World AIDS Day - "Prayer" Music Video

This video and song is dedicated to all of my past and present friends with HIV.

The following are lyrics to the original song "Prayer":

Hear me Father, for I need your guidance now
With my brother. She is taking her last breath.
Can you hear me? Hope you're listening up high.
I don't know, God. I don't know what to do with myself.

Carry me home. Carry me low. Carry me softely cause I am hurt inside.
Carry me tight. Carry me high. Carry me gently so I can heal inside.
Carry me, and soon I will stand again.

Give him strength, Lord, so tomorrow he'll awake.
Give him peace, Lord. He has been through one hard road.
God, I love him. Please let him know if I can't.
Give me sight, Lord, so that I can embrace tomorrow.

Carry me home. Carry me low. Carry me softely cause I am hurt inside.
Carry me tight. Carry me high. Carry me gently so I can heal inside.
Carry me, and soon I will stand a...

This is your life you are living, son.
You'll never know when your time has come.
Treat everyday like a treasure chest.
If you look inside, you'll know you're blessed.

Carry me home. Carry me low. Carry me softely cause I am hurt inside.
Carry me tight. Carry me high. Carry me gently cause I am hurt inside.

This is your life you are living, son.
You'll never know when your time has come.
Treat everyday like a treasure chest.
If you look inside, you'll know you're blessed.

Thank you, Father, for I've found myself again.
I am praying, that my brother has seen the light.
Let him know that I will see him again someday.
But for now, I know that he's watching over me.

Video: Sean Chapin

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• world
• aids
• day
• hiv
• positive
• awareness
• disease
• cure

[gabbydjc]

beautiful song! How may I get the lyrics

[SeanChapin1]

@gabbydjc. thanks! The lyrics are now in the description of the video.

[u3q2v]

Wow is that you singing Sean? The vocals are great! Nice video.

[SeanChapin1]

u3q2v, yep it's me! Mind you, I ran my vocals through a bit of auto-tune and a lot of reverb, so it wasn't exactly perfect lol. Thanks though!

[ccm800]

How come we never ever hear anything else about Magic Johnson and his HIV AIDS status?

[SeanChapin1]

ccm800, I did a search for "magic johnson hiv", and I noticed a number of videos of interviews and speeches he's done over the last few years.

[KENNY04151963]

Sorry to unload like this but this brings up some many feelings of lose for friends and others that are gone to soon. I am sorry if I carried on with my writing.

[KENNY04151963]

I remember my friend Paul who died at the age of 45, one month before he was to marry his partner and it was going to be the 1st time I was going to be a wedding. The tux and limos were rented everthing was set and then he got sick and everyone turned to me for answers and once they told me how advance his illness was I knew what to expect. Sometimes knowledge can be a double edge sword.

[Grotomode]

@KENNY04151963 Oh man so sorry to hear that.

[gardenguy731]

@KENNY04151963 Remembering the lives of those we love is never a need for an apology. I cannot count the times I have watched this video and cried over friends no longer 'here'...but I do know and feel they are with me every day...and always will be until meet over there. What a fantastic day that wil be! The final scene from 'Longtime Companion' lifts me up and gives me hope.

[gardenguy731]

@KENNY04151963 Remembering the lives of those we love is never a need for an apology. I cannot count the times I have watched this video and cried over friends no longer 'here'...but I do know and feel they are with me every day...and always will be until meet over there. What a fantastic day that wil be! The final scene from 'Longtime Companion' lifts me up and gives me hope and often keeps me going on through this crap we call life.

[gardenguy731]

Beautiful memories of my dearest friends no longer here on earth, but with us each and every day...."let him know that I will see him someday, but for now I know that he is watching over me."

God's Peace Bill P.; Lawrence B. and all my brothers

[crd411]

Always try to remember those who were lost and the hurt that those who loved them will always carry.

[gabbydjc]

thanks for sharing the lyrics ...song means a lot to me

[robschwitz]

Let me add my voice to the other expressions of thanks for producing and posting this moving audio/visual tribute. I posted it to my Facebook profile and immediately got well deserved, positive feedback. Thanks again!