The Novelists

Chapter 12 // December 2013 // Take Back // They Will Follow

Joel Ackerson – vocals and guitars
Eric Andersen – vocals and piano
Zack Teran – vocals, electric bass and synthesizers

“Above The Hiding” and “You Will Know My Name”

Produced by The Novelists // “Above The Hiding” and “You Will Know My Name” were engineered by Joel Ackerson at True Story Records // Additional Engineering by Eric Andersen and Zack Teran // “Above The Hiding” and “You Will Know My Name” were mixed by David Peters

Guest musician on “Above The Hiding” and “You Will Know My Name”

Jason Thomas – Drums

“Above The Hiding” ©℗ 2013 Eric Andersen, Zack Teran and Joel Ackerson

“You Will Know My Name” ©℗ 2013 Joel Ackerson

 

LYRICS

ABOVE THE HIDING (Andersen/Ackerson)

 

It’s been a while, we’ve been down, now it’s time we change the score

Breathe in the air, be who we are

Who would’ve thought we’d come so far

 

It’s taken a while, but I’ve found that I keep on wanting it more

Never before felt so much love

Ready to live this life above the hiding

 

Too many times I missed the chance to be there

Crippled by fear, thinking they’d care

Living a lie, I thought the truth would leave me

Alone to hide, still I’d decide

 

That I’d grown tired of playing out that role

And I know this is real, something I can own

 

It’s been a while, we’ve been down, now it’s time we change the score

Breathe in the air, be who we are

Who would’ve thought we’d come so far

 

It’s taken a while, but I’ve found that I keep on wanting it more

Never before felt so much love

Ready to live this life above the hiding

 

Too many times I missed the chance to meet them

Gone’s that time, what could’ve been mine

I made the choice to keep my feelings secret

To just behave, ‘cause I couldn’t be saved

 

But I’ve grown tired of playing out that role

And it’s time we live the truth, something I can own

 

It’s been a while, we’ve been down, now it’s time we change the score

Breathe in the air, be who we are

Who would’ve thought we’d come so far

 

It’s taken a while, but I’ve found that I keep on wanting it more

Never before felt so much love

Ready to live this life above the hiding

 

Nobody asked for this

But you choose your part

Surrender into it

And you’ll find your heart

 

It’s been a while, we’ve been down, now it’s time we change the score

Breathe in the air, be who we are

Who would’ve thought we’d come so far

 

It’s taken a while, but I’ve found that I keep on wanting it more

Never before felt so much love

Ready to live this life above the hiding

 

 

 

 

 

 

YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME (Ackerson)

 

When I was a child in my parents’ house

We were trained disciples and so devout

But the final goal of the god they praised

Was, “you will know My name.”

 

So I went to school, learned to stand in line

Learned to raise my hand to speak my mind

Took a chorus role in the greater play

Memorizing names

Did I love the song

Or did I sing along

Just because I was afraid to say

You will know my name

 

I was taught not to lie by the liars and the cheats

I was told to be kind by the cruel and weak

Constantly turning the other cheek

Scared to know my name

 

Did I love the rules

To fall in, fit and fooled

When I learn to live without that shame

You will know my name

 

And in finding the courage to sing my song

I have chosen the garden where I belong

Freely determining right from wrong

Is the value of my name

The value of my name

 

Now I see the cost

To find what wasn’t lost

Never really was my debt to pay

You will know my name