Without Michelangelo

Story Behind The Song

?A valentine to my artistic heroes. This started as another song, with another melody, and in the process of writing a verse, Kathy Scott (my writing partner on this track) said, "it wouldn't be David without Michelangelo," and I said, "WAIT! That's it! That's the chorus!" It was such a brilliant sentence - it was too good to be a verse, it had to be the central concept. The next day, I sat down and wrote the entire song...it came quickly because I was deeply inspired and excited by the idea that there is no art without the artist. The concept of artistic creativity is so extraordinary and at the same time, incredibly simple. The artists I praise in this song have given us such gifts."

Song Length 3:36 Genre Pop - Rock
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Joyful, Cheerful Subject Falling in Love
Similar Artists Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

WITHOUT MICHELANGELO
words by jen foster & kathy scott
music by jen foster 2005

Black is only black until you light a candle
Stone is only stone until you take a hammer
And this song was just a song until the day you came along
And wrote this wrong

It wouldn?t be David without Michelangelo
No Starry, Starry Night without the light of Van Gogh
And I?ll never be the same since you put me in your frame
And signed your name

War is only war until you lose somebody
Love is only love until I touched your body
Imagine a world without John Lennon, the rain and the wind without Bob Dylan
Blue without Joni, blue without Miles
But every song is just a song until somebody comes along
And makes it sing

It wouldn?t be David without Michelangelo
No Starry, Starry Night without the light of Van Gogh
And I?ll never be the same since you put me in your frame
And signed your name

Black is just black until you light a candle
Stone is just stone until you take a hammer
War is just war until you lose someone Love is?

David?

Lyrics Jen Foster/Kathy Scott Music Jen Foster
Producer Jeff Trott Publisher Jen's Big Music/BMI
Performance Jen Foster Label American Garage Recorded Entertainment

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