2025 Competition Entry:
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge by David Kai
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Pop
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Vocals by Walter Gallant. All other instruments and production by David Kai.
Description
This song was written a few months after the death of our dear Boston Terrier, Midori. Midori was a very special, caring dog who helped many members of our family cope through some very difficult times. it was heartbreaking to lose her at the relatively young age of eleven. I was driving between Georgia and Florida when the idea for the song came into my head; the first line that came to my head was “You took a piece of my heart beyond the rainbow bridge”. I found myself tearing up and barely able to keep driving. I was able to write down and complete the song within the next few days.
Bio
David Kai grew up in Toronto attending and contributing to the worship of the Centennial-Japanese United Church. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, the Humber College music program where he specialized in arranging and composing, and The Centre for Christian Studies. Commissioned as a minister in 1987, David served in pastoral charges in Manitoba and Ontario before retirement.
David has written hymn tunes and arrangements in collaboration with many authors and composers such as Ruth Duck, Linnea Good, Pat Mayberry and Brian Wren. He was a member of the committee that produced the United Church’s Voices United hymn book, provided music for the Bible Quest curriculum and the More Voices hymn supplement and is currently on the committee that is preparing the Then Let Us Sing hymn resource in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the United Church of Canada in 2025. His hymns and arrangements have appeared in hymn books and collections in Canada, China, the UK and the USA. As a musician, David has performed with groups and musicians such as Linnea Good, Bruce Harding, the Union United Church Gospel Choir, Terry Watada, and in bands playing styles from calypso and reggae to Christian rock, country and gospel. He has served as a musician at a number of national and international gatherings.
David has written hymn tunes and arrangements in collaboration with many authors and composers such as Ruth Duck, Linnea Good, Pat Mayberry and Brian Wren. He was a member of the committee that produced the United Church’s Voices United hymn book, provided music for the Bible Quest curriculum and the More Voices hymn supplement and is currently on the committee that is preparing the Then Let Us Sing hymn resource in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the United Church of Canada in 2025. His hymns and arrangements have appeared in hymn books and collections in Canada, China, the UK and the USA. As a musician, David has performed with groups and musicians such as Linnea Good, Bruce Harding, the Union United Church Gospel Choir, Terry Watada, and in bands playing styles from calypso and reggae to Christian rock, country and gospel. He has served as a musician at a number of national and international gatherings.
Lyrics
The day that I first met you, I held you in the palm of my hand
And from that moment onward I knew that we would be the best of friends
And though you started as a Christmas gift to set beneath the tree
You know you really were a gift from God to me.
We walked through fields and forests, we’d hit the trail in sun and wind and rain
When I was at my lowest you licked my hand and raised me up again
But time passed much too quickly, and you know just what you did
You took a piece of my broken heart, beyond the rainbow bridge.
I’m not sure what heaven’s like , I’m not sure how things will be
But if we won’t be together, it won’t feel like heaven to me
But if the Lord be willing, I’ll hear your welcome bark again,
And see you running to me, through the golden fields of grain
Most faithful of companions, you’d been with me in sickness and in health
You always loved to see me, even when I couldn’t really love myself
And when you licked my hand that one last time, then you know just what you did
You took a piece of my broken heart, beyond the rainbow bridge.
You took a piece of my broken heart, beyond the rainbow bridge.
And from that moment onward I knew that we would be the best of friends
And though you started as a Christmas gift to set beneath the tree
You know you really were a gift from God to me.
We walked through fields and forests, we’d hit the trail in sun and wind and rain
When I was at my lowest you licked my hand and raised me up again
But time passed much too quickly, and you know just what you did
You took a piece of my broken heart, beyond the rainbow bridge.
I’m not sure what heaven’s like , I’m not sure how things will be
But if we won’t be together, it won’t feel like heaven to me
But if the Lord be willing, I’ll hear your welcome bark again,
And see you running to me, through the golden fields of grain
Most faithful of companions, you’d been with me in sickness and in health
You always loved to see me, even when I couldn’t really love myself
And when you licked my hand that one last time, then you know just what you did
You took a piece of my broken heart, beyond the rainbow bridge.
You took a piece of my broken heart, beyond the rainbow bridge.
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