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Victory

from Sink Or Swim by Nick Swan Band

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This is another one that I've had the music to for many years, but no lyrics except the chorus, which comes from an old Lutheran hymn I used to enjoy singing in church growing up. The verses put those words in a new context, and I think the end result is pretty powerful. The solo/middle section is also entirely new and to me it's the high point of the song. Oh and obviously the riff was ripped from B's 5th Symphony, but he can't hear it now anyway ;)

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Is nothin left but death?
After we're born, we're dyin
What if we lived to give?
Nothin to lose, and nothin more to win

So don't just stand there
Before the wrong gets taken for the right
I'm telling you tonight

That this is the feast of the victory of our God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Yeah this is the feast of the victory of our God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

So what's in store - more war?
The drum's too loud to ignore
Only love can trump hate
We got to choose before it gets too late

So don't just stand there
Before the wrong gets taken for the right
I'm telling you tonight

That this is the feast of the victory of our God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Yeah this is the feast of the victory of our God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Solo

Oooooooooh...
Before the wrong gets taken for the right
I'm telling you tonight

That this is the feast of the victory of our God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Yeah this is the feast of the victory of our God
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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from Sink Or Swim, released July 11, 2018

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Tennessee Troubadour. Playing a mix of America's best roots music, from blues & folk to classic rock & 90s grunge.

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