You Make It All Right

Do great ideas for projects, work, or other things come to you in your sleep? This happens to me periodically, probably several times a year. One of the first times an idea came to me while sleeping was the lyrics to one of my first original songs, "You Make It All Right."

In the dream, I was singing to a girl hidden in the shadows. It was strange for sure, since I asked her what her name was during the dream. She said, "I'm not 'HP'", which was the initials of my girlfriend at the time.

Most of the lyrics came to me in the dream. When I woke, the words and a basic tune were in my head. I wrote the lyrics down, then later that afternoon after class I asked my roommate Matt if I could borrow his guitar. I had no idea how to play, but came up with something resembling the chords in my head. Matt then quickly arranged it and added a bridge to a place where he could solo. I added a few additional words, and the song was complete.

We played this song at a majority of our gigs. It was received well by crowds expecting cover songs, probably because it sounded similar to Bryan Adams. We also recorded it for our demo tape to share with managers in hope of potential gigs.

After college, the song was part of the opening of our wedding video. I think that was the real purpose for this song's creation. In fact, the shadowy girl from my dream only had one feature not hidden in the shadows. Huge beautiful brown eyes. Just like my wife.

I'll close with some of the lyrics to the song.

I wonder if this is what it's like in heaven

It feels so good to have my arms around you

I wanna be with you forever

I wanna spend my whole life loving you

You are the one who makes my days bright when you're with me

You are the one with me tonight

You make it all right