» Michael's Heart

I was staying at Bryan Cumming's home while recording the demos for some songs, and Chris came in to record an instrumental called "Michael's Heart".  With nothing else to do for the couple of hours Chris had reserved for the studio, I sat on the floor and watched the process unfold.

The instrumental was meant to surprise Chris's boyfriend Michael, who was coming to Nashville to visit her.  I'm not sure what happened to their relationship later on.

While I sat there listening to the song, pastoral images and lines began to occur to me. I started jotting them down, and ended up writing a lyric very similar to the final version.  By then the recording session had ended, so I asked Bryan to put me in touch with Chris.  I submitted the lyrics to her, she modified them a bit, and then all at once she was returning to Nashville to record this demo with Bryan.

By the way, the image is an actual photograph by Madelon Dielen of Devil's Glen in Ireland.