an acoustic guitar ballad with layers of violin and introspective lyrics
alternative
acoustic
folk
nashville
christian
americana
singersongwriter
celtic
james taylor
folk rock
indigo girls
deep
organic
thoughtprovoking
meaningful
sheryl crow
the fray
damien rice
amy grant
lifehouse
sentimental
ks choice
mary chapin carpenter
patty griffin
mindy smith
anne davis
folk alternative
Story behind the song
this vocal is almost a complete live take/straight shot--in the studio we cut many vocal tracks on this song and once i got around to laying down number 6 or 7, i had finally smoothed out enough to where we were able to use the entire track--meaning no "punch-ins"!...the only thing we had to switch out was the very last line and we took just a slightly better version of that line from the track right before....it was a nice intimate evening in the studio.
Lyrics
COME A LITTLE CLOSER
the sky was on fire this evening
with washes of pink and gold
it hung so low, i felt I could touch it
it was like Almighty God reaching down
CHORUS
won’t you come a little closer?
i think you’ll be surprised
this is bigger than life
bigger than our minds
if you’ll just come and stay for a little while
when you leave you’ll leave changed
once you catch a glimpse
you’ll want to come a little closer
have you ever seen the sky on a clear night
and wondered how far back it goes?
have you ever seen the first rays of morning
shooting through the blackest darkness?
(CHORUS)
the sky was on fire this evening
written by anne davis
sometimes i write songs (BMI)