FAWM: "On the Wings of Love"

On the Wings of Love

2 weeks ago by @racheleve · @n1742

On the Wings of Love

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Liner Notes

Rachel says: I had so much fun collaborating with Nigel last year and was excited to play with a new funky track of his. I had the image of flying into outer space as I wrote the lyrics and vocal melody and just wanted to make it feel fun and fantastical. I love what he's added with a subtle guitar line and sax parts to complement the vocals.

Lyrics

On The Wings of Love
Music/Instrumentation/Mix by Nigel Pattinson
Lyrics and vocals by Rachel Eve

Let’s make a getaway
Don’t you want to leave this tired place?
We can take a ride
To the other side
A new dimension
Where they cannot steal our light

Making our way up through the clouds
They’re never gonna catch us now
When we break the atmosphere

We will…
Fly on the wings of love, we’ll
Fly on the wings of love
Fly on the wings of love…

VERSE
When we get up to the stars
We can make a new brand new start
Space looks good on you
Don’t you feel it too
A new connection
Sending sparks into the sky

BRIDGE
Higher
Higher now x 2

VERSE 3
We can dance in galaxies
Full of colors that our eyes have never seen
Closer to the sun
We have just begun
A new reflection
Orbiting inside our minds

CHORUS

Comments

@winchperry 2d

wow! best collab I've heard here this year! like it was meant to be - finished work. I'm so glad I kept listening until the bridge, too.

@slusk 6d

Nice groove with that (busy) bass and good jazzy singing. .

@daveescoffery 2w

Holy cow! This is funky and jazzy glory! I really love how all the different pieces (melody, bass line, piano, guitar, horns, drums) all play with one another in an intricate dance. It really all comes together beautifully!

@caitlin 2w

Glorious! I feel like I’m in a smoky jazz club enjoying your groove. What an excellent transatlantic collaboration, you two. I’m over here flying on those wings of love.

@sdcpaman 2w

Jazzy and fun, really well done, music and lyrics fit perfectly together. Great collab!

@russkeys 2w

My head is bobbing with the groove and my heart is soaring with the vocals! Beautiful. What a great collab.

@n1742 2w

What fun it is to collab with Rachel with her fabulous vocal quality and songwriting. The song started with funky drum loops from yurt rock and this inspired the bass line that I’m really pleased with. Then electric piano using Logic’s vintage piano sounds. Middle section was quite a challenge as Dm7b5 gives this diminished feel. Rachel provided 5 (yes 5) vocal parts against my simple bass and clavinet arpeggios. Finally I had this idea that the saxophone idea would swap from alto to soprano as it wound its way upwards. Never mind all that. Just revel or bask in Rachel’s glorious singing and cool lyrics.