Jesus, My Everything SAS 2/413

A lot of these songs in the prayer and devotion section of Spirit & Song Vol 2 are in the uncomfortable genre of love songs to Jesus. This song by Matt Maher is no exception and I think needs very delicate handling to prevent it slipping into something maudlin and unreal.

The text is at spiritandsong where the sheet music can be purchased for download.

My backing puts BIAB on a leash with simple fingerpicking guitar, a little piano and quiet strings and some subtle horns in the last refrain.

Matt Maher starts restrained but takes it up a notch in the second verse and then has a nice quiet finish:

Lots of nice covers:

One last cover by the Arch Street Band:

Apart from this nice instrumental:

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