The Currency of Forgiveness

from Love Never Rests by Mike Ward: Psychosongs

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Learning how to coexist unconditionally with grace, patience, and empathy. As time passes, we reflect on a lifetime of love and accept the opportunities and challenges that still come with it.

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THE CURRENCY OF FORGIVENESS

coffee brewed hours before she’s awake
hot water saved for the shower he takes
drives with no sense of direction
sometimes accepts of a course correction

listens to the same story told a hundred times
waits patiently at the end of the line
holding doors…holding tongues
it all evens out when our days are done

CHORUS worth all you have…and nothing less
all the tears and years that you invest
there from the moment you met
no IOU'S… no repaid debts
in the currency of forgiveness

an apology long before there’s a fight
no admission of who’s wrong or who’s right
a halfhearted confession
from some past life indiscretion

CHORUS worth all you have…and nothing less
it’s a beautiful complicated mess
will it all add up to happiness?
no IOU'S… no repaid debts
in the currency of forgiveness

It’s a long haul…there’s bumps in the road
It’s only heavy if you don’t share the load
no regrets …big or small
always say I love you before nightfall

CHORUS worth all you have…and nothing less
life keeps you up at night but love never rests
isn’t this why you both said yes
no IOU'S… no repaid debts
in the currency of forgiveness
in the currency of forgiveness

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from Love Never Rests, track released April 7, 2023
Mike Ward: Lead vocal & Acoustic guitar
David Roof: Fretless bass
Grant Flick: Violin
Annie Bacon: Harmonies

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mike ward Detroit, Michigan

Lyrically-centric, vocally-charged folk songs. Those are what singer-songwriter Mike Ward loves to create. Living in Detroit, Mike grew up listening to Irish music. Influences are Jason Isbell, Bruce Springsteen and John Prine. His writing echoes along empty sidewalks, on country backroads, in family portraits, and in the thin lines between joy and tragedy, love and loss, past, present and future. ... more

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