While You Are Right in Front of Me-Johnny Schaefer Official Music Video

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While You are Right in Front of Me-Johnny Schaefer Official Music Video. if you are looking for songs about life or songs about saying I love you too late, this powerful ballad is perfect. As caregivers for his parents, gay singer-songwriter Johnny Schaefer and his husband, videographer Paco Silva learned to focus on what really matters in life. This song written during the COVID pandemic is one for your powerfuyl songs playlist. Many artists wrote pandemic songs and grief songs, and Johnny found an outlet for his pain reflected in the lyrics below. Similar in tone to the A Great Big World “Say Something I'm Giving Up On You (one hour) duet with Christina Aguilera and the popular Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” lyrics, this songs is a strong example of fine Indie Music and is also good for a first responder playlist. Big Blend Radio and Magazine called Johnny "one of the great new male singer-songwriters" and he has been on the top of Q 32 LGBTQ Music chart of queer singers. His duet with Melissa Manchester, "You can't Hide the Light" has won numerous awards.
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While You are Right in Front of Me
Music and Lyrics by Johnny Schaefer
Lead Vocals, piano by Johnny Schaefer
Produced and arranged by Stephan Oberhoff and Johnny Schaefer
Instrumental performances, mixing and mastering by Stephan Oberhoff
Background vocals by Wenndy MacKenzie and Stephan Oberhoff
Video Concept and Creative Direction
Edited by Paco Silva
Videography and Post Production Assistance by Daniel Henry-Smith
Filmed at RDMG Studios, Pasadena, CA

Many thanks to talented photographers at Pixabay and Unsplash

Available on streaming and download platforms. Visit www.hearjohnny.com for links

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While You Are Right in Front of Me
Words and Music by Johnny Schaefer

I don't think much about breathin’
Until I'm turnin' blue
I never spend any time grievin'
‘Til suddenly it's all I do
I never worry about food or drink
Until there's nothing left to eat
I need to tell you that I love you
While you are right in front of me

When did we last watch the sunrise?
When did we last sing our favorite songs?
I used to read the poems in your eyes
The secret space where I belong
My father died so young I'll never know
The things he could've helped me see
I need to show you that I love you
While you are right in front of me

Our lives press on
And so do we
Surrounded by insanity
We try to make the meaningless matter
Ignoring signs and things that love reveals
The more we scramble, we grow sadder
But in a quiet moment
We still know what's real
We still know what's real

Well, you might never see my cryin'
‘Til all at once I'm a mess
I screw things up, but I keep tryin'
Insist I'm right
Then acquiesce
Well, I don't know how many days I'll get
And how much more of you I'll see
I need to tell you that I love you
While you are right in front of me
While you are right in front of me

©Copyright 2021 John Herbert Schaefer, Auditory Verve Music, ASCAP