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
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