"Miracle" is the fifth song that I worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA and it's an epic, tense pop song with musical/lyrical themes that reflect the mixture of anxiety and grim determination that comes with chasing a dream.
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
Twenty-six hundred miles away,
there's a place where I'd like to stay,
mmm day by day,
man I got that airport runway callin' my name
I've built it up in my mind at this point,
I'm runnin' outta time at this point,
The situation's getting so dire,
Fortune come take me higher
Chorus:
I need a miracle
to get out of here, to finally escape, don't wanna feel like I'm slippin' away,
One tiny miracle
to get out of here, to finally escape, don't wanna feel like I'm slippin' away,
I need a miracle,
I'm not gettin' younger, unsatisfied hunger, this desperate longing is takin' me under,
One tiny miracle,
I'm not gettin' younger, unsatisfied hunger, this desperate longing is takin' me under, ooh-woah, ooh yeah, it's takin' me under, ooh-woah, ooh yeah
Verse 2:
I don't go out when everybody else goes out
'cause I'm only off Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
and I've been known to act a little crazy myself,
so don't listen to the things that your friends say
Think you hit a nerve but I've heard it all before,
heard it all before, h-h-heard it all before-fore
What you're sayin' sounds absurd and I've heard it all before,
heard it all before, h-h-heard it all before
Chorus:
I need a miracle
to get out of here, to finally escape, don't wanna feel like I'm slippin' away,
One tiny miracle
to get out of here, to finally escape, don't wanna feel like I'm slippin' away,
I need a miracle,
I'm not gettin' younger, unsatisfied hunger, this desperate longing is takin' me under,
One tiny miracle,
I'm not gettin' younger, unsatisfied hunger, this desperate longing is takin' me un--
Bridge:
Baby don't lecture me, show respect to me,
though I know that the shit is earned.
I don't have to read twenty books
just because you got your feelings hurt.
Ooh and moreover,
I want out this apartment,
I don't wanna be starvin',
I ain't never been phony,
won't let money control me,
Rest in Peace to the bullshit,
gotta free my soul
Chorus:
I need a miracle
to get out of here, to finally escape, don't wanna feel like I'm slippin' away,
One tiny miracle
to get out of here, to finally escape, don't wanna feel like I'm slippin' away,
I need a miracle,
I'm not gettin' younger, unsatisfied hunger, this desperate longing is takin' me under,
One tiny miracle,
I'm not gettin' younger, unsatisfied hunger, this desperate longing is takin' me under, ooh-woah, ooh yeah, it's takin' me under, ooh-woah, ooh yeah
Vocals by Reuben Walton
Background vocals by Reuben Walton
Vocal production by AVLI Music and Reuben Walton
Lyrics by Reuben Walton
Composed by Reuben Walton and AVLI Music
Programming by AVLI Music
Arranged by AVLI Music
Produced by AVLI Music and Reuben Walton
Recorded by AVLI Music and Reuben Walton
Mixed by AVLI Music
Edited by AVLI Music and Reuben Walton
Mastered by Erick Labson at United Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA
Single artwork by Devin Johnson and Reuben Walton
Single artwork editing by Reuben Walton
This is my self-titled EP containing seven tracks I worked on with AVLI Music, a music producer based in Reseda, CA, who I met in 2015 at the ASCAP I Create Music EXPO at the Loew's Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. There are also musical and lyrical contributions from Jordan Siwek and Maryland upcoming rapper Questt. Creating this EP has been a labor of love and I'm so happy to see it finally come to fruition after almost four years. The EP is a raw emotional journey through personal songs, vibey tracks and danceable midtempos. It was mastered by Erick Labson at United Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
