This song is about the juxtaposition of failure and freedom. We all find ourselves in some kind of fight, and get discouraged by our tendencies to get "bruised up again". Although we might always stumble (despite our improvements), it's good to know who's in our corner, and we can ultimately rest easy knowing that "it'll be okay". 

The percussion in this song, along with the steady rhythm of the other instruments, creates a great soundtrack to boldly walk through the night to the light. Also, who doesn't love a whistled melody in the bridge? Might as well whistle while you walk!

In My Corner (It'll Be Okay)

I wrote this song for my wife based on Proverbs 31: 10-31, which begins, "A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies." It goes on to describe what a wife of noble character looks like, and I gotta say, my girl is nailing it! Like the song says, "one more splendid I have yet to see". I'm thankful for her everyday, and I hope you can share my joy and gratitude with this song!

More Than Rubies

This song grew out of my frustration with people interacting without humility, love, or respect. More and more, it seems like a lot of people just want to hear themselves talk, or at least listen to others that echo their own beliefs and convictions. People with different opinions are seen as the enemy at best, and less than human at worst. Instead of respectfully asking questions, or assuming good intent, we "hear what we we wanna" and continue the fight. I tend to dislike extreme behavior in any form because it works against the (often good) goals of the people engaging in the behavior. If we want people to see a different point of view, why put them down and treat them like garbage? We are all part of humanity, and we aren't going to get anywhere by "burning common ground". This kind of behavior just ends up creating new versions of the same old problems -- it's "old trouble remade new".

Lyrics:

Can you hear me talking?
I feel like I'm shouting in the wind.
Can you hear my heart beating?
The rhythm plays the same in you; can't you hear it too?

Echoes in the canyon is what we're after now

We're gonna hear what we wanna
And we're all gonna be right
Come hell or high water
Ain't going down without a fight
But what good does it do?
Just old trouble remade new

You feel your fingers burning
They're raining fire on the enemy, with no room for mercy
I see the good you're after
But they're not gonna come around; burning common ground  

Echoes in the canyon is what we're after now

We're gonna hear what we wanna
And we're all gonna be right
Come hell or high water
Ain't going down without a fight
But what good does it do?
Just old trouble remade new

Old Trouble Remade New

Jacob Noal is a singer-songwriter from Ohio who writes what he knows: that fighting your way through moments of failure and disappointment is what makes it so hard to be human. Luckily, we don't have to fight alone, and redemption is only a phone call away. It's the juxtaposition of failure and freedom, and the evolution of struggle to joy, that informs Jacob's music. Drawing inspiration from an array of musicians like Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Dave Matthews, and Elliott Smith,  Jacob performs rootsy, acoustic-based music to move the mind and soul. He recently released his first single, "In My Corner (It'll Be Okay)," with more on the way!