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<\/iframe>\n<\/p>This is the song that sparked off my recent bit of songwriting. I reworked the melody for this recording, having revised it multiple times already because I wrote it in a range that few people can sing in, least of all me. I hope to have at least one version to share in the near future with someone else singing the lead vocals, so that you can hear it as I imagine it in my head, and not merely in the best rendition I can offer with myself singing.<\/p>\nHere are the lyrics:<\/p>\nReality (In You I Live)<\/strong><\/p>\nMusic and lyrics by James F. McGrath<\/p>\n\u00a9 2013<\/p>\nYou are a puzzle that I can\u2019t put together<\/p>\nYou are a shelter in every kind of weather<\/p>\nBut rain still falls, so all in all, my words are just a picture<\/p>\nOf one I can\u2019t express, but still you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nYou are a strong wind that blows in all directions<\/p>\nYou are a deep well that mirrors my reflection<\/p>\nBut there within I find again, there\u2019s water to refresh me<\/p>\nAnd when your wind fills my sails, I\u2019m on my way.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nCHORUS:<\/p>\nIn you I live<\/p>\nIn you I move<\/p>\nIn you I am<\/p>\nOn you I stand<\/p>\nThere is nowhere else to be<\/p>\nThan in you \u2013 all encompassing Reality<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nYou are a dark night that won\u2019t reveal its mysteries<\/p>\nYou are a bright light that shines through all of history<\/p>\nBut when I think in black and white, I find that you resist me<\/p>\nBut there within the grays I find there\u2019s grace<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nCHORUS:<\/p>\nIn you I live<\/p>\nIn you I move<\/p>\nIn you I am<\/p>\nOn you I stand<\/p>\nThere is nowhere else to be<\/p>\nThan in you \u2013 all encompassing Reality<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAnd if upon a starlit night I revel in your glory<\/p>\nStill there is so much I cannot see<\/p>\nAll-encompassing Reality<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the song that sparked off my recent bit of songwriting. 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