(Due to the response to this song from my friends on twitter, I am posting this, and making this song available for download)

If you read my about page, you would know that I am a songwriter, and started a band called Silencing the Stones in 2004.  Although we went on a hiatus late last year (life just got in the way of the music), we managed to write dozens of songs and record demos of several.  We released a self-produced EP in 2005. It’s not horrible, but the production level shows a lack of experience on our part. This song originally appeared in it’s first form on that EP. (If you promise not to make too much fun of it, I’ll send you a link to download the songs from this EP. You’ll have to email me: john@dubdynomite.com).

I wrote this song in 2003, after a friend of mine (a youth pastor at the time) gave his personal testimony about his battle with addiction and coming to know Christ at a youth service on a Saturday night. The following Sunday morning, after leading worship, I sat down during the message and wrote out the lyrics to the song (this was before the band was started). After putting the band together, this became our signature song. (I’ll post a longer story about this song and the adventure it took us on later).

By 2008, our sound as a band had evolved tremendously (due to some membership changes and rearranging), and we wanted to record something that better reflected the new sound. We rearranged “One More Second Chance” and added a bridge. We enlisted Barry Blair (formerly of Audio Adrenaline) to help us produce a recording.  We let Barry pick the song, out of our entire catalog, and this was the song he chose.  The song you can play below is a result of our sessions with Barry. (Our original plan was to record a full album; alas, as of yet that has not occurred).

ONE MORE SECOND CHANCE
Words and Music by John Williams

LYING HELPLESS ON THE FLOOR OF
THE PRISON THAT I MADE
NOTHING ELSE FOR ME TO DO HERE
AND NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME
THE SUN WAS SLOWLY FADING
ON A LIFE I’D HARDLY LIVED
LOOKING LIKE THIS WAS THE END

IT TOOK A MIRACLE TO SAVE ME
WHEN I TURNED TO YOU
TO GIVE ME ONE MORE SECOND CHANCE
YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WITH POWER
TO MAKE EVERYTHING NEW
AND GIVE ME ONE MORE SECOND CHANCE

TOOK FINALLY HITTING BOTTOM
TO SEE WHAT I’D BECOME
WHEN I FOUND WHAT I WAS CHASING
THERE WAS NOWHERE ELSE TO RUN
LORD IT WAS YOUR MERCY
THAT FINALLY LET ME SEE
EVERYTHING THAT I COULD BE

SO FAR AWAY FROM YOU (SLIPPING AWAY)
SO FAR AWAY FROM YOU (SLIPPING AWAY)
BUT YOU BROUGHT ME BACK TO YOU
WHEN I COULDN’T REACH

Download this track for free by clicking the down arrow on the player above.