Sand from Full Circle by Halie Loren

It happens all the time, in so many ways... we destroy the things we love by trying to tweak them, to change them, to "better" them, but instead we just hone and squeeze the life out of them until there is nothing left to save. This song meant different things to me at different times as I wrote it, and it still does. It can be about a love gone bad, the assault on our planet, the degradation of society, corrupted politics... but the question is still unanswered: why DO we take from a good thing until we utterly break it down?

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3.	Sand	3:18

Lyrics

"Sand"
Music and Lyrics by Halie Loren

© 2005, Jammin Salmon Music (ASCAP)

Sand—nothing but sand
Left of the Diamonds in our hands
Tight—held on too tight
Until we crumbled the prism’s light
Oh-I---should have known
Oh-when---to let go…

Why do we take, take from a good thing
Until we break, break it as far as it can go
Thinking we’ll make, make it better but never can it be more
Can it be more than…Sand

What good is sand?
When I wanted lasting
When I needed solid land
Oh-we---bled it dry
Oh-we---let it die…

Why do we take, take from a good thing
Until we break, break it as far as it can go
Thinking we’ll make, make it better but never can it be more
Can it be more—more--more …
Than Sand…
Sand…
Sand.

Credits

from Full Circle, released July 7, 2006
Halie Loren - vocals, piano, synths, percussion
Chris Ward - electric guitar

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