Capo 5

Intro
Cmaj7, G, Em, D

Verse 1
G, Em7, G, Em7

Winter time keeps creeping in
And chilly wind whips off my skin
I’ve still got some miles to go
My boots wander at a gentle tempo

Bridge
Am7, Em, Am7, Em, Am7, Em, D

The snow around me
Falls endlessly
I don’t know where to go or how to begin

Chorus
G, Am7, Em, Am7, 
D, G, D, Cmaj7, CmMaj7, 
G

I want in,
Where fire crackles brightly
Where icicles growing from my heart
Will melt away
I want in.


Verse 2
I need to find shelter in times like these
With blankets and tea or I’ll freeze
I retire into the safe, warm walls
Into bed, my body falls

Bridge
Chorus
Intro

I Want In

I'm doing a project where I write at least one song per day during quarantine. Today I challenged myself to write a song in 15 minutes and this is what I came out. I cheated a bit and polished it afterward, but I'm satisfied with the end result.

Is it me? (it's me) - Demo

Playing around with the Loopy app. It's super useful for songwriting!

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I am not a bath in a bloodstone basin
I am a glacier that scrapes across the mountain

Force me and I’ll crack
Melt me and I’ll show you 
the depths of my soul
How deep they go

I am not a warm waft off the water
I am a billowing gust blowing pages from your jotter

Choke me and I’ll fall
Let me breathe and I will sing of
The depths of my soul
How deep they go
How deep they go

If you dare to take the plunge
It will be worth your while
There is more inside
Why don't you just swim a mile
I’ll be waiting there
With a smile

I am not a crackling fire
I am a bush ablaze upon the beach
I’m not a puddle in the mud
I am a buoyant bog
And if you fall
And if you fall
How deep they’ll go
How deep you’ll go
How deep you’ll go
How deep you’ll go

Deep They Go - Loopy Demo

I was playing around with a new song and my shiny new ability to record things with higher quality.

How Deep They Go - Spooky Demo

Experimenting with GarageBand and making my own beats. It's kind of inspired by Fiona Apple's new album.

Lyrics:
The skin of my lips is swollen and raw
It takes all control not to just gnaw
And taste the blood inside of my maw
I wish that I could draw

Skin On My Lips - Demo

I've been hanging on Amanda Palmer's new forums and I made a great big post about how sad I am. This person named Eli Kwake (elikwake.com) wrote a poem as a reply and I was moved to turn it into a song. So I did! And here it is.

Lyrics:
There’s so many things I want to tell you 
I agree with so much of what you said
 I also feel like I’m drowning
 In the pool of my mind and my head

Chorus:
Here is a piece of my heartstring 
Can you lend me an ear for this rhyme?
 I wish now that I could hold you 
And tell you that everything’s fine

Chorus

Sometimes we need intermissions 
And the universe, it coldly says “No” 
We’re forced to move forward, hearts aching
 Into darkness where we don’t want to go

Chorus

But sometimes there is a reprieve 
And sometimes that hurts even worse 
We feel the pain we were ignoring
 In the pause between each starting verse

Chorus

Remember if you can in this feeling 
The pain and the healing it brings
 There’s so much that we’ve all been ignoring
 In this new silence, everyone sings

We’re all learning that we are broken 
And learning to mend where we may
 If we all work together I think we might find 
The pieces we’ve all thrown away

Chorus x2

We all know that I would be lying 
We know now we’re falling apart 
But tomorrow, next week, next year maybe 
We’ll all learn to make a new start
        
My hope for the darkness and silence 
That covers the world as I write 
Is that we’re all healing and mending 
And soon we’ll be bathing in light

Chorus

Heartstring

Riff

On the day of our country’s wake
Each of our hearts would ache
We held hands, embraced one another
I said I liked what she said with a stutter

C
I knew
The moment you 
came into vision
I’d fall fast and hard
And oh by god
Did it happen

Riff

I went to see a dramatic display 
And behold, it was her on the stage
What a boon it was to behold
Who could know what would unfold?

C

Clad in black and chanting
I found her enchanting
Serving me my beer
I waited for her to reappear
I remember all the interactions I had with her, 
but never tied them together.

C
Riff

Did It Happen - Demo

I write songs, I play ukulele, guitar, and sing. I also write poetry. Sometimes I dance, but you can't see that on Soundcloud, sorry.

alexcowles

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