Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Behind the Meaning: He Touched Me (Close To You)

This song has a particularly special meaning for me.  I blogged about this a few years ago, but many of you know that my father passed away in 2009.  When I went home for the funeral, I found one of my dad's old mini cassette recorders.  On one side, I heard sounds of him hunting (so it had to be really old).  On the other,  I actually found him singing the old Christian classic "He Touched Me."



So I decided to pay homage to my father in particular with this song.  But I just couldnt "cover" the song.  I had to make it my own.  So I wrote my own lyrics, changed the structure, and took it back to my Louisiana roots and added a zydeco feel to it.

In this song, I simply talk to how God touched me (through sickness, sin, and pain), and now I am no longer the same person.  Although I'm not where I want to be, I'm grateful to God im not what I could have been.

I hope this song is a blessing to you as well....

Blessings,

MD

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