Demos 2020, by Adam Hardin

Demos 2020

by Adam Hardin

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1.	Some Things Come Slow 03:44	lyrics
Like pour-over coffee And soft scrambled eggs Finishing a glass of whiskey Or a game of chess Boxing the whole house Painting every last trim Dealing offers and closings And starting again Some things come slow They’re not so clear cut Like hearing you out Opening me up If you try and rush them They come out all wrong Some things come slow But they do come along Standing up on your own two feet Then learning to depend Turning from boy to man Then father to friend Speaking your heart Getting the words just right Making the first call After the fight Some things come slow And I wake up to find You’re nearing the end Of a magnificent life I’ve tried so hard to stop time Just pretending it don’t keep striding on Well, some things come slow But they do come along
2.	N95 03:01	lyrics
We wait in line Six feet apart Listening to Traveller While we wait for a cart You can’t tell But we’re smiling bright Me and my N95 We go by the church Just to wave at the bricks We go by the school So we don’t forget where it is One of us hangs from the mirror While the other drives Me and my N95 I bought it in October When I was working on the walls I forgot it by December In the closet in the hall Along came March and a brand new SARS And I was thanking God And I gotta box now The disposable kind Looking forward to the day I can leave it all behind And I’ll breathe easy As I remember with a sigh Me and my N95
3.	Day I Die 03:35	lyrics
Sometimes it’s a friend Coming down the way Sometimes it’s a lover Promising embrace But often it’s a hunter So, I gotta keep one eye On the day I die Sometimes it’s a ghost Living in the walls Sometimes it’s a shadow In every hollow, every hall But often it’s a pinpoint In someone else’s sky- The day I die For some It was a marathon For some It was a peace For some they just quit holding on For some they faced the beast But for you, it was a promise A chasm and a cross So, though it is a cycle Bidding me forget And though it is a curse Spreading out it’s net You give me assurance To live these days of life Side by side With the day I die
4.	Come Like Josiah 04:54	lyrics
Wet eyes meet the morning Each day a heavy load I say to you, “I’m done, I’m done,” but You remind me you are God My duties trace the sun’s path And chase me far from my bed My failures try to shut my mouth, but You remind me you are God You’re God And you alone For all my days And for all eternity I depend On you for everything We hear a frightful math In streams of careless words Waxing violent, waning truth, but You remind you are God Even in our own house Pillars are cracked and bowed The ones we leaned on break like glass, but You remind me you are God You’re God And you alone For all my days And for all eternity I depend On you for everything Though ten thousand Like chaff in winds will blow I cling to you There is no other hope So come! Come Like Josiah of old And dash apart these sacred stones Turn the tables, take the thrones When you come! Come Like Josiah of old And dash apart my sacred stones Turn my tables, take my thrones You won! Not with silver and gold You ripped apart your precious veins And spilled your blood so you could save Our souls! I won’t be overcome: A bruised reed you will never break And this smoldering wick you’re fanning into flame Into flame Into flame

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If you've followed my music in the last 10 years, you know I've focused in on resetting hymns. In 2020 I refocused my attention on my first love- songwriting.

I drilled down deep and tried to write my best original songs, pulling from the music, themes and images that were deepest in my heart. These demos are the best of that work.

Some are polished, others are less so. But I think in all of them you'll hear my heart and find some encouragement for life in 2021 and beyond.

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released March 26, 2021

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Adam Hardin Maryland

Adam is a singer/songwriter in the Washington, DC area.

His songs draw from blues, folk, jazz and soul influences. His original lyrics explore Christian themes about life, faith, and the character of God. He has also reset many traditional hymns. ... more