If you've found your way here, you may already know that my name is Bill and I enjoy writing songs about God. If you did not know that, well now you do. I hope to be faithful with the songs I write. I'm not sure I know how to do that, but I think this website is a start. It contains the lyrics, chord charts, mp3's, even the stories behind the songs. And it is all free to you. So look around. Enjoy. And thanks for stopping by.
download chord chart // download mp3 (verse 1) You lost your job, you lost your girl Your car broke down, you lost your world You asked me why, so I slipped out The back door and cried out loud
The sun shines on the rich and poor But through the rain, I need more Rainbows they do look nice But right now a word would suffice
(chorus) There is a hope, there is a way There is a peace found in the pain
Beyond the dark, Beyond the night There is the sun still shining bright
We’re made of clay and yeah, we break But it’s the cracks that let in the light
(verse 2) You told your mom, you told your dad Just like you knew you had to You went out back for a smoke And watch the rings float away…to a better place
(bridge) Don’t run, Don’ hide it’s the cracks that let in the light -------------------------------------------------------
This song is my only real attempt at co-writing.
The Apostle Paul paints the picture in II Corinthians 4 that we, human beings, are like clay jars carrying inside of us the treasure of the Gospel of Christ. The thing about clay, however, is that it certainly is not the sturdiest material in the world. It doesn't take a whole lot crack a clay jar. And quite frankly, as humans, it doesn't always take a whole lot to crack us either.
Cracks are inevitable in life. And there is no need to hide them or run from them. There is a great quote from Leonard Cohen:
"There is a crack, a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
That quote planted the seed for this song. I wrote the guitar part and the entire chorus fairly quickly, but was drawing a complete blank on the verses. So I tucked it away.
For the better part of 6 or 7 months, I would occasionally pull it out and see if I was any closer to figuring out where to go with the verses. But every time I tried to write something it came off sounding like Blessed Be Your Name's lame, uninspired younger brother.
One night I was hanging out with my friend Taylor Brown. He played for me a song that he had recently written and it reminded me of this chorus. So I played it for him and asked him if he had any idea of a good direction to go with the verses.
Despite our very different styles of songwriting, we spent the next few hours penning the lyrics above. It was challenging and quite a lot of fun. And the result is a song that, for me at least, is certainly outside of the box.
