{"id":7469,"date":"2021-12-04T09:45:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2021-01-18T12:11:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T18:11:11","slug":"the-star-will-shine-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/the-star-will-shine-again\/","title":{"rendered":"The Star Will Shine Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3uUJaCLy6xs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Words and Music by Conrad Askland (ASCAP). &#8220;The Star Will Shine Again&#8221; \u00a9 1997 Conrad Askland.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To date, this is the shortest song that I&#8217;ve ever written. It&#8217;s actually Part Three of four songs that go together as &#8220;The Star&#8221;. I wrote this in the 90&#8217;s to create a Christmas album for a youth theater group that they could use as a fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>As simple as this song is, it&#8217;s one of my favorites. The simplicity of the lyrics and the innocence of the child&#8217;s voice give me hope and optimism for our collective future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For I know as sure as anything: The Star will shine again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><strong>LYRICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If I could see a thousand miles<br \/>\nAnd live as many years<br \/>\nIt would never be too long of a wait<br \/>\nUntil the Star appears<\/p>\n<p>True, I may be hard to see<br \/>\nSmall from the skies<br \/>\nSo I send to you a shining light<br \/>\nA beacon from my eyes<\/p>\n<p>I wait now in the bitter cold<br \/>\nStaring out to heaven<br \/>\nFor I know as sure as anything<br \/>\nThe Star will shine again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words and Music by Conrad Askland (ASCAP). &#8220;The Star Will Shine Again&#8221; \u00a9 1997 Conrad Askland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3C0LX-1Wt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7479,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions\/7479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}