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2.​ ​Blessed is the man (feat. Matthew Davis)

from Blessed is the Man by Dale Carl Fredrickson

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    Blessed is the man is the story of how men can grow their capacity for mutual LOVE and become openhearted, emotionally expressive, and relationally connected. It challenges toxic masculinity that has caused woman and children harm through unchecked anger, emotional repression, and self-reliant pride. This album uses poetry and the sounds of banjos, mandolins, saxophones, violins, and guitars to inspire men (and those who care about men) to let LOVE shape their lives and write their stories.

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lyrics

It’s the longest night of my life
the winter’s solstice of this year
I’ve felt the scrape of strife
but i’m a hard man with no tears
my dreams are dusty and shallow
the river of imagination dried up
my fields unplanted and fallow
the heart of desire burned out
I’ve been careless and forgotten
liquid apathy I’ve been drinking
i’m miles from compassion
I’ve made this road I’m walking

Blessed is the man
Blessed is the man
Who fails and stumbles
Who learns love is without end
Who is strong and humble
Who feels and finds himself again
Please plant him near the river
Please plant him near the river
As the ancient poem foretold
Please plant him near the river
May peace within him grow

i’ve suppressed my desire for affection
denial and withdrawal my safe high tower
i’ve chased the noose of perfection
and tasted the temptation of fisted power
i’ve felt the kisses of betrayal
the empty presence of wounded men
i’ve buried grief to avoid what’s painful
raging anger fills me again, again
the ones i love the most are victims
my will to grow a trembling amen
the words ‘i’m sorry’ are difficult wisdomk
change doesn’t come easy for hard men

Blessed is the man
Blessed is the man
Who fails and stumbles
Who learns love is without end
Who is strong and humble
Who feels and finds himself again
Please plant him near the river
Please plant him near the river
As the ancient poem foretold
Please plant him near the river
May peace within him grow

it’s time to pour the bottles out
drop all that hasn’t served me well
to give up these confining doubts
to feel each hot tear that falls
please plant me near the river
please plant me near the river
source of courage and devotion
where life begins and ends
where rising love breaks like an ocean
bring me back to life again?
please plant me near the river
i want to feel alive again
i’m a hard man with no tears

Blessed is the man
Blessed is the man
Who fails and stumbles
Who learns love is without end
Who is strong and humble
Who feels and finds himself again
Please plant him near the river
Please plant him near the river
As the ancient poem foretold
Please plant him near the river
May peace within him grow

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from Blessed is the Man, released July 24, 2020

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Dale Carl Fredrickson Denver, Colorado

Dale is a poet from Denver, Colorado. He’d like to inspire the entire world but finds that inspiring himself and his family and friends is work enough. He writes and speaks about beauty and misery and his favorite story is the one about how love surprises us in the end. He fails a lot. On his best days, he lives by Samuel Beckett’s motto, “Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” ... more

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