Joy in Connection

by Acorn Shed Music

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1.
Don't You Know? 02:38
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Strange how we are drawn to looking back We know the past But only dream the future The roots grow deep They’re firm and everlasting Though everything around is changing Go forward, don’t follow Taking time, feeling safe, letting go Grab hold of tomorrow New paths ahead We’ll get there Don’t you know Bring it with you though it weighs too much Sadness only comforts When it serves you New this, new that Don’t let yourself be carried Take hold of it but loosen your grip Go forward, don’t follow Taking time, feeling safe, letting go Grab hold of tomorrow New paths ahead We’ll get there Don’t you know Go forward, don’t follow Taking time, feeling safe, letting go Grab hold of tomorrow New paths ahead We’ll get there Don’t you know
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Are We Born to Wander? 04:22
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Are we born to wander To be or not to be Born to discover Music in the mystery Are we born to wander Unshackled by the days Full of power and purpose Should we follow every trace Hold the laughter and the learning The colour and the grey The comfort and the yearning As we find, we find our way Are we born to wander Dead-head what’s left behind Is it time to start over To mature, be unconfined Hold the laughter and the learning The colour and the grey The comfort and the yearning As we find, we find our way Hold the laughter and the learning The colour and the grey The comfort and the yearning As we find our way Hold the laughter and the learning The colour and the grey The comfort and the yearning As we find, we find, we find our way
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Nothing is Better 02:48
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I know that nothing sounds better Than the harmonies I hear in the rain And the colours I see in nature Fill me up again and again When my best is good enough And I am free to be me Don’t have to struggle and fight with all of that stuff And I can find the space to breathe Though I’m alone and apart I know I am happiest when I find joy in connection With all of my friends When I have time to wonder Time away on my own From the currents pulling me under I know I’ll survive any storm Though I’m alone and apart I know I am happiest when I find joy in connection With all of my friends Though I’m alone and apart I know I am happiest when I find joy in connection I find joy in living I find joy in laughing With all of my friends
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Shadow Beneath the Hill 01:54
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Joy bubbles up Sunflowers sway and thrill And the quiet voice of serenity calls From the shadow beneath the hill Full of freedom to be me And as I spin and twirl The clouds they part and the storms they pass In the shadow beneath the hill Breath comes easily I’ll stand and wonder still In the buzzing breeze of your company In the shadow beneath the hill Breath comes easily I’ll stand and wonder still

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These songs have been written by a group of individuals who came together after the pandemic to reconnect with others and with themselves. The project is called ReConnected.

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released March 30, 2023

With thanks to East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund who funded this project.

All words and music written by participants who took part in the ReConnected project with the exception of 'Shadow Beneath the Hill' which was written by Ruth.

Recorded by Acorn Shed Music & Andrew Howie
Mixed and mastered by Andrew Howie
Piano & keyboards by Maria Quinn
Harmonica by Penny
Guitar by Carol Beckwith
Vocals by Carol, Val, Penny & Ruth

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Acorn Shed Music is a Scottish arts organisation that uses group songwriting to explore difficult conversations. We aim to promote better health and wellbeing through storytelling and music. Our aim is to amplify unheard voices.

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