Verse 1:
I don’t wanna read another book of poems
I wanna to forget how to solve a Rubik’s cube
All your favorite animes I never saw them
And I’ll never dance the Charleston or Blues

Chorus:
Cause I wanna take all of these little pieces
Pack them up and put them away
But they’re still showin’ up, out of the blue
All these damn little pieces of you

Verse 2:
I’ll pretend that I’ve never heard of lo-fi
I’ll stop watching Dan and Phil and BDG
And I guess I’ll never be a vegetarian
I will not be buying Splatoon 3

Rubik's Cube

Work-in-progress (verse 1 and chorus only)

Verse 1:
I’m gonna be in the dissertation for your stupid PhD
In your little book of poems where you’ll shit all over me
Well babe I’ve kept my mouth shut but I’ve got my story too

And I’m gonna start it off with all the things I really think of you

Chorus:
You’re not so special, not so smart
You’re not a fragile work of art
You can’t take a hint, you suck at compliments
You’re shorter than all of my friends

You’ve got no empathy, no common sense
All you care about is keeping up appearances
You’re never wrong, you don’t deserve this song
Why don’t you tell them all that I was never sick

And these are all the things I couldn’t say
But I deserve a little vengeance at the end of the day

Vengeance

Verse 1:
I only cried to prove you wouldn’t hear me
And I only screamed because I could not speak
And I thought, I thought I’d lost my mind
But it turns out that you took it piece by piece

Chorus:
You said I chased you down but you were already running
Said I made you stay but you’d already left
And I don’t know how I never saw it coming
Cause you said I was crazy
But I learned from the best

Verse 2:
And it was my fault cause you could not be wrong
And you shut me out to prove that you were strong
And you called me crazy and I could not protest
Cause it turns out now that I learned from the best

The Best

Verse 1:
I’ve had to trade in passion for this peace
And we might those wild lovers’ nights
But I am here, and I am breathing next to you
And I finally see a future that is bright

Chorus:
Cause now we laugh instead of cry
We’re doing more than getting by
And for the first time in my life I am enough
And in these little things each day, we’re making love

Verse 2:
And I wish I could’ve spared you all this pain
Cause the burden wasn’t ever yours to bear
But you are here, and you are everything to me
As we rebuild the life we’re meant to share

Bridge:
Every smile, every touch
Every moment where I have your trust
And everything is better than before
Every dam that doesn’t break
And every chance to change the past mistakes
Cause now we’re making love instead of war

Making Love

My heart goes out to those who might relate to this deeply personal narrative. You are loved.

Verse 1:
15,000 dollars so you could give my your last name
I wore my mother’s dress, I said what I was supposed to say
At least two of your exes sitting in the pews
While I walked down the aisle to a song I didn’t choose

And soon that day they all say is the best one of your life had come and gone
And my maid of honor cried the whole way home

Verse 2:
30,000 dollars, I paid off my student loans
So you could get your PhD, be free, while I provided for us both
Like a kid in kindergarten, you met a girl at school
And I let you bring her home, I thought that she’d be good for you

And soon those years they all say are the best years of your life had come and gone
But I cried myself to sleep and carried on

Verse 3:
7,000 dollars I almost spend cause I believed
That doctors, meds, and therapy would fix the problems that you’d see
Nothing ever made you happy, nothing ever made me well
Then one day you said I’d never change and left my by myself

And soon those years that I’ll say were the worst years of my life had come and gone
And I cried cause I was free and on my own

Verse 4:
Just 3,000 dollars to have the judges say
That everything you meant to me can just be signed away
All the love your couldn’t give me, all the pain you put me through
All the sickness that just disappeared the moment I left you

And soon the years that I’ll say are the best years of my life will come along
And the tears will dry cause I am finally home

Maid Of Honor

2022 re-recording of He Says (originally written in 2013)

Verse 1:
He says that I am Owl City
He says that I am rainbows
He says that I'm not letting the darkness in, if only this
Were true

And he says that I'm a different kind of angel, is that why
I can't seem to see the sky
He says that I am his safe haven
But where am I supposed to hide

Chorus:
I locked my dreams inside of the closet, now they
They're turning to monsters as I drift away
And he says that I am rainbows, but his thunderclouds are
They're washing me to gray

Verse 2:
He says that I'm a dozen roses
Is he my thorns
And he says that I am bigger, better than the pain
If that's the case I'm tired of being strong

He says that he will never learn, never learn to dance
In the rain
And he says that he can't seem to see the beauty in the brokenness
That we became

Bridge:
I got carried away, I got carried away but I don't want your nightmares
Get in your airship, and leave me alone

He Says (2022 Recording)

(Demo track)

Note to the listener / TW: This song was written during my struggle with PMDD and during an abusive relationship I was in. 

Verse 1:
What if there are some ghosts that can’t be freed
What if there are some wounds that always bleed
No matter how I try to make amends
There are moments I won’t let myself forget

Chorus:
The petals that I ripped
The paper that I tore
The voices in my head
Too angry to ignore

The streets that I went running down
The times I was unwanted
I know it’s better now
But still, I’m haunted

Verse 2:
What if I do not want to let her die
That part of me that tried to take my life
And I must remember where I’m coming from
Cause I need those nights to recognize the dawn

Bridge:
I’m still looking over my shoulder
I still see her face when I’m asleep
I ask myself over and over
If she could really be a part of me

Haunted

Chorus:
I’ve written songs about our tempests
How I’ve praised our hurricanes
But I’m tired of sailing into wind 
and swimming into waves

Flooded by the tears we’ve cried
Our undercurrent, pain
We have weathered many storms
But how I long for gentle rain

Verse 1:
The rain that makes new flowers grow
You don’t mind tapping on your window
Light a candle, stay inside a while

The rain where you still see the sky
The kind that rainbows peek behind
Watch the droplets race
And dare to break a smile

Verse 2:
The kind where you can hold my hand
And trust that I will understand
Stop expecting lightning strike
And trees to fall

The kind where you can always be
Fully mine, but feely free
No more sleepless nights
No more desperate calls

Bridge:
Wash over me now, my love
Wash over me now

Gentle Rain

Verse 1:
I sit on the side of the booth
I lie on the other end of the sofa
I’m sleeping in our bed without you
But I’m learning how to be alone

I watch the love you have unravel
Like a chrysalis into a butterfly
I’m watching with a smile from the distance
I am learning how to be myself

Chorus:
I’m a wallflower wife
Before you ask if I’m alright
I’ll remind you I can thrive
If I’m still growing, growing by your side

Verse 2:
I’m outside in our gazebo
Playing my music for the mist
I try to love myself a little more with every note
Even as you kiss another’s lips

Wallflower Wife

Verse 1:
Maybe, maybe it’s been so long
Since I felt like this
Since I wanted someone

Like I want you
Like the night you let me hold you
Running my fingers through
That magical hair

Chorus:
Sometimes blue, like my heart when I’m missing you
Pink, like my cheeks when we’re speaking and
Green, like the times you don’t see me there

And it’s (you’re) lavender, like that song that you love to listen to
And I know that I’d be so bad for you
But I don’t know if I (you) care

Cause I am in love with this boy with rainbow hair

Verse 2:
Maybe, maybe I’ll never be
What you’re dreaming of
Never a part of your world 

But I want to
Just be the one you run to
Just let you know I’ll love you
No matter what color you are

Rainbow Hair

Verse 1:
There’s a fire
And it fills this room
Like the sun when it says goodbye

Your fingers
In her hair
Like the clouds in strands across the sky

She said, she said
Did you see the clouds
I said, I said
Did you see the sky

She’s caught up in your arms
And I’ve caught your
Butterflies

Verse 2:
After midnight
Still awake
Gentle fingers
Weaving braids for me

Falling softly
Into sleep
Your hand on my neck
Your other on her knee

You said, you said
Come a little closer
I said, I said
She can stay tonight

She’s caught up in your arms
And I’ve caught your
Butterflies

Bridge:
I know love is not a box
That can be filled up, and packed up, and closed off

Verse 3:
But I said, I said
Can I be scared
You said, you said
Well so am I

She’s caught up in your arms
And I’ve caught your
Butterflies

She said, she said
Did you see the clouds
I said, I said
Did you see the sky

She’s caught up in
Your arms
And I’ve caught your
Butterflies

Butterflies

Sonata in F Minor, K466 - Scarlatti

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