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Before We Said Hello

Before we Said Hello
Words & Music by Steve Siler

We were so excited
What anticipation
We’d prepared a place for you inside our hearts
Oh, how you were wanted
We had plans and dreams
Then in an instant it all came apart

Like a flower that was crushed before it could bloom
Like a story just begun that ended much too soon
We grieve love interrupted that has no place to go
We said goodbye before we said hello

They say you’re in Heaven
and someday I’ll see you
But that doesn’t fill the ache I’m feeling now
Your life was so special
Such a miracle
Now life goes on but I just don’t know how

Like a flower that was crushed before it could bloom
Like a story just begun that ended much too soon
We grieve the child who’s living in our hearts but not our home
We said goodbye before we said hello

You are my angel and we’ll never be apart
I may not hold in my arms but I’ll still hold you in my heart

Like a flower that was crushed before it could bloom
Like a story just begun that ended much too soon
We grieve the hopes cut short
The memories we’ll never know
Why? Oh why?
Did we have to say goodbye before we said hello

© 2019 Silerland Music  (Administered by ClearBox Rights ASCAP)

Heaven's Playground

Heaven’s Playground
Words & Music by Becky Nordquist, Steve Siler, & Tony Wood

Sometimes I imagine
a sea of shining faces
Warm sunshine and blue skies
and children running free
And suddenly I’m smiling
to see you there with Jesus
to know you’re home and happy
means everything to me

That’ll you’ll never know pain
You’ll only know love
You’ll never know tears
in the land of joy above
Where laughter is the only sound
on Heaven’s playground

Sometimes when I miss you
sorrow casts a shadow
I linger with the sadness
and feel the things I feel
But then I remember
in this very moment
You’re living in His presence
and forever you are healed

and you’ll never know pain
You’ll only know love
You’ll never know tears
in the land of joy above
Where laughter is the only sound
on Heaven’s playground

The only way these arms could let you go
is to know whose arms would take you in
The one who loved you first will hold you
‘til I hold you again

You’ll never know pain
You’ll only know love
You’ll never know tears
in the land of joy above
Where laughter is the only sound
Where laughter is the only sound
on Heaven’s playground

© 2019 Ninety Forty Ten Music/ Silerland Music (Administered by The Copyright Company) / Curb Wordspring Music LLC / Tony Wood Songs (SESAC)

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Thank you for expressing my heart for my babies in heaven – very healing – lovely

Elizabeth

A precious gift of love that will help you find hope, comfort, and peace for your soul. Sensitive, thought provoking, raw and honest, engaging, encouraging, affirming and convicting Before We Said Hello provides a path towards your healing.

Joseph Northcut, Director of Church Resources, Church Initiative.Org (Creator of GriefShare.Org)

Absolutely beautiful!! This is perfect!! I shared it with a friend who lost her little guy about a month ago. I had a miscarriage in between my 2 youngest and it really puts everything into words!

Kristen

This puts words to my ache . . . finally

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Becky Nordquist

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Becky Nordquist

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Vocalist, Songwriter, Author

Albums / Songs Involved With:

Before We Said Hello (Singer, Devotional book author) Heaven's Playground (Singer, songwriter)

Chris Phillips

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Chris Phillips

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Piano

Albums / Songs Involved With:

HEAVEN'S PLAYGROUND

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Danny Mitchell

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Danny Mitchell

Instrument / Role:

Copyist, Backing Vocals

Albums / Songs Involved With:

BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Background Vocals DIGNITY Copyist - Dignity, We've Never Done This Dance Before, You Should Hear Him Sing, I'm Gonna Lose You MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Copyist - I Wasn't There, Hope Will Rise Again, Stain Upon My Heart, We Forgive You

David Angell

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David Angell

Instrument / Role:

Violin

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Trust Jesus, Binder of the Broken CHAOS OF THE HEART Chaos of the Heart DAYS OF HOPE DIGNITY Dignity, We've Never Done This Dance Before, You Should Hear Him Sing, I'm Gonna Lose You, Twenty Three DRINK DEEP After the Crowds are Gone, Differently, As Good as Goodbye Gets, Death Has Been Conquered INNOCENT CHILD (Becky Nordquist) MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Stain Upon My Heart, I Wasn't There, Hope Will Rise Again, We Forgive You MORE THAN A SURVIVOR SOFT RAIN SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Traitor, Somebody's Daughter, I Commit My Eyes TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE The Cost, Beautiful Jesus, Tell Me What You See, To Be Free TWENTY THREE Twenty Three WHOLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD Whole in the Sight of God

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David Davidson

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David Davidson

Instrument / Role:

Violin

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Violin -Trust Jesus, Binder of the Broken BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Violin CHAOS OF THE HEART (Chaos of the Heart ) DAYS OF HOPE DIGNITY Dignity, We've Never Done This Dance Before, You Should Hear Him Sing, I'm Gonna Lose You, Twenty Three DRINK DEEP After the Crowds are Gone, Differently, As Good as Goodbye Gets, Death Has Been Conquered INNOCENT CHILD (Becky Nordquist) MERCY GREAT ENOUGH I Wasn't There, Hope Will Rise Again, Stain Upon My Heart, We Forgive You MORE BEAUTIFUL Wildest Ride on Earth MORE THAN A SURVIVOR SOFT RAIN SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Traitor, Somebody's Daughter, I Commit My Eyes TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE The Cost, Beautiful Jesus, Tell Me What You See, To Be Free TWENTY THREE Twenty Three WHOLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD Whole in the Sight of God

Debi Selby

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Debi Selby

Instrument / Role:

Vocalist

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Backing vocals - When the Saints Go Marching In MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Lead Vocal - I Lay it Down

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Emily Bowland

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Emily Bowland

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Clarinet

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THE APOLOGY

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Kent Hooper

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Kent Hooper

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Co-Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering, Arranging, and Keyboards

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Engineer spoken pieces, Engineering, mixing, and mastering THE APOLOGY Engineering, mixing, and mastering BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Engineering, mixing, and mastering BROKEN TO BLESS Engineering, mixing, and mastering CELEBRATION TABLE Engineering, mixing, and mastering CHAOS OF THE HEART Programming - Chaos of the Heart / Piano - Interludes / Mixing & Mastering - Chaos of the Heart, Keep Breathing, & How Could You / Producer - Every Single Tear - used Courtesy of Spring Hill Music Group, Inc. CHILD OF GOD Engineering, mixing, and mastering CROOKED ROAD Engineering, mixing, and mastering DAYS OF HOPE Engineering, mixing, and mastering DIGNITY Co-Producer, engineering, mixing, and mastering - All tracks / Piano - Do You Know I Love You, Precious Lord Take My Hand DRINK DEEP Co-Producer, engineering, mixing, and mastering - All tracks FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW Programming, piano, & mixing - I Don't Know You Anymore / Love as I Have Been Loved - programming / Engineer for spoken pieces HEROES UNSUNG Engineer for spoken pieces IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR Engineering, mixing, and mastering MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Co-Producer, arranging, engineering, mixing, and mastering - All tracks MORE BEAUTIFUL Programming, Keyboards, Engineer, mixing - Wildest Ride on Earth, Keyboards & Engineer - Interlude for More Beautiful on Guitar, Engineer - Affirmation MORE THAN A SURVIVOR Co-Producer, engineering, mixing, and mastering ROCK BOTTOM SOON Vocal Engineer & Mix SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Songwriter & programming - All of Me / Keyboards, mixing - Somebody's Daughter / Programming, mixing - Into the Light/ Keyboards, mixing - Every Man's Battle / Engineer & mixing - Is it Me? / I Commit My Eyes / Traitor TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE Engineered, mixed, and mastered all tracks / Also Wurlitzer - Swept Away / Keyboards - Tell Me What You See, To Be Free, In the Image of God / Guitar - Piece Me Together / Programming & Keyboards - You Love Me TWENTY THREE Producer UNDER MY SKIN Mix and mastering WHOLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD Engineer & MIx

Mark Baldwin

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Mark Baldwin

Instrument / Role:

Guitar

Albums / Songs Involved With:

BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Guitar BROKEN TO BLESS Guitar / Innocent Child, Walking Each Other Home, Child of Mine CELEBRATION TABLE Guitar / No Power Over Me, Rock Bottom Soon, Say Anything CHAOS OF THE HEART Guitar / Keep Breathing, How Could You DIGNITY Guitar / Love Will Have to Do It, In the Middle of the Mess, Do You Know How I Love You, When I Couldn't Do It By Myself DRINK DEEP Every Single Tear, Twenty Three, Today, Death Has Been Conquered / Also - speaker on No! IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR Guitar MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Guitar / Broken into Beautiful, I Lay it Down Listen with Love SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Guitar / Somebody's Daughter TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE Guitar / In the Image of God, No One Can Love Me like You Do, You Love Me SOFT RAIN Guitar / You're with Me

Matt Pierson

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Matt Pierson

Instrument / Role:

Bass

Albums / Songs Involved With:

BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Heaven's Playground DIGNITY Precious Lord Take My Hand MORE BEAUTIFUL What Now (Mercy Great Enough) Wildest Ride on Earth SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER All of Me, Is it Me?, I Commit My Eyes, Every Man's Battle TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE The Cost, Swept Away, Tell Me What You See, Just the Way that I Am, No One Can Love Me Like You Do

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Mike Payne

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Mike Payne

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Guitars

Albums / Songs Involved With:

HEAVEN'S PLAYGROUND

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Phillip Keveren

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Phillip Keveren

Instrument / Role:

String Arrangement & Conductor

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Trust Jesus, Binder of the Broken BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Before We Said Hello, Heaven's Playground DAYS OF HOPE DIGNITY Dignity, Twenty Three / also String arrangement, Conductor, & Piano - We've Never Done This Dance Before, You Should Hear Him Sing, I'm Gonna Lose You DRINK DEEP After the Crowds are Gone, Differently, As Good as Goodbye Gets, Death Has Been Conquered CHAOS OF THE HEART Chaos of the Heart IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Stain Upon My I Wasn't There, Heart, Hope Will Rise Again, We Forgive You MORE THAN A SURVIVOR SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Traitor, Somebody's Daughter, I Commit My Eyes TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE The Cost, Beautiful Jesus, Tell Me What You See, To Be Free / also / Piano - No One Can Love Me like You Do TWENTY THREE Twenty Three WHOLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD Piano, String arranger, conductor - Whole in the Sight of God / Writer, Piano, Programming - Reflection on Whole in the Sight of God

Randy Poole

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Randy Poole

Instrument / Role:

Tracking Engineer

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Carry Me MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Hidden Things, The Days Still Yet to Come, Hope Will Rise Again, You'll Never Call Me Daddy SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER All of Me / String Tracking Engineer - Traitor, Somebody's Daughter, I Commit My Eyes WHOLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD Whole in the Sight of God

Scott Williamson

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Scott Williamson

Instrument / Role:

Drums

Albums / Songs Involved With:

BREAKTHROUGH CHILD OF GOD DRINK DEEP No!, Don't Feel Much like Prayer Today, Drink Deep, After the Crowds are Gone, No Such Thing as Normal, Differently, Every Single Tear, Good, Ambush, As Good as Goodbye Gets, Today, Gone Ahead, Death Has Been Conquered (Drink Deep) DIGNITY Dignity, Returning the Favor, Love Will Have to Do It, In the Middle of the Mess HEAVEN'S PLAYGROUND IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Hidden Things, The Days Still Yet to Come, Hope Will Rise Again, You'll Never Call Me Daddy (Mercy Great Enough) SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER All of Me WALKING WITHOUT SKIN WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

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Shelly Justice

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Shelly Justice

Instrument / Role:

Background Vocals

Albums / Songs Involved With:

Heaven's Playground

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Steve Siler

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Steve Siler

Instrument / Role:

Founder, Director, & Producer / Songwriter / Keys / Vocalist

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Songwriter / Where is the Ground, Not too Far From Here, Twenty Three BEFORE WE SAID HELLO Songwriter BROKEN TO BLESS Songwriter & Vocals / Not too Far from Here, Innocent Child, Broken to Bless, Renee is Fourteen, Child of Mine, Beatitudes, Listening, Wounded Angel, Nothing is in Vain, Walking Each Other Home, The Apology CELEBRATION TABLE Songwriter & Vocals / Celebration Table, Come Meet Me Here, In Christ, I've Got This, No Power Over Me, Rock Bottom Soon, Say Anything, Shame Died These Things, A Voiceless Cry, You are Not Alone CHAOS OF THE HEART Songwriter / Chaos of the Heart, How Could You, Every Single Tear, Keep Breathing, Twenty Three CHILD OF GOD Songwriter CROOKED ROAD Songwriter DAYS OF HOPE Songwriter DIGNITY Songwriter / Dignity, We've Never Done This Dance Before, Returning the Favor, Love Will Have to Do It, In the Middle of the Mess, Twenty Three, You Should Hear Him Sing, Do You Know I Love You, Precious Lord Take My Hand, I'm Gonna Lose You DRINK DEEP No!, Don't Feel Much like Prayer Today, Drink Deep, After the Crowds are Gone, No Such Thing as Normal, Differently, Every Single Tear, Good, Twenty Three, Ambush, Today, Gone Ahead, Death Has Been Conquered FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW Songwriter / Fifty Years From Now, I Don't Know You Anymore, Love as I Have Been Loved, Before God, What God Has Joined Together GOD CAN USE A BROKEN HEART Songwriter HEROES UNSUNG Songwriter & Piano IN ALL THINGS Songwriter I PROMISE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY Songwriter IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR Songwriter LIFE OF FAITH Songwriter LOOK INTO MY EYES Songwriter MERCY GREAT ENOUGH Songwriter / The Days Still Yet to Come, Hope Will Rise Again, I Lay it Down, I Wasn't There, Listen with Love, Stain Upon My Heart, We Forgive You, What Now?, You'll Never Call Me Daddy, Your Life Has Made a Difference MORE BEAUTIFUL Songwriter / More Beautiful, Wildest Ride on Earth MORE THAN A SURVIVOR Songwriter MUSIC FOR THE LITLE SOUL Songwriter THE NEXT RIGHT THING Songwriter NO POWER OVER ME Songwriter & Vocalist ROCK BOTTOM SOON Songwriter & Vocalist SET SAIL Songwriter SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Songwriter / Traitor, Somebody's Daughter, All of Me, Into the Light, Is It Me?, I Commit My Eyes, Every Man's Battle /also / Keyboards - Is It Me? TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE Songwriter / The Cost, You Love Me, In the image of God, Just the Way that I Am, No One Can Love Me like You Do TWENTY THREE Songwriter UNDER MY SKIN Songwriter WHERE IS MY FAITH Songwriter WHOLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD Songwriter / Whole in the Sight of God WRONG CONVERSATIONS Songwriter

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Terry White

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Terry White

Instrument / Role:

Lead Vocal

Albums / Songs Involved With:

DIGNITY In the Middle of the Mess MERCY GREAT ENOUGH I Lay it Down SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER Into the Light / also / Backing Vocals - Every Man's Battle

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Tony Wood

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Tony Wood

Instrument / Role:

Songwriter

Albums / Songs Involved With:

AFTER THE STORM Twenty Three BROKEN TO BLESS Beatitudes CHAOS OF THE HEART Twenty Three DIGNITY In the Middle of the Mess, Twenty Three DRINK DEEP No!, Don't Feel Much like Prayer Today, Drink Deep, After the Crowds are Gone, No Such Thing as Normal, Differently, Good, Twenty Three, Ambush, As Good as Goodbye Gets, Today, Gone Ahead FIFTY YEARS FROM NOW I Don't Know You Anymore IN ALL THNGS I PROMISE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY LIFE OF FAITH Songwriter LOOK INTO MY EYES Songwriter SET SAIL Songwriter TWENTY THREE Twenty Three WHERE IS MY FAITH WRONG CONVERSATIONS

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