Song Week 11: I look for You

Song Week 11: I look for You
I look for You – Demo

This is another song that started off while sitting in Church. Our church leader was speaking and one line he said stuck in my head, “look for Him”. I scribbled down a few lyrics in my notebook and left it until I got home.

I look for You,
In the wilderness, in the darkest place
I look for You
When pain surrounds, and everything is crashing down
Around me
I look for You

I look f or You
When I hit the wall, when I fail, when I fall
I look for You
When I’m afraid and full of fear, the devil’s in my ear
Whispering
I look for You

My first though was that this could be a the verse I’ve been looking for. It was one I’ve been working on for a few years called “You’re still here” but I couldn’t quite get it to flow correctly and the melody I had created around the lyrics didn’t have the correct rhythm for the song. Eventually I realised that it wouldn’t work and split the verses from the chorus. I played around with the verses I had for a while and what was predominantly the second verse become the first verse and some more tweaks were made to the lyrics.

I look for You,
When hit the wall
When I fail and fall
I look for You
I look for You,
When I’m afraid and full of fear
And the devils in my ear
I look for You

I look for You,
When pain surrounds and all is crashing down
Around me
I look for You,
In the desert and wilderness
When I’m in my darkest place
I look for You

I then sat down and just played the verses for a while to see where the melody might go in to a chorus. After a bit of time a few lyrics and some melody entered my head and I had the first couple of lines of the chorus. A little for playing around and I had the chorus and the tag flowed straight out from there.

My eyes don’t always see
But I know deep inside that You love me
My mind plays tricks on me
But I know You’re there beside me
So I look for You

You’re always there
Every step, in every moment

I did change the odd word in the chorus a couple of times and changed bits back but this is how the song now looks. It’s only about a month old and is the song I used at Xtreme this year.

Capo 3
  C
I look for You,
       Am                            G       F
When I hit the wall, when I fail and fall, I look for You
  C
I look for You,
          Am                              G
When I'm afraid and full of fear, and the devils' in my ear
  F
I look for You, 

Chorus:
C               G
  My eyes don't always see
      Am                        G
But I know deep inside that You love me
C                   G
  And my mind plays tricks on me
      Am                  G             Fmaj7
But I know You're there beside me, so I look for You

I look for You
When pain surrounds and all in crashing down
Around me
I look for You
In the desert and wilderness, when I'm in my darkest place
I look for You

Tag:
C                G
   You're always there,
      F              G
Every step, in every moment