This is a song I wrote about my husband Andrew, but I’ve never professionally recorded or released it. I’m including a live version I performed at the Center for Spiritual Living in Costa Mesa in 2010, backed by Ron Levy & Avery Burdette on keys, as well as a solo acoustic recording I made in November of 2014.
Even When — Written by Ali Handal and Steve Altman ©2007
Even when I’m broken and I’ve foolishly misplaced my faith
You sweep in the room full of love and chicken soup
Nurse me back to grace
And all cuz you believe
Even when I’ve lost my pride and my side for the taking
You reach out your hand and you lower my white flag
Without being asked
And all cuz you believe
I could run, I could hide, I could crawl inside it
I could slip, I could fall, I could lose it all
But you stand my ground
Till my feet are found
Even when I’m angry and I don’t believe what I’m saying
You see in my eyes where the love underlies
You ask me to rise
And all cuz you believe