Longing for the day ...

Cry to Heaven

Several years ago I was in a band with a guy called Adam Rogers, with whom I also shared a day job. The band never went anywhere for a number of reasons, but one of the highlights was that we recorded this song, which Adam wrote. I absolutely adored it then and could really identify with where Adam's head was when he wrote it. He told me I could do something with it, and here's my first effort, which I put together in a huge hurry for an application to the JBSeed for funding. It's not quite right yet (the vocals suck - I sang some wrong words on the demo), but you should get the idea.

Update: If you feel generous you can now buy the version of this song released on The Genre Benders' debut CD "I am leaving! I am leaving!" from iTunes, or Spotify:

Update: Youtube now makes standard videos of songs release through CDBaby but they don't count towards my Youtube channel stats. Here's an acoustic one I made in my lounge room that does help me out:

Cry to Heaven (in Am)

Looking back over wasted time I'm wondering where I went wrong.
I'm thinking maybe it was all in my mind - an illusion all along.
Picking up the pieces of broken dreams lying scattered on the floor.
Is anything really as it seems? I don't know what to believe anymore.

And though I don't really have a religion,
I've never really had much faith at all,
Tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Yeah tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.

I seem to spend my whole life on the run trying to hide from the pain.
But a broken heart is like a setting sun; you know it always rises again.
They say a fortress built on bitterness is no more than an empty shell.
But if it hides my loneliness, maybe that's just as well.

I'm not really sure if it was my decision
Or if I even had much choice at all.
But tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Yeah tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.

Looking back over wasted time, how could I have got it so wrong?
I should have known fromteh start it was all in my mind; an illusion all along.

You know I don't really have a religion,
I've never really had much faith at all,
But tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Yeah tonight I feel I could cry to heaven.
Tonight I feel I could cry ...

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Please note: The author, Adam Rogers, owns this song and I have no idea what his views are copying. Until I find out, please don't copy, reproduce and distribute any part of these lyrics for any purpose. If you want to make something out of it, let me know and I'll tell Adam.

If you perform it or broadcast it for any purpose, please let APRA know.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License

Posted by Huge at March 16, 2005 12:01 PM