Under This Sun is one of the most personal songs I have ever written. I wrote it last year in my dorm room during my first year of uni, a few months after my Grandad had passed away. It’s basically a love story from the altar to the grave, and a picture of what true love is. Love which endures over a lifetime, through the good times and the bad. Some of the details are fictional, but the majority of it is inspired by my grandparents on both sides of my family, who are some of the best examples of this life-long commitment that I have witnessed. So while it’s a celebration of life and love it also have a very emotional and personal connection to myself and my family.
This performance is by no means perfect. We hit a few wrong notes and I forgot the words at the start of the bridge, but in a way it’s kind of like life and love. The way we live and the way we love are never gonna be perfect, in fact most of the time there’s a lot of dissonance and mistakes; but instead of giving up, the most important thing we can do is push on through the wrong notes and keep on signing till the end.
Under This Sun
V1.
Standing at the altar
waiting for her to arrive
he remembers the first time he saw her smile
a spark that lit up the dark inside of his world
He was kinda shy
so it took him quite a while
just to tell her what he thought about her
a country boy and girl, ready to take on the world together
And he remembers the night
when he put away his fear
got down on one knee and offered her all of him
in the palm of his hand, a promise that would last forever
Looking in her eyes
as she smiled and took his hand
and promised to stay by his side her whole life
the words welled up inside of his chest
On the days when you feel you can fly
I’ll take you to the sky with me
and on the nights when you’re too tired to cry
I will hold you while you sleep
And all that we go through
our whole lives
we’ll face it all together
you and I
This bond won’t break
because our hearts are one
We’ll never part under this sun
V2.
Standing by her bed
in the hospital room
holding their sixth baby in his arms
he felt like their love, had remade the world once again
The kids grew up
And started families of their own
They had the grandkids around, as they grew old
And in the simple things he did, every day he was still telling her
Chorus
V3.
60 years from their wedding
Lying in his bed
Waiting for death to steal his last breath
she was sitting by his side, saying dear it’s alright to let go
He asked her to forgive him
For the wrong that he had done
She said it’s ok, the past is gone
And though he couldn’t find the words
His soul cried out to her one last time
Chorus
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