This is a second of two songs on this record that were commissioned. It is based on a personal, real-life experience of someone I know. However, unlike my lyrical approach with “Sweet Emily”, I was a bit ambiguous lyrically to kind of mask the details of the actual situation this song is based off of and instead leaned towards lyrics that portrayed a more generalized type of dire situation.
The music and the melody of “Redemption” is where, I believe, this song really shines as a piano ballad that jumps keys several times with adequate drumming and some of my better lead guitar playing on this record. It has a definitive late 80s / early 90s ballad field, which may or may not work with the overall theme of this album, but I’ve found it to be a nice break toward the middle of the record.
Ric Albano – vocals, guitars, piano, organ, bass, drums
Originally composed by Ric Albano on April 7, 2015
From the album Out There Somewhere by Ric Albano
Released October 24, 2020
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Lyrics
I tried to cast you from my heart but that wasn’t so easy to achieve
Oh, that bitter poison that you fling, it permeates through everything
Corrupting all which I’d believe
So many years go by as I slowly find and build some meaning in my life
Then the haunting echoes of the past returned in shards of shattered glass
To rekindle the ugly days of strife
If I write a thousand songs, will anybody listen?
If I right a thousand wrongs, will I be forgiven?
Where is the redemption for me?
I tried to scrub you from my life, but all alone I just couldn’t get this done
Reverberating deep despair, it tossed and turned me everywhere
And now I’m again on the run, oh no… oh, no, no, no, no
If I write a thousand songs, will anybody listen?
If I write a thousand wrongs, can I finally be forgiven?
Where is the redemption? Will there be some redemption for me?
Oh Lord, for me?
People need a good faith path towards renovation
Without the peril of this yore annihilation
Where is the redemption? Can there be some redemption for me?
Will there be hope for me?
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Track 6 of 13 from Out There Somewhere by Ric Albano (2020)
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