The Road

by Izzy Gilden

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The Road was written for my father. I used to visit him at the nursing home and play music for him on my guitar. As a successful musician himself before he got ill, I hoped that the music would connect with him and break through the blank stares of Dementia and late stage Parkinson's disease.

There were many times that it miraculously worked.

The Road is a song about hope and begs the listener to understand that the seemingly unattainable can be reached.

My father passed away less than 2 weeks before the release of The Road. I hope this song serves as an inspiration to those who need it, since my father never got a chance to hear it.

lyrics

This is a hopeful road
Blue skies and miles of fields passing by
This is a hopeful road

It's a hopeful road
We're driving trying to reach that sunrise
I know its far away but it's so close in my eyes
Its a hopeful road

Hold my hand
Join me on this onward moving ride
Don't count the dotted lines they'll pass you by
Just hold my hand

This is a Hopeful Road
And you and I will reach that sunrise
I know its far away but it's so close in my eyes
It's a hopeful road
Ya its a hopeful road
It's a hopeful Road
Ya its a hopeful road

And the past will hold me back from where I'm going
And regret flows through my blood and my guilty hands
And my mistakes are just too hard to leave behind

But don't look back keep driving
don't look keep drving.....

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released December 26, 2017
Acoustic guitar and vocals by Izzy Gilden
All other instruments by Rob Freeman of Audio Pilot Studios

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