By Jim Fusco:
Hello all, and welcome to my first installment of Original Wednesday this year!
Today, I reveal the second song from my album, “The Easy Ways”, released September 20th, 2014. “Everything That’s True” is the song that kicks off part two of the album (there’s a short interlude song called “Looking For An Angel” that plays before it, but this is the first full song on the second half of the album).
“Everything That’s True” is a classic Jim Fusco love song. It reminds me of the kind of tune I used to write years ago. That was back when I was in high school and was the hopeless romantic type. Oh, who am I kidding- I’m exactly the same now! It’s interesting to me that it took about ten years for me to write another song like this. I guess I was feeling sentimental that day.
There are a couple of lines I’m proud of in this song, one being, “The weight I give to things I can’t control is still above the morals I uphold. But when you’re here it doesn’t take that toll.” What did I mean by that? (That question is an inside joke for my dad- Ron Darling/Bob Ojeda-esque?) Well, I meant that I give way too much value to things that are out of my control. Or, at least I think I do. You know the old prayer about giving the strength to accept the things I cannot change? Yeah, I guess I never got that memo…
Here’s another line I’m proud of: “The strength you hold was never as profound as when you weren’t near me.” I’m saying that I never realized the power that my wife has over me (figuratively speaking, of course) until she went away on a vacation with her friends one time. When she’s here, I guess I take her companionship for granted. And when she was away from me those few days, I realized how much I really do “need” her around. Funny how it takes someone not being there to make you realize that.
So, I hope you’ll apply these sentiments to some of the people you care about in your life. I also hope that you’ll head on over to http://jimfusco.com and buy my album and hear the full version of this song. It has some awesome harmonies on the chorus that probably features one of my lowest-pitch vocals ever. It’s not to be missed!