"Golden" is the title track from Chris Assaad’s fourth studio album and without question, his most raw, potent and vulnerable offering to date. A hauntingly beautiful and emotionally stirring, piano-driven ballad that features a soulful vocal and lush string arrangements. The song’s lyrics capture the feeling of emerging from a dark night of the soul and returning to a state of Wholeness within and Oneness with All That is.
lyrics
GOLDEN
Sometimes I feel like I’m losing ground
On the life I thought I would have by now
There’s a place in me deep in my heart and bones
Where I ache to see what i’ve always know
Yeah that feeling like the birds are flying
High above the trees that fill the forest
And it’s bathed in light
Like the sun that’s coming up on a new moment
Heaven’t present and it’s golden
And there’s no time, just us and life
We’re One… One.
Sometimes it seems like we’re losing touch
With who we could be if we lead with love
Live from the place that exists in both of us
Where we never lose faith, where we never lose trust
Yeah that feeling like the butterflies
Are fluttering inside our love is flowin’
The tides are rising
The waves are crashing down and breaking
All the walls have fallen gates are open
And there’s no fight, just us and life
We’re One…
One…
We’re One…
One…
Sometimes I dream that we’re floating free
From the burdens that weigh us down and come between
Who we are in our deepest hearts
Who we’ve been since before the start
Yeah that feeling the heat inside
The center of the fire, flames are roaring
And the sparks ignite
From the ethers to the here and now
Through the ashes feel and hear the sound, behold it
Til there’s no plight, just us and life
We’re One… One.
credits
from GOLDEN,
released November 18, 2022
Produced, Recorded, Mixed & Mastered By Joby Baker At Baker Studios in Victoria, BC.
Written and performed by Chris Assaad
Chris Assaad - Lead Vocals, Piano.
Joby Baker - Drums, Bass, Keys.
Adrian Dolan - Violins and violas.
String Arrangement by Joby Baker.
Released in partnership with White Swan Records & Black Swan Sounds.
“There is something deeply infectious about Chris Assaad. His music, yes; his easy style, yes; but it is more than that.
Chris Assaad has a zest for life and it is this that makes you want to hear more about both the man and the music…” Shayne Locke – Soul Traveller Radio”...more
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