A selection of my songs I have written.  The variety of song styles is WIDE :)   Besides from writing solo I have also written for bands Grounds For Dismissal, Ession and solo artist Tyler Zeller.  I update every time I release a new song 🎶.  I also have a playlist of instrumentals too, if you fancy a listen 🎹

SONGS written by Joanna Finnis

911
©️Joanna Finnis.  Mixed and co-produced with Will Mason.

Hold your tears little one
Not all pretty girls are having fun
The world ain’t at their feet
Hidden truths on darkened streets

Lonely walls have secrets
Hush the truth. Love to keep it
Inside her home
No-one will know

Nothings ever as it seems
Unreal. A hoax. A movie scene
Playing the part too well
Protect herself so you can’t tell

911, Emergency
Warm this heart and make it breathe
Inject love 
Bring back to life 

Hush now little one
Everybody’s having fun
Let your feelings go numb
You must hold your tongue

Push away denial
Watching others come alive 
Art of disguise 
Smile and survive

Nothings ever as it seems
Unreal. A hoax. A movie scene
Playing the part too well
Protect herself so you can’t tell

911, Emergency
Warm this heart and make it breathe
Inject love 
Bring back to life 

Bad hearts don’t let go
In for the final blow
Good hearts turn to stone
When left all alone

911, Emergency
Warm this heart and make it breathe
Inject love 
Bring back to life

Conversations

911 | Joanna Finnis

DARKNESS
© Joanna Finnis.  Mixed and co-produced with Will Mason

Breathe you in
Like nicotine
A taste so sweet
Hold my breath until I cry
A need so deep
My heart it weeps
I hear the lies
Bite my tongue until it bleeds

Dangerous, your reputation
Plays with my Imagination

Come with me
I want you
I’ll show you
What I’ll do
Runaway into the darkness

Come with me
I love you
I’ll show you
What I’ll do
Runaway into the darkness

Feel the burn
No love returned
I love to hate
Passion racing through my veins
I’ll take on you
You can carry on
Play your game
Bite my tongue until I cry

Electric domination
Smeared with fascination

Come with me
I want you
I’ll show you
What I’ll do
Runaway into the darkness

Come with me
I love you
I’ll show you
What I’ll do
Runaway into the darkness

No control over emotions
Let me sink in

Come with me
I want you
I’ll show you
What I’ll do
Runaway into the darkness

Come with me
I love you
I’ll show you
What I’ll do
Runaway into the darkness

BOUNCE

Darkness

Darkness | Joanna Finnis

TWO OF US
© Joanna Finnis.  Produced by Will Mason.

Slow down
You’re making me believe your lies
I can’t back down
When you have me hypnotized

And you’re too fast
Doing that trick you do
I know it won’t last
But I keep coming back to you

You are my obsession
You have my attention
Wanna show 
Gotta show 
What I’m feeling, Oh

It’s a crazy rush
Feeling dangerous
Doing what we want
Just the two of us

A simple little crush
A little curious
Here alone with you 
Just the two of us
Just the two of us  

Wake me
It’s another fantasy
I can’t break free
From the spell you have on me

The way you tease me
You know I like it like that
It’s magical
So sensual 

Got no indiscretion 
I’ll take your direction
Wanna show you
Gotta show you
What I’m feeling, oh

It’s a crazy rush
Feeling dangerous
Doing what we want
Just the two of us

A simple little crush
A little curious
Here alone with you 
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Just the two of us

Two Of Us

Two Of Us - Joanna Finnis

UNTIL THE END
© Joanna Finnis.  
(Mixed by and co-produced with Will Mason)

I dream you up, when I’m alone
Is it a sin? I do not know
Can’t help myself, I take it slow
It feels too good and no-one knows 
It doesn’t hurt to play pretend 
It goes my way, until the end
Until the end

You never hurt, and don’t ask why
It’s always perfect, in my mind
Love me. Leave me feeling new 
I’ll bring you back, when I need you
No broken heart to mend
It goes my way until the end
Until the end

Ignite.  Tonight.  You do it right
Delight.  Excite.  You do it right
No broken heart to mend
It goes my way until the end
Until the end

Falling in love is complicated x 4

I dream you up, when I’m alone.  Is it a sin?

Until The End

Until The End | Joanna Finnis

MISTLETOE
© Joanna Finnis.  Mixed and co-produced with Will Mason

From the corner of the room
I’ve been watching you, hey yeah 
This party sucks and I feel a fool
I wore this dress for you, hey yeah 
Sipping on wine hoping to catch your eye
I want you tonight, festive feelings running high, high, "Hi"

I’ll be waiting by the mistletoe
Feeling like I’m waiting for hell to snow
Like you see in music videos, I’m a sad girl
Waiting under the mistletoe

Talking to people I don’t know
Making merry hurts, hey yeah, yeah, yeah
Passing glances and quick hello’s
Stop this Status Quo, hey yeah, yeah, yeah

All the lights on the tree aglow give warm and fuzzy vibes.
Can I take you home tonight? Yeah? Yeah?

I’ll be waiting by the mistletoe
Feeling like I’m waiting for hell to snow
Like you see in music videos, I’m a sad girl
Waiting under the mistletoe

Every year I’ve been waiting
Every year I’ll keep waiting
Every year hesitating, for you (I'll keep on waiting)

I’ll be waiting by the mistletoe
Feeling like I’m waiting for hell to snow
Like you see in music videos, I’m a sad girl
Waiting under the mistletoe

Mistletoe

Mistletoe - Joanna Finnis

TAKE ME DOWN
©️ Joanna Finnis.  Co-produced with Will Mason.

I don’t want to play these games
I’ve had enough to last a lifetime
I want what dreams are made of
Even if it’s / they’re not real

I don’t want to sit here lonely
Telling you that everything’s alright
It’s not alright

Take me down, down, down, with your love
Take me down, down, down, with your love

I am bending, my beliefs
Making you feel, more at ease

You’re gonna take me down, down, down, down with your love
You’re gonna take me down down, down, down, with your love

You’re gonna take me down, down, down, down with your love
You’re gonna take me down down, down, down, with your love

Take Me Down

MY HEART DIES A LITTLE
©️ Joanna Finnis.  Written by Joanna Finnis.  Produced by Will Mason.

Heart beating fast
See the way that you touch
And I long for you
Yeah I long for you

Love is too cruel
Keep my heart loving you
Yeah, I know that touch
And it’s all too much

You don’t understand
Every time you take her hand
My heart dies a little
My heart dies a little

Eyes shut so I don’t see
But the memories follow me 
My heart dies a little
My heart dies a little

Here’s where I hide
Shadows late in the night
And I’m watching you
Yeah, I’m watching you

And I’m seeing through my tears
‘cause I don’t know how to let you go
Fighting all my fears
You don’t know how my heart broke

Camouflaged, late at night
Shadows veil, and I'm out of sight
Everything I desire
Plays before my very eyes

A love so strong, felt unsafe
Did not believe so I pushed away
I can’t forgive, I can’t forget
Losing you, my regret
  
Crying seas of tears
‘cause I don’t know
How to let you go

How to let you go, oh-oh
How to let you go, oh-oh
How to let you go, oh-oh
How to let you go

You don’t understand
Every time you take her hand
My heart dies a little
My heart dies a little

Eyes closed to I don’t see
But the memories follow me
My heart dies a little
My heart dies a little

My Heart Dies A Little

My Heart Dies A Little | Joanna Finnis

A cover Bananarama's Cruel Summer.  Arranged by Joanna Finnis.  Co-produced by Will Mason.

Cruel Summer

Cruel Summer (Bananarama Cover) | Joanna Finnis

I WISH I WAS NICER
©️ Joanna Finnis

I’m not as nice as I seem
Sometimes I’m kind
Sometimes I’m mean
I wish you well, but behind the scenes
I’m running on jealousy

I stare at what I should have been
Regret the days I spent being lazy
Now all I do is plan and I scheme
How to break down your dreams

How I wish, I was nicer
But I’m like a fierce tiger
I wish I was nicer, oh yes indeed

I will pretend, I am a good friend
I’ll lift you up, now and again
But when I smile and say ‘a job well done’
I’m hoping you come undone

(Instrumental)

Fake, phony, cunning and sly
Come shake my hand
Ill look you in the eye
I’ll be discreet
I play it sweet
Oh honey, know it’s a lie

How I wish I was nicer
But I’m just a falsifier
I wish I was nicer yes I do

We’re just the same
You play this game
You’ve got the skill
In the for the kill
It’s clear to see
My dear frenemy
You’re no more nicer than me 😈

I Wish I Was Nicer

I Wish I Was nicer

I Wish I Was Nicer - Joanna Finnis

I wrote this song after seeing a friend lose their loved one, and how they coped.  It made me wonder how I would move forward if I was to lose the love of my life.   

I've been back and forth whether I should release this track because lyrically it is very direct and personal, and in general, as a songwriter, it's a rule of thumb that released songs should be more relatable and broad in terms of their emotions and lyrics.  But, I'm at a time in my life where I don't really care :)  I've been finding that I've been following too many songwriting "rules" and now I just want to release music and if a song happens to connect with someone else then I consider that a win.

This song was written on piano and then given to composer Oliver Lodge who understood exactly the vibe I was after.  It's definitely got a musical theater element to it.

Thank you for listening xxx. (Lyrics below)

TEA and TOAST
© Joanna Finnis

There’s some things I love most
Rainy mornings, tea and toast
Curled up by the fireside
My favorite book, apple pie

There’s some things I detest
Scary movies, private access
Walking hills, macaroons
Losing you, way too soon

Swimming never was my scene
I’m drowning in our memories
Pull me out, I need some air
It’s not my time to join you there

Here’s some things I’ve learned to like
Cappuccinos, morning hikes
Sandy feet, waiting in lines
Top 40 hits, my aging lines

Here’s some things I sorely miss
Your stupid jokes, your soggy kiss
Laundry on the bedroom floor
Making love, the way you snore

Swimming never was my scene
I’m drowning in our memories
Pull me out, I need some air
It’s not my time to join you there

Here’s some things I regret
Banging doors and arguments
Wasted moments, staying sore
Not saying ‘I Love You’ more

Here’s some things I look forward to
Sunset beaches, foreign foods
Springtime gardens, writing tunes
My final breath, joining you

Tea and Toast

Tea and Toast - Joanna Finnis

A synth pop tune!  I wrote this track in response to a snarky comment I received after making a choice to move on in a new direction with my songwriting.  Moving on hurts the ones you leave behind, especially if they struggle with change, but it's 100% necessary to grow and flourish as an artist and as a human 🖤

Strong driving beat, a simple arrangement, to-the-point lyrics and a slightly dark melody, I feel this track has some elements of 80's New Wave 🤷🏻‍♀️. Produced by Will Mason.
  
CROSS MY HEART
© Joanna Finnis

You can shoot me down with words
Hit me with your sticks and stones
But you’re never gonna hurt me
Oh no, Oh no

Guess I am the lucky one
Crazy ‘cause I find it fun
You will never understand me
Oh no, Oh no

Oh, oh, oh-uh-oh    oh, oh, yeah x 2

Cross my heart, I’m doing fine x 2

Go ahead, mock and tease
I’m the only one I please
You are never gonna pull me, down, oh no

I guess I am a fearless one
‘cause I know how to move on
No, I don’t need you
Oh no, oh no

Cross my heart, I’m doing fine x 2

I don’t care what you will say
I like it this way, this way 
Here is where I’ll stay, I’ll stay
I’m not going away, away

Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart | Joanna Finnis

I don't really like to explain what my songs are about simply because I hope that listeners have their own personal connection to them.  However, if you look up the definition of an Incubus you'll see that it's not very nice, and so, for this tune, I feel I need to explain that I'm using an Incubus as a metaphor.  What for I'll leave you to decide.  Thank you for listening 🎧

INCUBUS
© Joanna Finnis (Produced by Oliver Lodge)

You will never love me
You're invisible
But I feel you everywhere
Hoping I don’t care
It’s how you survive 

Feeding off my soul
Killing everything thing I love
And still you hide
Deep deep in my mind
And crawl beneath my skin 

I know what you seek
But I’m not that that weak
I will fight you taking over me
Satan in disguise
An Incubus of minds
 I'll keep you falling out of love with me
  
Seep into my body
All dignity
Try to take it all from me
Twisted games you play with me 
You bring no peace

I will always fight you
Saving everything I love
And still you hide
Deep deep in my mind
And crawl beneath my skin 

I know what you seek
But I’m not that that weak
I will fight you taking over me
Satan in disguise
An Incubus of minds
 I'll keep you falling out of love with me

I won’t let you love me with your lies
I won’t let you love me with your lies

Incubus

Incubus - Joanna Finnis

I recently did a collaboration with songwriter Doug Millaway.  We wrote Falling In Love: a wistful, gentle and reflective love song.  It reminds me of warm summer days and innocent young love.  Doug wrote and played all guitar parts and I'm warbling away on vocals.  Produced and mixed by TangoSound.  I'm so happy how this tune turned out.  Hope you enjoy it too ...

FALLING IN LOVE
© Joanna Finnis/Doug Millaway

Under a sky of sun and endless blue
I spread my wings and start anew
Give you my love to you

Linger in stillness
As the world turns
Moments that are so warm
You feel like home, home, home

Falling in love
No-one but us
Falling in love, with you

Chasing dreams, floating on the wind
Twist and turn, high and lows 
My heart falls to you  

We know our journey
Tells a different story
Truth is where our hearts roam
It feels like home, home, home

Falling In Love
No-one but us
Fallign in love, with you

Day and night I will be true
Give my love, give it all to you
Love me tenderly, like you always do
Night and day my heart beats for you
I can feel your love through and through
Letting go and falling, falling in love with you
Falling in love with you

Falling In Love

Falling In Love - Joanna Finnis & Doug Millaway

Holiday Cheer is my 2023 holiday song!  I decided I wanted to write something uptempo, fun, flirty, celebratory (in contrast to Mistletoe from 2022 which is darker synth pop).  I wanted this track to feel like friends gathering in a pub, singing along and raising a glass to each other.  You'll notice that I don't mention Christmas even though it's heavily implied :). Produced by Oliver Lodge and mixed by Will Mason.  I hope you all have a fun, festive season but please drink responsibly!!

HOLIDAY CHEER
© Joanna Finnis

Cozy corners, under twinkling lights
Laughter fills the air tonight
Clinking glasses, bubbles to delight 
Take our spirits high

Popping corks and raising glasses
Rosy cheeks and flirty glances
Linger under mistletoe, oh
My heart aglow, I'm letting go

Baby, baby come here
I need your holiday cheer
The magic flows, we move in close
Like we do every year

Mischief makes a move on us tonight
Whiskey kisses, whispered teases
All that shimmers, and I'm hypnotized 
by your glittering eyes

Blame it on this liquid stardust 
Dreamy romance swirls inside us
We both know it's you and me, oh
Our hearts aglow, we're letting go

Baby, baby come here
I need your holiday cheer
The magic flows, we move in close
Like we do every year

(Oh, oh, oh .... )

Intoxicated, can't say I hate it
I've taken one sip too many
Intoxicated, can't say I hate it
I've taken one sip too many

Baby, baby come here
I need your holiday cheer
The magic flows, we move in close
Like we do every year

Baby, baby come here
I need your holiday cheer
The magic flows, we move in close
Like we do every year

Come on baby make it merry 🥂

Holiday Cheer

Holiday Cheer - Joanna Finnis

A light, fun love song with a summery and reggae vibe.  Produced by Will Mason and Oliver Lodge. 

BACK FOR MORE
© Joanna Finnis

Deja Vu, once again, I ignore
Me wanting you, oh I, feel a storm 
I know your love is dangerous
And my heart won’t take a warning
With you there is no calm

Oh boy, you keep me coming back for more
Oi oi, you keep me coming back for more
Boy, I fall into your thunderstorm
I'm coming back, coming back back back for more

We both know how this will end tonight
We crash and fall into our paradise
I know your love is thunderous
And I feel your lighting strike
With you it feels so right

Oh boy, you keep me coming back for more
Oi oi, you keep me coming back for more
Boy, I fall into your thunderstorm
I'm coming back, coming back back back for more

Why oh why, do I cry
Every night when you say goodbye
You gave me no lies
And I still deny and hide
The feelings so deep inside, oh

Oh boy, you keep me coming back for more
Oi oi, you keep me coming back for more
Boy, I fall into your thunderstorm
I'm coming back, coming back back back for more

You keep me coming back for more
Oi oi, you keep me coming back for more
Boy, I fall into your thunderstorm
I'm coming back, coming back back back for more

Back For More

Back For More | Joanna Finnis

A synth pop, toe-tapping tune about love 'n' heartbreak.  This track was a co-write with Michael Peloso.  For several years I've been feeling a little isolated in my songwriting and Michael has definitely help remind me how good it feels creating art with others!  Produced by Will Mason.

JUST ANOTHER DAY
© Finnis/Peloso  

Day after day
Memories come fast
Then fade away
So far, they don't last
All I have left are three little words to say
You made clear, you don't want to hear 

The world bounces round and round
But I'm stuck upside down
This cross I bear is wearing this crown

Just another day without
Just another day without 

After all this time
You still build these walls
Just to watch me climb
But ya know I'm gonna fall, fall, fall
Used up eight lives out, out of nine
I want you near, but you still won’t hear 

The world bounces round & round
But I'm stuck upside down
This cross I bear is wearing me down

Just another day without 
Just another day without  

Wasted 'I love you's' on a dream
That I can't seem to live without
And every moment's filled with you
I try so hard to lose
 
The world bounces round & round
But I'm stuck upside down
This cross I bear, and wearing this crown

The world bounces round & round
But I'm stuck upside down
This cross I bear is wearing me down	       
It's just another day without 
Just another day without 
Just another day without
Just another day without

Just Another Day

Just Another Day | Joanna Finnis

Steve Milne is the co-writer and the producer on this track.  He wanted to experiment with some new ideas and I was happy to lend him my vocals.  I'm not putting any lyrics here as I'll let you decipher them ... but they get clearer towards the end.  Happy listening! 🎧

24/7

24/7 | Joanna Finnis

Let It Out is a song to encourage us all to be our true selves.  Whatever and however that looks I hope that we can all live the life that makes us happy.  I also know that this can sometimes come at a cost, because authenticity can sometimes makes other feels uncomfortable.  I hope you are living your best and most honest life and that we are all kind and understanding of one another ❤️

LET IT OUT
©️ Joanna Finnis

One spark, and the senses awaken
One flame set free, now a fire is raging
Burn bright, oh, my fear is fading
Ignite, all the changes I'm making

Shine! What I hold inside
Won’t let it hide, hide, hide away
I'm gonna let it ...

Out out out, to dance about
Oh, out out out, to dance about
Yeah, let it out, to dance about
Oh, let it out

I’m gonna shout it out out out 
With out a doubt, and break it out
Oh let it out and
Feel the truth, dancing around
Oh, let it out 
I'm gonna let it out

Explode, the energy's rising
Illumiate with no compromising
Let it show, we're gonna sparkle and glow
Blazing into a new world
No rules and we're gonna take hold
and set us free, come with me

Shine! What we hold inside
Wont let it hide, hide, hide, anymore
We're gonna let it ….

Out out out, to dance about
Oh, out out out, to dance about
Yeah, let it out, to dance about
Oh, let it out

We're gonna shout it out out out 
With out a doubt, and break it out
Oh let it out and
Feel the truth dancing around
Oh, let it out 
We're gonna let it out

Oooo-oh, let it out

Out out out, to dance about
Oh, out out out, to dance about
Yeah, let it out, to dance about
Oh, let it out

Let It Out

Let It Out | Joanna Finnis

A tune to bring some Christmas magic to your holiday season.

Christmas Day - Single

Christmas Day

BONE CHAMBER
© Joanna Finnis & Miles Blackwood-Sewell

Our pretty thing Opal in the void
God’s gem by us destroyed
Perpetual Bone Chamber One
Perpetual Bone Chamber One,  oh

Our pretty thing Opal in void
God’s gem by us flawed
Perpetual Bone Chamber One
Perpetual Bone Chamber One

Sun and Wind and Fire and Ice
We twist and turn and drive
Concoct all manner of device
Until there’s not a thing alive

Our pretty thing Opal in the void
God’s gem by us destroyed
Perpetual Bone Chamber One
Perpetual Bone Chamber One

Sun and Wind and Fire and Ice
We twist and turn and drive
Concoct all manner of device
Until there’s not a thing alive

Our pretty thing
Opal in the void
God’s gem by us flawed

Perpetual Bone Chamber One, One
Perpetual Bone Chamber One, One

Bone Chamber

Bone Chamber - Joanna Finnis

Hello!  I am primarily a singer/songwriter but more recently have started writing piano pieces. 

I started songwriting very young (13) and have written mostly for fun.  I have sung lead for several bands, written for other artists and I regularly collaborate with other writers.  

YouTube is my favorite form of social media where I post my music videos, share photos and shorts.  My music streams across all platforms.  I'm British born and raised but now reside in California with my husband and teen children.  

I appreciate anyone leaving a comment on my music, and I encourage everyone to find something they're passionate about in their life and dedicate time towards it.  It will fill your soul.   Joanna xx  
🖤🎵🎹🎶🎙️