Music

The Inevitable Unexpected

Coming to all major platforms on 5/21/2021

Jailbreak

Life is hard, you need a break,
When it all keeps piling up.
No time to think or even sleep,
So much to do, have to stay awake.
Who knew life could be this way?

You need some time for yourself,
Always putting others first,
A noble way to live your life.
But sometimes you just need to say,
“Today’s for me, I need a break!”

Let me be your great escape,
I wanna be your jailbreak, baby.
Come with me, we’ll run away,
I wanna be your jailbreak baby.
Even if it’s just one night
I want to help you see the light
Then we can be free if just for today

Pretend it’s all just gone away,
Hold my hand, I’ll lead the way,
Kiss me deep, and forget your pain.

Come with me, we’ll run away,
Let me be your jailbreak baby.

Written by Daniel Warren Hill & Jamie Rasmussen
© 2021 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Misery

I think therefore
I think I am the best
My experience says
I’ve been put to the test

The first one to be last
Will be the last one to be first
If change is growth
Than I’m an expanding universe

Now there’s just no use denying
This truth that we’ve been hiding
All of my mistakes are easily avoided
If I am to see what others see
The only one in my way is me

‘Cuz I want anything
Except what’s right for me
If what I want should cause you misery
I want to believe
In spite of everything
What’s right for you is right for me

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2021 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Joy in the Mourning

How Could I

Hold me now so I won’t feel so insufficient for you dear|
Least of all to myself for harboring all these dreams in my bed
For harboring all these dreams in my bed

Bring me pain so I will remember how to fight to save you
But most of all to save myself; To change and not to simply sleep through life
To change and not to simply sleep through life

I wonder would I be everything that you would ever need
How could I refuse any of the hope you’ve placed in me
How could I, How could I

Show me love that brings me the hope of a tomorrow to come
Not some idle fancy of my mind; a vapor that is blown and passed my way
A vapor that is blown and passed my way

I wonder would I be everything that you would ever need
How could I refuse any of the hope you’ve placed in me
How could I, How could I

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Falling For You

When we first met it was like lightning struck
And you changed my life it was more than luck
I never thought I’d have what I have now
But it seemed like we both went our separate ways
Even though we’re together every day
I want you in every single part of my life again

Make me smile like I used to
Fill me with hope that we’ll pull through
Let me get to know you like we’re starting from day one

It’s who I love that makes me who I am
I want you back and now it’s time to take a stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you
So carefully I form the words that I’ll say to tell
The world that now I stand for you
Even as I’m falling for you

We used to talk til we both lost track of time
We used to walk together to the very last mile
I devoted my life to something higher than I am
Now I know that you’re not very far
I see your eyes in the shine of every single star
And I can’t wait until we’re reunited

Make me smile like I used to
Fill me with hope that we’ll pull through
Let me get to know you like we’re starting from day one

I have no doubt this love is heaven sent
I remember every line of how the story went
The sun is shining as far as the eye can see
I’m with you a happy ending is sure to be

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Everything

To drive the demons from you would I give everything
For you would I give everything

To what end do I live or die
Under whose cause will my banner fly
Where can I find those sheltered wingsProviding some better

Thing for you would I give everything
For you would I give everything

To what end do I live or die
Under whose cause will my banner fly
Where can I find those sheltered wings
Providing some better thing for me

To explain all my reasons I chose paths of great resistance
To contemplate my changes before I fall apart

To drive the demons from you would I give everything
For you would I give everything

To what end do I live or die
Under whose cause will my banner fly
Where can I find those sheltered wings
Providing some better thing for me

To explain all my reasons I chose paths of great resistance
To contemplate my changes before I fall apart

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

No Sense Of Direction

I know it’s hard to find a place to start
And it doesn’t get easier as time goes on
How can I let you know you’re not alone
How can I let you know I’ve been down this road before

Wake me before I die from brokenness inside
Save me before I’m lost with no sense of direction

Where will you go without knowing the way
Where will you sleep you’ve no place to stay
How can I give you hope, you feel so alone
How can I give you hope when I know the road just goes on

Wake me before I die from brokenness inside
Save me before I’m lost with no sense of direction

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Bitter Cup

I’m drinking from this bitter cup
Let it pass from me or fill it up
Please don’t let me swallow more than I am able

I’m drowning down in this muck
So let me drown or pull me up
But please don’t let me breathe

Longer than I’m able

Well I have come
And I have been wronged
But how I’ve longed for this
Now let this cup pass from my lips
Let this cup pass from my lips

I’m drinking from this bitter cup
Let it pass from me or fill it up
Please don’t let me swallow

More than I’m able

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

When It Comes

Question me. Question everything.
Breaking me. Breaking everything.
When it comes, what form will this beast take?
When it comes, what form will this beast take?

I’m bracing for the fall
Holding on for dear life
I know it sounds so cold
But I cannot hit the bottom this time

Defenseless. Defend everything.
Hopeless. Hope for anything.
When it comes, what form will this peace take?
When it comes, what form will this peace take?

I’m bracing for the fall
Holding on for dear life
I know it sounds so cold
But I cannot hit the bottom this time

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Play It Like It Is

I’ve always been described as one who has a way with words; knowing when and what to say
But lately I’ve begun to realize there are times when words just don’t suffice
Like the actions of my Christ. Like the actions of my Christ.

I’ve never been too good at this. I always open up too much. Never know when to hold back
But lately I’ve begun to realize there are times when words are not sufficient
Play It Like It Is

Play that song for me one more time. I feel your soul I feel your life.
I feel your heart pouring on those strings, striking chords of mine own
Play It Like It Is

Written by Daniel Warren Hill
© 2011 Endurance Match (ASCAP)

Who Knew Forever

There’s a light that shines not far away
To a path I’ve known would set the stage
Bringing me ever closer to a dream I dreamed
Where I became the light the light that beamed

Where has the time gone I don’t know
Maybe I left it where I met the one who knows

Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time

There’s the one I love not far away
To get to her I’d span the sea
Dividing me from space to space
Where I became the water the water that takes shape

Where has the time gone I don’t know
Maybe I left it where I met the one who knows

Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time
Who knew forever was such a long time