Sand and Water

I've decided, its time for another "Songs to improve your musical education", and this time you get a bonus - as well as being a "song you really should listen to" this one is also a "lyric that you really should read".

Beth Nielsen Chapman's "Sand and Water" was written in memory of her husband who died from cancer at an unreasonably young age and its become an anthem for those who are grieving or simply remembering - read the chorus and agree.

I haven't heard her write or record one bad song yet and they all deserve a good long listen, the sort of listen where you really listen to the words, long and hard, in a darkened room.

So here its is, "Sand and Water"...


All alone I didn't like the feeling
All alone I sat and cried
All alone I had to find some meaning
In the center of the pain I felt inside

All alone I came into this world
All alone I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by

I will see you in the light of a thousand suns
I will hear you in the sound of the waves
I will know you when I come, as we all will come
Through the doors beyond the grave

All alone I heal this heart of sorrow
All alone I raise this child
Flesh and bone, he's just
Bursting towards tomorrow
And his laughter fills my world and wears your smile

I will see you in the light of a thousand suns
I will hear you in the sound of the waves
I will know you when I come, as we all will come
Through the doors beyond the grave

All alone I came into this world
All alone I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water and a million years gone by

Music and Lyrics copyright Beth Nielsen Chapman