Thank You Dad

from God Is Real, This Life Is The Metaphor by John Gold

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Written in one sitting in a car in Canada in 2013 on a ukulele. This was the day God told me something so precious I never uttered it until almost three years later.

Recorded and produced by me between October 2014 and May 2016 in Nashville, TN

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Thank you Dad

I woke up one morning and wanted to die, somehow I am still alive. I woke up for a decade and wanted to die, somehow I am still alive. Thank you Dad for not giving in when I begged you for death. Because of you the kingdom has another Veteran. Every time I saw a pretty girl, I put a gun in my mouth. If only I could comprehend the person that I'd be now. Thank you Dad for ignoring me when I begged you for death. Because of you, I know what's true: ”Daddy always knows best!” Yeah, he does know best! Yeah, he does know best! Now I have been an idiot for at least 11 years, but even I can comprehend the reason why we're all here. ;-0 I wanted to LIVE for all my life, and then YOU showed me how. Thank you Dad for all the things I want that YOU won't allow.

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from God Is Real, This Life Is The Metaphor, released June 11, 2016
HD - Cello
Amy Boner - Jewish Children's Song (recorded at a restaurant in Nashville, TN on Jason Jarrett's birthday)

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John Gold Columbia, Tennessee

John Gold has been releasing albums and touring since 2007. His current mission is to glorify God and help people experience freedom from oppression, depression, anxiety, and other prisons

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