{"id":401,"date":"2007-05-22T17:44:04","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T22:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.99:8888\/blog\/2007\/05\/22\/1179873844097.html"},"modified":"2007-05-22T17:44:04","modified_gmt":"2007-05-22T22:44:04","slug":"blogentry-american-idol-this-is-my-now-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"[BlogEntry] American Idol : This Is My Now Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go!  Transcribed as best I can, risking life and limb to hit the pause and rewind button Tivo (under threat of my wife killing me, you see&#8230;), here are the lyrics to the songwriting contest winner, This Is My Now by Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody!  If I&#039;ve made any mistakes please let me know!  I&#039;m pretty sure that Blake and Jordin sang different words in some transition parts so I&#039;m not really sure what the &#034;right&#034; version is.  Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p\/>\n<p><script type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = &#034;pub-4716552313955049&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\ngoogle_ad_format = &#034;728x90_as&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_type = &#034;text_image&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_channel =&#034;1714283069&#034;;\ngoogle_color_border = [&#034;336699&#034;,&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;B4D0DC&#034;];\ngoogle_color_bg = [&#034;FFFFFF&#034;,&#034;F0F0F0&#034;,&#034;ECF8FF&#034;];\ngoogle_color_link = [&#034;0000FF&#034;,&#034;0000FF&#034;,&#034;0000CC&#034;];\ngoogle_color_url = &#034;008000&#034;;\ngoogle_color_text = [&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;6F6F6F&#034;];\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;\n  src=&#034;http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js&#034;>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<pre>\nThere was a time I packed my dreams away.\nLiving in a shell, hiding from myself.\n\nThere was a time when I was so afraid.\nI thought I&#039;d reached the end,\nBut baby that was then\nI am made of more than my yesterdays.\n\nThis is my now, and I am breathing the moment.\nAs I look around I can&#039;t believe the love I see.\nMy fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts\nThat was then, this is my now.\n\nI had to decide, was i going to play it safe? \nOr that somewhere deep inside, \nI&#039;m going to turn the tide and find the strength \nTo take that step of faith. (*)\n\nThis is my now, and I am breathing the moment.\nAs I look around I can&#039;t believe the love I see.\nMy fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts\nThat was then, this is my now. (*)\n\nAnd I have the courage like never before, yeah.\nI&#039;ve settled for less now I&#039;m ready for more,\nReady for more.\n\nThis is my now, and I am breathing in the moment.\nAs I look around I can&#039;t believe the love I see.\nMy fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts.\nThat was then, this is my now.\n\nI&#039;m breathing in the moment\nI look around I can&#039;t believe the love I see.\nMy fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts.\nThat was then, this is my now.\nThis is my now.\n<\/pre>\n<p>(*) Although these verses were not sung on television during the finale, they are reportedly in the &#034;original&#034; version that won the contest.<\/p>\n<p\/><b><a href=&#034;.\/search.action?query=american+idol&#034;>More American Idol stories&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p\/>Technorati: <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/american+idol&#034; rel=&#034;tag&#034;>American Idol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go! Transcribed as best I can, risking life and limb to hit the pause and rewind button Tivo (under threat of my wife killing me, you see&#8230;), here are the lyrics to the songwriting contest winner, This Is My Now by Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody! If I&#039;ve made any mistakes please let [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}