Jamie Carroll: Listen to the music
Broken, Beautiful
(Jamie Carroll)
August 12, 2009
Jamie Carroll
Recently I learned of a long time friend who was almost murdered by her abusive husband. My friend is an amazing artist and her husband (in a angered frenzy) slashed many of the paintings in her gallery with a knife and then came after her. Though injured and scared she survived and he was locked away. Somehow she has been able to regain her strength, heal and now she speaks out against domestic violence and takes her damaged gallery on the road for all to see. One painting in particular was of a beautiful woman in black and white. My friend said to me, "though she is broken she is STILL beautiful". This is when my newest song and the title of the record we are currently recording came to me in a matter of hours. I stayed up most of that night many times breaking into tears while writing my new song "Broken, Beautiful". I encourage all of us to be envolved and be aware of domestic violence. Thanks for the support and thank you Michelle for the humble inspiration.
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broken, beautiful, black and white
as if painted on broken ice
words in darkness close behind
though your sunlit hair
forever shines in my eyes
oh, they forever shine
tattered canvas torn apart
blade of madness razor sharp
no pretending with those scars
now the world can see who it is you truly are
how did it go this far?
broken, beautiful rise again
in the gallery with your friends
tell your story, break our hearts
some see failure, we see art in your eyes
oh, they forever shine
never left behind
*Words and Music COPYRIGHT 2009, Jamie Carroll Music.