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Steadfast

by Civilized Creature

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Refiner’s fire burn in me. And melt the dross away.
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Steadfast 06:12
Come back soon. We’re barely holding on. We’re waiting for a new dawn to come. Steadfast, you’ll keep us to the very end.
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Test Tones 04:16
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A promise is a promise, and you promised with your heart crossed. Can a heart forget a promise? Well it’s easy, if I’m honest. But your promise is a promise, forever a promise, written in a covenant of blood. You covered it on us, even after death spit and trampled upon it. But still your promise is a promise is a promise is a promise. I know you mean it when you say you love. Help me get it from my head to my heart. Oh, I want to get it from my heart into my hands. I want to mean it when I say I love. Help me get it from my head to my heart. Oh, I want to get it from my heart into my hands.
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The Unknown 06:54
In the unknown, you can come undone. You can be brought home, or fear has won. In the unknown, in the unknown, you are not alone. In the unknown, you can fall apart. You can be made whole; you can feel your heart. In the unknown, in the unknown, you are not alone. Stop for a minute, for a minute just look at me. Stop for a minute, eye to eye and you’ll know my peace. In the unknown, in the unknown, you are not alone; you are not alone, alone. It’s gonna be alright; you’re gonna be okay. We’re gonna be alright; just be with me today.
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Your Banner 02:52
Your banner, your banner over me Your banner, your banner over me is love, is love, is love, is love. You are mine, and I am yours, am yours, am yours.
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You Are 04:32
It’s you, only, only You, it’s you, only, only. You are, you are, you are, you are, you are more than any mind can hold. But still a heart can know. You are, you are, you are you are, you are. And you’re here now right now.

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"In his fifth album, Steadfast, Civilized Creature presents a series of “poetry and journal entries” that, through meditative lyrics and electronic instrumentation, explore the unfailing nature of Christ.

Singer/songwriter Ryan Lane recorded the majority of Steadfast while moving from Portland, OR to his current home in Gig Harbor, WA. For three months, Lane lived in an apartment complex in Tacoma, WA, during which time Steadfast was birthed. Due to his limited recording space, Lane adopted a more electronic approach, using digital emulators of sounds native to experimental electronica from the 70s and 80s.

These ten tracks reflect a stilling and focusing of the heart on Christ, from the earnest plea for relief in the title track to the closing realization of God’s presence in “You Are.” 'Leaning into my Savior, into the arms of Jesus is something I’m really sorting out and discovering in a deeper way,' Lane says. 'A lot of this music was me just working out what that looks like.' "

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released February 14, 2017

Released in partnership with The Nehemiah Foundation for Cultural Renewal, Inc. renewthearts.org

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Civilized Creature Gig Harbor, Washington

"This record (The Way Back Home) is overflowing with creativity and depth - a must listen." - Dave Trout, UTR Media

"This could be the most unique record you hear this year. Crazy good, endlessly interesting music" - Larry Stephan, The Phantom Tollbooth
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