Wrote this to remind myself that just being alive is a gift, and that we get a new start every day. I love waking up to this song.  

Words & Lyrics:

            Am                F                    G                        Am                F                    G
I’m grateful for the sun that shines down on me,  I’m grateful for the moon that rises slowly
I’m grateful for the wind that whispers gently, I’m grateful for the light that shines in me
                Am            C                    G                Am            C                    G
Because today is a gift, I’ll open it slowly, Today is a gift I’ll unwrap it gently
Today is a gift, I’ll open it slowly, Today is a gift I’ll unwrap it gently
                Am                        Em            D           Am                Em            D                C
Because everything could end in a min-            -ute,     Death breathes joy into life
                Am                        Em            D           Am                Em            D                C
Because everything could end in a min-            -ute,     Death breathes joy into life
            Am                F                    G                    Am                F                    G
I’m grateful for my body it’s strong and free, I’m grateful for my friends and how they love me
I’m grateful for the birds who sing me from sleep, I’m grateful for the music that moves inside me         
                 Cm            D#                    A#                Cm            D#                    A#     
Because today is a gift, I’ll open it slowly, Today is a gift I’ll unwrap it gently
Today is a gift, I’ll open it slowly, Today is a gift I’ll unwrap it gently
                    Cm                  Gm        
Because everything could end,     
                Am                        Em            D           Am                Em            D                C
                everything could end in a min-            -ute,     Death breathes joy into life
                Am                        Em            D           Am                Em            D                C
Because everything could end in a min-            -ute,     Death breathes joy into life
                      Em            D                C
              Death breathes joy into life
            Cm                G#                    A#                              Cm                G#                    A#             
I’m grateful for the stars and how they wink at me, I’m grateful for the hills, their rolling mysteries, 
I’m grateful for my, chosen family, I’m grateful for everything that’s been given to me
          Cm            D#                    A#                Cm            D#                    A#     
So     today is a gift, I’ll open it slowly, Today is a gift I’ll unwrap it gently
Today is a gift, I’ll open it slowly, Today is a gift I’ll unwrap it gently (C)

Today Is A Gift (bootleg)

A song about connection to the divine and how spirit looks over us. 

Lyrics and Chords: 
When I feel alone, I welcome you in, and take you in
When I feel scared, Like soft sunlight, you hold me tight
When I feel lost, I remember that you will show me the way through

Through the rocks and the breeze, and the hills, and the trees I can find you
In the sky every night I look up and delight when you shine through
In the wind and the seas and the birds and the bees I can hear you
You speak to me gently, remind me intently that you shine through

                            Am                            C                    Dm                        G
You shine through, you shine through,                 hold me, close to you
                            Am                            C                    Dm                        G
You shine through, you shine through,             remind me, I’m a part of you
E7
You shine, you shine, you shine, you shine
                            Am                            C                    Dm                        G
                         through, you shine through, breathe into me, I’ll breathe into you

When I feel no good, I lose myself in you, and I’m born anew
When I feel overwhelmed, Your majesty, brings me peace 
When I feel tired, or small or broken, my pain left unspoken, I give you a day, you make it all go away

Through the cliffs and the breeze, and the hills, and the seas I can find you
In the sky every night I look up and delight when you shine through
In the wind and the trees and the birds and the bees I can hear you
You speak to me gently, remind me intently that I shine too

           Am             C                    Dm                        G
I shine too,         I shine too, I shine too, I’m part of you
E7
When you shine, you shine, I shine, we shine
                            Am                            C                    Dm                        G
                        through, we shine through, we shine through,     me and you
                            Am                            C                    Dm                        G
When you shine through, you shine through, we shine through, me and you
C
We shine through

Shine Through (Bootleg)

This is a sketch of a song called You Love The Hardest. Originally written for guitar, playing around with it for a bigger arrangement. Watch on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Gzwhy2TAvrE

You Love The Hardest (sketch On Piano)

"Forever" by William Sage 

http://www.williamsagemusic.com
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Hi Friends, 

Today I’m releasing Forever. The first single off my forthcoming album “You & Me”. 

Here’s the story of this song: 

In December 2016 I decided to buy a one-way ticket and go on solo retreat to Bali. I was feeling stuck in Boulder and wanted to be alone; get some perspective on my life. 

Though I had been internally planning the trip for months, I sort of sprung the details, including my departure date, on Kati one afternoon as I was leaving the house. 

(Note to men in relationships: This is not a good idea. Don’t do this.)

She was heartbroken. She seemed to take it personally and was worried that I might never come back. We had lots of heated discussions about it. (Read the rest of the story at https://www.williamsagemusic.com/blog/2018/12/6/william-sage-forever-greatest-sweetest-love-song-ever-written )

...

I hope you like this song, and I hope someone out there plays it for their sweetheart and tells me about it. That would make my day. 

(Also thank you Kati - aka @astraltranscription - for being my muse, and for creating the jaw dropping art that made this music video possible). 

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Lyrics & Chords: 

Capo 5th fret

A                                        C#m
I want to love you forever, stay together
D                    E        A
for the next 100 years
A                                                    F#m
I want to know what you’re feeling, see what you believe in
D                        E                A
And be there for all of your tears

                    C#m                D                        E        A
Yeah I want to know you babe. Hold you till the day I die
F#m    Bm                    C#m            D                A
Let’s laugh every day, till the lines form by our eyes

A            C#m                                D            E            A
Forever, just my forever babe, it’s all that I have to give
F#m                Bm                            C#m            D                   A
Not Forever, just your forever babe, let’s love as long as we live

If I could take all our decades, stretch them sideways,
Fight against the march of time 
You know babe I’d do it, I’ll fight to get through it
For you, I’ll fight through it all
Let’s grow old babe, but stay young at heart
When we’re old and grey you’ll still be my sweetheart

Forever, just my forever babe, It's all that I have to give
Not Forever, just your forever babe, let's love each moment we live  <interlude>

Wanna see you so deeply, please reveal me
our insides we’ll roll in a ball
my secrets I’ll tell you, put me under a spell you
are the one that lights up my soul
Yeah I want to see you babe. See you all the way through
The more of your inner shine I see the more I love you. 

Forever, just my forever babe, It's all that I have to give
Not forever, just your forever babe, let's love each moment we live  <interlude>

If I could take all our years dear, line 'em up here 
take the ends in my hands
I'd take those two ends dear, and stitch them together
so at the end our forever could start again

yeah I'd take those two ends dear, and stitch them together
so at the end our forever could start again

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Song Credits: 

Written, Performed and Produced by William Sage at Red Robin Studios (Boulder) & Soma Sound Studio (Bali). Engineer & Mixing Engineer: Stef Soma.

Forever - an epic love song (First single from "You & Me")

A love song written for my partner Kati, about her loving aura and the effect it's had on me over the last 8 years

I wrote this while we were experimenting with ethical non-monagamy, and at the time Kati was dating someone else and was in love with him. But even though she had another partner, I always felt her love towards me and feeling her devotion, (and her reassuring me that she wasn't going to leave me for him) is what made the experiment successful from my perspective. I grew a lot. My heart hurt and over time got bigger. I felt more. And ultimately I learned to love myself more. 

So this is a song about that.

You & Me

You Love The Hardest - a love song about polyamory

Hi Friends, I’m excited to drop my first album this week! (I’m heading into the jungle in Peru for a plant medicine retreat in 48 hours and I’m stoked I got this out before I disconnect). 

This album tells the story of the disintegration and transmutation of my relationship with myself and my wife Kati over a 12 month period in 2016-2017. 

I was originally going to call the album Giselle, named after my trusty Guitalele Giselle who travelled with me in Bali and helped to birth these songs. However, as I completed the album, the name “You & Me” came to me. It felt right since almost all the songs deal with the feelings, trials and tribulations all of us experience in relationship: love, loss, fear, joy, struggle, communion, excitement and connection. 

Listen to You & Me on Apple Music, Spotify, or Soundcloud.

The songs on You & Me go in chronological order, and each one tells a chapter of the story. The best way to listen to the album is to put it on and play it from start to finish. If you want to know more about the story behind each song, see the links below as II wrote about each of them separately. 

I’m proud of these songs and this album. I decided early on to constrain myself to just my voice and the guitelele so the songs themselves could shine through, (and to keep it simple for me on my first release). I hope these songs speak to you. Please let me know which ones you like best. 

A huge thanks to the team that made this possible: Stef Soma at Soma Sound Studios (Bali), John McVey at Cinder Sound Studios, and David Glasser at Airshow Mastering. And thank you to Kati Bicknell, Gabe Vanaver and everyone else who supported me in this creation. 

You can of course listen to the story, but for those of you who want more specifics, here’s the overview of You & Me:

The story starts with You Love The Hardest, a sweet tribute to the transformational power of love and relationships. I wrote You Love The Hardest in 2016 while reflecting on how far I had come as a human and a man after being in relationship with Kati for 7 years. 

For most of that year Kati had been dating another man and we were experimenting with ethical non-monogamy. This was a massive learning experience for us both and I wrote One Whole Two Parts as a tribute to the learning I found in the experience.  

... continued at www.williamsagemusic.com

09 Same Eyes

08. May I

07 Commit To Love

06 Run Away

05 Absolve Me

04 Forever

03 Push & Pull

02 One Whole Two Parts

01 You Love The Hardest

A love song to the light, and to my beloved for bringing it through

Desert Rose

Singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist William Sage was born and raised in the Beaches area of East Toronto, Canada. He learned piano first, and later guitar with other more exotic instruments like Guitalele and Handpan joining his repertoire years later.  William's musical odyssey has taken him all over the world. He's performed along side Grammy Award winning artists in New York City to pop-up concerts in Black Rock City. From Bali to Boulder, Nicaragua to China his mission has remained the same: to spread songs and stories of love and healing through music. William writes songs from the heart to connect us with our vulnerable selves: His love songs bring us together, while his instrumental tracks take us inside to discover new realms of understanding and compassion.

William Sage

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