1. |
Living Waters
05:19
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Held our breath,
You touched my hand,
As we swam the relay.
A warm breeze blew the wayside grass,
On that sunny August day.
With our supple bodies,
We pierced the river's veil.
Dreaming of our future days,
In the call of the cicada's refrain.
Chorus
Flow over me You living waters
Make me strong in the rain
Flow over me You living waters
Make me strong in the rain
Gotta' be strong in the rain
A silver streak,
In the open sky,
As we raced to the other side.
A flash of a thousand suns,
Killing star's roar and deadly shine.
When I came to the surface,
Saw a could rising in the air.
Everything I loved was gone,
Couldn't find your shadow anywhere.
Chorus
And often we wonder
Are there better days on a distant shore?
Not going under
We all bear wounds that have no cure.
But I know the flowers will rebloom so beautiful
Even if the gamma shine branded my skin.
Chorus
Strong in the falling rain
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2. |
Thick and Thin
04:31
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Thick and Thin
Words and Music by Craig Donovan
© & ℗ 2017 Craig Thomas Donovan. All Rights Reserved.
By your side on St. Marks Place,
Got waylaid and all went south.
You saved me from the floating in the river tide,
With simple words from your mouth.
Like a thoroughbred who came up lame,
You still believed I could win the race.
Two persons know they share a single soul,
Looking in each other's face.
Chorus
Sometimes we don't know,
Where this journey goes.
Can't go it alone.
So we threw each other a lifeline.
Together through the thick and thin,
I thank my stars that we're friends today.
Mapped out our plans without a care,
Crash landing in defeat.
I stood by you with a bloody nose,
When your folks threw you on the street.
Like a restless wind blowing down an alleyway,
We climbed out from the debris.
In my dark places,
You were always there with me.
Chorus
We get blinded in the headlights,
Rain is falling down.
We give it our hardest,
But now we've run aground.
I promise I'll never let you go.
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3. |
Shadow to Your Light
03:25
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Shadow to Your Light
Words and Music by Craig Donovan
© & ℗ 2017 Craig Thomas Donovan. All Rights Reserved.
An orange moon in a winter's sky,
As the breeze passed between us,
In a place so far away from goodbye.
Circling and gazing from a cage,
With our stitched up lives day-by-day,
We were travelers just chasing time.
Chorus
Show me the way unto the sky.
You are my rainbow after the rain.
I'll be the shadow to your light.
Your lullaby in the night.
I'll be the shadow to your light.
When you had no voice,
I listened to the whisper in your heart.
And when I had no eyes,
You saw the way.
A heart drew a dream in the night,
Two of us together make life right.
Serendipity smiled on that fine day.
Chorus
Living in a world without you is . . .
Like a pool without kids on a summer's day.
(A world without you)
Like a ball and glove with no one to play.
(A world without you)
I can't live without you . . . no . . . no . . .
You are the luckiest thing that ever happened to me,
Like a satellite I revolve around you.
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4. |
2025
06:20
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2025
Words and Music by Craig Donovan
© & ℗ 2017 Craig Thomas Donovan. All Rights Reserved.
Against the tide,
Nearly drowned that night.
When we said goodbye at Dupont Circle.
I didn't know,
How to tell you.
It was the hardest thing I ever had to do.
Caught the last train home,
Stared at your picture on my iPhone.
You told me how morning came down on you.
Uniquely different. We're all called here to love.
Why does the world judge us from above?
Chorus
Hang me high.
The shadows of my former self.
Time we cried.
Hope you're always going to be around.
By your side.
A clear way shining through.
I need you in my life.
I'm standing at 2025.
Now I fight,
To understand why.
Connecting the dots of who am I.
In emoji silence,
The drumbeat went dead.
I'll sing this song for you no matter how long.
Chorus
Like a phoenix in the rising sun.
Come storm my world and batter my heart.
I'm thinking of you,
Though we're so far apart.
Let's spin a web and climb out from the muddy depths today.
May this thread bind our hearts together in an unbroken chain.
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5. |
Lotus Bridge II
07:43
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Lotus Bridge II
Words and Music by Craig Donovan
© & ℗ 2017 Craig Thomas Donovan. All Rights Reserved.
Stream of sunlight,
Dragonflies dancing on the water.
Lotus flower blooming,
In the passing of a moment.
Its song never falters.
City streetlights,
Mist form clouds colliding.
Sidewalk and iron,
The glow of the high life never seemed so bright.
So please let me exhale.
Almost hit the third rail.
A note bending unto you.
Shades of meaning.
Colors shown through.
My love flows unto you.
Radio under the moon.
Fade away the music dies.
Chorus
I want to stay,
With you on this horizontal plane.
Knowing you're beside me.
Change.
Like fireflies in the rain.
How could I not notice all my old ways becoming new?
Break through.
I don't know where I'm going.
Can you see me for who I am?
Just hit a rock.
I'm treading water.
But you lend me your hand.
I wander through arched gateways.
Bridge of a thousand dreams.
The music's inside you.
Don't let the shadows win.
Chorus
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Craig Donovan Washington, D.C.
Hello! Welcome to my Bandcamp site. I am a NYC-born singer-songwriter, electric and acoustic guitarist, mandolinist, and
keyboardist (piano and synthesizer) now hailing from Washington, DC.
My music embodies the songwriting art in very eclectic and personal forms. I love manga, nature, music, art, writing, foreign language, etc.
Please lend me your ears and enjoy my music and my world. Thx.
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