I, Hope

by Philip Jonathan

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‘I, Hope’ imagines hope as a person, exploring the story of someone’s relationship with disappointment from the perspective of hope. The idea for this song came after reading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, which offers insight into our own struggles with our inner demons. I wondered what hope would say to us if it were a person in relationship with us - would it be offering empty or superficial platitudes? Would it be bitter if (and when) we leave it for disappointment? Or would it say something else?

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I was found by the river of the damned
The waters rising, one more minute till I drowned
The hands that laid me, wrapped me tenderly in white
Fingers found me, reaching desperately for life

Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?

I was raised in a foreign family
The things unknown were my soliloquy
To look beyond and see the things unseen
But when they heard, oh how they despised me

Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?

And I sung, oh I sung into your soul
Into things you didn’t know weren’t whole
But when disappointment took your eyes
You left me on a rugged tree to die

I came back,
I came running back
I came to take you home

Where, where shall I go?
Father, where, where shall I go?

credits

released July 22, 2021
Backing Vocals Alicia Rose
Drums by Tim Carr
Produced by Paul Worthington
Co-Produced by Philip White
Mixed by Paul Worthington
Recorded at Broadwater Studios, Gateshead UK
Mastered by Paul Worthington

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Philip Jonathan Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Songs from the North | One foot by the sea, the other in the hills.

discography

Headlights

May 2023
Pluma EP

Feb 2022
Before the dawn

Dec 2021
In the Garden

Aug 2021
I, Hope

Jul 2021
Seafront

Jul 2021

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