“If That Day Comes Round“ - original song by The Marsh Family for the International Red Cross

We’re releasing “If That Day Comes Round“ as a Christmas single in support of the International Red Cross, whose staff and volunteers have been working round the clock to respond to the devastating humanitarian crises since October 7th, offering assistance as required on both sides. The Magen David Adom in Israel, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society, are part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - details here for those who have expressed qualms or confusion: This is the full mixed and mastered version of the song, interspersed with some of the some heartbreaking images that moved us to create it. But do us a favour if it moves you: share it, & either buy it or donate, so that we can get to £1,000 for the @BritishRedCross, & get a song of peace heard, #Together4Humanity. 👉Song purchase/share: 👉Donations: #IfThatDayComesRound #Together4Humanity ___________________________ Credits: Written and recorded at home in Faversham by Ella Marsh (vocals, tambourine), Ben Marsh (vocals, guitars, bass, cello, percussion), Danielle Marsh (vocals), Alfie Marsh (vocals, piano), Thomas Marsh (vocals, mandolin, drums), Tess Marsh (vocals, violin). Mixing and Mastering: Jez Larder - Skyline Studios, Additional Drum Programming Pete Maher - Pete Maher Mastering Video: Marsh Family Distribution: Nova Sales and Distribution via The Orchard _____________________________ ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 12 November 2023 We had nowhere to put our anger and horror and sadness, except into a song. We know it doesn’t mean anything. And we know that even if miracles do exist, they feel very distant amidst the carnage. It’s the best we could come up with. All there is at the moment is trauma and dead ends, and catastrophic multipolar failures of leadership. Thank you so much to everyone who helped us to think about our words – for which we take sole responsibility. It meant a huge deal to share exchanges about tone, language, and pronunciation with strangers who helped us to understand fragments of Hebrew and Arabic, and offered their time and patience and imagination – often in circumstances of enormous personal sorrow. We have pasted below our best efforts at a consensus translation of the chorus, and we tried our best (forgive mispronunciations!) to sing of miracles in different voices near the end. We need an end to war. To occupation. To fear. To the mutilation of children, and the stealing of voices that will never sing, but become forever lost or forever angry. Step back. Stand for peace and light. Find another path, those who can. They are out there, just beyond the horizon of history, blame, and righteousness. ___________________________ Support us here: - PayPal to leave us a tip jar: - Patreon for ongoing support & bonuses: Find our other channels here: Follow us here: - - - - - @marshfamilysongs - ___________________________ LYRICS: Under bloodshot skies Where the smoke plumes rise We make monsters We make tears Crimes no parent could forgive Lives no child should ever live Broken families Wasted years But if that day comes round When the fence comes down Then some moment full of grief could be a start I would pray so hard To whatever god Cos a miracle is brightest in the dark Yes a miracle is brightest in the dark No one comes of age Trapped in history’s rage Taken hostage Raised on fears Every synagogue and mosque Every witness shares the cost Every church where prayers seem lost But if that day comes round When the fence comes down Then some moment full of grief could be a start I would pray so hard To whatever god Cos a miracle is brightest in the dark We’ve seen the hate swell up with every act of war We’ve seen the faith bleed out with every child that falls It seems we fell so hard We broke a Holy Land Just into shards So since the guns don’t heal Since the numbed can’t feel Since two peoples full of pain are losing heart Stand for peace and light Hold your loved ones tight Cos a miracle is brightest in the dark المعجزات ניסים Yes a miracle is brightest in the dark ___________________________ SPECIAL THANKS to our SUPER-SUPPORTIVE HOWLERS on Patreon: Alyssa Sangeeta Jacobson Memorial Foundation Andy Riches Carol Leff Cliff Hope Dave Lee David Patrao David Ryan Derrick Brown Douglas Lind Geeta & Karen Jim the Magician Grandad Lew Meredith Dicks Michael & Emily Guadagno Mike Smith Ronald Slye Simon Haslam Todd