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I Held You In My Arms (bare bones acoustic version) [Bonus Track]

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Produced by Janean Christine Mariani and Jim Henry

Mixed by Jim Henry at Rubytone Studio in Shutesbury, MA | Mastered by Dave Chalfant at Norfolk Studios in Northampton, MA | *Bonus Track mixed by Ken Capitanich at MARS Studios in CA

Janean Christine Mariani: acoustic guitar and vocals recorded by Ken Capitanich at MARS Studios in California | Jim Henry: bass, electric guitar, lap steel and mandolin recorded at Rubytone Studio in Shutesbury, Massachusetts

Cover Photograph and Jacket Design by Janean Christine Mariani

All songs © 2019 Janean Christine Mariani / Janean Christine Mariani Music (ASCAP)

Lyrics

I Held You In My Arms
written by Janean Christine Mariani

I held you in my arms but you slipped right through my hands
My heart shattered like an hourglass like a million grains of sand
My tears fell down my face into the hole inside my chest
To the place where my heart used to beat the day I laid you to rest

Was it something that I said or words I never spoke
Was it the vows that I had tarnished or a promise that I broke
Was it something that I did or all I’ve failed and left undone
Were there prayers I should have whispered were there hymns I left unsung

I held you in my arms but you slipped right from my life
Leaving a hollow shell of a woman a brokenhearted wife
Rattling the halls of my own home haunting the soul in my own skin
The line so blurred I could no longer see where I stopped and you began

Was it something that I said or words I never spoke
Was it the vows I had tarnished or a promise that I broke
Was it something that I did or all I’ve failed and left undone
Were there prayers I should have whispered were there hymns I left unsung

These days I hold you in the place where my heart beat in my chest
Beside the Ashes and Roses the few photographs that are left
And from New Years Day to Christmas and every day falling in between
I look for you in the eyes of strangers Silent Night still brings me to my knees

When I held you in my arms but you slipped right through my hands
My heart shattered like an hourglass like a million grains of sand
My tears fell down my face into the hole inside my chest
To the place where my heart used to beat the day I laid you to rest