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Still A Beautiful World

by Den Miller

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1.
You Lift Me 05:50
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You Lift Me Gotta hand it to you It was all I could do To keep my head high To even survive Then you wakened me I was walking asleep Toward kingdom come To oblivion And it’s all and it’s nothing for sure I don’t know any more Where my boundaries are or yours Chorus Cos you lift me Yes you lift me from the darkness the endless monotony From blind I can see I’m drowning in life’s complications but then can elation see So obviously From the deepest dark night of the soul somewhere you lift me Gotta hand it to you I was broken and blue Didn’t know where I’d been Didn’t know what I believed in Then one touch from you I was mended and new From without a prayer To up in the air And it’s all coming straight from your shine Yet within all the time Can’t say whether it’s we’re or I’m Gotta hand it to you Don’t know what it is you do I just can’t explain What it is that I gain Cos I am just me But with you I’m maybe Others beside I feel multiplied And it’s all meaning I wondering If I am who I’ve been Or if I’m just a part of your dream Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Into The Storm 04:33
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Into The Storm Shelter from the rain I find here in your arms keeping me warm To the dismay of people who started the storm Their judgement is made, their sentence is to be painful and slow We are to face the thunder and lightning they throw And we are just lovers no shelter above us We’re on our own And we will get hit by their dazzling wit They throw the first stone Oh my love give all you have and don’t give in to the storm A sly wink of the eye, a face red in disgrace, what can you do? Swallow the pain with every turn of the screw Whispers in the wind that stop when you come in, you know what they said Any excuse to shoot all your dignity dead A deafening chorus of nobody for us We’re on our own And we will get soaked through the rain that we’ll go through They throw the first stone Oh my love give all you have and don’t give in to the storm We’ll live in the clover the day that it’s over We’re on our own But we need to be quicker with skins that are thicker They throw the first stone Oh my love I just don’t care what people say when people stare All our wounds we will repair, so don’t give in to the storm Into the storm that will try and drown us Into the storm, now the flood surrounds us Into the storm, that will be hard and long Into the storm, we will prove them so wrong Into the storm, they are still convinced that Into the storm, our boat will sink But into the storm, we are more determined Into the storm, to keep our love burning Into the storm, we’re heading Into the storm, we’re going Into the storm Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Can't Help But Miss The Sun 04:57
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Can't Help But Miss The Sun The sun comes up and the sun goes down, seems only an hour in between And the colours fade to a hazy grey like the first television screen And the rain comes down and the wind hits town and I’m frozen through to the bone And I’m trying to write words that I want to be heard but I can’t find a single one And it wouldn’t be so bad if only I had you here Together we’d try and get the sky to clear Chorus And I know behind the clouds it’s still there but it’s missing And you can’t help but miss the sun These dark days make me forget what it feels like You can’t help but miss the sun Those long warm days won’t return for a lifetime You can’t help but miss the sun It just reminds me you’re gone and I miss you And you can’t help but miss the sun The sun comes up and the sun goes down and I feel like I’m Right Where I Was Right back to the start wishing I had a heart like the cold metal man of Oz I’ve already been found by the bugs going round and they’re knocking the door to get in Well let battle commence, I have no defence, I just feel like letting them win Cos there’s only one way to get through the days ahead So I might as well just shout at the rain instead Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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One False Move 05:23
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One False Move And so we faced across the dawn Pistols loaded, senses keen The dust of recent love gone wrong Still not settled, wounds not healed How delicately poised The hand upon the trigger Just the slightest noise Will fetch the old gravedigger Why cowgirls and boys Feel that they’ve a point to prove? All it takes is one false move One false move and you’re dead One false move and the credits roll instead Would our fledgling love be injured Or would it never be extinguished Back then it could have gone either way One false move ends in tears One false move and they’ll talk ‘bout it for years So our love needs the decision Be a corpse or be forgiving All it takes is just one false move And so we face across the room Battle stations once again We thought our Wild West days were gone Built our ranch on peaceful plains But somehow our corral Has had its fences broken Now the guy and gal From Hollywood awoken Change our rationale Or everything we still could lose All it takes is one false move One false move and you’re dead One false move and the credits roll instead Will our love be badly injured Or will it never be extinguished Even now it could still go either way One false move ends in tears One false move and they’ll talk ‘bout it for years So our love needs the decision Be a corpse or be forgiving All it takes is just one false move Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Something To Shout About 05:43
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Something To Shout About It’s not just a matter of time I’ve been here for ages and there’s still no sign Sometimes I’m full overflowing, sometimes less inclined It’s not just a matter of time It’s not just a matter of age All sorts of good people have been showing me the way Some are elderly gurus, some are kids at play It’s not just a matter of age There’s a shadow hanging over me, it’s making things bleak There’s nothing that’s causing it, not one thing unique But I can’t seem to fight it, I just seem so weak Someone come and pick me up, I’m really up the creek Chorus Come and give me something to shout about Something to make my heart sing Come and give me something to shout about Something to cure everything I need inspiration in my situation How long have I waited, bored and frustrated To find what it’s all about? It’s not just a matter of place I’m sitting in a wonderland staring into space Surrounded by beauty on every face It’s not just a matter of place The wind in the willows, the birds in the trees The view down the valley, the unbroken peace But still nothing’s helping to fight this disease Someone come and pick me up and try and help me please It must be a matter of faith But that’s not much to fall back on in my kind of case I need some hard evidence before I’m safe It must be a matter of faith I know in the rulebook that none of the blessed Were ever allowed to put the Lord to the test But that’s what I need to get back onto a crest So come and work a miracle and then I’ll be impressed Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Middle Of The Road 04:42
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Middle Of The Road I can take the names that some may call me I can take the insults that they hurl All except the one thing that seems to really gall me That I’m just white-lining my way through this world They will try all things to derail you Maybe I was unprepared Cos if you view being normal as being a failure Then they’ve called you the one name that you dread The further you get from that well-trodden path The more people look, and the more people laugh But try as I might with what I have I can’t reside in the middle of the road So let them say that I’m some kind of weirdo I can be a weirdo with some style Complete with a strange set of rules that I adhere to Better that than pretend to be satisfied The further you get from that well-trodden path The more people look, and the more people laugh But I’m not content with the half and half On either side of the middle of the road So don’t you condemn the way I live When you have a lame alternative When you wake up having seen your life go by The further you get from that well-trodden path The more people look, and the more people laugh But I shall escape the aftermath Don’t wanna die in the middle of the road I can’t reside in the middle of the road Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Standing Or Falling 04:31
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Standing Or Falling I thought the beat inside me by now would have disappeared I never thought it strong enough to ever take me here It’s like a vision from another plane Fighting against everything that’s practical and sane Like a wandering minstrel from a bygone time Fighting through the hardship for harmony and rhyme Chorus So here I’m standing or falling Here’s how I answer the calling And whether it’s cool or appalling Here I’m standing or falling Here’s how I add to the story Of thousands who’ve stood here before me So listen to me or ignore me Here I’m standing or falling Don’t give up your day job, their advice to me But it’s too late, that’s already history I’ve got faith inside me, that’s my day job now Now it’s up to others just how much I am allowed Don’t care what the hours, don’t care what the pay If someone’s humming something then that would make my day So the beat inside me will not go away It’s taken me right to the edge of where I used to stay Don’t know if I’ll make it, it depends on how you see Where you want to get to compared to now and here Don’t care if I don’t make top hundred and one Let the music play on, there’s room for everyone. Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Lost 03:17
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Lost The streets you know so well are just the same as yesterday The journey home the same familiar turns But now you doubt your own sense of direction even here As yesterday inside your memory burns You need things to rely on but you’ve crashed your guiding star You can be lost even though you know where you are A strange part deep inside you is in hibernation now As if you’re stuck in someone else’s dream Your world is full of strangers that you’ve known most of your life The conversations old familiar themes What were words of comfort to you now seem quite bizarre You can be lost even though you know where you are Your life is full of open doors you never knew were there Although you’ve seen them many times before You walk into a room and realise after a while You can’t remember what you came in for You hope and pray you’ll find the map and try to heal this scar You can be lost even though you know where you are You can be lost even though you know where you are Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Maybe Is Just A Word 05:10
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Maybe Is Just A Word I know it’s kinda funny but I just can’t seem to throw it away A battle by the second by the minute by the hour every day It seemed a good idea when the rollercoaster started its ride But now I want to stop it am I strong enough to jump off the side? Chorus But maybe, maybe now I’ve been blessed I’ll stop now before the self-destruct is pressed Maybe now I’ve the strength To climb back through the safety fence Maybe now, no longer proud And scared by what I’ve seen and heard But then maybe is just a word I know it’s kinda funny all the games I played if only you knew And nobody to blame it on well maybe not helped just by a few But now the game is serious the opposition ravenous and raring to go They could end the game right now or carry on forever and there’s no way to know Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Down By The Riverside 02:40
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Down By The Riverside Gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside Gonna lay down my sword and shield Down by the riverside, and study war no more I’m gonna wear my long white robe Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside I’m gonna wear my long white robe Down by the riverside, and study war no more Chorus I’m gonna study war no more, study war no more, study war no more. I’m gonna study war no more, study war no more, study war no more. Gonna walk with the Prince of Peace Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside Maybe He will find those WMDs Down by the riverside, and study war no more Gonna lay down and rest awhile Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside Think more on substance and less on style Down by the riverside, and study war no more Gonna find a different way to peace Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside Than slaughtering all my enemies Down by the riverside, and study war no more I’m gonna bring those soldiers home Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside Pray for forgiveness for what I’ve done Down by the riverside, and study war no more Traditional gospel song This arrangement and the additional lyrics (C) 2007 Den Miller
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Still A Beautiful World 06:15
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Still A Beautiful World I stand on the platform; get herded into the train My boss is a moron; my life seems to have no aim I look at the headlines; I’m filled with a powerless rage I flinch at the deadlines; I feel like I’m in a cage Through the window the trees and the birds and the river go by I wish instead of this shamed rubber bread I could eat up the sky And be satisfied Chorus And you can scream at it all It’s still a beautiful world when the sun shines Got fools in charge of it all It’s still a beautiful world in the moonlight There’s so much I want to forget But it’s still a beautiful world and though they do try They’ve not spoiled everything yet It’s still a beautiful world Some guy sends a memo; ten thousand people’s lives are changed And it’s the same M.O. all over the corporate game And I’m just a minnow; small fish inside a goldfish bowl Who cares I’ve no ammo? Who cares I’ve got no control? Then the sun in the dale puts the scale on the valley below And the trees in the mist just insist that the further you go The less that you know It rains in my office; It’s raining on the Sunshine Coast It’s raining all around the world except in the places that need it most But we’ve been blessed in abundance; We could fix it if we wanted to But the fact we choose not to doesn’t make the world less beautiful Words and music by Den Miller Copyright (C) 2007 Den Miller

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Den's second solo album, "Still A Beautiful World" was released August 2007, and contains 10 original songs which stick to Den's songwriting philosophy of strong melody plus intelligent lyrics. As well as the title track, which made the finals of the 2009 Raise Your Banners Songwriting Competition, standout tracks include "Can't Help But Miss The Sun", "Lost", and "One False Move". The only cover version, "Down By The Riverside", is a 9-part harmony a capella version of the traditional "Study War No More".
It was recorded at Calder Recordings in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, surrounded by beautiful scenery, with Steve Fenton an excellent engineer. The album artwork is a collaboration between Frances Miller and Snubs

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released August 1, 2007

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Den Miller Keighley, UK

Den Miller is a multi-instrumentalist whose songs focus on strong melody and intelligent, often humorous lyrics. His sixth studio album will be released Sat 26th June 2021.

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