A Christmas song about the loneliness and cold feeling we sometimes get around this season, with a gentle reminder that there is light all around.

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Lyrics:
A song you sing when you're alone
The winter creeping in your bones
Sun is setting, days go by
A dwindling Christmas lullaby

Sing out for me
Sing out for me, for me

The fire is on,
But you're still cold
With tired eyes and mind and soul
Others laughing jovially
Around the Christmas tree

Sing out for me
Sing out for me, for me

Come out, come out
There's light all around
A warm embrace
And snow on the ground

The dark will recede
You'll have all you need
To Christmas, we will sing out

Sing out for me
Sing out for me, for me

Sing out for me
Sing out, sing for me, for me

Christmas Lullaby (Sing for Me)

#FAWM Skirmish challenge- optimism, because what's more optimistic than a fairytale?

Lyrics:

The sun cascades on your face and I fall a little more in love
I pick some flower petals and whisper your name
This is all I dream of

Harvest sun, my twin soul
Your smile is soft, and you're bathed in gold
Campfires and meadows and a hand to hold
Like fairytales I've been told

The leaves on the trees are falling down
I'm better when you're around
The bees in the fields
The breeze in the hills
This quiet beauty we've found

Harvest sun, my twin soul
Your smile is soft, and you're bathed in gold
Campfires and meadows and a hand to hold
You're fairytales I've been told

Fairytales

I wrote and recorded a quick version of this last month for #FAWM, but I wanted to sit down and play around with it again. I played guitar and took multiple tracks and layers to create this; hope you enjoy!

Billy, Be Happy (Redux)

Since Lauryn Hill cancelled her Huntsville show, I did a quick pass on ukulele of "Killing Me Softly".

Killing Me Softly (Ukulele Cover)

Go Insane (Lindsey Buckingham)

in the dark, can't see your eyes
get the light, oh, get the light
sing your song, but keep that smile
even if it takes all night

hush, hush, hush
in the garage, 
dirty old thing
sound-proof the rig

scream if you must
it ain't that deep
i'll lock you up
until you sing

if you reach out, you might touch faith
take that rusty old guitar
numb it with lydocane 

if the chords bleed through
resonating rings
do what you do
why talk when you can sing

hush, hush, hush
in the garage, 
dirty old thing

hush, hush, hush

hush (in the garage)

(no)

down by the river
where my body rests
please don't call my father
he left us here for dead


prayers were all granted
(this place is not your home)
placed a rosery in my hands
(these folks are not your friends)
we waded in the water
(this god is not your god)
away from dry land


(oh, no, stay home... don't go, don't don't don't go!!!)

all that lovely chanting
(these songs are not your own)
pretty little words
(even if they fuel your soul)
the music felt like family
(these people are all cold)
together, we all hurt
(NOT TOO LATE TO GO HOME!)

i think it's what i wanted
father told me so
from grace came the slaughter
i thought that you should know
(GO HOME)

really nice to matter 
white dress and petals at my feet
we thanked him for his smile
(too late to go away)

then we went to sleep :)

GO HOME!

(oh yeah)

step on a crack, sorry i broke your back
my eyes were wild in your photograph
and i remember i just could not stop laughing like that

in my mind there's a place
a sort of retreat, an escape
i'll you when the time is right
meet me at the black lodge tonight

they say that i am just a wild girl
that kind of shit makes my blood curl
i'll find you when the time is right
but you know i won't sleep tonight

does it make you feel alright
when we are going on that ride
living a life i couldn't hide
maybe, maybe they were right

maybe i was too wild
maybe i was too wild

maybe we were too wild
baby, we were wrong
maybe we were right
baby we're on fire

maybe i was too wild

I don't want what I want anymore
I don't give a shit, I close the door
Throwing pennies down the well
But well whiskey has a smell
All that I got is this guitar

Take another drink of your Tennessee whiskey
I’ll finish up this final song
I don't think they'll miss me

Now they're sending shots up to the stage
Damn- there goes my chance to leave with grace
But I don't want what I want anymore
It's fine-- at this point, I don't mind closing that door (that door)

I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
Clear the stage, cut the lights
Make it all feel alright
This is what you wanted
You stupid bitch
You said you'd sing
You said you'd play your songs

But I don't want what I want anymore
I don't want what I what anymore (anymore)
I don't want this damn guitar

(Closing: 9 years ago, my first Soundcloud upload)

i don't want what i want anymore

this thing is just meat (nsfw)

Video Games (Lana Del Rey Cover)

work in progress, take 2

drained him when he died
pumped with fermaldahyde
no blood to fuel his mind

you wished him back to life
warm body by your side
his fingernails scrape down your spine

no blood to course oh
no breath to scream no
a riddled thing in agony

his mouth was sewn shut
you tried to cut him free

couldn’t let it be

you thought your love was
love and fairy dust
the monkey’s paw burned in your mind

i think you know why
it’s buried deep inside
to make a deal
dead to alive

no blood to course oh
no breath to scream no
his anguished screams in your bedsheets

you said you’d love oh
but now you just leave
(yeah)

couldn’t let it be

blood oozing rotten teeth
eyes yellow with disease
what you’ve done is sickening

you called your lover home
went looking for his soul
it’s just a state of in between

his body falls away
he’s crying ever day
can’t bring him back when he can’t breathe

you said you’d love, oh
but now you try to leave
it’s too late to leave
this is your disease

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