Hi everyone and Happy New Year. As I've done quite a few sad and frankly depressing songs over the past few months I decided to start this shiny new year with something a bit more positive. (For me!)
Inspired initially by an amazing swarm of starlings flying over my house, here's my attempt at celebrating some of the wonder of the world - and how this might help us face adversity when it comes along. The instrumentation is a bit of an experiment for me, and I really didn't know how to describe it when you have to check one of those 'genre' boxes on places like Soundcloud! But the pseudo-classical backing track is what came to mind as suitable for this starlings sky dance, lyrics and vocal melody came second.
Cheers!
https://soundcloud.com/michael-a-duffy/wonderLyrics:WonderThis fearful world
Can bring you to your knees
Can dwarf you with its mountains
Engulf you in its seas
This awesome world
Then thrills you with its might
Can fill your soul with wonder
And dazzle you with light
ChorusOh wonder
We knew wonder
And stardust
We held stardust
When under
Rain and thunder
Stood strong
All blessed with wonder
Beyond the world
We've grown a higher power
With love that blooms within us
The beauty of that flower
And now the world
Like starling swarms above
Is dancing to that symphony
Its heartbeat only love
Chorus (break, then rpt)Blessed with wonder
All our lives
Blessed with wonder
All our lives
We knew wonder