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Counting On You

from When The Stars Were Kind by O K P A U L

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'Counting On You' was originally a picked guitar instrumental, with a kind of a jig or reel feel to it. One day I got inspired to write a vocal over the top, which uses the 'counting' and numbers motif to speak about a love crisis.
When it came to recording, I wanted a marimba player to double the guitar parts but ended up having to simulate it on a keyboard. Drummer and co-producer Marcus Cormack came up trumps when I asked him for a tense, snare-roll beat, that again gives a sense of counting down or counting up to a crunch moment. A guitar synthesiser also adds to the sense of quiet drama.

lyrics

Counting On You

Ooooh!
Baby please change your mind
What we have
Is oh! so hard
To find

Ooooh!
Baby please understand
My world
Is under your
Command

One
for the 1st of May
Two
For the lovers that held
Each other that day
Three
For the words I learned to say
Four for the walls that surround me now since you went away

I’m counting on you
To see us through ooh ooh
Counting on you
To see us through

Oooh! ooh ooh
Baby I‘ve paid my dues
Now I’m
Depending on you

One
for the 1st of May
Two
For the lovers that held
Each other that day
Three
For the words I learned to say
Four for the walls that surround me now since you went away

I’m counting on you
To see us through ooh ooh
Counting on you
To see us through

© Paul O’Kane

credits

from When The Stars Were Kind, track released June 20, 2020
Produced by Marcus Cormack & Paul O’Kane
Recorded & Mixed by Marcus Cormack at Tyro Studios, London

This track and this album burst with gratitude for all who generously & conscientiously contributed their skill, time, energy, spirit & inspiration to their making.

Paul O’Kane - vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, bass, additional guitars & keyboards
Marcus Cormack - drums, percussion, additional guitars & keyboards

Design & typography - Barnaby Lambert
Image ‘Window Light Gold’ (2017) by Eric Michel

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Paul O'Kane-songwriter London, UK

Seasoned singer-songwriter with a history of working in in pop, indie, soul, hip-hop and alternative musics
Four albums and three singles available as CDs and/or via steams.
Previous albums:
Our Story-Songs by Paul O’Kane (2007) www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kg02VGD7ag5UehkJPRNHD85EeHFK366-8

New Emotions (2010),
Come What May (2013), When The Stars Were Kind (2020)
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