Project Introduction:
About a week before Christmas, I woke up with portions of this song in my head along with visual fragments of a story, much like a music video. I tried to quickly get it all down before I forgot too much of it. What I experienced that morning gave me goosebumps, but what I was able to preserve here seems very flat, tasteless, stiff and mechanical in comparison. I hope I got enough down to get the basic idea across and maybe even inspire others who are truly gifted. I’ve never studied music theory, so I may not have labeled the song structure correctly. Hey, I gave it my best shot.
Notes:
Verse: Gentle female voice, soft rhythm, very much like the A Capella sound in the following YouTube video segment (from 1:21 -to- 1:34) of Noteworthy singing “I Will Wait” by Mumford & Sons. The verse in my song has a very similar melody and rhythm to that specific segment of that particular video. I really like their A Capella sound too.
Pre-chorus, Chorus and Bridge: High power, volume and drum beat. (I don’t know the term for when a song revs up to greater musical and emotional intensity.)
Example MP3 file:
This is my very limited attempt to get only the basic melody across. (Please ignore my choice of instruments.) This is my first time using Apple’s Garageband software. I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m not a musician. This example lacks any chords, variation or harmony as well as a drum set, base guitar, cello, violins — pretty much everything. The key may not be the best, and the tempo may be too high as well.
It helps to listen to that beautiful, small fragment of the A Capella YouTube video above before you listen to this very bad example. Please use your imagination generously.
Words In Parenthesis ( ) = Harmonizing Background Vocals
Text in square brackets [ ] = Additional notes. and timing references for the example MP3 above.
Lyrics:
[16-measure Introduction]
[Verse (00:10 -to- 00:38 in example MP3)]
- When communications fall
- and Internet can’t be found
- markets will come to a halt
- The dollar crashes to the ground
- When panic starts to take hold
- and you see loot-ing start
- Then dark men will grow bold
- Please, dear one, don’t lose heart
[Pre-chorus (00:38 -to- 00:48 in example MP3)]
- For I tell you the truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuth
…………………………(Be still, Hold on, Fear not, Stay strong) - Jesus’ coming to your rescue
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[4-measure Cool-down]
[Verse (00:55 -to- 01:22 in example MP3)]
- When atomic missiles fly
- bringing the horror of war
- raining destruction from the sky
- As they pound upon your shore
- Gone is the peace of the past
- replaced by chaos and death
- It all will happen so fast,
- that you can not catch your breath
[Pre-chorus (01:22 -to- 01:30 in example MP3)]
- But I tell you the truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuth
…………………………(Be still, Hold on, Fear not, Stay strong) - Jesus’ coming to your rescue
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[Chorus (01:31 -to- 01:48 in example MP3)]
- He is our mighty hero
- He is the only true hero
- The light of the world
- The hope of the Earth
- The water of life
- Taking your sorrow and hurt
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[4-measure Cool-down]
[Verse (00:55 -to- 01:22 in example MP3)]
- A cosmic event shall bring fear
- causing the heavens to shake
- This is the sign that He’s near
- then comes the 10.0 quake
- then watch the darkness descend
- so thick it threatens to choke
- for three whole days it won’t end
- so pray and wait out the smoke
[Pre-chorus (01:22 -to- 01:30 in example MP3)]
- You know I tell you the truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuth
………………………………….(Be still, Hold on, Fear not, Stay strong) - Jesus’ coming to your rescue
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[Chorus (01:31 -to- 01:48 in example MP3)]
- He is our mighty hero
- Call upon His mighty name
- Hold on to your hope
- Turn away from your sin
- Let love flow from your heart
- Don’t give up or give in.
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[Bridge (Middle 8)]
- He’s about to move now
- in such mighty Power
- not seen since the day of Cre-a-tion
- and the true sons of God
- shall step forth in that hour
- bringing His light to ev-ery na-tion
[Bridge End]
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[4-measure Cool-down]
[Verse (00:55 -to- 01:22 in example MP3)]
- Then He’ll reveal to your heart
- the true condition of your soul
- the cost of a comfy, lukewarm life
- the crushing weight of sins untold
- and as you fall to the floor
- and feel as though you could die
- just hold tight a little more
- Do not give up, and here is why.
[Pre-chorus (01:22 -to- 01:30 in example MP3)]
- ‘Cause I tell you the truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuth
……………………………..(Be still, Hold on, Fear not, Stay strong) - Jesus’ coming down to rescue you
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[Chorus (01:31 -to- 01:48 in example MP3)]
- He is our mighty hero
- He is coming to save your soul
- The forgiver of sin
- The source of all love
- Let His Spirit come in
- He’s our Gift from above
- Love is coming down [Refrain]
[Chorus (01:31 -to- 01:48 in example MP3)]
- In His greatest act of mercy
- from His sons, miracles shall pour
- food will appear
- and water will flow
- their shadows will heal
- then to heaven we’ll GOoooooooooo!
[Multi Refrain (01:49 -to- 02:04 or longer in example MP3)]
- Love is coming down
……………………(LOVE – IS – COM – ING – DOoooooWN) - Love is coming down
……………………(LOVE – IS – COM – ING – DOoooooWN) - Love is coming down
……………………(LOVE – IS – COM – ING – DOoooooWN) - Love is coming DOoooooWNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
[Outro, Volume fades (2:04 -to- END in example MP3)]
- (hold on, be strong, hold on, be strong)
[whisper] ……….He is coming - (hold on, be strong, hold on, be strong)
[whisper] ……Jesus is coming
[Hup sound]
