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Track One: Deep... Cindy Morgan is back... and this may shock a lot of you, but i was never on board the Cindy Morgan train before this... in my world of growing up, she was overshadowed by Amy Grant... and i haven't knowledgeably listened to a full album of hers until just now... i know... crazy... but here i am and here she is and there you are and we're working through this together... this song is pretty groovy... and by that i mean that it has a retro-feel to it... and i'm actually really starting to wonder if this is mislabeled... i'm thinking that this song is actually "Enough" and not "Deep"... i love the guitar here on the chorus... and her vocals are pretty strong... not like Natalie Grant strong, but like Jennifer Knapp, infectious type of strong... but yeah, "I just can't get enough" is the key line in the chorus... and "you lift me high"... i'm not sure where "deep" is coming from... (EDIT: the song is based around Psalm 42:7 "Deep calls to deep...")... but we're moving on... Track Two: Enough... you gotta love a song that starts out with "oh darlin'"... right?... so there's somewhat of a country vibe to this one, but it's a rock infused country not that sappy love-sick puppy country ballad type of stuff... and judging by the chorus, this song is definitely "Enough"... wow, interesting falsetto there... the song seems to be a calling out of people trying to do things their own way without God... and you know, hey, haven't you had enough?... like, you're getting yourself into a whole lot of trouble out there... you ready for me to help you out a little bit?... kind of a cool vibe... good message... i think i hear some violins, but that could be something else... Track Three: Postcards... this is an interesting song... i mean, sure there are tons of songs about kids that run away from home and find out that it's a rough world out there... but this is kind of different in that this girl is leaving in order to understand herself better... understand what she believes... it's not necessarily a rebelious departure, noted by the fact that she's keeping in touch still... and she's holding up and finding the truth, eventually leading her back home... neat... i'm somewhat reminded of the prodigal son, but again, not necessarily the cold, rebelious attitude... the result is kind of the same... and the realization that you don't know what you have until it's gone... then you want it back... Track Four: Glory... "at the end of all your sorrow is the beginning of your joy"... this is an interesting composition... kind of simple, but not devoid of complexity... the piano is nice and all the surrounding elements really draw you into the song... the message seems to be about how the net result of living a life on earth will be the realization that we should be worshipping God... and of course, we'll have no choice but to once we are faced by His glory... it's a pretty song... the chorus serves as a nice praise ballad... and i like the melody... and i like this instrumental fade out... well, instrumental with some background vocals... so, the fadeout... Track Five: While You Are... this has a nice rootsy feel to it... reminds me of that Jars of Clay song with Ashley Cleveland ("Jealous Kind" off of Who We Are Instead... i think i often confused Ashley and Cindy growing up as well... and Margaret Becker... yeah... anyway... i'm really digging this right now... her vocals are almost too pretty for it though, if that makes sense... it's kind of a gritty tune and here's the vocals coming through like a stark white sheet in the midst of a coal mine... it needs to be a little tougher or something... i'm still really liking the song... i just think i would like it a whole lot more with gutsier vocals... see, she's letting go a little bit here at the end.... i like that... and the lyrics are really strong on this one too... Track Six: Mother... uh oh, is this gonna be a sappy "I love my mom" song?... probably not... it does seem to be a lot about growing up and relating to her mother as she grew... not sure how i feel about the song... it's a bit strange, it's got a see-saw rhythm to it that makes you want to rock back and forth, like "Piano Man" by Billy Joel... perhaps that's something of an effort to relate this give and take, back and forth relationship between her and her mother... perhaps i'm reading into it... perhaps... i'll be back in a bit...

*** INTERMISSION (maybe it's cheating but i'm falling behind on this typing and i need to go stretch) ***

Track Seven: Oh What Love... now i'm back... and this is starting out like a monumentally touching ballad... the piano is chilling and now that the vocals are coming in it's almost haunting... like a ghost filling up the speakers and seeping through looking to get me too... it's a pretty nice song... i do like it... and this, what is it a steel guitar? i should know this... well, i like it... and i don't really have credits in front of me so, i'll say it's a steel guitar and that's that... but it's a great song about God's love for us... and it really reaches out and grabs your attention... a very strong ballad... Track Eight: Eternal Sunshine... so this one picks the pace back up... i like the music here... very cool stuff... so, when i initially saw this title, i thought for sure it was somehow related to the Jim Carey movie... but, having not seen it, i had no idea what to expect from a song about it... turns out that it's about Heaven and it was inspired by a drawing that Cindy's daughter drew... i can't wait 'til i can identify what it is my boys draw... right now it's just a bunch of blobs and i need the explanations so that i can nod along as if i knew all along that it was a picture of the family or whatever... anyway... this song's fun and it discusses some visions of Heaven that we may have... they're all pretty much different, but one thing's for sure, we'll all be quite surprised when we do get there... well, at least i think so, anyway... Track Nine: Dig Up... this song sounds like something Scott Krippayne might write... just swapping out his vocals with Cindy's... it's a nice dose of piano pop that just makes you feel happy all over... bop ba ba bop ba ba bop baaaaa.... well, in my head that looked like it would translate better to the writeen word than it did... "reach way down deep in your heart"... "you just might find who you really are"... dig deep... i used to love a vdeo game called dig dug... they should reissue that sometime... i guess that makes no sense in context... but hey, this is another song about finding yourself... ties in nicely with "Postcards" but with a much lighter tone... fun song... Track Ten: Come Home... well here's a quick change of pace... it's almost like the resolution to the last song, after you've figured out who you are, come on back and rejoin the rest of us... that kind of thing... yeah, so this album is starting to become a lot clearer to me... it's a lot about trying to figure out life and then figure out how to relate to God and to others based on that realization of life... and of course it's also about fun down to earth rootsy music that just makes you feel good inside... it is a little bit country, a little bit... folky... a little bit gospel... but it's all good... Track Eleven: The River... and now we reach the final song... a song about the river... flowing water... always moving... i'm sure there's a wealth of metaphors available here... but the one i'm thinking about, well, the song i'm really thinking about is that Sam Cooke classic... "Change is Gonna Come"... love that song... but you know... it's about changing and running like a river... and returning home... clean and made whole... anyway... i'm running out of time, so i need to wrap this up... if you look in the links below, you'll find Cindy's site as well as a fan site that is as far as i can tell the most thorough history of her career on the web... so that is a good source of information if that's what you're looking for... anyway... i must be going and you're probably ready to as well... thanks for sharing this time with me... keep it locked...

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