Somewhere under the clouds, the sun is shining.

It was just a lyric Neil Harnett wrote and recorded for Somewhere, his new release.

But that was more than two years ago — and the words didn’t have the meaning then that they do now.

Life was going along pretty good for the veteran singer-songwriter.

Sure, there were bumps along the way — having to deal with the realities of aging parents, for example — but his music was always there.

And then came the devastating workplace accident his daughter, Amy, suffered, which left her with a massive brain injury.

And life, as he knew it, stopped — as did the music.

Looking back now, Harnett says it’s ironic many of the lyrics he wrote have a completely new meaning now as he and his family help Amy on the long road to some sort of recovery.

In Never Quit, he sings: “It’s rough right now but I’m not giving up.”

In Wow, Yeh: “Don’t believe everything they say . . . Rainbows sometimes follow rain.”

Those words could almost be the mantra for the Harnett family, which has watched Amy “surpass her prognosis when she left the hospital.

“She needs constant care . . . but eventually, eventually, Amy will remember most things,” he says.

Everything surrounding Somewhere is focused on Amy; Harnett dedicated it to her, some of the proceeds from its sale will be going to organizations that work with the brain-injured, as is part of ticket sales for the CD release party he’s holding in Kamloops on Oct. 24 at Rocksalt in the Plaza Heritage Hotel, 405 Victoria St.

Amy’s accident may have also forced Harnett — who can spend years between releases — to release one of his truest musical works, simply because he didn’t have time to go back and make adjustments from the first recordings.

“It’s pretty real,” he says.

“Ninety-five per cent and more is what happened when we recorded the first tracks.”

Music is real for Harnett — lyrics and music can come to him at any time, so often that he keeps recording devices with him all the time so he doesn’t lose the inspirational momments.

He says he gets tired of listening to many lyrics — “another song about that? I just don’t get it” — and believes the baby-boomer generation, in particular, wants something with a feel-good sense, but also with some depth.

For Somewhere, in addition to the songs he wrote, Harnett reached back into the depth of the blues to include some songs by Robert Johnson, along with a three-song dedication to the homeless.

He’s bringing with him for the Kamloops gig a trio of other musicians: Rick Clark on drums, Bill Fulton on bass and Steve Todd on keyboards.

Tickets are available at the Plaza Hotel, Sahali Ticket Centre in the Sahali Centre Mall, New Copy and Design, 772 Victoria St. and by e-mail at brant@atcblues.ca.

Somewhere can be ordered at Chapters, Indigo, Coles and HMV stores or online at neilharnett.com, musicwithsoul.com and indiepool.ca.