Here With You

It was a rainy day and I was spending some quality time at home - alone. I'd recently received a wonderful gift from a friend - a Taylor classical guitar and I just couldn't resist the urge to take it out of it's case and do some finger picking. I sat down with it at the dining room table looking out the window as the rain was mostly recognized by the drops trickling in the street. I had detuned the guitar to an open 'D' or Drop 'D' tuning and began playing some chord progressions eventually stumbling onto this one. Soon I was humming a few bars of what was to become the melody.

It seems that there's something about a rainy day that just makes you want to evaluate life. Maybe it has something to do with the washing or refreshing of the earth I'm not sure. I began singing "I wanna live like I've never lived before; I wanna feel like I've never felt before." And this song was starting to take shape.

As we grow in our walk with Christ, one thing we eventually learn is that all of life should be viewed through the grid of our relationship with Him and the ever increasing knowledge of what we are learning throuh the Word and the Spirit. And so it was with this song. It couldn't just be a song about wanting to freshen life up because the grid I was looking through required something more, something deeper. The addition of the simple words "Here with You" satisfied the need. I want to live here with You, Lord, like I've never lived before; and I want to feel like I've never felt before, here with You, Lord. The second verse demanded an even more obvious statement to express the desire to see and know the Lord like I never have before while the rain itself became my muse for the chorus.

The song was completed in a few hours and this recording was made on that cold rainy day. Whether you just listen or sing along maybe the feelings of a rainy day will be brought back to you forcing you to evaluate life once again and even more make you desire a deeper relationship with our Lord who brings us the warmth of the sun even on cold rainy days.

I wanna live like I’ve never lived before
I wanna live like I’ve never lived before
Here with You, here with You

I wanna feel like I’ve never felt before
I wanna feel like I’ve never felt before
Here with You, here with You

Chorus
And when the days are cold and rainy
And there’s nothing that I care to do
I just want the rain to come
And wash away my troubles too
But when I look to You,
You’re like the sun that’s shining on my face
You warm the through and through
And all because of You’re amazing grace
And I wanna stay here with You.

I wanna see You like I’ve never seen You before
I wanna see You like I’ve never seen You before
Here with You, here with You

I wanna know You like I’ve never know You, Lord
I wanna know You like I’ve never know You, Lord
Here with You, here with You