(12) I Will Be tHere.
Since 0500 AM (Monday, 10 April), for the last 7 hours I have been listening to only one song via the PC, to Steve Curtis Chapman's soft guitar ballad 'I Will Be Here' -- I had intended to listen to that song the whole day. Yes, it's crazy, but I've not been this enthused by a song before, and I'm 66 for crying out loud. I heard from my son Jomar that he is coming to the Philippines for an evening of non-gospel gospel music on the 7^th of May at the PICC 7-9 PM. I will be there.

To tell you the truth, I was never interested in Steve Curtis Chapman before, although I can see from the files in the family's hard disk (search by Google Desktop) that this soul singer is all over the place. Soul singer? I mean he sings with soul, into your soul. I say his music is non-gospel gospel music because he just sings what's in his heart. He doesn't preach, he doesn't teach – he just tells you what he thinks, what he feels. Look at that song:

I Will Be Here
Steve Curtis Chapman

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
and the sun does not appear
I,,, I, I will be here.
If in the dark, we lost sight of love
Hold my hand and have no fear
I will be here.

I will be here
When you feel like being quiet
When you need to speak your mind
I will listen.
And I will be here
When the laughter turns to crying
Through the winning, losing and trying
We’ll be together
I will be here.

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
And the future is unclear
I,,, I, I will be here.
Just as seasons are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
So I,,, I, I will be here.

I will be here
You can cry on my shoulder
When the mirror tells us we’re older
I will hold you
I will be here
To watch you grow in beauty
And tell you all the things you are to me
I,,, I, I will be here.

I will be true to the promise I have made
To you and the One who gave you to me
I will be here.

Just as seasons are made for change
Our lifetimes are made for years
I,,, I, I will be here.
We’ll be together
I will be here.

10 April 2006