"Gentle Surrender" genre: Love Songs
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	Love song adapted from a poem by Canadian poet Philip Read.
	CD: unreleased demo   Label: unreleased (pm productions, Hong Kong) Credits: music by Paul Meredith, lyric by Phil Read, arranged, performed and recorded by Paul Meredith
	Story Behind the Song Phil sent me a beautiful poem in spring 2002 that I tried my best not to ruin as I adapted it into a love song. I was very pleased that Phil didn't mind what I did to the lyric, condensing a bit here, adding an image there, to make it fit a melody and structure that I thought would work to highlight the song. Here's the demo version. Lyrics GENTLE SURRENDER 1. In a moment's passing I see your shadow drifting slowly In the darkness, through a passage you somehow found somewhere inside me You take your arrow and your bow, fixed upon your goal And in a language only you and I know, shoot a message to my soul I ask for her hand, she gives it gladly I ask for her love in gentle surrender 2. In a moment's passing I hear the bells; gently they ring And with the sound the ground softly receives her wrapped in angel's wings I ask for her hand, she gives it gladly I ask for her love in gentle surrender 3. Come pierce my heart with your radiant smile Hold me forever, then hold me once again for just a little while I ask for her hand, she gives it gladly I ask for her love in gentle surrender c) Paul Meredith, 2002

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