[MUSIC - MONICA MOORE SMITH,
 "LOOK UP"]
When you are lonely
and feel small
And all your troubles
are 10 feet tall,
All your hopes have
gone and hit the wall,
There's something you can do.
When you are lonely
and feeling blue,
Forgot the answers
you ever knew,
Here's a clever little tip
for you, something you can do.
Look up.
Try to see the sunshine.
Look up.
And when the skies are gray,
You know the sun is
hiding somewhere.
Something good is on its way.
Do do do do do do do do do do.
Now I presume to
tell you what to do
Because by experience
I know it's true.
Yeah, the light that
wants to shine on you.
This is what you do.
Look up.
Try to see the sunshine.
Look up.
And when the skies are gray,
You know the sun is
hiding somewhere.
Something good is on its way.
Do do do do do do do
do do do do do do.
Something good is on its way.
Look up.
Try to see the sunshine.
Look up.
And when the skies are gray,
You know the sun is
hiding somewhere.
Something good is on its way.
Look up.
Try to see the sunshine.
Look up.
And when the skies are gray,
You know the sun is
hiding somewhere.
Something good is on its way.
Something good is on its way.
Hi.
Welcome back to
Mormon Channel Studio.
I'm your host, Nicole.
That was an original
called "Look Up"
by Monica Moore Smith.
Monica, how are you doing today?
I'm doing well.
How are you?
I'm doing great, thanks.
That was an amazing song.
Tell us a little bit
more about that song.
So this one I love partly
because I'm a huge fan of jazz.
And I'm just obsessed
with that whole era,
you know, just with the fashion.
I mean, I love,
like, dressing up,
and I love anything vintage.
And I just think it's
such a classy era,
and I would love
to bring it back.
Yeah.
And also lyrically with this
one, it's just a positive song.
I think there's a lot of
media out there that is
not--it's kind of degrading.
And so I wanted to put something
out there that just, like,
anyone can listen to.
You can listen to
it with your family.
But it's kind of a different
style and not something maybe
you'd expect.
Right.
So I don't know.
And I just have so
much fun with it.
I get to play with it,
and it's very dynamic.
And so it's just like,
just a good song.
Yeah, I loved it.
I was actually going to comment
on the whole, like, jazz feel
and blues feel and the
way that you sang it.
Where do you find
your inspiration
when you're trying
to portray a song
or if you're writing a song?
I think always the go-to
thing--I think the best thing
to do, at least
for me personally,
is to find how I relate to it
and find an experience even
if, you know, maybe if I'm
doing a cover and the lyrics
don't exactly fit my life.
I think if it's a song
about sadness or about going
through a trial or
a breakup, I think
those are things
we all relate to.
And just finding
that personal story
and allowing yourself to be
vulnerable and share that
through the lyrics,
I think that's what
connects other people.
And that's what connects
me to other people's music.
Yeah, definitely.
So I think it's always just
starting from an organic place,
and just in here.
Right.
And that was actually
my next question,
is just how has music
influenced you in your life
or when you're going
through a personal trial
or whatever it is?
I think, as far as, you
know, feeling the Spirit,
I think everyone feels
it in a different way.
And I feel like for me, I'm
not a hugely emotional person
or someone who really likes
to open up necessarily,
so music gives me kind of
a venue that kind of feels
safe for me to be vulnerable
and to share how I feel.
And it kind of almost acts
as therapy in a bit of a way.
So I feel like that is how it's
connected with me when I find
songs that I really relate to.
It's just that it
feels safe to me,
and it just opens me up in
ways that nothing else does.
Great.
You did an amazing job.
And you're going to be singing
another song for us, right?
Yes.
What are you going
to be singing?
I'm singing "I know
That My Redeemer Lives."
But I have my friend here, Doug
Bush, to come accompany me.
Awesome.
Well, let's bring him out.
[MUSIC - MONICA MOORE SMITH, "I
 KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES"]
I know that my Redeemer lives.
What comfort this
sweet sentence gives!
He lives, he lives,
who once was dead.
He lives, my ever-living Head.
He lives to bless
me with his love.
He lives to plead for me above.
He lives my hungry soul to feed.
He lives to bless
in time of need.
He lives to grant
me rich supply.
He lives to guide
me with his eye.
He lives to comfort
me when faint.
He lives to hear my
soul's complaint.
He lives to chase away my fears.
He lives to wipe away my tears.
He lives to calm
my troubled heart.
He lives all
blessings to impart.
He lives!
All glory to his name!
He lives, the Savior,
still the same.
Oh, sweet the joy
this sentence gives:
"I know that my Redeemer lives!"
He lives!
All blessings to his name!
He lives, the Savior,
still the same.
Oh, sweet the joy
this sentence gives:
"I know that my Redeemer lives!
I know that my Redeemer lives!"
