"Everything is Love"

[leighelse]

I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, and used it as the try-out track for my pair of master/slave BR1600s. If there's interest in a collaboration I'd be more than happy to provide a mix without the vocals, lead guitar and drums.

9 Sep 2016: the track has now been run through Master||lizer, a free online mastering service.

28 Oct 2016: improved vocal.

When you go down to the heartland
Work a passage for your journey
Smiling like a sailing ship on a sea of sunshine
Dancing lightly across the ocean of love

There's a magic in arriving
On the shore of love's great island
Stepping from your ship of dreams in a thousand candles
Wearing hope like the shining raiment of love

Love is everything and everything is love
Love is everything and everything is love

When you wake up in the morning
Raise your eyes and praise the dawning
Everything is new and you are reborn to see it
Nothing dies if it ends its journey in love

Raise your hand up, reach your arm out
Move your body to release love
Be the answer to the question that love is asking
Be the question whose only answer is love

Love is everything and everything is love
Love is everything and everything is love

INSTR

There's a moment, there's a journey
There is now and it's eternal
Everything that was and is will be now forever
Everything is an imitation of love

Love everything and everything is love
Love everything and everything is love

Everything is Love

Words and music by Leigh Harrison, © APRA 2016

[Groundy]

Nice one Leigh,
Good to hear you again......

Alex

[Hook]

That's a fine song leighelse. Some very cool changes and your melody is quite interesting. Nicely done.
Rock on!

[fenderbender]

I like this -It grows on you after the first listen-
Well done --leighelse and well recorded.



Tommy

[Farrell Jackson]

Real nice song Leigh! You've chosen a great melody for the just as good lyric. I'd say your first outing with the BR1600's master/slave combination is a huge success. BTW love the tuba.

Farrell

[Redler]

What a composition, Leigh! Really melodic song, it sounds a classic to me!

You've done fine job with the arrangement - everything is on the right place, imo!

Your voice is just great on this!

Thanks for sharing!

[leighelse]

Your voice is just great on this!

You're very kind. But I'm never happy with my vocals - at least for the last eleven years.

I had throat surgery in 2005, and afterwards found that I'd lost my entire upper register. There's just nothing there - not a squeak. It was particularly galling because in the year before the surgery I'd finally been learning how to use my voice properly, and was starting to feel confident when I rocked up to the mike at songwriters' nights etc.

Thank you for your kind words.

[Johnny Robbo]

Lovely song... it sounds instantly familiar as all the great melodies do. Lovely chord changes which subtly drive the whole thing along. Beautiful song... oh and your voice is absolutely perfect for this!

[kenny mac]

Great song,there are some fantastic sounds there.
Your voice sounds great to me,the recording is also very good.
Crystal clear.
Lovely.

[TPB]

Excellent composition as John said melody has a familiar feeling to it which makes it a very enjoyable tune to listen too
Tim