This is a song I finished a few years ago. I'm working on developing it into something more of a studio version right now, but here is my original idea of it that is very close to my heart. Thanks for listening!

Lyrics:

The tops of the trees are turning, love
And you’re still not mine to lose.
I thought it would be surrender,
I thought I’d misplaced enough clues.
I’m falling back into old patterns,
Seems like I’ve lost my hardened heart
That kept me away from loving 
All the good with the bad that you are.

So confide in me, love
Yes, confide in me.
Tell me your deepest fears, love,
Tell me what makes you sing.
And hide with me, love,
Just hide with me
We’ll wait til the worst is over,
And maybe then you’ll believe

I’m losing the me that knew you,
She seems to have jumped the tracks,
And try as I might to fix it,
I just can’t quite bring her back.
So tell me again your riddles,
I wanna know how they end
So keep filling me in, love,
Remind me of who we were then.

And be a child with me, love
Please be a child with me,
Play under forts of pillows,
Staring up at the sheets.
And hide with me, love
Just hide with me
We’ll wait til the worst is over,
And maybe then you’ll believe

The tops of the trees are falling, love
And you went and broke my heart
I should’ve listened to what they’d say, love
That loving you was hard.
But truly I don’t blame you,
Cuz how were you to know
Just how much I adored you
In that life so long ago

So fly from me, love,
Just fly from me.
I know that the worst is over,
I’m remembering how to breathe.
And hide from me, love,
Just hide from me.
I won’t hold it against you
That you never believed.



Written and performed by Mallory Joele

Demos

Tops of the Trees - acoustic

This is a song I wrote a while ago that I wanted to bring some new life to. I hope you enjoy it :)

Lyrics:

The sand is trailing down
Our time is running out 
I'm filling up with doubt  
But I can't let it out 
Cuz you don't like to whine,
Mediocrity isn't fine 
When you've got all your pride 
And I've got two damn lines

Well I'll let you know sometime, 
Maybe you'll show this time, 
Maybe you'll grow up 
To be a man. 
This love hate feeling for things 
It's too late for me to change, 
Isn't it fucking strange? 
You don't understand. 

Love, I think I've messed up big,  
All you do is make me sick
I think I need to be alone  
Alone 
Alone 
Never show your face again, 
Love, I didn't mean it,  
I think I need to be alone 
Alone 
Alone 
Alone 

This unstable love I've got going for you  
Isn't exactly what you're looking for  
But be honest baby, yeah, tell me the truth 
Even if I had you, you'd be wanting more  

I need to be, 
Need to be, 
I need to be alone 
Need to be, 
I need to be, 
I need to be alone 

Need to be, 
I’ve got to be
Oh, I need to be alone 
Need to be 
I’ve got to be 
Need to be alone  
With you.



Written and performed by Mallory Joele

Alone - demo

I wrote this song last year and am looking forward to developing it more, but for now here it is in its rawest, most delicate form. I hope you enjoy! 

Lyrics:

I imagine you’ve tried the west coast
But it was too critical for you.
So now you’re back in this wanna-be city
Trying to find something to do.
Yeah, your dreams, they were born here
And your father gave you all his scars
But your sisters got your mother’s,
And me, I got all ours. 

So give it up, baby, just let go
Of all the things that we used to know
You’re not sorry, but I’d like to think you’re ashamed
I’ve tried and tried, but it’s just so hard
To drain it all from my stubborn heart
I wanna know can you even remember my name
Cuz I can’t forget you

Yeah, I escaped this town for four years
Thought it’d stupidly do my heart good
But now I think I might just be regressing
Just wasting my tears and my blood
Cuz what good is this so-called knowledge
If I wake up everyday alone
And they all say that I’ll get there
So I just smile as I grow old

So let me down just this one last time,
I won’t even ask to change your mind
If I’m honest, this was always bigger to me
I’d like to know, is she still the one
That girl that you spent all your time on
Way back then when we were just seventeen
Cuz I can’t forget you

Oh, I don’t want to be this
Stuck on you for all time
But oh, I don’t know how to
Replace what was never mine

So give it up, baby, just let go
Of all the things that we used to know
You’re not sorry, but I’d like to think you’re ashamed
I’ve tried and tried, but it’s just so hard
To drain it all from my stubborn heart
I wanna know can you even remember my name
Cuz I can’t forget you



Written and performed by Mallory Joele

Can’t Forget You - acoustic

This is a song I wrote a couple years ago that I just recently got around to putting chords to. I'm planning on developing it some more, but I wanted it to be out in the world, so here it is (:

Lyrics:

White knuckle drive,
Thinking of you the whole time
Funny how it gets like that
When my life’s on the line.
Frozen to the touch,
Never should’ve called it love
Cuz now I’m just bound
To set myself up.

And in the deepest part of this godforsaken season
Everything is dead and nothing’s giving me a reason 
To let go of the past,
Try and throw away the last
Seven years
But that’s all there is here

I can’t survive
Thinking of you all the time
With your smile and your tattoos 
Living rent free in my mind
And yesterday was hard
Don’t even know where you are
Or if there’s a girl in your world
Whose turn it is to break your heart

And in the deepest part of this godforsaken season
Everything is dead and nothing’s giving me a reason 
To let go of the past,
Try and throw away the last
Seven years

And how can I move on if my heart thinks it’s all treason
To try to move past wanting you and all that I believed in
I’m begging for you now
To please come back and tell me how
I got here

White knuckle drive,
Thinking of you the whole time
Funny how it gets like that
When my life’s on the line



Written and performed by Mallory Joele

February 15th - acoustic

I write and sing songs, and also play the guitar a little bit. Music has always been a big part of my life, and I'm happy that I'm making time for it again. Thank you for listening!

Mallory Joele

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