It's March! Tim & Al become audio tour guides for the big London conference this month, listen to new song 'God Of All' by Ben Cantelon. Tim interviews Al exploring the key values of worship, followed by an arm wrestle!
18 June 2009 - 10:25pm
Hi folks.
Tried some alternative lyrics to this song (hence the change of name!), focussing on a call to worship and on God being Creator. It cut the number of syllables down so hopefully less rushed?
As always any comments very welcome.
Come Lift Your Voices
A/E E
Come lift your voices
A/E E
As one, extol
D/E
The name of Jesus
A/E A9/E
Who is Lord of all.
A/E E
With waves that bow down
A/E E
And plants in praise,
D/E
Join streams all singing
A/E A9/E
Of our God’s great ways.
E F#m7 C#m7 B E
Praise Him, _ praise Him.
D2 A9 A9/B A/E E etc.
Come now praise Him, our King of creation!
All creatures cry out,
All stars shine bright,
All blades of grass bow
Before His might!
Who walks on water?
Who calms the seas?
To our God be glory
For eternity!
Bridge:
A B
Great and awesome King, Creator,
A (last time A/C#) B (last time B/D#)
Lord we honour you, our Maker.
Mart
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Hey Mart,
Lyrically I'm not that good but made some observation
The song appears better with the latest changes
Musically i just find the praise Him and The Bridge part good,
the verses are good but i just have a feeling that the verses can be much better.
The "D" chord change is also good
Good job.
God bless
Russell
Thanks Russell. I appreciate you taking time to comment. I am thinking that the verse is just not working so I am going to kick the melody into touch and start that bit again! Perseverence builds character and all that.....! :-)
Mart
Hey Mart,
There are some really nice ideas here. The strongest concept for me is probably in the bridge.
A suggestion would be to spend time re-evaluating the verse melodies as in my opinion they are probably the weakest aspect of the song at the minute? The song is lacking one or two 'hooks' which make it memorable. I'd say you have one in the bridge, it will just take some hard work and inspiration to find the others.
Hope you're doing well. Keep writing!
P
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Following discussion with a friend, I wonder if this would work better, swapping lines 5 - 8 with 1 - 4? In the chorus, do folks think that the repetition of "Praise Him" is too boring? I'm struggling to know what to put in its place if it is. Would others also like the D chord changed in the 2nd line of the chorus?
The waves all bow down
And plants all praise.
Join streams all singing
Of our God’s great ways.
Come lift your voices
As one, extol
The name of Jesus
Who is Lord of all!
Praise Him, praise Him.
Come now praise Him, our King of creation!
All creatures cry out,
All stars shine bright,
All blades of grass bow
Before His might!
Who walks on water?
Who calms the seas?
To our God be glory
For eternity!
Bridge:
Great and awesome King, Creator,
Lord we honour you, our Maker.
Any thoughts....anybody??
Mart