left to cry
I get so lonely
but I know when I pray
The way I hold you in my heart
God holds me that way
Made promises to you
and some were lost
Knowing what I did then
I couldn’t know the cost
I get so lonely
but you know when I pray
The way I held you in my arms
God holds me that way
Bridge:
Grief deeper than the ocean
and wider than the sky
But I know I will find you there
on the other side
I get so lonely
but I know when I pray
The way I hold you in my heart
God holds me that way
The way I hold you in my heart
God holds me that way
Jennifer Hughes © May 17, 2015 original piano version
For Jonathan Scott Hughes
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Mercy Rain
03:03
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Mercy Rain
Folded hands and humble hearts
Lord, we bid You hear our prayer
All the searching and the waiting
Father, You were always there
Let our light shine
Through devotion
End this fight we cannot win
Rest our eyes before the new day
Mercy-rain shall cleanse our sins
Love awake inside our hearts
Glory of the radiant stars
We are strong when we surrender
Lift us up to where you are
Let our light shine
Through devotion
End this fight we cannot win
Rest our eyes before the new day
Mercy-rain shall cleanse our sins
We wake now to new beginnings
Shores of endless consciousness
We pray today won’t be our last here
Let us pass this worldly test
Let our light shine
through devotion
End this fight we cannot win
Rest our eyes before the new day
Mercy-rain shall cleanse our sins
Heal our minds with endless mercy
Let our hearts be born again
Let our light shine
through devotion
End this fight we cannot win
Rest our eyes before the new day
Mercy-rain shall cleanse our sins
Mercy-rain shall cleanse our sins
Jennifer L. Hughes and Kristi-Leah Bradley © January 29, 2015
Performed by Skylar Drior
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6. |
The Sacred Heart
02:22
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The Sacred Heart
Tender I my worry, Lord
Change it into peace
Tender I my ignorance
Let it wisdom be
Tender I my fragile heart
Tender I my fear
Tender I this human state
Thou art always near
Work Thou through my hands, Oh Lord!
Work Thou through my mind!
Cast Thy vision through my eyes
Leave my sins behind
Tender I my perfect peace
Tender I my love
Tender I the silence where
all is known above
Tender beats the sacred heart
Tender rests the soul
Born in time as infinite
Raised to light as whole
Work Thou through my hands, Oh Lord!
Work Thou through my mind!
Cast Thy vision through my eyes
Leave my sins behind
Lyrics by Jennifer L. Hughes
Music by Jennifer L. Hughes and Kristi-Leah Bradley
Arranged by Kristi-Leah Bradley
Performed by Skylar Drior
© November 12, 2015
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Keep My Music Going
02:21
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Keep My Music Going
Seems it’s been so long now
since I headed home
A few words to remind you
You are not alone
God was short on angels
He needed me to play
music in the heavens
so I had to stay
Keep my music going
I’m not so far away
A second of eternity
We’ll meet again one day
Keep my inspiration
and hold it close to you
‘cause nothing here but love is true
Far above the mountains
no more stormy seas
Finally understanding
All that I can be
Life is so imperfect
But living every day
Don’t forget my music
or what I had to say
Keep my music going
I’m not so far away
A second of eternity
We’ll meet again one day
Keep my inspiration
and hold it close to you
‘cause nothing here but love is true
And I’m still watching over you
Lyrics by Jennifer L. Hughes October 11, 2015
Music by Jennifer L. Hughes and Kristi-Leah Bradley
Arranged by Kristi-Leah Bradley
Performed by Skylar Drior
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8. |
Loss of Autumn
02:35
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Loss of Autumn
Every day the leaves are falling
watch them as they go
sprouted green then deepest yellow
brown before you know
every day the water's colder
winter comes too soon
every day the sun shines brighter
baits the summer moon
I will love you
here forever
Life must die
but pure love never
Every day the leaves are dying
watch them as they ache
every tree stands still in sorrow
by the frozen lake
Every sigh of life resisting
dying greenery
somber, barren, stripped to pray in
silent eulogy
I will love you
here forever
Life must die
but pure love never
Every sight of double rainbow
I will see your face
I will wait for you in silence
still inside this lonely, lonely place
Jennifer Hughes © January 15, 2014 lyrics and music for piano
Arranged for guitar and performed by Skylar Drior
For Jonathan Scott Hughes
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9. |
Till the Night
02:27
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Till the Night
Till the night will call us home
I will stand and go unnoticed
Till the night will call us home
I’ll wait for you
In the morning when it seems
That our dreams have all been empty
Then the night will call us home
To begin anew
And I wish I could have told you then
The things I couldn’t say
I wish you could have held my hand
Every step along the way
But thinking fazes how I feel
and night reveals the brightest shields
I can’t discern if things are real
And nothing more much has appeal
to me
Till the night will call us home
I will sit in sacred silence
Till the night will call us home
I’ll think of you
In the evening when I see
That the night will soon be falling
Human frailties will consume
the need to be
But I wish I could have told you then
The things I didn’t know
I wish I could’ve loved you
In the ways I couldn’t show
Thinking fazes how I feel
and night reveals the darkest shields
I can’t discern if things are real
And nothing more much has appeal
to me
anymore
Jennifer Hughes
© 1-1-12
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Tryin’ not to think too much
of what you think of me
I see the judgment in your eyes
It might be my reflection
just staring back at me
too done to wear the world's disguise
I've been tryin' to lift the sun
but I just can't please everyone
I wish that I could see myself
outside my mind
What if no one could crush you?
How far would you go?
What would you do to show
who you really are?
What if no one could crush you?
Who would you be then?
Would you finally feel fine
to be your own friend?
Tryin’ not to think too much
of what it really means
I hear the terror in the cries
It might be mind deflection
just sitting in the wings
too numb to bear the world’s surprise
I've been tryin' to lift the sun
but I just can't please everyone
I wish that I could see myself
outside my eyes
What if no one could crush you?
How far would you go?
What would you do to show
who you really are?
What if no one could crush you?
Who would you be then?
Would you finally feel fine
to be your own friend?
Lyrics by Jennifer L. Hughes
Music by Jennifer L. Hughes & Kristi-Leah Bradley
© March 24, 2016
Performed by Skylar Drior
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11. |
April Rain
02:33
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April Rain
It's not like I can't feel the drops
falling on my skin
It's not like I can't hear the call
to just begin again
I don’t need the photographs
I am made of memories
Pictures burned into my brain
but I can barely see
April rain
Will you wash away my pain?
April rain
Will you wash me clean?
April rain
Will you help me start again?
April rain
Can you help me to believe?
It’s not like inspiration falls
inside each mortal breath
I can still forge through the storm
and far on past each death
I don’t need the sentiments
I am made of words that bleed
Timeless burned into my brain
till I can barely breathe
April rain
Will you wash away my pain?
April rain
Will you wash me clean?
April rain
Will you help me start again?
April rain
Can you help me to believe?
April rain
Wash me clean
Lyrics by Jennifer L. Hughes
Music by Jennifer L. Hughes and Kristi-Leah Bradley
© April 5, 2016
Performed by Skylar Drior
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12. |
Peace
03:11
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13. |
Let the River
02:27
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Let the River
Let the river take you
wherever it flows
Facts will forsake you
and watch as they grow
The answers you’ll find
will finally bind
in your soul
The river will flow beside you
Whispering all that she knows
The cosmos will crash, confide you
bringing you all that you chose
What you chose
Let the river leave you
Wash you ashore
You can’t change directions
when life is a chore
The one that you seek
is the one that you keep
Yeah, it’s your soul
The river will flow beside you
Whispering all that she knows
The cosmos will crash, confide you
bringing you all that you chose
What you chose
I will keep your secrets
They’re locked up in me
Almost catching dreams of
all that we’re meant to be
The one that stands tall
When everything falls
Is you, oh is me
The river will flow beside us
Whispering all that she knows
The cosmos will crash; confide us
bringing us all that we chose
What we chose
What we chose
Jennifer L. Hughes © January 19, 2017
Arranged by Kristi-Leah Bradley
Performed by Skylar Dryor
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He Died for Me
05:17
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He Died for Me
He died for me
So who am I
to tell the world I won’t forgive it for its lies
for its pride
you know He died for me
He died for me
He died for you
I think it’s true
that your heart has known His love is ever new
ever new
He died for you
How can I show Him that I know
His sacrifice for me is more than gold?
and how can I show Him that I hear
the things that He has whispered in my ear?
He died for me
He gave His life
that we all might be redeemed inside the light
inside the light
for this He died
He died for you
You’ll know it’s true
if you search inside your soul to find just who
who you are
who you are
How can I show Him that I know
His sacrifice for me is more than gold?
and how can I show Him that I hear
the things that He has whispered in my ear?
Bridge:
Let my voice always speak His name
My brothers and my sisters
We are all the same
Let my mind never fail to see
What I do unto the least of them
I do unto Thee
How can I show Him that I know
His sacrifice for me is more than gold?
and how can I show Him that I hear
the things that He has whispered in my ear?
He died for us
So how can I
tell the world I won’t forgive it for its lies
for its pride
you know He died
He died for us
He gave His life
that we all might be redeemed inside the light
inside the light
for this He died
How can I show Him that I know
His sacrifice for me is more than gold?
and how can I show Him that I hear
the things that He has whispered in my ear?
He died for me.
Lyrics by Jennifer L. Hughes
Music by Jennifer L. Hughes & Kristi-Leah Bradley
Performed by Skylar Dryor
© April 16, 2017
Easter Sunday
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For Those He Calls
04:02
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For those He calls
from this unsheltered wasteland
those left behind
may never understand
But those who pray
for angels in the making
are those who know
there is a plan
He helps me stand
when I'm too tired to go on
He holds my hand
when I’m all alone
He lives
So my hope’s still shinning bright
He showed me that
I’m not alone
I finally found a home
My heart still aches
but I'm tired of bleeding
The mind must doubt
solutions of the world
But those who love
shall surely know His freedom
and those who seek
shall finally know His word
He helps me stand
when I'm too tired to go on
He holds my hand
when I’m alone
He lives
and so my hope’s still shinning bright
He showed me that
I’m not alone
I finally found a home
He helps me stand
when I'm too tired to go on
He holds my hand
when I’m all alone
He lives
and so my hope’s still shinning bright
He showed me that
I’m not alone
I finally found a home
~ Dedicated with love forever to Jonathan Scott Hughes
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16. |
The Song of Your Heart
03:36
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Sleeping in your pain your heart still bleeds
Now the tears that you cry don’t give relief
Lost and forsaken
You’ve lost the will to speak
I give you love—only love
You’re anything but ordinary
Light heals pain
Love can lead the way to wake you up
And you are love
Some days the snow falls colder than it was
Other days the rain comes down from the dark clouds above
But the haze and the thunder can’t shake who you’ve become
I give you love—only love
You’re anything but ordinary
Light heals pain
Love can lead the way to wake you up
And you are love
When you can’t remember
who you really are
I’ll sing this song
with the words of your heart
I give you love—only love
You’re anything but ordinary
Light heals pain
Love can lead the way to wake you up
and you are love
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The Light Behind the Shadows
Wish that I could touch you
heal all your pain
just to help you to feel that
you are whole once again
Wish that I could show you
who you really are
Wish that you could capture
the peace which could be ours
There is light behind the shadows
Power will make you strong
There is peace within the silence
in this space where you belong
Would that I could help you
feel your roots of soul
lead you to remember
what you knew so long ago
Would that you’d know spirit—
essence of the light
help you find the courage
to make it through the night
There is light behind the shadows
Power will make you strong
There is peace within the silence
in this space where you belong
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18. |
My Salvation
03:26
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My Salvation
Father You have been there
through all the plans I’ve made
when I don’t feel you by my side
I’m the one who strays
You are the sun that shines through the rain
You are the answer to heal my pain
You are the shield against the lies we dreams true
There’s no salvation here
without You
Jesus, you have watched me
through all the tears I’ve shed
the pain that made me question You
But You’re the one who bled for me
Whoa, You bled for me
‘Cause You are the sun that shines through the rain
You are the answer to heal my pain
You are the shield against the lies we dreams true
There’s no salvation here
without You
Sometimes life consumes me
and I forget what’s real
Forgive my foolish pride
inside Your love I’m healed
You are the sun that shines through the rain
You are the answer to heal my pain
You are the shield against the lies we dreams true
There’s no salvation here
without You
Jennifer L. Hughes © August 22, 2014
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