Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Marian Runk
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Marian Runk
Songwriter
Lyrics
The Mennonite girls on the train were singing as one
In the sightseeing car, their cheeks glowing red in the sun
A girl in purple with glasses played accordion
And the blonde in a blue dress beat a bible like a drum
Beat a bible like a drum
It was the Texas Eagle to Chicago,
Taking me home from the very last time I saw you
Can I let my grief live in a song?
Send it there to stay all year long
Rock it, feed it, I don’t need it
Just let me be
Halfway between broken and free
Halfway between broken and free
There was a day that I watched six hours of Miami Vice
A few weeks after my friend Mark died
I looked out the window and saw
Someone had stomped a heart shape into the snow
A Heart in the snow
The sweet display wasn’t for me
But I felt something in my chest break free
Can I let my grief live in a song?
Send it there to stay all year long
Rock it, feed it, I don’t need it
Just let me be
Halfway between broken and free
Halfway between broken and free
The forest floor flooded and the water froze in waves
I tried to describe my walk in the woods to Sara yesterday
I write to her in my journal now,
I add sketches of the animals that I’ve found
May the letters I don’t send still find her
In whichever realm the good lord chose to hide her
Can I let my grief live in a song?
Send it there to stay all year long
Rock it, feed it, I don’t need it
Just let me be
Halfway between broken and free
Halfway between broken and free
Broken and free
Broken and free
Broken and free
Written by: Marian Irene Runk
