Martin Smith | 5 years ago

IRON LUNG — Martin Smith
https://martinsmith.lnk.to/ironlung

“When I was 6 months old I contracted bronchopneumonia and I was really close to dying so they took me to hospital and put me in an iron lung. Recently, my mum told me that her and I my dad prayed this audacious prayer: ‘God, if you would let our son make a noise again we will give him back to You.’ There’s a line in this song that says ‘You took my breath away so I would learn to need you.’ I guess it’s my way of saying that even as a baby, without consciousness, I was learning that to be with God is better than to be without him. I was learning that to get through life you need help, and without the breath of God we’re nothing. Amazingly, I started to recover and I guess I’ve never stopped making a noise!”
Martin

// You took my breath away
So I would learn to need You
To learn that I could never ever live
Without You
You take my breath away, and all those years ago
I could feel You hide me, in the shadow of Your wing
And straight away I loved You, ‘cosYou were singing songs
That someday I would sing //

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LYRICS:
I was born without a sound
I didn't cry so they put me in an iron lung
All alone and nearing death
But I heard Your heartbeat pulsing through my chest

Oh, oh-oh-oh
You took my breath away
So I would learn to need You

My mother prayed I'd make a noise
'If You do this for me then You can have my son back'
My father made a deal with God
And then he left me stranded in the arms of love

Oh, oh-oh-oh
You took my breath away
So I would learn to need You
To learn that I could never ever live without You
Oh, You take my breath away
You take my breath away, and all those years ago
I could feel You hide me in the shadow of Your wing
And straight away I loved You 'cause You were singing songs
That someday I would sing
That someday I would sing

There's a heartbeat
There's a heartbeat
There's a heartbeat
Can you hear it?
You're my heartbeat
Can you hear it?
You're my heartbeat
I can feel it
I can feel it

And I heard the sound of Your voice
I felt the breath in my lungs
I felt the joy in my bones
And I started to sing, I started to sing
I felt the wonder of love
I knew the kindness of God
I joined with the angels above
And I started to sing, I started to sing for You
And I started to sing for You
And I heard the sound of Your voice
I felt Your breath in my lungs
I felt the joy in my bones
And I started to sing, I started to sing for You
And I started to sing for You
Forever I'll sing for You

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