Over a piano and drum laced soundscape provided by British producer Alex Da Kid (Imagine Dragons, Eminem), this song finds Big K.R.I.T. rapping about moving on from loss. The Mississippi rapper explained the song's meaning to Billboard magazine: "It's the idea of losing somebody, having to bury that person and ultimately having to let them go," he said. "I promised myself I'd do a song for my grandmother - I lost her in 2010 - on every album, and I have thus far."
"This was me coming to a point where I'm healing myself with the idea of letting her go," K.R.I.T. continued. "I might not have this person in my life that would hold me down, but learning how to cope with things on my own. I think about all the things she told me and tell myself them over and over again until I'm good."
K.R.I.T. previously paid tribute to his late grandma Ms. Linnie, when he featured her singing hymns on his 2012 cut "Live From The Underground (Reprise)."
Jamie N Commons supplies the bluesy baritone vocals. The British singer is signed to Alex Da Kid's KIDinaKORNER label and first came to prominence with his song with X Ambassadors, "Jungle", which charted in the Hot 100 after featuring in advertisements for Beats by Dre during the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
I was lost I was in chains The world had a hold of me
My heart was a stone I was covered in shame When He came for me
I couldn't run, couldn't run from His presence I couldn't run, couldn't run from His arms
Jesus, He loves me, He loves me, He is for me Jesus, how can it be, He loves me, He is for me
It was a fire Deep in my soul I'll never be the same
I stepped out of the dark And into the light When He called my name
I couldn't run, couldn't run from His presence I couldn't run, couldn't run from His arms
Jesus, He loves me, He loves me, He is for me Jesus, how can it be, He loves me, He is for me
He holds the stars and He holds my heart With healing hands that bear the scars The rugged cross where He died for me My only hope, my everything
Jesus, He loves me, He loves me Jesus, how can it be, He loves me, He is for me He loves me, He loves me, He loves me He loves me, He is for me He loves me, my God it's amazing Jesus Loves Me
Writer/s: CHRIS TOMLIN Publisher: Capitol CMG Genesis Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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The second single off Love Ran Red, this was penned by Chris Tomlin with Nashville songwriter Ben Glover (Colton Dixon's "Love Has Come for Me," Lee Brice's "Hard To Love") and Hillsong worship leader Reuben Morgan (Tomlin's "Awakening," "Love So High" and "We Glorify Your Name"). "The strength of the songwriting for me comes from collaboration with friends," Tomlin explained to Billboard magazine.
"We're very much like-minded and with the same passion," he added. "It's not 'We're just here to write a single for a hit song.' We really want to write God songs -- songs that come from somewhere special and go past these artists, past the songwriters and become songs that people sing in their churches. That's always been the goal."
There's a place Where streams of grace Flow deep and wide
Where all the love I've ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down
At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You Jesus
There's a place Where sin and shame Are powerless Where my heart Has peace with God And forgiveness Where all the love I've ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down
At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You
Here my hope is found Here on holy ground Here I bow down Here I bow down
Here arms open wide Here You save my life Here I bow down Here I bow down
At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You
I owe all to You I owe all to You Jesus (oh)
(Savior of the world) (Jesus) (Savior of the world)
Where Your love ran red Your love ran red
Writer/s: NEWELL, WILLIAM R./ARMSTRONG, MATT/DP Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
The title track of Love Ran Red, the song evokes a vivid picture of the cross. Chris Tomlin penned the tune with Jonas Myrin, who is a worship leader at Hillsong Church London, British worship singer-songwriter Matt Redman and Nashville songwriter and producer Matt Armstrong. It was helmed by Tomlin's regular producer, Ed Cash.
This song acts as the anchor for Tomlin's Love Ran Red, project. "This song is the centerpiece of the album," he told Billboard magazine. "When we were writing the song, it was the line, 'Where your love ran red and my sin washed white' -- it just knocked me out. It was such a simple way of sharing the Gospel. It's such a beautiful word picture of what Jesus has done for us. I feel like you can really see it."
"I've heard it said that songwriting is like a photographer taking a picture of a mountain," Tomlin added. "It's the same mountain that everybody's looking at and taking a picture of, but the great photographers can take pictures of that mountain in a way that you've never seen it before. Songwriting is the same way…Sometimes it can be said in a way that you see things in a new way. That's what I feel this line is, 'where your love ran red and my sin washed white. I owe all to you.' Matt Armstrong wrote on 'At the Cross' and it was his lyric. It was the catalyst for that song. It's just a powerful way of seeing the grace of God in a fresh way. I thought it was such a beautiful title for an album."
I wear your winter coat The one you love to wear So I keep feeling close To us beyond compare The moment we can have You catch me in your eyes That beauty on my pillow That holds me in the night And I will find my strength to untame my mouth When I used to be afraid of the words But with you I've learned just to let it out Now my heart is ready to burst
'Cause I, I feel like I'm ready for love And I wanna be your everything and more And I know every day you say it But I just want you to be sure That I'm Yours
And if I've been feeling heavy You take me from the dark Your arms they keep me steady So nothing could fall apart And I will find my strength to untame my mouth When I used to be afraid of the words But with you I've learned just to let it out Now my heart is ready to burst
'Cause I, I feel like I'm ready for love And I wanna be your everything and more And I know every day you say it But I just want you to be sure That I'm yours
That I'm yours
Writer/s: RECORD, JOSH / HENDERSON, ELLA Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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Henderson co-wrote this song with fellow singer-songwriter Josh Record, who hails from Stroud, Gloucestershire in South England. His single "The War" was chosen by BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe as his "Hottest Record of 2013."
The song soundtracked an emotional scene on the UK soap Hollyoaks, when the popular character Carmel McQueen tragically died following a train crash. Gemma Flaherty, from the Hollyoaks music department, commented: "The episode was the biggest of the year and because I knew that the executive producer Bryan Kirkwood wanted an Ella track to be used, I went straight for 'Yours'."
"Ella's voice is so soft and the piano and instrumentation fitted with the tone of the scene," she added. "It's ethereal and that works with the character of Carmel."
The track was a late addition to Chapter One. "I had started adding it to my acoustic sets," Henderson told Digital Spy . "It wasn't even on the album at the time. When Simon [Cowell] was hearing it in the acoustic sets, he would often sit down afterwards and be like, 'This song should go on the album - it's amazing.'"
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now I'll be leaving in the morning from St. Mary's Gate We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow 'Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us There's a darkness in this town that's got us too But they can't touch me now And you can't touch me now They ain't gonna do to me What I watched them do to you
So say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day All down the line Just say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day this time
Now I don't know what it always was with us We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines There was just no way this house could hold the two of us I guess that we were just too much of the same kind
Well say goodbye it's Independence Day It's Independence Day all boys must run away So say goodbye it's Independence Day All men must make their way come Independence Day
Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint And the highway she's deserted down to Breaker's Point There's a lot of people leaving town now Leaving their friends, their homes At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late Nothing we can say can change anything now Because there's just different people coming down here now And they see things in different ways And soon everything we've known will just be swept away
So say goodbye it's Independence Day Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say But won't you just say goodbye it's Independence Day I swear I never meant to take those things away
Writer/s: PETERS, GRETCHEN Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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This is about Springsteen's relationship with his dad. They didn't get along, but later in life Bruce realized his father worked very hard to support his family and came to appreciate his efforts. Bruce can also thank his dad for inspiring the rebellious spirit that led him to follow his dreams. Determined not to work a typical factory job like his dad, Springsteen followed his dreams and made music for a living.
This song was written and recorded in 1977 for Darkness on the Edge of Town. Bruce left this song off the album because he felt that the song was a transition of what happened to his protagonist when he moved on to a later chapter in his life. (thanks, Ken Thomson - Edmonton, AB)
Introducing this song at a New Jersey show in 1981, Springsteen said: "I could never talk to my old man, he could never talk to me, my mother couldn't talk to him. So I was glad when I finally got old enough and I started to live alone. Then for about ten years I never saw my folks that much. And just recently we came back from Europe and I got a phone call a night or two later that my father had gotten sick.
I went out to California where he was in the hospital there. I started thinkin' on the way about all the things that I always wanted to say to him and I never said and I always figured, well, someday we'll sit down and we'll talk about why it was the way it was when I was young, talk about why he felt the way he did. But the years go by and it never comes up. I guess it feels like a dangerous subject or something. But he got sick and I realized that he was gettin' old and that if I had somethin' to say to him, I should say it now."
There you go again Putting words into my mouth This one's for you to know And for me to find out
All that trouble, and you on about How you gonna know, til you hear it out loud Stop, ask myself what did I do? What did I do to deserve you? Come on, tell me now what did I do? What did I do to deserve you?
I heard every word comin' from the 13th floor Your song came along And I heard the voices telling me to save yourself I'll behave yourself
I stop, ask myself what did I do? What can I do to preserve you? Come on, tell me now, what can I do? What can I do to conserve you?
Your name, year of fame I could see the writing on the wall Come on, flip a coin, bet it's going to tell you To save yourself, I'll behave yourself
Your man, channelin', knowin' by the X on his hand You raise, runaways singin' at the gate To save yourself, I'll behave yourself
So here I go again Putting words into your mouth This one's for me to know And for you to find out
All that trouble and I'm on about How you gonna know, til you hear it out loud All of your heroes, where are they now?
I'm lost, deliver me I crossed the river finally God as my witness Yeah it's gonna heal my soul tonight God as my witness Yeah it's gonna heal my soul tonight God as my witness Yeah it's gonna heal my soul tonight
God as my witness Yeah you gonna heal my soul tonight God as my witness Yeah you gonna heal my soul tonight
Writer/s: DAVE GROHL, PAT SMEAR, OLIVER HAWKINS, NATE MENDEL, CHRIS SHIFLETT Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
This is from Sonic Highways, for which the Foo Fighters recorded each track in a different US city. Dave Grohl approached his songwriting differently to previous records, interviewing musicians from each place and using their quotes in the the tunes, completing the lyrics just before recording his vocals. Drummer Taylor Hawkins stated that it gave the Foo Fighters frontman a new focus. He explained: "Dave said he was going to take sentences from the interviews and write a song. I was like, 'That seems really difficult,' but it's given him a whole new way of writing lyrics."
This two-part song was recorded at KLRU-TV Studio 6A in Austin, Texas and features blues rocker Gary Clark, Jr on lead guitar.
Springsteen recorded this for Darkness On The Edge Of Town, but he left it off because he thought it was too upbeat for the album. It was included on The River to incorporate an element of fun to balance off the ballads.
This is one of several Springsteen songs featuring the first name of a girl who is not a specific real person. Besides Sherry, Springsteen has also sung about Mary, Terry, Wendy, Sandy and Rosie.
Springsteen performed this on his 1980 tour.
Other songs about girls named Sherry include "Sherry" by the 4 Seasons and "Oh Sherrie" by Steve Perry. The Four Seasons were a big influence on Springsteen, as they were a New Jersey group who sang about the problems of the working class, which were very often problems with women.
Home isn't open It's like, when you get here The tracks by the creek bed The minnow's the body Crawdads with their heads down low Back in the Tall Grass Stinging my cattails oh! Looking for brother It feels like winter But it's the heart of the summer We can't go swimming As long as we slumber - Cuz we're a long way from home A long way from home How did we get here? --- One step takes me home Two steps back on my own Three skips to each stone Four steps back and I'm gone ------ And I wanted you to know I was thinking about you And you look like a rose Especially, when I'm a long way from home --- A long way from home - How did we get here? Back to the body Words jump like salmon
One step takes me home Two steps back on my own Three skips to each stone Four steps back and I'm gone
(Chorus)
In that backwater Running through the woods In that red water In the mirror Thinking of you
Spend all day just thinking of you In the mirror thinking of you Spend my days just thinking of you
(Chorus)
Long way from home (Long way from home) Long way from home (Long way from home) Long way from home...
Writer/s: William Cashion, Samuel Thompson Herring, John Gerrit Welmers Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
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The song finds frontman Samuel T Herring recalling walks home from school. "It's reminiscing on the times I'd lose my brother on the way, and then feeling that same emotion upon losing touch with someone later in life," he explained to Uncut. "And about how those early feelings of childhood may seen foreign to us as adults. Alive with curiosity and possibility, and at the same time experiencing fear in the face of loss and unknowing."
This song is about the meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979. At the time, there was a great deal of debate over the use of nuclear energy, as it presented safety and environmental concerns.
This was the first song recorded during sessions for The River, but Springsteen decided not to use it on the album. Even though it was recorded in 1979, it was not released until 1988 as the B-side of "One Step Up." It resurfaced on the 1998 album Tracks, a collection of Springsteen outtakes.
