Leigh Nash는 여러개의 이름(Leigh Nash, Leig Nash, Leigh Bingham, Nash)을 갖고 활동하는 보이스가 아름다운 텍사스 출신의 가스펠 아티스트라고 할 수 있다. 그녀의 음악 적인 성향은 그녀의 나이 16살때부터 두각을 보였다. Nash는 1990년대 기타리스트이자 작곡가인 Matt Slocum을 교회에서 만나는 것부터 시작되었다. 그녀의 나이 16으로 그녀의 첫 앨범 "Fatherless & The Widow"을 발매하게 된다. 그녀의 음악적 분위기를 딱 잘라 말하자면 종교적이면서 팝적인 성향을 띄는 곡이라 말할 수 있다. 그 후 Slocum과 Nash는 새로운 밴드 (Tess Wiley, Dale Baker, J.J. Plascencio)를 만나 "This Beautiful Mess"라는 앨범으로 대 히트를 치게 된다. 앨범은 Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards(가스펠 뮤직 어워드)에서 베스트 앨범이라는 찬사를 받았다. 그 후 유명세 얻어 많은 공연 활동을 하던 중 미국 공연에서 팀 멤버인 Tess Wiley가 그만 두게 되면서, 그들은 Squint Records라는 음반사와 계약을 하게 된다. 그녀의 앨범은 1997년을 거쳐 1999년 "Kiss Me"라는 앨범으로 가스펠 뮤직 어워드상과 Grammy Award(그레미 상)까지 받는 영광을 누리기도 하였다.
그 후 그녀의 노래들은 많은 Top DJ들 손에서 음악적 재구성을 통해 많은 대중에게 다가왔다. 그녀의 이같은 음악적 성과로 인해서 국내에도 많은 팬 계층을 형성하고 있다. 2008년 그녀가 참가한 뉴질랜드의 Parachute Music Festival에서도 그녀의 어쿠스틱한 음악을 들으려 3만명이라는 관객을 동원하는 건제함을 다시 한번 보여준다. 언제가 될지 모르나, 언젠가 국내 방안을 한다면 그녀의 천상의 목소리를 직접 듣고 싶은 작은 바램을 해본다.
2008년 Leigh Nash는 국내의 팝 발라드를 즐겨 듣는 이들의 귀를 충족 시켜줄 만한 앨범 "Blue On Blue"를 들고 찾아온다.
이번 앨범은 그녀의 첫 번째 솔로 앨범으로 어쿠스틱한 스타일의 음악이 녹아져 있으며, 미주, 유럽의 많은 차트를 석권하며, 인기를 누린 앨범 이다. 특히, 수록 곡 중 3번 7번 8번 트랙은 Billboard Top Heatseekers charts 오르는 큰 호응을 받은 곡이다. 그녀의 초기 음악적 성향은 가스펠을 많이 띄었으나, 지금은 대중에게 한걸음 다가가 대중적은 팝 아티스트로 자리매김 하였다.
이번 앨범은 캐나다 대중음악 작곡가인 Pierre Marchand가 프로듀싱하여 더 유명한 앨범이며, 3번 트랙 "My Idea if Heaven"은 DJ Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk과 같은 무수히 많은 일렉트로닉 댄스 DJ들이 믹싱을 한 곡으로도 더 유명하다. 대부분의 CCM 평론가들은 Leigh Nash의 이번 앨범 곡들의 가사와 그녀의 목소리는 앞으로 CCM이 나아가야 할 방향을 제시해 준 것과 같다고 평론하였다. .... ....
If You ask me to come I'll say go If you say you love me I'll say sure if you say so.
Whatever you tell me I wont believe you and if you try and try to make me. ooh i would like to know which one is willing to lose
All along the wall between us I see a teacher there for us I look at the wall and see right through it I lean on the wall, there for us
There is a door, where i am standing Without a key, without a clue Without you, i am wondering... Wondering about you.
It's a cold cold night Are you gonna call me Tell me about.. how i go on and on.. about you Being like it used to be. How it's all about me.
Ooh I would like to know Who is the wounded one Which one will make the move Which one is willing to lose
All along the wall, between us I see a teacher there for us I look at the wall, i see right through it I lean on the wall, there for us
You're my heaven underground And my feet the only sound You're the shadow in my mind I am hollow all the time
All along the wall, between us I see a teacher there for us I look at the wall, i see right through it I lean on the wall between us I see a teacher there for us I look at he wall, i see right through it I lean on the wall, there for us.
I didn't believe in love Thought it was just a game people played Everything changed when I met you I touched your hand you took my heart And you led me to a better place Just the two of us in the dark This is my idea of heaven Lying here with you This is my idea of heaven Nothing else I'd rather do I never thought you'd get here Why did you make me wait But when I looked into your eyes I recognized you were my fate I've been living in a lonely shell With no windows to the world How in God's name did you find The lone star's loneliest girl This is my idea of heaven Lying here with you This is my idea of heaven Nothing else I'd rather do To feel your heart beating To feel our lips meeting This is my idea of heaven
In heaven love is everywhere There is no pain There are no tears In heaven love lasts forever It doesn't disappear This is my idea of heaven Lying here with you This is my idea of heaven Nothing else I'd rather do To feel your heart beating To feel our lips meeting This is my idea of heaven
I know what I'm doing may be dumb I know I should not be staring at the sun But the thought of you leads me to temptation It's the same whatever side you're on Separated we are delicate and small And the space between needs a retention
I see you right in front of me as close as you can get And I pray that you won't leave this daydream yet
And it might seem much too far to get back to where you are But it's close enough with an ocean size love So if you can't reach out to me Send a sign across the sea and I'll pick it up with an ocean size love
I don't have to worry anymore If I really need you I'll go to the shore And the thought of you there is my protection
I see it right in front of me A vision in my head And I know this is as real as a daydream gets
And it might seem much too far to get back to where you are But it's close enough with an ocean size love So if you can't reach out to me Send a sign across the sea and I'll pick it up with an ocean size love
You make no sound but I can hear you in the wind I can see this never ends Like the sea Like you for me
And it's close enough with an ocean size love So if you can't reach out to me Send a sign across the sea and I'll pick it up with an ocean size love
And it might seem much too far to get back to where you are But it's close enough with an ocean size love So if you can't reach out to me Send a sign across the sea and I'll pick it up with an ocean size love
I was just, thinking about you, thought I could call you, see if, I should tell you That I've never, had such a feeling, there's this, how much better can all this get? I'm ten feet off off the ground and still looking down
And I've waited, forever, to know How deep down, my love will go And no matter, how long I try to get it It's the one thing that I'll never finish
Today is just another day, take another breath in, hold it forever I'm digging holes, into my heart, trying to find the very end But I'm lost, way down inside, so tell me again
'Cos I've waited, forever, to know How deep down, my love will go And no matter, how long I try to get it It's the one thing that I'll never finish
You want me, all to yourself; you've got me now I've got a thing, to myself; where do you end? And where do, do you begin?
'Cos I've waited, forever, to know How deep down, my love will go And no matter, how long I try to get it It's the one thing that I'll never finish
'Cos I've waited, forever, to know How deep down, my love will go And no matter, how long I try to get it It's the one thing that I'll never finish.
Making love, behind shades An open book, let the print fade You may feel you're opening, but I'll be undercover Until you need me, that's where I'll be
I'm talking to you, not the wailing one If that's what you do, this lake may fall
Between the lines, can you read me? Between the lines, that's where I'll be Between 'hello', and 'I would give you the moon' Between 'I love you' and, 'I, I'll see you soon'.
As long as you've been screaming, I think you listen 'Cos I tried getting my words, off the ground I'm shaking my fist, trying to feel like I'm something, not just the long way around
I'm talking to you, not the wailing one If that's what you do, this lake may fall
Between the lines, can you read me? Between the lines, that's where I'll be Between 'hello', and 'I would give you the moon' Between 'I love you' and, 'I, I'll see you soon'.
I won't hide, from you, I won't cover my ears You've gotta get through One day, my eyes will be revealed when I try to conceal them
Between the lines, can you read me? Between the lines, that's where I'll be Between 'hello', and 'I would give you the moon' Between 'I love you' and, 'I, I'll see you soon'.
I'm talking to you, not the wailing one If that's what you do, this lake may fall
Between the lines, can you read me? Between the lines, that's where I'll be Between the lines... Between the lines... Between the lines...
I'm happy and at ease, with love as it has turned out to be now You, will be the man I like, besides when all is said and is done with And we will fly, into a brand new sky
There's something in the air, I need it, I want more of it A certain dive'll make it but I don't, I'm loving it
I never hesitate to fall, I forget how much I want it, get all in My dreams ripping the seal, I hope you don't get to use me and my dreaming 'Cos they will fade, into, brighter days
There's something in the air, I need it, I want more of it A certain dive'll make it but I don't, I'm loving it
Maybe, as long, as we're together Maybe, this love, is never over You may stop your dreaming
There's something in the air, I need it, I want more of it A certain dive'll make it but I don't, I'm loving it
There's something in the air, I need it, I want more of it A certain dive'll make it but I don't, I'm loving it.
I've been walking just a little bit taller My problems seem a whole lot smaller, and I've been thinking the reason must be you When I'm feeling the tears start to swell up, I look and you and go right ahead and well up 'Cos you put your head right next to mine and I'm in love I'm in heavenly love
You're my angel tonight, you make everything all right You're my angel tonight, and you help me find the light I lost again Lalalalalala, all again, lalalalalala
The world seems a little bit better, every time you and I are together and this feeling is gonna keep revolving Tonight I feel the rain on my shoulders, I imagine that I should feel colder but I know that I'll be with you when I get home So I'll hang on
You're my angel tonight, you make everything all right You're my angel tonight, and you help me find the light I lost again Lalalalalala, all again, lalalalalala
And when we find ourselves where we started before We'll go back and start the clock all over again You're my summer, you're my winter, you're my every reason
You're my angel tonight, you make everything all right You're my angel tonight, and you help me find the light I lost again You're my angel tonight, you make everything all right You're my angel tonight, and you help me find the light I lost again Lalalalalala, all again, lalalalalala Lalalalalala, all again, lalalalalala Lalalalalala, all again, lalalalalala...
Everything is green, everyone is blue, and me too Be careful for what you dream, 'cos my dream was you And you came true
I tried to know you, but to know you, is to be blue And I'm blue, and I'm blue
I'll say goodbye to me, I'll say goodbye to you, 'cos I can't move The world won't bend, you know, for you to see the love, is worth all the trouble
I tried to know you, but to know you, is to be blue And I'm blue, and I'm blue
(There is a dream that I can't fit in) There is a dream that I can't fit in A lead that I can't fill, all of my hopes have been diminished, you're not having it, I'm trying to give, oh
I tried to know you, but to know you, is to be blue I said goodbye but I'm still in love with you And I'm blue, and I'm blue
Ooh, ooh It might seem strange that a girl like me, would go crazy Over a simple guy like you, calling me baby I'm too high, everybody knows, I'm walking a real-time hope
I know I know, the wind will blow, the sky may shake but your arms will hold When I'm on your mind, I'm on cloud nine The way I feel, without a tear, I'm floating, light, in your atmosphere When I'm on your mind, I'm on cloud nine
Twenty-four hours in a night and day, should be plenty, for me to chase your thoughts my way, and you can catch me I'm too high, everybody knows, I look at you and I'm in control
I know I know, the wind will blow, the sky may shake but your arms will hold When I'm on your mind, I'm on cloud nine The way I feel, without a tear, I'm floating, light, in your atmosphere When I'm on your mind, I'm on cloud nine
I'm too high, everybody knows, I'm walking a real-time hope
I know I know, the wind will blow, the sky may shake but your arms will hold When I'm on your mind, I'm on cloud nine The way I feel, without a tear, I'm floating, light, in your atmosphere When I'm on your mind, I'm on cloud nine I'm on cloud nine, I'm on cloud nine...