Bruce Mello - piano, vocal
Barry Phillips - cello, orchestration
Chad Kaltinger - viola
Shannon Delaney D'Antonio - violin
Jesse Autumn - double harp
Lars Johannson - flute

This is one of the first songs I wrote, over forty years ago, and I have always thought of it as autobiographical. It is my story, the story of a journey from darkness to light.

Lyrics

Sunflower

From a seedling you were born
Then growing, breaking through
Your past was torn away from you
Growing from the earth
Through the mystery of your birth
Sunflower

As you learn to trust the ground
Up above you smell sweet air
And other things are growing there
With roots that yearn and toil
Gaining strength from the soil
Sunflower

Behold! the wonder of the sky
And the warmth that makes you grow
On toward the sunglow
Fleeing endless night
Toward your first rays of light
Sunflower