The song that started it all…(Click Play)
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Lyrics
I lie awake in a dream
I wake up
Without knowin’ where I’m goin’
Or where I’ve been
Sometimes life seems made up
There’s no way of ever knowin’
When it all will end
So I step outside of my mind
I look inside where I lied
To myself again
But I know when I realize where I’m goin’
I’ll be halfway there
Where I’ve always been
I stand still
My mind starts to wander
While I wonder what it takes
To break through the clichés
The answer’s there
But questions still linger
While I try to put my finger
On it every day
I think I got it but I never really had it
I just had it but I lost it
It’s gone away
Sometimes I don’t know why I even try
I guess that’s why I always try
But only go halfway
Already halfway there
Halfway there
Halfway there
And I know that life’s little struggles
Are just pieces of the puzzle
Thrown into your way
But I can see the light through the tunnel
And I know that I am gonna
Make it through OK
Just need some time to myself
Open my eyes I realize
What everyone did say
The first step is always the hardest
I already got it started
I’m already halfway there
Halfway there
Halfway there
Story Behind The Song
This was the original song that I brought back and made it sound like country with Ai and it blew me away. Literally brought tears to my eyes I couldn’t believe it.
So this song was originally called “Halfway”
I wrote the lyrics while I lived in the city. It was after I was done playing sports in college. And trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life. And kinda feeling like I’m stuck in the middle. Don’t know where I am. But I want to look at the positive side of it and know that I’m halfway to wherever the hell I’m going!
I originally wrote the music to this song as well. But Nature tweaked it into a little more ska type riff. Same chord progression. And then we used it on or demo and when we recorded it they added a standup bass and a trumpet…which was a cool touch.
This is the song that won awards for songwriting that originally sparked this whole thing. That’s why I decided to go with these lyrics first. I knew that they resonated with judges at some point on multiple occasions. So maybe they were good enough?
Anyway…the song that we originally called “Halfway” turned into “Halfway There”
Much more detail in Chapter 1 of the book if you haven’t read it yet!
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