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This is more a mood piece than anything.
Here's the setting: I'm driving into work on a cold, rainy miserable Monday morning after a long, cold, miserable weekend a few weeks ago. Not in a bad mood, but the dreariness has got me down a bit. Then, as I top a hill, there's a small hole in the clouds that lets through one tremendously bright patch of sunlight shining right into my face. It lasted maybe 10 seconds and then it was gone, but it was enough to change my mood for the entire day.
The first thing I did when I got to work is write down how those few seconds made me feel. I fleshed it out and came up with the lyrics.
I had originally intended to do a tune completely different from what I came up with. This just sort of evolved organically one afternoon. At some point, I may go back any try and do it the way I originally intnded, but it will have to sit for a while before I can do that.
There's lots of thick, rich vocals and harmonies. They aren't perfect. My never-ending cold this year has wrought havoc on my voice, but I think it still works.
It's fairly short, just over two and a half minutes, and I had intended for it to be shorter, but it didn't turn out that way. Still, take a listen and I hope you enjoy.
Here's the setting: I'm driving into work on a cold, rainy miserable Monday morning after a long, cold, miserable weekend a few weeks ago. Not in a bad mood, but the dreariness has got me down a bit. Then, as I top a hill, there's a small hole in the clouds that lets through one tremendously bright patch of sunlight shining right into my face. It lasted maybe 10 seconds and then it was gone, but it was enough to change my mood for the entire day.
The first thing I did when I got to work is write down how those few seconds made me feel. I fleshed it out and came up with the lyrics.
I had originally intended to do a tune completely different from what I came up with. This just sort of evolved organically one afternoon. At some point, I may go back any try and do it the way I originally intnded, but it will have to sit for a while before I can do that.
There's lots of thick, rich vocals and harmonies. They aren't perfect. My never-ending cold this year has wrought havoc on my voice, but I think it still works.
It's fairly short, just over two and a half minutes, and I had intended for it to be shorter, but it didn't turn out that way. Still, take a listen and I hope you enjoy.
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Lyrics
A Break in the Couds
©2011 Joseph Gurner
Morning
And the rain falls
From clouds
Gathered overhead
Dreaming
Of a time long ago
When the world
Was filled with sun
I see
In the puddles on the sidewalk
The troubles of the world
Around me
Every drop that falls
From the swollen sky above
Like a tear
Falling to the sea
Then there’s a break in the clouds
And the sun shines down
On me
©2011 Joseph Gurner
Morning
And the rain falls
From clouds
Gathered overhead
Dreaming
Of a time long ago
When the world
Was filled with sun
I see
In the puddles on the sidewalk
The troubles of the world
Around me
Every drop that falls
From the swollen sky above
Like a tear
Falling to the sea
Then there’s a break in the clouds
And the sun shines down
On me
magnatone
Holy Cow Joe!!! this is is like a symphonic hymn or something like that. i LOVE these harmonies, very powerful and your chord changes are really interesting. this is fabulous!!! i hope you'll take a second pass at this sometime and make it about twice as long! i love this!