Don't believe a word they say Read it in the papers everyday Tell me what they really got to say I'm here for you Don't make a difference what they do I'll never let 'em get to you I'll always be the one that's loving you You know I'll never ever leave your side So don't believe the rumors or their lies
This is who I am Try to understand I'm the only one who died for you Take a look at me Tell me you believe This is who I am This is who I am
The whole world is watching me Like a picture on a movie screen On the cover of a magazine All these lies make me wanna scream But you gotta put your faith in me If you love me gotta just believe I'm giving you the very best of me You know I'll never ever leave your side So don't believe the rumors or their lies
This is who I am Try to understand I'm the only one who died for you Take a look at me Tell me you believe This is who I am This is who I, this is who I, this is who I am
This is who I am Try to understand I'm the only one who died for you Take a look at me Tell me you believe This is who I am This is who I am Try to understand I'm the only one who died for you Take a look at me Tell me you believe This is who I am This is who I am
It was on a Tuesday night When I saw you passin' by When you came my way in your eyes I could see the pain inside Then you looked at me and tried to smile I asked what's wrong? You said my life
So I asked can we talk about... Every little thing that's on your mind Every little thing that makes you cry Let me tell you all about... Every little thing that's on my heart God's given me a brand new start It's as easy as...
1, 2, 3, take a step toward me I can see you're hurting You could be so free In a flash you could start all over Let me know if you wanna go there We're just hanging out We can talk about it
You said that's cool, but not for you And you walked away I tried my best, I gave my all What else could I say? As you crossed the street By chance you meet an angel in disguise Supernatural meeting of modern times
She knew Every little thing that just occured Every little way you've been disturbed Every little thing that has been wrong Faith in God has kept her strong Just take a step
1, 2, 3, take a step toward me I can see you're hurting You could be so free In a flash it could all be over Let me know if you wanna go there We're just hanging out We can talk about it 1, 2, 3, take a step with me I can see you're hurting He can set you free In a flash you could start all over Let me know if you wanna go there We're just hanging out We can talk about it
You know what you gotta do Don't wanna confuse, but you gotta choose You know you got nothing to lose Don't refuse, don't refuse, yeah You know what you gotta do Life's already got you singing the blues You know you've got nothing to lose Don't refuse, take a step It's so simple, so what you waitin' on?
1, 2, 3, take a step toward me I can see you're hurting You could be so free In a flash it could all be over Let me know if you wanna go there We're just hanging out We can talk about it 1, 2, 3, take a step with me I can see you're hurting He can set you free In a flash you could start all over Let me know if you wanna go there We're just hanging out ...
In the middle of a crowded room alone Surrounded by familiar faces of All these strangers I know Wonder how I got so far from home Just wishin' I could find my way back to The love and the life I let go
There's so many places we've all been When we'd give anything for a true friend But I've come to know His arms are open Waiting to hold me
I'm so alive (Vuelvo a vivir, todo mi ser, vuelve a sentir) For the first time in my life There's a passion inside me Lord, by Your side (Mi corazón, hoy tiene amor sin condición) My heart has found a home Now I'm never alone
Lying awake tonight The noise of the day still echoes on In the silence I hear I open my heart and I close my eyes I feel the peace come back to me And I know He is near
There's so many things that we can't see We wonder and worry what will be But I've come to know His heart is open Wanting to show me
I'm so alive (Vuelvo a vivir, todo mi ser, vuelve a sentir) For the first time in my life There's a passion inside me Lord, by Your side (Mi corazón, hoy tiene amor sin condición) My heart has found a home Now I'm never alone
Por primera vez ya no me siento solo, With You in my heart I can fly Above the darkness of a long and lonely night I'm gonna breathe the air that brings me to life I'll find any way to be near You My one and only light
Vuelvo a vivir (Vuelvo a vivir, todo mi ser, vuelve a sentir) Por primera vez en mi Siento una pasión surgir y Mi corazón (Mi corazón, hoy tiene amor sin condición) Ha encontrado un nuevo hogar And I'm never, never alone
I'm so alive, You're by my side For the first time in my life There's a passion inside me I'm not alone, no love has shown, I'm now my own My heart has found a home Now I'm never alone.. Never alone
The choices, even though you knew the lines You'd have to cross for me You made them anyway Voices, as you knelt there in the garden 'Neath the olive tree You heard me call your name I cannot pretend to understand it all But heaven knew the reason you were there
Chorus It was all about a man It was all about a cross It was all about the blood that was shed so I would not be lost It was all about the love That was bigger than a life It was all about a freedom that was given through your sacrifice 'Cause you would rather die than to ever live without me
Helpless, that's humanity without your saving grace So misled Selfless, you could have called ten thousand angels Down to take your place But you took mine instead I cannot pretend to understand it all But heaven knew the reason you were there
Chorus
A greater love has no one than this That he will lay his life down for his friends
Chorus
아발론(Avalon)은 '하늘'을 비유하는 중세 언어이다. 중세에는 왕과 그의 아이들은 그곳에서 영원히 머물 거라고 믿었다. 아더왕도 죽은 후 그곳으로 갔다는 전설이 전해지고 있다. 한편, '아발론'은 활기 넘치는 신인 크리스천 팝 4인조를 일컫는 말이다.
1996년 첫 창단 후 현재까지 왕성한 활동을 하고 있는 혼성 4인조 보컬 그룹 아발론은 2차례의 여자 멤버 교체속에 환상적인 화음과 보컬로 당대 최고의 혼성 그룹으로 평가받고 있다.
1998년에 이룬 놀라운 성공을 볼 때 그들은 그룹의 이름처럼 마치 천국에 있는 기분일 것이다. 싱글곡 'Testify to Love'는 1990년이래 가장 오래 순위에 머문, 최장기 히트곡으로 크리스천 음악의 역사에 길이 남겨졌다. 이 곡은 '그 해의 최고 찬양'으로 선정되었으며 의 사운드트랙으로 채택되기도 했다. 또한 TV 인기 시리즈의 한 편이 그 노래를 배경으로 만들어졌다. 이 그룹은 총 6개의 더브 어워드 상을 받았고 '그 해의 신인상'으로도 뽑히는 영광을 얻었다.
그룹은 테너인 조디 맥브레얼(Jody McBrayer)과 마이클 패슨스(Michael Passons), 알토파트를 맡고 있는 잔나 파터(Janna Potter), 소프라노의 체리 팰리오타(Cherie Paliotta)로 이루어져 있다. 초기 멤버였던 니키 해스만은 팀을 떠나 솔로로 데뷔했고, 그 공백을 메우기 위해 체리를 새로 영입하였다. 팀을 새로 정비하고 발표한 첫 앨범이「In a Different Light」이다.
아발론은 활력넘치는 사운드를 발전시켜 완벽한 화음을 만들어낸다. 그들의 음악이 성공한 첫 번째 요인은 개성있는 목소리를 가졌으면서도 완벽한 화음으로 녹아지게 만드는 탁월한 능력 때문이다. 또한 이 그룹은 정해진 솔로가 없이도 잘 어울리는 앙상블을 만든다.
하나의 화음처럼 나누는 비전 또한 하나이다. '상대방이 말하고자 하는 것이 무엇인지 느낌이 옵니다. 사역에 대해 갖는 고민과 생각이 같으니까요. 무대 위에서 서로 다른 세 명이 한마음과 영혼을 갖는 다는 것은 놀라운 일입니다. 하나님의 축복이기도 하고요.' 체리는 덧붙여 말한다. '각자의 개성을 가지고 있지만 일이나 개인적인 일로 함께 지내는 시간이 많아질수록 하나됨을 느낍니다.'
음악에 대한 목적도 같다. 음악으로 말씀을 나누고 믿는 자들을 하나님께로 인도하는 것이 바로 그것. 이뿐만이 아니다. 그들은 스테이지나 스튜디오에서나 일상 생활의 모든 것에서 하나님이 드러나기를, 그리스도의 향기를 내기를 바란다.
팀 멤버는 모두 어릴 적부터 교회 성가대에서 활동하였다. 조디(Jody)의 음악에 대한 재능은 고등학교 때부터 나타나기 시작했다. 이후에는 'Truth' 그룹과 세계 순회공연을 하기도 했으며 재능을 인정받아 디즈니 회사의 솔로가수로 미국과 캐나다를 순회하며 공연을 하기도 했다.
Shake it, shake it The time has come to break it Anyway you make it, it's goin' down People gather 'round for the man above We're goin' down, down with hate and up with love
Can you understand what's the plan Spread some love all across this land What's the caper, spread the truth Read it in the papers about the youth Ya can't crumble and break from what somebody else thinks Be tougher than that, lighten up your act
Shake it, shake it The time has come to break it Anyway you make it, it's goin' down People gather 'round for the man above We're goin' down, down with hate and up with love
Let's talk about it, before it's too late Don't push it to the side so that it can hide What's done in the dark needs come to light A heart full of hate's gonna waste a life Represent for the positive, no prejudice is the way to live You gotta free your mind, take your time Put your hand in mine 'Cause it's a brand new day
Shake it, shake it The time has come to break it Anyway you make it, it's goin' down People gather 'round for the man above We're goin' down, down with hate and up with love
We're goin' down, down Shake it, shake it The time has come to break it Anyway you make it, it's goin' down Can't take it , can't take it..
Shake it, shake it The time has come to break it Anyway you make it, it's goin' down People gather 'round for the man above We're goin' down, down with hate and up with love ..........
Don't turn away Just say what you need to say You're not alone But you got to move on, got to let go When the passion surrenders When the dream you share is longer than I know it hurts so much Tell me, how in the world can you blame it on love?
And don't say its love that broke your heart When you trusted someone Cuz love's the victim not the crime And love will be there to break your fall If you trust in love Know that love would never, break your heart Love can break your fall
I know, it's hard to trust again I'll stay with you, stay with me now Let go of your heartache Learn to forgive Won't you wait just a moment Give your heart a chance to begin again And though you run before Tell me, where will you go if you walk out that door?
And don't say its love that broke your heart When you trusted someone Cuz love's the victim not the crime And love will be there to break your fall If you trust in love, just in love Know that love would never, break your heart Love can break your fall
I could never have found my own way It was God's love that saved this heart of mine from dying And when you find this love is all that you have Then you'll see love is all that you need
And don't say it's love that broke your heart When it's over and done Believe in love forever And love will be there to break your fall If you trust in love, just in love Know that love would never, break your heart Love can break your fall
Reflecting back on when I met you I was so lost In this crazy world Like a father to his child Lord you saved me Gave me wings of love To soar so free
You are the air I breathe You are my everything You are my only hope The wind beneath my wings
CHORUS; And I never knew what love was Until I met you I never felt peace before Until you touched me I didn't know how to breathe Until you showed me You are my everything, everything, everything, yeah
Beside you Lord There is no other Creator of the universe And you loved me so You gave your only son The only way, the only truth, the one
You are the air I breathe You are my everything You are my only hope The reason why I sing
I would never have known The way it feels to love without the love you showered down upon me Warm, warm as the sun Melting away the rain giving me strengh to face another morning So many times I felt afraid and turn to you to find my way I reach inside to find you there You were with me everywhere
All (I could search for all my life to find) It would take all (Someone to be there till the end of time) All of my life to find (Everywhere I look I'll never find) Someone more there for me There for me And I'm... ( when I feel like I am all alone) Never Alone (You are closer than I've ever known) 'cause in my heart I know ( You're always with me in my heart I know) Your always there for me,there for me
I, I won't let go Of precious memories They are the light of hope that burns inside me And every time I lose my way You shine for me and I'm okay You lift me way beyond it all And You never let me fall
All (I could search for all my life to find) It would take all (Someone to be there till the end of time) All of my life to find (Everywhere I look I'll never find) Someone more there for me There for me And I'm... ( when I feel like I am all alone) Never Alone (You are closer than I've ever known) 'cause in my heart I know ( You're always with me in my heart I know) Your always there for me,there for me
You'll always catch me when I fall All, it would take all All of my life to find Someone more there for me, there for me And I'm never alone 'Cause in my heart I know You're always there for me, there for me, I know
All (I could search for all my life to find) It would take all (Someone to be there till the end of time) All of my life to find (Everywhere I look I'll never find) Someone more there for me There for me And I'm... ( when I feel like I am all alone) Never Alone (You are closer than I've ever known) 'cause in my heart I know ( You're always with me in my heart I know) Your always there for me,there for me I know
Your always there With me everywhere And if I lose my way I am never alone 4x
In the quiet moments of the day The worries of the world, fade away I can hear your voice, it speaks to me And I hang on every word you say
In those moments it's so clear to me The more I'm in your presence Lord, The more that i believe
You are my life You are my breath You are holiness But you take me as I am You are my strength You are my peace You're my everything You're the only thing that matters, to me
There are times my mind cannot explain Just what happens when I say your name It's like I've been away and all along And I see you standing there and I know that I am home Cuz you are
You are my life You are my breath You are holiness But you take me as I am You are my strength You are my peace You're my everything You're the only thing that matters, to me
So many voices fighting to be heard But you're my peacefulness The place that i can, turn Cuz you are
You are my life You are my breath You are holiness But you take me as I am You are my strength You are my peace You're my everything You're the only thing that matters, to me You're the only thing....