I wrote this song for my wedding and my wife, Kristin (Kenlaw--we decided to not change her last name) walked down the aisle to it. I wanted to write something that had a slight waltz feel to it, but not overstated. I wrote it from the piano and had my good friend, long-time collaborator and brother, Melvin "Maestro" Lightford arrange it for a string quintet. I decided to record it with just strings and percussion, reminiscent of how it felt on our wedding day. As a matter of fact, instead of a solo or third verse, I decided to include actual audio from our wedding: our Pastor/officiant and both of Kristin's parents. Needless to say, this one is a special one to me.
Years of searching, hoping and then
Failing, loving again
Growing, praying, trusting God's plan
Working, now here we stand
No longer thinking, "maybe one day"
Now a forever's worth of Sundays
30 minutes past always
We'll stay
No longer waiting for "someday"
Even should time go away
Far beyond "old and gray"
We'll stay
Finding right in things that go wrong
Turning sorrows to songs
Fighting weakness to make us strong
Seeing strength all along
No longer thinking, "maybe one day"
Now a forever's worth of Sundays
30 minutes past always
We'll stay
No longer waiting for "someday"
Even should time go away
Just after forever, half past always
Straight through evermore
Everlastingly, eternally
You are mine, I am yours
No longer thinking, "maybe one day"
Now a forever's worth of Sundays
30 minutes past always
We'll stay
No longer waiting for "someday"
Even should time go away
Far beyond "old and gray"
We'll stay
Lead Vocals: Mike Hicks
String Arrangement: Melvin “Maestro” Lightford
Viola: Betsy Lamb Fynn
Cellos: Cara Fox, Emily Nelson Rodgers
Violins: Kristin Weber, Laura Eppling, Alicia Enstrom
Percussion: Giovanni Rodriguez
Recorded by James Waddell at Lyricanvas
Percussion recorded by Giovanni Rodriguez at the Redlab
Mixed by James Waddell at Lyricanvas
Recitations by Rev. Kelli X, Rev. Will Kenlaw and Rev. Lydia Graves Kenlaw taken from the wedding if Michael Hicks and Kristin Kenlaw, Sept. 2, 2018
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