Jason called me and asked if Duncan and I would consider writing a new song, Sater recalls.
I said, Do you mean a new song forRiseor a newSpring Awakeningsong?
And he said, Both.
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I was intrigued, but I had to think about it for a while.
After all, Sater and Sheik hadnt worked onSpring Awakeningsince what Sater estimates was 2007.
Yet the more they talked to Katims, the more they could envision what the new song could offer.
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He wanted a song that had tempo to it, Sater says of Katims.
Its actually a little bit more on the electronic side, adds Sheik.
The message of it is simple: I will be your everything.
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Project all your longing onto me and I can contain it.
I can contain you as well as me, Sater says.
Once Sater finished the lyrics, Sheik wrote the music.
Altogether the process took a few weeks, at which point they emailed the song to Katims.
Additional reporting by Jessica Derschowitz
