Martha (1976-2013)

Written in 2003, this song is for Martha Carol.  Martha lost her mother while we were in 5th grade.  We attended Orchard Street School in Fox River Grove.  At the time, the school would host a monthly dance for the Junior High kids.  6th grade came and Martha agreed to be my first girlfriend.  Ten months after her Mom passed, Martha was my date to the Halloween dance.  She arrived with her face painted in a black and white yin & yang, but like a clown, with the white side smiling and the black side frowning.  We all knew the moment we saw her what she trying to convey with her costume; It was a beautifully sad expression of everything she was going through.  She was at the dance but somewhere else entirely that night.  We sat quietly until the inevitable moment when a song came on that ripped the tears from her eyes.  She stood, turned, and ran screaming out of the school.  A few of us chased after and I got to her first.  There she was, standing at the top of a hill, just staring up at the streetlight, enveloped in its glow, and spinning in small circles.  For all the years I knew her after that time she was just never the same.  Martha is gone now, passed a few years back from an illness, but I’ll always have her and that moment in my heart.        

Verse 1
She’s circling the streetlight
Says she sneaks out every night
And that she stares at the stars and cries under moonlight
She says she can’t shake her mind of moments frozen in time
She wants some answers to life and she’ll search herself for nothing more.

Verse 2
She wants to go back in time.
She wants someone else’s life
So she lay on the on floor, oh
And she begs for the pain to subside
She’s just a little girl so lost in this world
Down and out of control, kicked and broken, and she don’t know why.

Verse 3
Says she’d trade it all for better days
God there’s got to be a better way
And she’s so damn scared
But she won’t let it show.
Never again will she be the same
It’s buried to stay, every day is now so alone

Bridge
And then she said.  If you can hear me, can you heal me
If can feel me shaking, can you free me
She says she wished it would rain 
to match this flood of sadness and wash her away
Then a storm rolled in, the clouds as gray as her skin, and when the rain and lightning broke, somehow it gave her hope.

Verse 4
She’s circling the streetlight
Says she sneaks out every night
And that she stares at the stars and prays under moonlight
She wore the face of clown, part smile, part frown
And when the makeup was gone, run free the child down below.
When that storm rolled in, the clouds as gray as her skin, but when the rain and lightning broke, the ghost carried her home.

Martha

Born Summer
Dedicated to my children.  The verses are written in order of their births:  Caitlyn, Renin, Cainin, all born in Summer, and only 2 weeks apart from each other between 6/25-7/10  (1998/2015/2019).  

Verse 1
You were born in July
Didn’t breathe, you didn’t cry
Then like a firework, you arrived
I held you, so tight 
On the day that you came into my life

Verse 2
We ran to the day
That wait, to know your name
How you’ve grown, six years old and shining like the sun
You’ve brought a beauty unparalleled into my life

Chorus
Oh, let your sunshine down on me
You were Born Summer
You were Born Summer to me

Verse 3
He begins, sweet summers skies and his star shines so bright
Here you are, as was I, so much more, I realize
Oh, the joy, that you’ve brought into my life

Born Summer

This song was written in 1971.  It was forgotten for almost 50 years.

Verse 1:
I got this ol’ guitar
A song or two
And this old world 
To sing em to
I’m in this big old town but ya know
I’m moving on down the line
This time alone

Verse 2:
I got some long brown hair
My eyes are blue
I guess I look O.K.
I feel that way too
I’m looking everywhere but ya know
That I don’t really care
Which way I go

Chorus:
Singin bout me. 
I ain’t so important  
That I can’t waste my time  
and so ya see
I ain’t humble and I ain’t blue
And I guess I got time to 
Sit here brother and sing this song to you

Verse 3:
Well I don’t know
What it all means
I’m sure it ain’t quite
What it seems
But when darkness scares me in the night
I know that in the morning
Everything’s are going to be alright

Verse 4:
I’m one of you
You’re one of me
One and one make two
Two and on makes three
It all seems simple to me today
Tomorrow I just might feel
Some other way

Chorus:
Singin bout me. 
I ain’t so important  
That I can’t waste my time  
and so ya see
I ain’t humble and I ain’t blue
And I guess I got time to 
Sit here sister and sing this song to you

Verse 5:
I’m feeling good 
I want to share
This song with you
Cuz I really care
And maybe tomorrow when we start to doubt
We can sing it together and remember
What it’s all about

Chorus:
Singin bout me. 
I ain’t so important  
That I can’t waste my time  
and so ya see
I ain’t humble and I ain’t blue
And I guess I got time to 
Sit here people and sing this song to you

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As the verses unfold, listeners are taken on a journey through doubt and self-critique, but the chorus serves as a rallying cry to embrace imperfections and find strength in vulnerability. The bridge inspires courage, urging us to let go of control and embrace our true selves amid chaos.

With its dynamic shifts and soaring melodies, "Rise and Reclaim" encapsulates the universal quest for meaning and connection, reminding us that even in the darkest moments, we can rise up and reclaim our stories. Join BrightSong on this powerful journey toward empowerment and hope.

Rise and Reclaim

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Jeremy Brizzi is a songwriter and musician.  “I do what I can, with what I have, to show you how I feel.  Thanks for listening.”

With more than 300 song left to record and a constant attention to creation, the best is yet to come!  

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