Behind the Music: Over & Over

Over & Over

I started writing this song the morning after I hung out with Jeannine in her hotel room while she was visiting Queens Thursday - March 31st, 2011. For those who don't know who Jeannine is well let me tell you... I've known her & (her husband) Paul as long as I've been in NY since 5th grade. Can't think of the year but I believe it's been at least 15 years. She was my youth leader back in the day, my hair dresser & my friend. I love her and her family. They moved to MA a few years ago so it's always a treat when I get to see them because I miss them lots. I have so many great things to say about her and her family like how talented muscially & artisically they are but that would take up a whole other blog. Oooo!!!

but if you want to hear her songwiring and singing click here:

http://www.jeannineadipietro.com/

if you want her CD you can order it here:

http://www.mwbridge.com/resources_detail.aspx?id=3

& to see some of Paul and Jeannine's artwork and handywork go here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Artmisphere-Paolo-Adipietro/142468512473923?sk=wall

Anyways...back to the point of this blog.

We stayed up talking with my mom about what she was going through with her oldest daughter Azaria. Azaria was having stomach problems and they had been through many doctors, hospital stays & diets trying to figure out the cause and solution with no real answers. I could tell that it was frustrating and tiring. I could also see how painful it was to see her own child go through pain and tests and feeling completely helpless. & I wish I could've helped somehow. I got home really late (like 2am late) and had to get up at 6am. So I was running on 4 hours of sleep haha.

I was thinking about everything Jeannine & Paul were going through with Azaria when I woke up and I was praying for their family and I started singing "over & over you are faithful - over & over you are good" And that led to "you have the best for me when I can't see"...and then a whole 6+ mins of random singing/praying. Stuff like: "I don't know how you're gonna fix this" and a bunch of other things... but it would always go back to the "over and over, you are faithful" part.

I then started thinking about our church because that was the week that The Ariolas (a family that had been a part of our church since the beginning) felt like it was time for them to move on to their next stage of life. I know some people were wondering how that would effect our church. And I was reminded again that "over and over He's been faithful"

Later on I was trying to think of how to make it into a song format and I was thinking maybe I could use a Psalm as inspiration. I asked God for one and I heard/thought of ;) '13' so I looked up Psalm 13.

Psalm 13:
1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
4 Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.

5 But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he is good to me.

And I thought that fit pretty well with why I started singing & what I was singing. The song as been changed a bit. The first version I wrote/recorded on my iPhone sadly got lost when my phone bugged out but I remembered the main part and had been working on re-writing it. It unfortunuely lost some of it's raw/realness in the re-writing process but I still like it overall. A few people heard the original including Tim, Tom, Sarah & my Mom.

I now play it on the 1st capo [C#m, A2] & then [E, B, C#m, A2]

But here is the key and chords I started writing it in.

It's a bit easier.

Over & Over Music

This is what it is now...

Em C
Long enough God, It’s been long enough
Em
Long enough God
C
I’m tired of the pain
Em C
Long enough God, It’s been long enough
Em
Long enough God
C
Can’t go through this again

G
Even when I cannot see
D
anything in front of me
Em C
I will trust in You


Cause
G
:[You love me
D Em C
You love me.....]:

G D
Over & over, You are faithful
Em C
Over & over, You are good
G D
Over & over, You are faithful
Em C
Over & over, You are good

One day I will either post a video or recording of the song but for now here is the story behind the music - Over & Over.

**Here's the song!: http://wwwcandicecom.blogspot.com/2011/06/over-over-song.html

So Thank You Adipietro Family for being an inspiration in many areas of my life.

I love you guys!!