Copyright 2020
All Rights Reserved

Lyrics & Music: Erin Wolf
Guitar & Vocals: Erin Wolf

Trigger Warning: This is a heavy song which alludes to conversations around suicidal thoughts and mental illness. It's no secret to anyone paying attention that the on-going pandemic, particularly here in the US, has taken a heavy toll on many people who were already in times of crisis beforehand. We need to be able to talk about mental health when we speak of suicide prevention. 

That said, the lyrics herein, while not referencing any one situation specifically (which was intentional), do not necessarily represent a comprehensive range of experiences depending on any given person's own context. If you or a loved one needs help, please, please try to gather your strength to ask for help so you and/or your loved one can receive the correct care needed. I promise--YOU are worth it. 

1-800-273-8255 - Suicide Hotline for the United States
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

five things you can see
can you tell me what you see
so i know where you are

four things you can touch
can you tell me what you touch
so i see your hands

three things you can hear
can you tell me what you hear
so i can touch the air

two things you can smell
please tell me what you smell
so i hear your voice

one thing you can taste
how bitter does this taste
'cuz i can smell your fear

the war's not over
but there are battles won
i know it's hard to keep pressing on
not just trying to keep you alive
wanna see you thrive, love

do you want it
do you will it

will you want it
will you will it
will you keep it
if you let it 

your life

can you can see it, touch it, hear it, smell it, taste it
your life

see it, touch it, hear it, smell it, taste it

do you want it
do you will it
will you will
will you keep it
will you let it
will you want
will you want it

do you keep it
will you let it
do you want it
do you live it

Do You Want It

Song a Week Challenge

Original Lyrics:
He wondered if it was up to him
Symphonic gongs blasting through the ceiling
A taste of raspberries stained in his memories
There! It begins again! Hit the lights! Hit the lights my friend!

Meteors hurtled from her hands
As if she was bowling across the universe
A song of mango bleeding across asteroid fields
There! It begins again! Hit the lights! Hit the lights my friend!

Who are we but two beings?
Built of carbon and electricity
A touch of melancholy the abyss between pinprick stars
And worlds collide, hit the lights, hit the lights!

Hit The Lights

Lochinver

Week 34 #songaweek2020. Maybe the only completely instrumental track I've ever recorded! Photo is my lovely daughter this summer at a lake in northern Minnesota. If you listen really closely you might hear my rowdy backyard squirrels who "enhanced" the lead guitar track.

Solitude

Glasgow Songwriting Festival with lots of good tutors and inspiration.
This was written after an afternoon with Boo Hewerdine

Every Road

My friend was friends with Steve Earle's sister
And the stories that she told about her telling stories
With second hand hearsay being small town gospel
Pray

At these times we should stop and wait
It's not my place to speculate
Think about the nothing that we make with time
And the something that we leave behind

You can take someone out of context, try to grow them straight
In the shade of burning trees a street or two away
You can take years to leave the ones before
You can take someone out of context, but when the context is a war
Sometimes it doesn't matter
Some die fighting losing battles

It's a wonder for those on the line
That anyone makes it to 29
Easy enough for me to say
The leaving behind, the nothing made
The thousand miles, the setting straight
The burning bright, praying for rain
The small town gospel gossip pray
The, hell, who am I to say

Not Waiting Around (Out of Context) - Song a Week 2020, Week 35

"This One Night Stand Could Stand Just One More Night" (#386-#389, 200817-200828)

 * co-written with Melvin Purvis * 

Buckled up my jeans slipped my timepiece on
Headed downtown to the honky tonk
Goin' where I know I can find a dance and a drink

As I pulled up in the truck I thought I spied
Pretty little cutie with those Monroe eyes
Said a quick prayer she was there lookin' for the same thing

I held the door open and she walked right in
Knowin' how tonight could end

Never mind the same old pick up lines
Just one question your place or mine
I don't even care if we close the blinds
This one night stand could stand just one more night

I went what do you say we grab a cold one for the road
She said you got game but this ain't my first rodeo
Yeah she saw me comin' from my watch down to my boots

Like an old time cowgirl she headed me off at the pass
Every time I opened my mouth she shut me down fast
Kinda' started thinkin' that I bit off more than I could chew

Sittin' there wonderin' how the night would end
When she grabbed me by the hand

Never mind the same old pick up lines
Just one question your place or mine
I don't even care if we close the blinds
This one night stand could stand just one more night

When we wake up tomorrow we can flip a coin
But we both know where this thing is goin'

Week 35a - This One Night Stand Could Stand Just One More Night (200828)

Copyright 2020
All Rights Reserved

Lyrics & Music: Erin Wolf
Guitar & Vocals: Erin Wolf

run run running around
run run running around 
in circles

let me take a moment
to explain myself
i know this is hell
quite a bitter pill

promise if you just
really hear what i'm saying
don't take it out of context
hear me out

then we won't be
run run running around
run run running around
in circles

i know it's hard to hear
that he lied with every word
how do you think that i had felt
when he'd done what he'd done

but then you cast me out
made me the villian in my own nightmare
i guess you gave me my way out
had my way out

i guess there'll be no more
run run running around 
run run running around 
in circles

i knew to be free 
it would take all of me
and i knew to be free
it would cost but i didn't know
it would cost so greatly

no more
run run running around
run run running around
in circles

Running In Circles

Out of context #songaweek2020 wk35
out of context out of time
we keep on missing repeating the lies
we’re spinning further deep into space
we hitting the targets still make mistakes

how great to wonder and know u r mine
at dawn i perceive your  perfect design
 once what was hidden now comes into view
a symphony of hope from the blackened dark hue

out of context out of time
we keep on missing repeating the lies 
seeking more wonder the ebb and the flow
its pulling us under and never lets go

the crown and the sceptre the robe and the ring
the comfort of truth that compels us to sing
the passing of things from this world to the next
our eyes wild in joy in perfect sweet rest

out of context out of time
we keep on missing repeating the lies
we’re spinning further deep into space
we're hitting the targets still make mistakes
hitting the targets but still make mistakes
hitting the targets but still make mistakes

out of context SAW35

The seventh song from Deconstructed

Solo para ti

Cada que me besa
con esa destreza
sabe cuanto me gusta
su mirada traviesa
Cuando ella me mira
pierdo la cabeza
Baby soy de ti
sólo para ti

You're what I want for me
and I can't go on así
so baby just let me be your man

Ay, you’re the one for me
sabe cuanto me gusta
su mirada traviesa
Ay, tú eres para mí
Baby soy de ti
sólo para ti

You're what I want for me
and I can't go on así
so baby just let me be your man

Deconstructed

Solo Para Ti

Sure, "Prove It" was the Week 14 prompt. But I didn't finish this song then. Don't think I finished it now.

*****

It's easy to say
We'll hold everything dear
Like we do right now
When the ending is

The ending is
What we make of it
You're going to be what we need right now
Prove it
Prove it to me

Everything starts to shake
Everything starts to blur

I can barely sleep
You're  early morning dreams
You're talking half to me
And half to you

Get inside my head and pull me out
Pull my body through when it calms down

It's all coming home, if you feel that darling
Pretty lies we were ready for

I remember rain, I remember sun
It's been so long it's gonna come, it's going come
Prove it
Prove it to me

Get inside my head and pull me out
Pull my body through when it calms down

Not Waiting Around (Out of Context) - Song a Week 2020, Week 35

Charlatan, PE