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8 July 2009 - 9:54am
Here is a song that we have recorded and thought about in our CU at Southampton Uni and attached is the demo of it (its not great but for a first take it will do.)
The outline is pretty clear with the words below. We wanted to bring a sense of Father, Son and Spirit in as well that we are worshipping God in His fullness and celebrating His love, grace, splendour, majesty etc.
Tempo is uncertain yet but may slow it down a bit. And again still working on the melody line for the end part of the pre chorus.
Verse
Lifting my hands in praise before You
Surrender my all in adoration
Waiting right here to see a glimpse of You
Humbly I bow before Your throne
You’ve captured my heart by Your great mercy
I’m resting in Your everlasting love
Pre-chorus
All the earth shall bow
As your praise resounds
Our hearts respond to the call of the One
Chorus 1
Your love came to rescue the lost
You redeemed us by Your perfect cross
God we worship You, Father we worship You
Chorus 2
Your grace has conquered death
And Your light brings hope where there seems no end
God we worship You, Jesus we worship You
Chorus 3
All will see Your splendour made high
As we seek to exalt and rejoice in Your life
God we worship You, Spirit we worship You
Any comments would be massively received.
pjw
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Kieran thanks so much for such a swift response, and for really taking time to go over it.
My thoughts on songwrting is that any help is appreciated. We're all serving the common goal which is to glorify Christ and the minute we hold onto our agenda for each song, then we're taking our eyes of that goal.
So your critique in no way comes over as harsh but I genuinely love it because the only thing I would love to do is give it back to God in the best possible way.
Bless you mate.
pjw
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Hi Pete
Welcome to WC :)
Love the feel and tempo of the song - I think it works well, and drives through in quite a contemporary/hillsong kind of way. Very singable tune too which seems to sit in good range, and lifts nicely for the chorus sections.
I'm a little less sure about some of the lyrical structures though, I'm afraid. I think you've got some great stuff in there, but I think there's some room to tighten things up.
Love the trinitarian chorus ideas, but the lines 1&2 of each don't seem to match totally with who they're addressed to. (like in Ch1, you're addressing the Father about the Cross, and the splendour of the sprirt in Ch3). If you can tighten that, it'll be a big help.
Also, in the verse, you're using "I" but it's "We" in the chorus - can that be made more consistent? There's a small sense that this might be two different songs in one at the moment - it's a mix of a great declarative anthem of our praise to God in the choruses, and a tender response/waiting on God in the verse. I think it's the switch from Humbly Bowing and Resting to suddenly declaring all the greatness of God. I don't want to be bowing at that point - I want to be back lifting my hands.... if you get what I mean....
I hope that doesn't come over as a harsh criticism - I'd definitely like to re-iterate that I really like the feel and drive of the song. It just takes more words to explain the critique of the bits I don't think are so strong...
Looking forward to seeing where this goes though.
K
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