EVERYTHING TRAVELS

Key:
C major / A minor

Chord worlds inspired by supplied progression:

INTRO:
C – Em7 – F

VERSE:
C – F – Dm7
G – C
F – Dm7
G – Am
F – G
Am – F – G

HOOK:
C – F – Dm7
G – C
F – Gsus4 – G
C – F – G – C
C – Dm7
Em – F – G – C

BRIDGE:
Gm-style tension adapted as:
Am – F – G
Am – F – G
Dm7 – Em – F – G – C

OUTRO:
C – F – Dm7 – G

Performance note:
The writing style is UK drill in cadence, punchlines, internal rhymes and sharp lyrical movement, but the performance is not drill.

It is sung as futuristic R&B.

Sharp words.
Soft voices.
Serious warning.
Beautiful invitation.

Three-note harmony cue rule:
Every bracketed note cue is a simultaneous harmony stack, not a melody run.

Underscore rule:
_ _ means space for hums, mmm pads, falsetto echoes, breath swells, group responses and blue-ray harmony blooms.

Main motifs:
“Everything travels” = [C-E-G]
“God owns all” = [F-A-C]
“Nothing stays mine” = [D-F-A]
“Christ holds time” = [G-B-D]
“Creator over creature” = [A-C-E]

[INTRO - C – Em7 – F]

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[Em7] nothing stays mine [E-G-B] _ _
[F] God owns the matter [F-A-C] _ _
[C] God owns the time [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[Em7] dust through the years [E-G-B] _ _
[F] Christ holds creation [F-A-C] _ _
[C] and catches our tears [C-E-G] _ _

[VERSE 1 - C – F – Dm7 / G – C]

[C] House had a nameplate, then the nameplate changed [C-E-G] _ _
[F] keys passed hands but the bricks stayed same [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] walls heard laughter, walls heard pain [D-F-A] _ _
[G] rain on the roof like a clock in the frame [G-B-D] _ _
[C] God saw all of it under His reign [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Phone in the pocket from the earth’s deep mine [C-E-G] _ _
[F] lithium pulled from a hidden line [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] glass made bright, copper veins inside [D-F-A] _ _
[G] silicon sand with a borrowed shine [G-B-D] _ _
[C] still just dust in the hand of Christ [C-E-G] _ _

[F] Coat on the rail had another life [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] somebody wore it through a winter night [D-F-A] _ _
[G] coin in the till been through thousands of palms [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] gold in a ring saw vows and alarms [A-C-E] _ _
[F] everything speaks if the soul keeps calm [F-A-C] _ _
[G] creation is singing, “The Lord owns all” [G-B-D] _ _

[PRE-HOOK - Am – F – G]

[Am] We are not owners [A-C-E] _ _
[F] we are stewards here [F-A-C] _ _
[G] breath in the body [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] then we disappear [A-C-E] _ _

[Am] But God is not passing [A-C-E] _ _
[F] God does not fade [F-A-C] _ _
[G] Christ is the Word [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] through whom all things were made [A-C-E] _ _

[HOOK - C – F – Dm7 / G – C]

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[F] nothing stays mine [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] houses and watches [D-F-A] _ _
[G] phones and time [G-B-D] _ _
[C] God owns the earth [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[F] nothing holds still [F-A-C] _ _
[Gsus4] Christ is the Maker [G-C-D] _ _
[G] matter obeys His will [G-B-D] _ _

[C] Creator over creature [C-E-G] _ _
[F] Wisdom over pride [F-A-C] _ _
[G] don’t worship the gift [G-B-D] _ _
[C] when the Giver is alive [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[Dm7] but Christ holds all [D-F-A] _ _
[Em] from dust to glory [E-G-B] _ _
[F] He calls, He calls [F-A-C] _ _
[G] He calls us home [G-B-D] _ _
[C] He calls [C-E-G] _ _

[VERSE 2 - C – F – Dm7 / G – C]

[C] Bible on a shelf with a cracked old spine [C-E-G] _ _
[F] passed through hands through a hundred nights [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] ink stayed black while the kingdoms died [D-F-A] _ _
[G] Word still burning with eternal life [G-B-D] _ _
[C] God breathes truth through the page and time [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Watch on a wrist, then a drawer, then a son [C-E-G] _ _
[F] ticks like a sermon: your hour will come [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] calendar squares turn ash in the sun [D-F-A] _ _
[G] but Christ owns the years that the locusts took from us [G-B-D] _ _
[C] mercy can redeem what the darkness has done [C-E-G] _ _

[F] Car on the road with another plate [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] tyres wear thin, then the metal breaks [D-F-A] _ _
[G] body gets strong, then the body aches [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] flesh like grass with a closing date [A-C-E] _ _
[F] but the resurrection is not an escape [F-A-C] _ _
[G] it is Christ making creation awake [G-B-D] _ _

[PRE-HOOK 2 - Am – F – G]

[Am] He owns the atoms [A-C-E] _ _
[F] He owns the waves [F-A-C] _ _
[G] He owns the breath [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] in the lungs He made [A-C-E] _ _

[Am] He owns the morning [A-C-E] _ _
[F] He owns the grave [F-A-C] _ _
[G] and He walked out living [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] on the third day [A-C-E] _ _

[HOOK - C – F – Dm7 / G – C]

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[F] nothing stays mine [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] houses and watches [D-F-A] _ _
[G] phones and time [G-B-D] _ _
[C] God owns the earth [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[F] nothing holds still [F-A-C] _ _
[Gsus4] Christ is the Maker [G-C-D] _ _
[G] matter obeys His will [G-B-D] _ _

[C] Creator over creature [C-E-G] _ _
[F] Wisdom over pride [F-A-C] _ _
[G] don’t worship the gift [G-B-D] _ _
[C] when the Giver is alive [C-E-G] _ _

[BRIDGE - Am – F – G]

[Am] Silver can move [A-C-E] _ _
[F] gold can be sold [F-A-C] _ _
[G] land can be signed [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] then claimed by the cold [A-C-E] _ _

[Am] Names can be carved [A-C-E] _ _
[F] then weathered away [F-A-C] _ _
[G] bodies return [G-B-D] _ _
[Am] to the clay from the clay [A-C-E] _ _

[Dm7] But Jesus stepped down [D-F-A] _ _
[Em] into matter and days [E-G-B] _ _
[F] took flesh and sorrow [F-A-C] _ _
[G] took nails and shame [G-B-D] _ _

[Dm7] Buried in earth [D-F-A] _ _
[Em] rose out the grave [E-G-B] _ _
[F] firstborn of new creation [F-A-C] _ _
[G] mighty to save [G-B-D] _ _
[C] mighty to save [C-E-G] _ _

[BREAKDOWN - call and response]

[C] Who owns the matter? [C-E-G] _ _
[group: God owns all] _ _
[F] Who owns the breath? [F-A-C] _ _
[group: God owns all] _ _
[Dm7] Who owns the future? [D-F-A] _ _
[group: Jesus Christ] _ _
[G] Who beat death? [G-B-D] _ _
[group: Jesus Christ] _ _

[C] Who made the silicon? [C-E-G] _ _
[group: Jesus Christ] _ _
[F] Who made the sea? [F-A-C] _ _
[group: Jesus Christ] _ _
[Dm7] Who holds the galaxies? [D-F-A] _ _
[group: Jesus Christ] _ _
[G] Who calls to me? [G-B-D] _ _
[group: Jesus Christ] _ _

[FINAL HOOK - C – F – Dm7 / G – C]

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[F] nothing stays mine [F-A-C] _ _
[Dm7] houses and watches [D-F-A] _ _
[G] phones and time [G-B-D] _ _
[C] God owns the earth [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[F] nothing holds still [F-A-C] _ _
[Gsus4] Christ is the Maker [G-C-D] _ _
[G] matter obeys His will [G-B-D] _ _

[C] Creator over creature [C-E-G] _ _
[F] Wisdom over pride [F-A-C] _ _
[G] don’t worship the gift [G-B-D] _ _
[C] when the Giver is alive [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[Dm7] but Christ holds all [D-F-A] _ _
[Em] from dust to glory [E-G-B] _ _
[F] He calls, He calls [F-A-C] _ _
[G] He calls us home [G-B-D] _ _
[C] He calls [C-E-G] _ _

[OUTRO - C – Em7 – F]

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[Em7] nothing stays mine [E-G-B] _ _
[F] God owns the matter [F-A-C] _ _
[C] God owns the time [C-E-G] _ _

[C] Everything travels [C-E-G] _ _
[Em7] Christ holds all things [E-G-B] _ _
[F] Creator forever [F-A-C] _ _
[C] creation sings [C-E-G] _ _