Trust
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About the Song
Trust is a magical song. I still listen to it in awe of having written such a powerful piece of music. The chorus is something I’ve had in my head ever since I was a child, never knowing that it was in 9/8 or that it would end up being something more than a simple melody I conjured. The verses leaked out over the course of a few years. Once I had composed the song, I enlisted the help of some of my most talented friends and the song took on a life of its own.
Chris Misterek, a ridiculously talented friend from church, contributed a very difficult vocal lead with subtle harmonies near the end of the song. Greg Iannelli, a friend from high school, composed the lyrics. Another high school friend, Daniel Shin, breathed life into the song with his incredible piano part. Before he recorded his tracks, the song was not much more than “interesting.”
I performed the remaining tracks.
Listen to the Song
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About the Music
The song is in the key of G, but centers primarily around the Cadd9 and Dadd4 chord vamp. As mentioned earlier, it’s in 9/8, which I believe to be the best time signature ever. The chord changes
Lyrics
By Greg Iannelli:
I gave my coat when they killed him
To clean his face.
It’s raining now and I realize
It went to waste.He’s two days dead and who will be
The greatest fool?
Thy kingdom come, the rising sun
On nothing new.A broken man just hanging there
And points the way
To desert stones. They mark my bones
And my son’s someday.I’ve no more time for magic tricks
And I’m too old
For happy lies. I’ve work to do
A wife to hold.Just one more dead. Go back to bed.
Don’t cry like that.
Just close your eyes against the night
And say,“Oh my God, more than this
Oh, this dying, God.
I will keep watching, but
I don’t know for what.Oh God, reason we
Go on living
I will keep watching, but
I don’t know for what.”
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