Tuesday Tunes: Something Holy
After writing songs for 25 years, I have written quite a few songs and most of them you've probably never heard. So, I thought I'd start a weekly "Tuesday Tunes" post to share some songs and the stories behind them. If you have a suggestion for a song you'd like to hear and know more about let me know! I'll include a link to listen to a streaming version of the song, and an iTunes link in case you like it enough to buy it, the the song lyrics, and a tidbit about the writing of the song. How does that sound? So here we go...
LISTEN Something Holy - Julie de Azevedo
BUY on iTunes
STORY Behind the song "Something Holy"
I wrote this song in the early 2000's during a time when I was acutely aware of my weaknesses and at the same time marveling at the atonement of Jesus Christ. How on earth can He take such a flawed person and make ME holy? I know He can because I felt His healing before. This song "Something Holy" is my hope and my prayer that He will continue to purify me through His mercy and grace.While I love being a performing songwriter, there is something really uncomfortable about the tendency for listeners to put me, or anyone else who is "on stage" on a pedestal, believing that somehow that I am more enlightened or spiritual because I can write songs. I decided a long time ago that if I was going to write songs, I would be totally honest about myself and my experience, refusing to sugar coat life. So, also in this song is my plea to listeners to see my humanness. I struggle. I am just like everyone else, totally flawed, and so in need of a savior every day.From a production standpoint, I love how John Hancock's string arrangements make this song soar. The frenetic guitar part in the verses fit so nicely with the angst of the lyrics "Tangled in a web of insecurity and pretense, demons run my head, there's so much to feed on. Where is my freedom?"The song and production came together in a powerful way, and the lyrical honesty make this song one of my favorites, so I decided to include it on my "best of" CD "Masterpiece" even though very few people have ever heard this song. Enjoy!
LYRICS
Something HolyWords & Music: Julie de Azevedo© 2001 Mohrgud Music (BMI)Tangled in a web of insecurity and pretenseDemons run around my headThere’s so much to feed onWhere is my freedom
With this ego I’m entwinedI alone cannot unwindTake this mess and make of itSomething holy somehowHoly somehowChorusTake this broken crownThis tarnished halo slipping downTake this broken crown and make it newTake this hand me down tattered heart and soul that’s usedAnd make something holySomething holy somehowI feel it in my bloodA healing fire in my bonesBurn this flesh ‘til nothings left of what I once was‘Til I’m overcomeAshes ashes we fall downWe bruise our hearts and break our crownsTake this dust and make of usSomething holy somehowHoly somehowRepeat ChorusSomewhere sometimeSomething holySomewhere sometimeSomething holy only you can doOnly you can doRepeat Chorus