rescue me 
give me emotion
i can't feel 
anything 
mm
i try to sing
of a something
that i know 
nothing of
mm
will you rescue me
I'm only human
i am weak
so break me open
so break me open, open, open

Break Me Open

Learning To Hold

I’m my own my own biggest contradiction 
In one step alone I question my direction
I want to feel tall, but not by making others small
And I want to be brave but turn from what I am afraid 
And in my reflection my better self says with such conviction

I see that look in your eyes, when you’re giving a smile but deep down you’re frightened 
Take one step in your life and then backtrack, don’t know if you like it 
Cuz that fear that you hide won’t give it a rest till you compromise it 
You’re not small this time, it’s funny to me you think you don’t got it
Cuz that’s the furthest from the truth truth truth truth you got it 

And I’m my own my own biggest contradiction 
I am scared that I don’t really know contentment 
Is it being still in every type of weather
Is it being chill and only looking at what’s better 
Is that living still, is that a life that’s real 
Is that contentment or avoidance of I need to feel 
	Show me what is real 
and in my reflection my better self says with conviction 


Biggest Contradiction

I’m an escape artist honey
Could look for years down at my feet cuz I’m scared of what is coming 
And it’s childish of me but I am so damn good at running 
So look at me this is my heart when walls have fallen 
I tell myself—that I'm growing up just fine
But in the night—I wonder if I’m doing right
Cuz I guess in happiness you can still be a long way from fine
But I swear I do my best not to be part of the crimes 

I know it’s hard for me to understand when I am wrong 
I hold on to innocence like I’ll die if I don’t 
Don’t want to be bad, that shame wouldl eat me up  
But ironically, I’d die too if I stayed stuck 

That’s the way it is—am I growing up just fine?
And in the nights, I wonder if I’m doing right
Sometimes in happiness you might find it’s the best place to hide
But I swear I do my best not to be part of the crimes

hold me gently please, I’m scared if that’s not clear 
I feel alone like I don’t matter if no one else is here 
Tell me I’m fine – don’t have that strength in me tonight 
Be my friend, share back and forth the love tonight

And I’m just hoping, that I’m growing up just fine
Oh tonight, I’m worried if I’m doing right
Cuz even in happiness you could still be a long way from fine 
And I just hope I’m good enough even when my best just isn’t right 
but I’ll make it right 



Escape Artist

Nightingale nature sound at the beginning of the song is captured by Aries Munandi on YouTube and the cricket night sounds at the end of the song are by danik1953 on YouTube
Dedicated to my grandfather who loved birdwatching!

Nightingale
On my window sill
What you sing?
Is it a good thing?
What you want?
All my love?
Come and get it child 
Cuz I run 
Beautiful in your eyes 
What you looking for 
Take all mine
Take your time
Don’t you rush
We got all this life 
In front of us
Don’t you worry now 
Struggle is part of life
So is what is right
Be true to every side 
You deserve it child
Be true to what you find
You deserve it child 
Be true to every side


Nightingale

now don’t you think I’m crazy 
now don’t you think I’m lazy 
you think I don’t
You think I don’t 
think I don’t try my baby 
think I don’t need your loving
think I don’t need you now
now don’t you think I’m crazy 
now that you’ve found me out
that’s why I’m scared you know me
that’s why I push always 
you think I don’t 
you think I don’t 
you think I don’t know that honey?
Think it’s so easy don’t you?
you think I can change the way that
I’ve always been, I’ve always felt
You think I play victim don’t you?
I think I do too, I’m scared of it but I don’t know how to step into 
Another life, to get it right, to say goodbye to the only truth 
I’ve ever known, it’s in my head, but I should have you know that
Despite it all I have hope but it might not be what you 
hoped to find inside my mind, now you don’t want to be with 
Something like me you think I don’t see how disappointed you are in me 
Cuz I am so damn stupid
And I am so damn mean
I think you don’t 
I think you don’t 
I think you don’t know to what degree
I feel beneath everyone and everything, take it out on you 
I take it out on me too, do you really think that I want to?
I think I am still the kid that 
Didn’t get what she should get 
And I push to make sure that nobody can see inside this
What would you see, something weak, and then you would know you could hurt me
Then you’d feel big and leave me here as small as I’ve always been 
you think I don’t know
think I don’t know
think I don’t know that I’m crazy 
See I’m too scared to bend
but it don’t mean I’m not sorry 
but it don’t mean I’m not sorry 



Don't You

sitting in my room trying to/reeling in dream
christmas lights in june and a half moon tapestry
everything’s asleep but that Buddha statue and me
quiet as the books on the shelf my silence brings my memories:

smell of pine and hot air porch swings
sia breathe me sugarland lake and fishing line
friendship blossom like a soft pink dahlia divine
cuz everybody need a friend, me more than once in a while

wooded bike trail and cattail river sides
discovering each other’s lives
finding out how to be there, how to Be There 
ain’t there nothing more to life
feet with no shoelace hanging from the 3rd story porch dreaming up a land in the parking lot
whittle my words down, there is so much that we got

wise woman tell me what to do when the years sure enough catch up with you 
wise woman tell me what to do guess I never grew in to my adult pair of shoes 
wise woman tell me what to do when the heart’s closed off to what it knew 
she said look at the trees and see how they bloom it’s been a cold winter—they can’t help but bloom, and that’s you 
 see it in you
you

take the wheel, and take to the black top
cuz I wana see everything and I want to share these things like,
they’re just another something to put into the mixing pot 
and my trust is a sacred bond I don’t give (out) a lot

But I want to love
I want to know what love is
I want to love
I want to know what love is
I want to

Just wana learn to love give myself around and feel it everyday, how to love and how to hold a heart in a firm but gentle way
How to love and to trust myself and see my own worthy, how to love and to see that part in every living being 
How to love with an open and heart and give more than I take, how to love want to love want to  

Chorus


WiseWoman - iPhone recording/edited

See me all 
Stand alone
Is there something more that you're looking for babe
Indeed it's so 
I'll tell you so 
What I'm looking for's another just to stand by me babe
Standing tall, not to compensate
 I just want to be free no apologies safe
I feel as though I've un-allowed
Myself to feel the things I need no they're not allowed hey -- 
Something I've build to fear
That's a lie - they guide us back to who we are real
Sometimes what we feel misguides our head what we think misguides what we feel 
So I will hold it in my hands till I know it is my dear old friend

I feel it all, I feel it all, I feel it all I I I feel it, I feel it all yea
Bring Me Back To Life Baby 

Hello old friend, it's been a while since I sat down to talk with you and listen I smile
You know yourself, you just might be the only one who knows her hidden inner workings so speak
I think that's worth getting to know I think it's worth working hard to learn to love so 
Get up now, get up and go spread that kind of love so maybe we can feel it all Oh oh oh 

Well I've been told you the kind that has to touch the stove although you're told it's hot a dozen times
Well that I know, but what it sews is a heart full of conviction and a curious mind 
So take your time getting to know, hold these things in your hand like a baby bird oh
One last thing, believe in your brave -- what would you say if a stranger told your story the same?

I feel it all, I feel it all, I feel it all I I I feel it, I feel it all yea
Paint my heart in gold baby 

Bring Me Back To Life



sometimes being brave is the only other option to face what you fear/need or turn and face defeat
but you can’t un-see what you’ve already seen so turning back around you can’t deceive your own feet  
and you know staying stuck is a nice cozy option but moss is for rocks and wind’s for your wings 
and don’t tell me that you’ve never dreamt of flying I won’t believe you and you won’t neither

sing it love 
sing it on higher
sing it love 
feel this here fire

sometimes the hardest things in life are actually the kinder like letting go and leaving what’s behind you
you can’t take off with all the bags  you carry the past she is gone but always there to remind you 
and the lessons we learn are like fuel for the fire the brighter we burn the more we feel lighter   
and all you can do for yourself is for us too cuz being true to you is the greatest gift to offer oh 

sing it all my love
sing it on higher
sing it love 
feel this deep fire

we’re learning to walk ropes for the thrill of it now, and learning from the trees how they give their leaves to breeze let go 
oh my it’s the hardest thing to know there are some things I swear which we have no control 
and pain is a friend if we listen to her oh give us a push and shove and till we change up the road
keep thunder in your pocket and love in your heart, keep truth on your tongue remember (and love) who you are 

you are love 
sing it on higher
sing it love
feel this here fire 

my better self is still in front of me smiling back at me and waiting patiently 
I am only growing getting okay with not knowing and finding a way to be okay with 
Change – 
and letting go nobody talks no nobody talks about how such a simple thing can leave a heart feeling utterly alone on the side of the road in the rain my face curled in my hands with nowhere to go 

sing it love 
sing it from higher
sing it love
sing me back to love 
to love to love to love to love to love I’m coming 
to love to love to love to love to love to love


Walking Ropes

 I live in Seattle. I love writing music because it brings me back to myself, reminds me of what's important, and opens doors to connect with others.



Becca McGehee

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