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Someday
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Someday I believe I'll be free From the storm that remains over me Someday my ship will come in Someday I know I'm gonna win Someday my work will be done My hopes and dreams are gonna come true Then I'll know true peace Through the fire I will go to release This pain in favor of hope I'll climb from the end of my rope Someday my ship will come in Someday I know I'm gonna win.... someday For today, I will pray to be strong And then maybe I won't have to wait too long Someday I will meet you at last And that feeling of emptiness will pass Someday there'll be a better choice Someday I will find my true voice Someday my ship will come in Someday I know I'm gonna win.... someday |
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Credits: Guitars: Philip Gnarly Bass: Eric Morton Drums: Dean Butterworth Percussion: Michael Tempo Piano: Stevie Keyes Whistling: Michael Andrews Vocals: Peter Cross and the Crossants Engineering in LA: Philip Gnarly and Jimbo Head Engineering in SF: Jay Bowman and Lance Thomason Final Mix: Mark Needham Commentary: Someday is a simple song of hope, a rare thing for Peter Cross, who seems to be more inspired by pain, suffering and loneliness than by pleasure or love. Written during the worst of times, the song was a conscious effort to be positive in the face of despair, to believe that redemption is on its way, if only because the only constant in our universe is that all things change. As a post script, things did get better eventually, but the ship referred to in the song is still at sea, and it's waiting for someone like you to find it. Basic tracks were recorded at the Tiki Hut in Hollyweird with the usual team of Philip, Eric, and Deano. Philip's laptop slide guitar gave the track its dreamy feeling, and caused Peter to get the idea of whistling the melodic theme that occurs three times in the song. Not knowing anybody who could whistle well enough to record, he called the Musicians Union and they said they had only one professional whistler listed, so that must be the right guy, right? Wrong. But he had to be paid minimum 3 hours scale for the session anyway. So Peter was leaving the studio a bit disappointed when he met another band in the studio kitchen, and when they asked how his session went, he told them about the union whistler. The lead guitar player, Michael Andrews, said "I can whistle, would you let me try?" Peter was skeptical but went back into the studio anyway and Michael just whistled beautifully. He had so much fun doing it that he refused to take pay for his work. What a guy! Vocals were much more difficult. There's 16 tracks of vocals, and they were recorded three different times until Peter felt he was even close to the feeling he was after. He almost fired the Crossants, but he was unable to assemble them all in one place at the same time. |
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