When my heart is like a stone, And Im running far from home, Remind me who I am. I’m not sure it has radio potential – time will tell – but it was an good challenge creatively to write the song in that direction. Tell me lest I forget who I am to You, That I belong to You. The Sound Of Our Breathing Jason Gray, Doug McKelvey, Seth Mosely audio:soundofbreathing.mp3 Everybody draws their very first breath with Your name upon their lips Every one of us is born of dust but come alive with heaven’s kiss The name of God is the sound of our breathing Hallelujahs rise on the wings of our hearts beating Breathe in. I'm the one you love, I'm the one you love, That will be enough, I'm the one you love. Tell me once again who I am to You, Who I am to You, whoa. Pop/rock anthem = less lyrics = really challenging when you have a big idea to convey. If I'm Your beloved, Can You help me believe it. So it felt very missional to me to write it this way and it was also an invigorating creative challenge. ![]() The kind of songs we’ve come to expect to hear on the radio can sometimes be disappointing, but I haven’t given up on it and its listeners just yet (see my comment 27 below for thoughts about radio singles). That was the most challenging way to write a challenging song, but I get excited about that kind of thing. I could have written it as a folksy singer/songwriter kind of song with twelve verses that took time to expound the idea, but when I was fishing for a melody and came upon what would end up being the pre-chorus ( the name of God is the sound of our breathing / hallelujahs rise on the wings of our hearts beating), I fell in love with the idea of writing it as a pop/rock radio kind of song. However, a life of torment and judgements were worth the connection I have found with Him within me, but it took a near death experience in Nov., 2018- to convince me that I am not a symptom of MI, I am a child of God who has been denied, and considered disabled, I’ve had encounters especially in the last 3 years that have me convinced, and I will never go back to such a dark, hopeless place, where medicine and shock therapy were my last hope to fix something that wasn’t wrong in the first place.It was a big concept that proved challenging to turn into a succinct lyric. I looked in the mirror, immediately, sensing the comfort of the Lord, and not to be afraid, My eyes were 100% dilated result of this event, but sadly I took the suggestions of Psychiatry, degrading the situation as a medical emergency, instead of Spiritual Encounter. In fact, minutes after the machine crashed, I walked into the bathroom as I was feeling an urge to look in the mirror, due to not feeling like myself. I was in a “psychosis” for 3 days but had a blissful, euphoric experience, and in my opinion, never felt more secured and safe in God’s loving care. In 1999- I had what Mayo Clinic refers to as a “Stress- induced Psychotic Epsiode” after a Disc Polisher I had loaded and started, crashes making an unexpected loud, unpleasant sound. © 2020 Centricity Songs & Graybird Songs (BMI) / Centricity Music Publishing (ASCAP) / Colby Wedgeworth Music & Fair Trade Music Publishing (ASCAP) His perfect will comes to life in imperfection I believe this is the wisdom of redemption You never know until you bring, you bring it all So look at yourself and forgive your weakness It becomes a gift the moment you accept it The way it tunes you in and fires up your engine God knows how to use your fear of rejection ![]() You’ll never know until you bring it, you bring it all ![]() Some things are better when they’re broken Could really be where God’s amazing grace lives?”
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