Sanctus Real

Here’s the second installment in our “Song Blogs by Band Members” series, written by our wonderfully bearded guitar player, Pete Prevost.

LISTEN TO “THESE THINGS TAKE TIME” HERE

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During the writing process for Pieces of a Real Heart, Matt and Chris came down to work on one of the songs in Nashville.  After their writing session, I picked them up, and we went back to my house to hang out.  We began discussing all these big questions of life and came to the conclusion that we might never know the answers.  It wasn’t long before we broke out the acoustic guitars and started working on a song.

Musically, it’s one of the most fun, happy-sounding songs on the album.  Being huge Tom Petty fans, we thought it would work well as a musical tribute to one of our favorite artists.  Paul Reed Smith actually made a sweet 12-string electric guitar for me that fit perfectly in the song when it came time to track it in the studio.

Being in Sanctus Real, we have the opportunity to share our faith regularly with our audience, and people often expect us to have things figured out.  The reality, however, is that we don’t.  We have questions too.  Even though we’ll never know some of the answers in this lifetime, we have hope and faith that the Creator is in control. That nothing happens in vain, and everything, good and bad, can serve a purpose.  Matt started off with the line, “these things take time,” and the rest of the words instantly began coming together.  The song started speaking to us in a huge way.

I can’t even image some of the tragedies that people face in this life.  We encounter pain, but we can’t just give up. We have to move forward, and somehow things eventually get easier.  The song ended up being a good contrast of light-hearted music with a message that touches on a fairly heavy topic.

I hope that in some way this song can bring hope and a smile to people in the midst of chaos.

“These Things Take Time”

I want to know why pain makes me stronger
I want to know why good men die
Why am I so afraid of the dark,
but I stray from the light?
I want to know why you gave me eyes when faith is how I see
And tell me, is it easier to doubt
or is it harder to believe?

Oh there’s so many questions
stirring in me

And I’m wondering why
sometimes the truth ‘aint easy to find
I want to know all the answers
But I’m learning that
these things take time

How can success make us feel like failures,
And the harder we fall the harder we try
The more I have, the more I need
just to feel like I’m getting by

There’s so many questions
in one short life

And I’m wondering why
sometimes the truth ‘aint easy to find
I want to know all the answers
But I’m learning that
these things take time

We spend so much time chasing our tails
Hoping to find every last answer
to everything in life
So many questions, not enough time

But I’m still wondering why
sometimes the truth ‘aint easy to find
I want to know all the answers,
But I’m learning
These things take time
Yeah, these things take time

We all want to understand why
evil lives and good men die
On the way to heaven the truth unwinds
Yeah, these things take time