Write Away Magazine Dec 2019

BEEN TO
It’s been too long…, Since I saw your face…
At Christmas Time.., we’ll once again embrace…
Cause what I feel for you, Despite how far I roam
It’s Christmas time babe, And I’m coming home…….
Yes I know babe, that you’ll still be there
And of course you know, Just how much I care
Cause you wait for me, and your there to stay.....
There’s no more agony babe, I come home today….
Now I know the time is near…
And I know I’m almost there…
I’m so close to what is dear….
Feel electric in the air…
I can’t wait to see you, how’d I get this far
Alone without you
Walking to the door…
And I see you standing there….
With that smile on your face….
I know you still care….
Heart begins to race….
There’s just no more time to spare….
My spirit starts to soar….
Now I feel your warm embrace…..
Walking in the Door....
Walking in the door….
And Maybe, I’m a little more…..
So unlock the door…
And I’ll be there for you….
Said oh,
Oh this is true babe….
I walked in the door….
And you’re standing there,
With a smile on your face….
I know you still care…
Feel my heart…, my heart…, begin to race…..
‘Cause baby…
It’s been too long, it’s been too long…..
So long…..
Baby, without you…..
Baby, baby, baby, it’s true
Now lift the weight….
From your heavy heart….
this is where I left you….
Ah, oh, oh ……
To Listen click link...
This song started as a backing track, something to
play along with, just guitar, bass, and drums. I was
looking for something that featured an AM chord
and CM Chord, but not to prominently. It ended up
being 8 bars. As time went on, I added the piano and
the synth. After adding the piano melody, I began
to think of words for it, and wanted to do something
with the theme of coming home. Much of this can be
heard in the end of the song since those are the 8 bars
from the original backing track.
But I had no chorus, and nothing seemed to work.
So I got a vision of it starting with a kind of gentle
finger picked guitar that slowly progressed into what
you hear in the end. So I tried a few things on my
acoustic, and came up with what you hear today in
the beginning of the song. From there, it was just a
matter of slowly changing each instrument until it
becomes what you are hearing at the end of the song.
To be clear, this song is the same 8 bars from start to
finish. It’s the layering of each instruments voicing
that was the key.
Been too long (Christmas Version) – Words
This song started out as some of the words you hear
towards the end of the song. The piano melody always
gave me a feeling of coming home. So
phrases like walking in the door, sent me down that
path of a story about coming home. I had this vision
in my head of a young man, nicely dressed, sitting in
the back of a car, on his way home. He nervous and
anxious about seeing his lover again after so long.
So I put this image, a kind of video in my mind if
you will, to words. This became the first verses of the
song. I also had an image of him walking up to the
door, filled with anxiety that slowly dissipates as he
sees his lover and they exchange smiles. So I put this
image to words and it became the middle of the song.
The rest of the words at the end of the song, were
gathered from numerous improvisations.
Since this song is about coming home, and the
holidays are all about coming home and seeing loved
ones, I thought it would make a good Christmas
song. So I changed a few words around, and made it
about coming home at the holidays.
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