BUT FOR THE GRACE OF, by SEVEN SOURCES

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF

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1.	THRESHOLD 11:58	lyrics	buy track
THRESHOLD SO HERE WE'RE STANDING IN THE DARK WONDERING HOW WE'RE GONNA START TO SEEK OUR FORTUNE AND OUR FAME TO LEARN TO PLAY THE GAME AGAIN THIS TIME WE'VE GOT TO BE THE BEST SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH TO LOSE THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WHAT WE KNOW WE CAN DO FROM WHAT WE SEE HAS COME TRUE IS CHANCE THE ONLY PATH TO LIFE IS HOME THE REASON FOR THIS STRIFE? HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL PROVE OUR SCHEME? WHEN WE'RE ALONE DO WE SEE THE DREAM? FOR WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT WAS FINE THE JOB THAT ONE MAN DOES WE STAND TOGETHER IN THE LIGHT NO MORE ALONE TO FACE THE NIGHT ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE DAY WHEN WE START AGAIN TO SAY WE'RE ONCE AGAIN WILLING TO TRY ATTEMPT IT ALL TO DO OR DIE WILL BE FIRST OR BE THE LAST, WHATEVER FALLS THE DIE IS CAST THE DIE IS CAST THERE IS A TIME WITH A VENGEANCE THERE WAS A TIME WITH MY FEELINGS THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I CRIED OUT THERE WAS A FEELING THAT COULD NOT DECLARE THERE IS A TIME WHEN WE MUST GROW UP ONE MUST ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE AND GET ON WITH THE SHOW LET'S GO! COME ON! COME ON! LET'S GO! WE'RE ONCE AGAIN WILLING TO TRY ATTEMPT IT ALL TO DO OR DIE WILL BE FIRST OR BE THE LAST, WHATEVER FALLS THE DIE IS CAST THE DIE IS CAST OUR FATES ARE LOCKED AS WE GO ON TO OUR HOPES MORE EVER ON TO THE REALIZATION OF A GOAL WE HEAR THE TUNE WE HEAR THE CALL TONIGHT!
2.	BOOK OF AGES 10:38	lyrics	buy track
BOOK OF AGES CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR FEELINGS OF WONDER? CALL OUT YOUR ANGUISHED CRIES OF REBELLION HISTORY'S MARTYRS DIED NOT FOR NOTHING LET US REMEMBER WHERE IT BEGAN CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE THINGS THAT I'M SAYING? YES I CAN HAVE YOU CONCEIVED OF A NEW GENERATION? NOW I KNOW NOW THE ANSWER COMES TO ME CLEARLY WE HAVE NOT LIVE OUR LIVES IN VAIN THE ANSWER LIES IN THE BOOK OF THE AGES WE KNOW NOW THAT WE WILL LIVE AGAIN
3.	YOU ARE THE SEASONS 06:32	lyrics	buy track
YOU ARE THE SEASONS YOU ARE MY REASON YOU'RE MY SEASONS YOU'RE MY FORTUNE YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY YEARS YOU ARE MY CALLING I AM FALLING FOR YOUR SPELL NOW YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY FEARS AND I CAN SEE YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE LIFE THAT YOU LEAD CAN BE SAVED TO RELIEVE YOUR TROUBLED HEART AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE WORDS THAT I PUT DOWN FOR YOU TO HEAR YOU ARE MY SPRINGTIME YOU'RE MY LIFETIME IN A MOMENT YOU ARE MY WINTER AND MY FALL YOU ARE THE GOOD TIMES, YOU'RE MY SAD TIMES AND MY LAUGHTER YOU ARE THE SUMMER OF MY SOUL AND I CAN SEE THAT THIS ALL SEEMS STRANGE AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO FEEL THE CALL BUT I CAN SHOW YOU MORE IN A MOMENT THAN YOU'VE EVER KNOWN BEFORE YOU ARE MY REASON YOU'RE MY SEASONS YOU'RE MY FORTUNE YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY YEARS YOU ARE MY CALLING I AM FALLING FOR YOUR SPELL NOW YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY FEARS AND I CAN SEE YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THE LIFE THAT YOU LEAD CAN BE SAVED TO RELIEVE YOUR TROUBLED HEART OH I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE WORDS THAT I PUT DOWN FOR YOU TO HEAR
4.	THE STREETS OF FIRE 09:39	lyrics	buy track
The streets of fire Lay down your arms Let’s stop the flow The blood runs free in the streets of fire Lay down your arms Just let it go You must retreat from the streets of fire Hate builds on hate Love builds on love Why choose the first when the last is better The fire of passion so oft’ misguided Leads to the blood in the streets of fire Lay down the law with a fist of flowers Or the olive branch Extended Stop the flow of blood Of hate defended in the streets of fire You follow so blind to the carriers of death Who would guide you with words Who bank on your hate The minions die with love and regret In the streets of fire So lay down your arms, take up the call Of peace, and decision And the Dictator’s fall, like we toppled the wall No more false gods among us Hope, the silver lining In the streets of fire No more false gods among us Hope, the silver lining In the streets of fire
5.	SO FAR AWAY 05:13	lyrics	buy track
SO FAR AWAY THERE'S A PLACE I KNOW THAT'S IN MY DREAMS THAT'S OH SO FAR AWAY THE MORE I SEE IT MAKES IT SEEM AS THOUGH IT'S GONNA STAY THERE'S A HOPEFUL LOOK UPON YOUR FACE WHENEVER I AM NEAR THAT MAKES ME SEE THE WAY YOU DO THAT MAKES ME HOLD YOU DEAR THERE'S A FEELING IN MY HEART THAT I LONG TO BREAK FREE AND IT KEEPS ME RUNNING OUTWARD TO THE LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE I'M HIDING IN THE CONSEQUENCE I RUN AND FLY AWAY AND SELDOM HAS THE PATH BEEN TOLD LIKE THIS SO LET ME SAY THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE YOU HEART'S ASTRAY SO DO NOT GRIEVE YOU MIND IS PURE YOU HAVE NOT LIED YOU TELL THE TRUTH THAT'S NO SURPRISE (break) THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE YOU HEART'S ASTRAY SO DO NOT GRIEVE YOU MIND IS PURE YOU HAVE NOT LIED YOU TELL THE TRUTH AND SO SURVIVE IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO CRY OUT LOUD YOU CANNOT DO SO NOW FOR A MAN MUST CRY ALOUD JUST ONCE OR LOSE HIS KNOWLEDGE HOW YOU'RE WANDERING ON LONG LOST PLAINS OF ROMAN YESTERDAYS AND SELDOM HAS THE PATH BEEN TROD IN YOUR PARTICULAR WAY
6.	WHO CAN SAY? 04:18	lyrics	buy track
WHO CAN SAY? SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE THE PEOPLE STOP AND WONDER AT THE CRAZINESS OF LIFE BEYOND THE GREAT DIVIDE OUT THERE IN THE BACKWAYS OF OUR MINDS AND OUR MOST SECRET THOUGHTS THERE LIES A HIDDEN RECESS WHERE WE HIDE ALL OUR LIVES OUTSIDE OF YOUR WILDERNESS THERE WALKS A LONELY CHILD WHO'S LOST WHO IS THE ONE INSIDE OF US THAT CRIES TO BE WITHOUT OF US IF WE KEEP IT LOCKED INSIDE AND NEVER CROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE BETWEEN OUR PAST AND PRESENT SELVES WILL WE KNOW WHAT WE WERE THEN? WHO CAN SAY? WHO WILL KNOW THE WAY? NO WHERE THAT YOU GO CAN BE SAFER THAN INSIDE WHO CAN SAY? WHO WILL SHOW THE WAY? NO WHERE IS IT WRITTEN DOWN WHO CAN SAY? WHO WILL KNOW THE WAY? YOU CANNOT BE TURNING ROUND NOTHING THAT YOU DO IS CAST IN STONE
7.	BUT FOR THE GRACE 11:01	lyrics	buy track
BUT FOR THE GRACE TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN THEY CRIED AS THE NEWSPAPER BOY STARED AMAZED TICKET ITEMS ARE SURE TO ASTOUND WHEN THEY FALL TO THE WEAK AND THE MAIMED THINK IT OVER YOU THINK THAT LIFE IS HARD THINK IT OVER AS YOU DRIVE IN YOUR NEW CAR MANY THE TIME AS WE FELT SO CONFUSED TRYING TO SORT OUT OUR LIVES SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN WE EVER KNEW THEY NEVER GET TO DECIDE FEEL THE HEAT OF THE SUN AND GO THE MOMENT OF TIME IS AT HAND WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND OPEN YOUR MIND TO THE SADNESS THAT LIVES IN THE LAND THINK IT OVER, YOU NEVER CHOOSE TO SEE THINK IT OVER FOR TRULY YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE FACELESS FORGOTTEN LOST PEOPLE ONE THAT HAS SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS NOBODY BLAMING BUT NO TIME REMAINING TO HINDER THE WIDENING GAP THINK IT OVER, AS YOU'RE PLANNING YOUR NEXT MOVE THINK IT OVER YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NO FOOL ONE OF THE FREEDOMS OF HAVING THE ANSWERS ONE OF THE FACTORS TO HIDE ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT YOU CAN PARTAKE OF RELATING TO THEM AS YOU GUIDE BUT FOR THE GRACE, THERE YOU GO BUT FOR THE GRACE THERE I GO

about

About SEVEN SOURCES aka Joel Pirard..
Formerly a part of New Jersey based prog band ORION, later AVALON USA, Joel began looking for an outlet to keep making original music,Years of culling and developing has yielded lot of material, some makes up the only studio recordings of certain ORION songs, some made their way the Jester's Promenade & of JDA PROJECT . He lives music "it is as necessary as breathing" 'BUT FOR THE GRACE OF' IS THE 1ST BANDCAMP solo collection under the moniker of SEVEN SOURCES.

review:
Seven Sources- But For The Grace of
There are people in this world that are made to make music. Then there are the people that live to make it. Joel Pirard is such a person. True the name of the Band is Seven Sources but its all Joel Pirard you hear. He wrote the music played the instruments, and belted the vocals. You may also remember Joel Pirard as a member of the band JDA. I'm hoping Joel didn't have to make the paper that the liner notes were written on. I joke only because of the amount of work that has been put into this disc. Yea, I know music projects have the work in them but when you're the only one playing, recording, etc. well you get the picture.

As I always do when I pop a disc in the player I try not to guess what it will sound like. It didn't take long to realize where this music found its base. If the groups Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, ring a bell then you will have an insight to what your in for with "But For The Grace of".

The first song on the disc "Threshold" starts the disc with a strong vocal punch from Joel. The arrangement reminds of a little know group called "STYX" and orchestrated to a lighter raising fervor. "Threshold" does have a spot or two that causes the flame to get blown around though. Just as your getting into it the flow of the song something disturbs the ebb. "Threshold" is a 12-minute song and I guess that a break or two is to be expected .I was disappointed by those breaks because the rest of "Threshold" is right on, and a good choice to lead off this disc.

A song that I got into is "So Far Away" is slightly awry rhythm hit me in a good place. "So Far Away" is one of those songs that are rhythmically different enough to be interesting, but not so different as to alienate its listener.

Out of the plastic case the disc Seven Sources, "
But For The Grace of" , is a welcomed walk through the esoteric rock of the seventies. The quality of production on this disc is apparent, the talent of the musician obvious, but on the down side of this very nice product I would love to have heard a wider selection of sounds through out the songs.

"But For The Grace of" is a strong presentation by the group Seven Sources. Bringing back the days when the synthesizer was young, and so were we all.
Charles Harrelson

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released March 20, 2018

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JOEL PIRARD
ALL INSTRUMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS BY JOEL PIRARD

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SEVEN SOURCES New York

SEVEN SOURCES is Joel Pirard.. but also a lot more:
I have been in quite a few bands,. I learned to write songs and compositions with them, each with their own styles and nuances. I put some of these out with them and more out under an umbrella I call SEVEN SOURCES, which is me with occasional guests, now with additional collections of legacy material and new recordings of some of it! Enjoy! ... more