Hey Vibes Community, I, @Verbal-D, just want to continue to express my gratitude for all of the love and support you guys show day in and night out.
It has been a true pleasure and honor to be able to collaborate with @EdenMichelle. I have a high respect and appreciation for her amazing production skills, her vast artistry skill levels, her soulful and hearttouching singing, layered creativity and harmonizing, and also her deep, thoughtful lyrics. She was a breeze to work with, we got this song done in no time and it felt so natural.
Let this collaboration be the first of many to be able to showcase the beautiful projects within the music realm that the Vibes Web3 Music Competition makes possible with all of us connecting with one another internationally.
Many people may make music just for fun, or for other gains and reasons, but for others, it is understood worldwide, the power and impact that music has. It literally can save lives and I am so happy the way this track turned out. Songs like these are the reason why I am always openminded when it comes to collaborating with other artists. It is an opportunity to also grow and also inspire one another. Please enjoy the video and presentation.
@EdenMichelle writes:
Over the past couple weeks, @Verbal-D and I have been working on something super special and I’m really excited and honoured to be part of Vibes Week 11 with this beautiful entry.
After both our Vibes wins, before he became a judge, we started talking about working on a collaboration together and so the journey began.
@Verbal-D originally sent me the lyrics to this song with a beat he had made and what I felt like was a very catchy chorus. I wanted to bring my production into it and so I built a beat that I felt reflected the beauty of what he had written. I slowly started adding more elements, eventually writing my verse and then adding all the harmonies, final sprinkles and glitter to the mix. How cool that we also live in a world where we can share ideas and collab in two different countries, not even having met and have had made a song together?
I feel the lyrics speak beautifully on the journey of a Christian, the struggles of consistent and unwaivering faith, the judgement from the world, the doubt in our minds that others sometimes instill in us but ultimately and most importantly, the unconditional love that God offers to us as broken individuals.
I think it’s also amazing to be putting this out finally the week after Bobby Dones @bobbydones & @sekani won in week 10 as a collab/duo showing how we all collaborate as a community and that’s literally what this is all about. Making music, sharing music, incorporating different sounds and talents into different pieces of art.
Once again a big thank you to @deimus for his help in creating this video.
Full Song Lyrics & Due Credits:
Beat Produced by @EdenMichelle
Song Mixed & Mastered by @EdenMichelle
Harmonies Created & Performed @EdenMichelle
Original Song Idea Written & Created by @Verbal-D
Verse 1 Written, Created & Performed by @Verbal-D
Verse 2 Written, Created & Performed by @EdenMichelle
Verse 3 Written, Created & Performed by @Verbal-D
Chorus Written & Created by @Verbal-D
Chorus Performed by both @Verbal-D & @EdenMichelle
@Verbal-D
Intro Chorus:
Every time I wake up out of my sleep
I begin to think of heavenly dreams
Salvation goals, places of gold
God's within me, Christ's saving my soul
@Verbal-D
Verse 1:
I never thought that I would be who I am today
Making a difference, oh no, no
Before in the past
I would’ve dashed into the darkest of nights
Now it’s so different, oh oh, whoa ohhhhh
It’s truly amazing what one will discover
When given the time to look under their flaws, doubtfulness
There’s so much to learn…
Unlocking Potential that you always had
Leaving no room for mistakes in the past
Count those less…
And keep on moving forward...
@Verbal-D
Chorus:
Every time I wake up out of my sleep
I begin to think of heavenly dreams
Salvation goals, places of gold
God's within me, Christ's saving my soul (x2)
@EdenMichelle
Verse 2:
Who woulda thought that I'd be where I am today?
Spreading a message
Telling of Your Love...
Threw my fears aside
Let You be my guide
Through the darkest of nights...
Now everything's different
And God, You're the difference...
@Verbal-D & @EdenMichelle
Chorus:
Every time I wake up out of my sleep
I begin to think of heavenly dreams
Salvation goals, places of gold
God's within me, Christ's saving my soul (x2)
@Verbal-D
Outro Verse 3:
Can’t even imagine
If I took another path
And I didn’t have the Past that I did...
Can’t even imagine
If I couldn’t face my fears
The pressure from my peers and I hid...
Can’t even imagine
If I forgot who I was, in Whose image I’m made in
Why God’s so amazing…His love…
Can’t replace Him, put nothing above…
@Verbal-D & @EdenMichelle
Chorus:
Every time I wake up out of my sleep
I begin to think of heavenly dreams
Salvation goals, places of gold
God's within me, Christ's saving my soul (x4)
What a duo 🤯, nobody saw this coming. @edenmichelle, @verbal-d this is a masterpiece, from the lyrics to the melody, and just everything about this song is incredible.
Thank you both for sharing this with us ❤️, music speaks ✨
Appreciate your beautiful words and from such a talent herself! Thank you girl <3
You're welcome 🤗
I had to settle in to watch this! Everything is on point: the beat, post-production, melody, visuals, vocalss and most of all, the lyrics. You got me joining the chorus on the second watch, this is truly a blessing.
Beautiful setting for your video, @edenmichelle. I love the overall mood in both frames, it reminds me of the Book of Eli movie. I’m adding this to my playlist 💯.
Yes @verbal-d, these collaborations encourage oneness and bring out the beauty of “community”. I hope there’s more to come.
Even in spreading the gospel, excellence is important. This is a masterpiece birthed from finesse.
Ahh. As I said, we were inspired by you and Bobby :) I hope we keep hearing more and more from you! Your voice really does speak to the heart and touch the soul.
That’s such an honor. You definitely will! Thanks again Michelle 😊❤️
Great Sekani - my name is Eden btw - no prob - lots of people get it wrong
So good to have this out in the world now 🫶🏻 all glory to God ❤️
I'm so wowed by your musical intelligence.
You really took out time to cook something really unique.
God bless you!
Thank you so much bro appreciate your acknowledgements.
Yes yes yes, God gets all the glory on this one! Thank you Jesus
Awesome duo, well done with colab over continents!
Thank you @joanstewart and always good to see someone from my home country supporting me
Doing great with the music, hard not to share.
Thank you @joanstewart
This is so good.
The lyrics, melody, harmony, and everything about this video speaks of love. I particularly appreciate the good vocals and beautiful lyrics of this song.
I love your break down of the song, you bless us with your words, lyrics are always the focal point for me as a lyricist, and good vocals are what we aim for to glorify and honor the Most High
YOU are so good and we appreciate you! Thank you for taking the time to listen man!
Wow wow wow.
@verbal-d No doubt you are a judge. This is great. You are a great singer and all that you sang really portrayed that you know your voice and can deliver a song very well.
I love your vocal tone. I really love the richness in it for real. Oh my, your vibratooo. I love everything. I love your glide through your vocal registers. I like the way you play with your notes. Sweeeeetttt.
@edenmichelle I love love the calmness in your voice. I love your sweet hollow tone. You hit your low notes with great technique. I love how calm you are passing the message in the lyrics. It made me resonate well with the words.
This is a great one.
Thank you very much @kayor. You bless with your words and I'm humbled that you enjoyed this collaboration as much as you did. Appreciate the love and amazing feedback for us both, I hope this inspires many to also collaborate and create original music.
It is my pleasure @verbal-d
I keep learning from you every time. Through your words and now through your collaboration. You are a legend.
Thank you so much! We're both so happy you enjoyed this. I agree, @verbal-d really does know his voice so well and knows exactly how to play with it which made producing it really effortless!
Appreciate you!
It is my great pleasure. I cannot just resisting saying something good about the collaboration. You are great people.
Thank you 😀
Exceptional, simply exceptional.
This was done to perfection, you guys made "MUSIC", not just music but an inspiration. I respect and appreciate people like you guys that no not to sing alone but also send a very deep and rooted message. Cheers to you guys @verbal-d and @edenmichelle love love...
Thanks so much Bobby. As I've said over and over again, absolutely LOVE your vocals, tone, emotion you portray when you sing. You are simply, exceptional :)
Greetings @edenmichelle @verbal-d
But what an impressive production, this is amazing! I've listened to the song about 5 times.
From the lyrics to the beat, the melodies, the harmony, the video editing.
You took the work to another level, my respect and admiration for you guys.
Humbled by this! Thank you for listening 5 times already haha. I love that. Appreciate all your feedback and you being here. Big love!
That is beautiful to read, I'm so glad you are able to enjoy it on repeat, what a compliment, thank you very much, all things are possible through Jesus Christ, He inspires us to do such music. Appreciate your feedback
Wow this is another level!! I loved. Too beautiful, many congratulations 😍
Thank you for your kind words and giving it a proper listen through. Appreciate your genuine reaction, so glad you love it
Thank you for being here and listening! We're grateful to have you be part of this!
🤩 !PGM
Thank you for listening
Thanks for being here! <3
What a great performance, I can say that even my skin crawled, excellent duo indeed f
Oh wow, thank you lol hopefully it was just goosebumps. So grateful for your feedback and continued support
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! <3
Wow amazing! 🎶🎵🎸
Many thanks for listening and for your big support. So glad you enjoyed this one.
Appreciate you!
La verdad que si, hay canciónes que pueden transmitir una emoción, y llegar al corazón de cada persona, así que la música es lo máximo, bendiciones
Muchas gracias, God bless you
Much love! <3 Thank you
This incredible bro, a great work together, including the music style and voice perfomance. Love it ♥
Thank you for your compliments bro, it was a new style that I enjoyed exploring with her together and it helps me to grow in more versatility. So glad you enjoyed this one
Thanks so much for listening. Appreciate you!
This collab is a masterpiece! @Verbal-D and @EdenMichelle, your creative chemistry is undeniable.
The song has a catchy chorus and it feels so good, motivational and inspiring seeing how you both were doing what the great commission is all about through music, telling the world about God. This isn't even a regular gospel song, I love everything about it.
The audio quality was on point, it should be uploaded on all platforms like Spotify so we can stream it online hehe.
EdenMichelle was really creative there, I love how she made her video. I've listened to her a lot and her entries are always captivating.
The way your voices and styles blend together is pure magic. This song is a testament to the power of music to uplift and inspire.
I love the rich lyrics, just so amazing.
Thank you for sharing your talents with the world and showing us what's possible when we come together and create something beautiful.
Wow. So beautiful to read this and really appreciate you taking the time to put so much love into your words. So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for always showing up, being so kind, and showing love and support. I see you! <3
Yeah, it's my pleasure.
I sent you something in DM on discord, I would like you to look at it 🙂
Haven't forgotten you - will get to it in one of my breaks
ok, it's alright.
You shower us with a lot of love and flaterring commentary, I am happy that we inspired this out of you and look forward to more collaborations, not just of me with others, but amongst everyone amongst each other too.
The creative possibilities are truly endless and music is for us all that we may enjoy it and grow from it and advance our performance and execution of it
@Edenmichelle was awesome here indeed, and we will definitely prep to release it on Spotify don't you worry, and then let everyone know.
As far as gospel songs go, there is always a way to approach it in a new way, I try my best to stay innovative, but not to the point where I am unpredictable where I am so far gone from my original style. That to me is counter productive lol
Some take risks musically and they end up sounding a bit weird or off. Please let me know if I ever do such a thing haha
I agree with you.
It's good to be innovative while still maintaining the standard.
I think you're doing great.
Hahahaha, if you ever do, I will let you know🤪
Wow this song touches my heart very lively
That's beautiful of you to share that with us, thank you, that encourages and motivates us further
This is true - there is no greater reward than touching peoples hearts with music
This is beautiful
Elo is here 😁
Thank you for sharing that with us @eloobaro, appreciate it, glad you found beauty in it
Thank you Elo :) Good to have you here!
To think that I was expecting rap and boom you did the singing wowed me ...that was amazing bro ..both the lyrics and the melody I love so much ...
Haha yeah I pulled a fast one over on you. I love singing but Hip Hop is right there if not higher on my preference of what I like to perform
Both styles serve different purposes and have their effects
But I'm grateful that you found this track amazing, thanks alot
Blessed to be a blessing @verbal-d
It's the Gospel lyrical focus for me.. Christ centered song.. Beyond the amazing vocal skills, my burden was lifted listening to this music. The music is anointed. It blessed my soul.. Thank you @verbal-d and @edenmichelle for healing and edifying us with sound music. Remain blessed.
Thank you @davidbolu34 for your kind words - Nothing touches me more than hearing how our music lifted your burden and that your soul was blessed.
SO awesome to see you two collabing, Absolutely on Fire the song is beautiful!!!!!
Followed EdenMichelle on youtube also!! thanks for this song guys!!
Thanks for the follow David 😀
you betcha girl!! 😊💙
Damn bro🔥 this is real nice. Would love to collab with you!💫
This phrase is like a trigger for my creative inspiration side lol, thank you for letting me know, I think that is great, do you have a song idea in mind? I have a few projects to finish up with others but for sure I'm open to it, we can make something fire together
Yes me too, I feel you. Good to hear you are busy with current projects, I am also going through a transition and will have more free time in the coming weeks. I’ll have a think in the meantime and when an idea worth pursuing comes I’ll send you a voice note about it🙏
Would LOVE to hear this!!
This is remarkable! But then, I've come to expect nothing less!
Thank you also, now that we have to continually meet and exceed those expectations, God willing lol :)
Thanks for your support @melinda010100
Ahhh so happy to see your name here Melinda! :) Thank you so much. <3
❤
Appreciate you being here!
Thank you for listening and showing love
Wow! This is awesome! I'm kind of speechless. Two of my favorite musicians on Hive coming together to put this out into the world is amazing. This song penetrated my soul, I felt it deep inside.
@verbal-d and @edenmichelle you both are wonderful.
God bless you. 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Firstly, so grateful to see your name pop up here. Always puts a smile on my face :) Secondly, I'm honoured to be named one of your favourites. Wow. Thank you so much. You are wonderful!
Oh! I'm blessed to have you feel this way about me and I'm glad to put smiles on your face. You're most welcome. Oh! Thank you, your comment brought me smiles. ❤️
I want to congratulate you for your incredible work and dedication – your efforts truly inspire and elevate our entire community!
Thank you so much for this comment @wellingt550 - this helps us to feel inspired
You're welcome, edenmichelle! Your comment really inspires and motivates us.
Wow! This is really beautiful, kudos to you two. You have amazing voices.
Thanks a lot @harvodey, much gratitude for your kind thoughts, so glad you enjoyed it
You're welcome
Thanks so much! Appreciate your kindness <3
You're welcome
wow, absolutely brilliant, i love this, thanks for sharing, amazing story of our soul salvation. Jesus be praise
Praise Jesus - indeed @emylight
This is epic! Amazing vocals you both have!:)
Thank you so much @sunsethunter - thank you for stopping by and commenting
Hermoso!!!! Bravo!! 👏👏👏
Thank you so much @helyorsini, God bless you, you also have a beautiful singing voice
So glad you enjoyed. Gracias!
A great song, what a beautiful presentation 😍😍
Thank you for being here! Grateful you took the time to listen. <3
OMG BROTHER! I didn't know you could sing like that my God! how I love your intoned voice, I don't understand how I hadn't heard you before doing something like that, I feel too happy and lucky that it's right now.
What beautiful lyrics, and @edenmichelle's voice is amazing, what beautiful harmonies, what beautiful vocal range and tessitura, everything in this song is a masterpiece.
What a joy to be alive and to be able to hear such amazing talents as these on Hive, that's why I love this world, because it allows me to connect with such valuable people.
Don't stop making art, you're amazing.
Wow man that was so amazing👏🏻🙏🏻🇨🇺 went beyond💫
❤️❤️❤️❤️