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These Are My Sons

from In the Clocktower by Spark & Echo

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Track 9 from Spark & Echo's Video Album IN THE CLOCKTOWER
Watch Videos at: vimeo.com/album/3080253/video/108684573
Videos Available to Download at gum.co/InTheClocktower
Written by Jonathon Roberts

Based on 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:1-16, 2 Samuel 13: 1-34, 2 Samuel 18:9, 2 Samuel 18:14-15, 1 Kings 1:5-27

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These Are My Sons

Based on 1 Chronicles 3:1-9, 2 Samuel 3:2-5, 2 Samuel 5:1-16, 2 Samuel 13: 1-34, 2 Samuel 18:9, 2 Samuel 18:14-15, 1 Kings 1:5-27

I’m in the land of the matriarch, on the hill
I’m on a hill where my father and my mother lay down; they lay down
I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive
I got it all

I wonder why, I wonder, all the love is gathering ‘round me, it’s gathering round
I wonder why, I wonder why, Oh yeah
One more baby born, one more,
One more baby born, one more,
One more baby born,
I got it all, I got it all, I got it all

These are my sons and this is my daughter
I love them, I love them
They are my soul
They are my soul

I’m in the city of the capital, I’m the king
I am the king, I am the one who built up the wall, I built up the wall
I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive
I got it all
I wonder why, I wonder who am I that I have been brought this far
I got it all
I wonder why, I wonder why
Oh no

Look how my babies have grown
How my babies have turned
I thought they were wiser than I
So why all the lies?
The lies, the lies, the lies, the lies

One has carried a sword
One has shattered a heart
One has severed a nation
I had it all, I had it all, I had it all

These are my sons and this is my daughter
You loved her, you loved her
It wasn’t love
You took her soul
You hated and died
You punished with a coward’s hand
Only to rise up, rise up in a tree, your throne
And you, you say you’re a worthy man
But you’re a lost deceiver
You’re spoiled, your charms are lies
Oh, my sons

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from In the Clocktower, released August 15, 2014
IN THE CLOCKTOWER Album Credits:

Emily Clare Zempel: Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele, Bassoon, Percussion,
Jonathon Roberts: Vocals, Piano, Harmonica, Accordion

Bitter Drink and Stranger written by Emily Clare Zempel.
All other songs written by Jonathon Roberts.

Cover Art by Charis Carmichael Braun

Audio recorded and mixed by J Scott Hinkley of Flat World Productions (FlatWorldPro.com)
Video by Michael Markham of KiteMonkey Productions (MichaelMarkhamOnline.com)
Mastered by Christopher Colbert

Filmed and recorded live at the Clocktower Lofts, 112 Lincoln Ave., Bronx, New York.

All music and lyrics Copyright © 2014 by Jonathon Roberts and Emily Clare Zempel.
All Rights reserved.

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Jonathon MT Roberts is a composer and performer inspired by biblical text with a background in classical, jazz and, pop. He collaborates with his wife Emily Clare Zempel for the Spark & Echo band and write off the beaten path music and theatre. Founder of Spark and Echo Arts. ... more

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