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Hymnal

by adaline

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Bad Believer 00:39
2.
Brave 02:44
V1: Is it worth the cost to make it stop All on red will the house take the loss Said that nothing I’d do or nothing I’d say Would make you turn your back away Chorus: But will you feel the same Will you kiss my face Tell me we have a bond that can’t be erased Will you feel the same with your hopes in flames Can I be this brave V2: Is it worth the cost to risk it all Hope you’re there as the chips start to the fall My love for your peace is taking a toll And is that even what you’re asking for Bridge: Are you living on a hope While I’m living on a prayer Are you praying that I’ll change While I’m hoping that you’ll care Oh is it worth the cost
3.
V1: Was told astrology was bad for me That there are things we shouldn’t see That trust should trump uncertainty Well can I take a peek beyond the veil The devil’s in the details now You wanna talk but you’re not listening Chorus: Well I’ve been running on empty While you try to save me Hanging out in the backseat Say I’m welcome You’re not welcoming V2: Was told that nothing separates his love So am I still a child of God Cause I can’t tell from all you’re saying No one’s winning in this Holy War What are we even fighting for? Our only law to love now missing
4.
V1: When we were young sleeping on the side of the road Arms around your waist Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits, never felt so in love We were too young to know, old enough to care You made me a ring from some string and I never really doubted we’d do the real thing Pre-Chorus: Tugging at your clothes My final barrier to you But we could break through No we could never break through Taking turns to wait, no mistakes Can’t give it all away While asking is this ok? When it was never ok Chorus: Our bodies embodied what we’d never say While saying True Love Waits Somebody tell me how we got away with saying True Love Waits It was easier to walk away Oh it was easier V2: When we were young our love was a serious test If it’s on your mind, do the time Raise your eyes to the sky and let God do the rest Unsure, unstable, and covered in prayer If we closed our eyes real tight maybe we could forget what we felt in the night Bridge True Love Waits as we fade away Fought the finish line Faded from the fight
5.
V1: When the place you once loved doesn’t love you back Pierced hands and feet Now a knife in your back The alter overrun with blame Light a candle for those speaking your name Chorus: Blood that washes white as snow Is bottled and sold to keep up the show If there is a God and he sent his son He wouldn’t recognize what we’ve become If there is a God and he sent his son He’d turn our tables one by one V2: When the people you loved they don’t feel like before Hands once laid on your head now are showing the door Shaking fists you can’t be condoned Let he without sin cast the first stone
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V1: A heart once held, unquestioning smile Once closer than family, now further than miles A tough life lesson, betrayed by your tears But love doesn’t make you the thing that you fear Nothing has changed, I’m still the same But everything’s different when faith is at play A tough love lesson of choosing a side Turns friends into strangers And who drew the lines? Chorus: If something is good It won’t make you choose Don’t deny who you love to save broken rules If something is good It won’t make you leave We get enough of loss living to loose who we need If something is good V2: What calls itself love What claims the divine Can’t punish with silence or seek to divide Cause love is patient, unfailing and kind It never abandons or leaves one behind I don’t want a standoff, I don’t want a fight Don’t stay in your corner while I’m trapped in mine Step by step, can you meet me half way? Lord knows we’re both losing by walking away Bridge: Oh it may take a little time For us to see the other side What we’ve been going through If we say love will find a way Let’s let it win and start today It’s what we’ve gotta do
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V1: Just when I thought I couldn’t love you more You showed up for me like never before A love so pure you question it's real What they call the real deal Chorus: When the shoe doesn’t drop When the pinching stops When the shame starts to fade in the light of their sun When you come out of hiding to arms that are waiting That’s what love is all about That’s what love is all about V2: We’re both taking time to understand How to shift when things don’t go as planned But like a house that’s built on the rock Storms roll off We still stand Bridge: What love Love is all about

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Produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Future Islands) Canadian alt-pop artist Adaline's upcoming EP, "Hymnal" is both inspired by her journey of reconciling queerness and her religious upbringing as the daughter of an evangelical minister and by the stories of hundreds of LGBTQ+ people in a non-profit community she founded called Bad Believer that helps people heal from religious trauma.

The EP opens with snippets of voices from the community followed by "Brave", a song highlighting the vulnerability and anxiety of coming out to family and religious communities. Following tracks speak to the heartbreak of being rejected by community, the fatigue of justifying who you are, and the failure of a church system to embody the kind of love they preach. The tone then shifts to a more hopeful gaze with "If Something Is Good" encouraging us to fight for our valued connections and closes with Adaline's love letter to her parents called "What Love is All About", showcasing the power of love when one is fully accepted and embraced.

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released March 22, 2024

Written and performed by Adaline

Additional writing, production and mixing by Chris Coady
Mastered by Mike Bozzi

Guitar: John Anderson
Keys: Adaline
Strings and string arrangements: Ari Boulzian
Drums: Garrett Ray

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adaline Toronto, Ontario

Canadian alt pop songstress and composer with over 80 songs in film and TV

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