I really feel I am this song now, co-written with Nanne-Emelie from Denmark. Elisabet suggested I put the lyric into present tense. I think that move really transformed the song, and in the process, transformed me.
lyrics
STRONG IN SPIRIT
(Jon Strider-Nanne Emelie)
I will live my strongest wish
I will break beyond my borders
Standing naked like a newborn child
Strong In Spirit, free of fear
Strong In Spirit, free of fear
I will rise on Wings of Love
To take my Spirit high
I will stand on top of your mountain
For a moment or a lifetime
Wide open to receive
Wide open to believe___
I will live my strongest wish
I will break beyond my borders
Standing naked like a newborn child
Strong in Spirit, free of fear
Strong in Spirit, free of fear
Now I dare to see what’s true
I’m finally coming to
Really believe it, this bigger point of view
Now I take this leap of faith
and trust the steps I make
Feels so fragile
Feels so new___
(Instrumental solo: alto sax - Andreas Baro)
Now I live my strongest wish
As I break beyond my borders
Standing naked like a newborn child
Strong in spirit, free of fear
Strong in spirit, free of fear
(Musical Reprise feat. Skip Edwards on Hammond B3 with Andreas Baro, alto sax...)
(c) 2016 Pacific Songworks BMI
NCB License secured - (p) 2016 New Sky Records
credits
from SOUL REUNION,
released November 11, 2016
Produced & Arranged by Jon Strider
Recorded & Mixed by Emil Isaksson, Associate Producer
Mastered by Paul Mahern at Mahern Audio
MUSICIANS:
Maciej Szymczynski : bass
Rasmus Svensson: drums
Emil Isaksson: shaker & tambourine
Skip Edwards: Hammond organ
Jon Strider: lead vocal, piano
Mariam Ucharu: background vocals
Andreas Baro: alto sax*
(*recorded by Emanuel Nyman at Malmö Musikhögskolan)
Photo by Michael Sturtevant
Photo's digital rendering by Victoria Colella
Cover Graphics by Tony Wirén
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