Remain has been published in All of Me Vol. VI, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement features lyrics from the original True Faith by New Order.

Listen to Remain by Richard Charles Stevens (True Faith Suite)

Listen to True Faith by New Order

regenerate amazing grace
.
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun
.
you have to be mad in this world
to think you can change it
you have to be crazy
you have to be wild and you have to be brave
in the cold light of day
find your own right of way
lest your headstone be readily engraved
.
you have to be true to yourself
(true to yourself)
let the critics have their views
for there is little left to lose
that they can take
(little left to lose
That they can take)
it’s their version
let them have their say
(let them have their say)
and should the hurt of burden outweigh fervour to remain
you can prefer to turn and face the other way
you can prefer to turn and face the other way
(face the other way)
(way)
(way)
.
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun
(regenerate amazing grace)
.
you have to be you
learn your own unique truth
reacquaint with your youth
on the way
(reacquaint with your youth)
hold firm to your roots in the hastening rain
feel them sting as they sink through awakening clay
bleed from gaping veins
to vegetate the faded plains
to elevate all basic aims
regenerate amazing grace
(grace)
bleed from gaping veins
to vegetate the faded plains
to elevate all basic aims
regenerate amazing grace
.
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun
.
regenerate amazing grace
.
you have to stop running from demons
to see them revealing the feeling
they’re hell-bent on stealing
(revealing the feeling)
(revealing)
.
venture into caverns of your mind
that have been formerly resigned
to hide away the shade that masquerades each ray of light
(masquerades each ray of light)
masquerades each ray of light
remain upright
through maiden flight
and rise up like a paper kite
to paint the skies of greater height
than all but the most naked light
make your name a way of life
and live it wild and brave
give back to yourself
what mental health derived to take
(take it back)
(take it back)
.
you have to be mad in this world
to think you can change it
you have to be crazy
you have to be wild and you have to be brave
in the cold light of day
find your own right of way
lest your headstone be readily engraved
(you have)
(you have)
(you have)
you have to be wild and you have to be brave
in the cold light of day
find your own right of way
lest your headstone be readily engraved
.
(bleed them)
(bleed them)
you have to break to fix
you have to take to learn to give
you have to swim the breadth and width
to see the depth
(see the depth)
you have to sink before you rise
you have to blink the pinkest eyes
you have to think less than you leap
to lean ahead
(lean ahead)
.
you have to dream
to feel awake
you have to fever for embrace
of something deeper than the grave
and be the keeper of this place
.
face
face
face your demons
taste their fear
before they fade and disappear
you have to be the overseer
with the blindest faith
to change a world they say is due to change
(to change a world they say is due to change)
embrace the bloom of each day
wild and brave
(wild and brave)
.
I used to think that the day would never come
I’d see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun
.
regenerate amazing grace
(wild and brave)
bleed from gaping veins
to vegetate the faded plains
to elevate all basic aims
regenerate amazing grace
(wild and brave)
regenerate amazing grace
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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