This Is War

by Co-Written by John Houston and Janelle Kelm

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Written by John Houston and Janelle Kelm
Music by John Houston
Vocals by John Houston and Janelle Kelm
Background harmonies by Janelle Kelm and Aubrey Philyaw

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Let me just sit here
Talk for awhile
Tell me of life, of love, of hope, and trials
Let me just lay here
And breathe in slow
This aching in my head sinks in my bones

And oh oh oh oh oh this is war
And oh oh oh oh oh this is war

I hear you talking
About your pain
How can you go on for so long
With that weight?
And I see you trying
To hold back your tears
I say it's far too long
That you have troubled here

And oh oh oh oh oh this is war
And oh oh oh oh oh this is war
And oh oh oh oh oh this is war
And oh oh oh oh oh this is war

And all around the battle's raging
Wounded hearts and spirit's fading
Just for once to see your face
To calm the storms and fears erased

And fight here, fight here, right now
And quiet your restless hearts
And fight here, fight here, right now
And quiet your restless hearts

And oh oh oh oh oh this is war
And oh oh oh oh oh this is war
And oh oh oh oh oh this is war

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released July 28, 2014
written by John Houston and Janelle Kelm
music by John Houston
vocals by John Houston and Janelle Kelm
background harmonies by Janelle Kelm and Aubrey Philyaw

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