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Released in 2006

II. Gratia

Written by Paul McCartney


Album This song officially appears on the Ecce Cor Meum Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 2006

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

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Lyrics

We may find a trace

Of a state of grace

In the saddest face

Something is there


How the rivers flow

We may never know

But it goes to show

Something is there


This guiding light

Will burn so bright

So much wonder around us

All the love in the air

Let the good that surrounds us

Help us to always care


Then the seeds we sow

Will survive and grow

And we will all know

Something is there


This guiding light

Will burn so bright

So much wonder around us

All the love in the air

Let the good that surrounds us

Help us to always care


In this world where ever present dangers

Circle round our family heart

Like a throng of hostile strangers eager

for a war to start

There appears a friend's familiar face

Oh sweet relief, the heart goes to a warmer place


And this we prize

And this we hold so dear

This humble state of grace


And this we prize

For this we hold so dear

This state of grace


We may find a trace

Of a state of grace

In the saddest face

Something is there


How the rivers flow

We may never know

But it goes to show

Something is there


This guiding light

Will burn so bright

So much wonder around us

All the love in the air

Let the good that surrounds us

Help us to always care


Life aboard this fast revolver still remains

a magic mystery

Loud reports of anger fill the pages of our history

Those of us with love can now embrace

With sweet relief a life lived at a gentler pace


And this we prize

And this we hold so dear

This humble state of grace


And this we prize

For this we hold so dear

This humble state of grace


In the night a daffodil

Is battered by the father of all storms

Daybreak sees it stand alone

Amongst a field of lifeless forms

Rays of light illuminate

Where sweet relief presents a shining yellow face


And this we prize

And this we hold so dear

This humble state of grace


We may find a trace

Of a state of grace

In the saddest face

Something is there


How the rivers flow

We may never know

But it goes to show

Something is there


This guiding light

Will burn so bright

So much wonder around us

All the love in the air

Let the good that surrounds us

Help us to always care


Then the seeds we sow

Will survive and grow

And we will all know

Something is there


This guiding light

Will burn so bright

So much wonder around us

All the love in the air

Let the good that surrounds us

Help us to always care


And this we prize

For this we hold so dear

This humble state of grace

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Live performances

II. Gratia” has been played in 36 concerts.

Latest concerts where “II. Gratia” has been played


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