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Acoustic rock with a great groove. Hand percussion by Ken Ray Wilemon

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Val Davis

Acoustic Rock with a worldy feel

Val Davis is a singer/songwriter who since 2002 has been getting some notice. In 2002 he was a finalist at the SolarFest singer/songwriter competition. In 2003 his music was featured on National Pulic Radio (NPR) and his music is currently getting airplay at several college stations around the US including XPN in Philadelphia. Val and his family returned to Vermont in Dec 2003 where he does web design and internet broadcasting.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Rock

Charts

Peak #38

Peak in subgenre #11

Author

Val Davis words and Music

Rights

Val Davis Music 2003

Uploaded

October 27, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:47

Story behind the song

I like to believe that the hardships we endure in life have some lasting meaning that we carry with us.

Lyrics

There is no luck
It's push and shove
You make your breaks
With sweat and blood
And some may bleed
Till banks run dry
To live again
Another Try

And through the fire
And thunderous blows
We come to see
We have no foes
And sparks do fly
And the black smoke boils
As slag burns off
Onto the soil

First turned out
Then turned within
Five hundred times
Then turned again
Luminesence
Grows higher and higher
We are the steal
Of the Blacksmith's Fire

The hottest forge
Makes strongest steal
And every blow
That does not kill
Creates a blade
That's feared by kings
The truest strength
The pounding brings

And though some sleep
Ten thousand years
They will awake
Give wings to fears
There comes a time
For every sword
To be complete
To leave the forge

First turned out
Then turned within
Five hundred times
Then turned again
Luminesence
Grows higher and higher
We are the steal
Of the Blacksmith's Fire