Stay Young
Written by Priscilla Ederle

Another birthday cake candles blown out
Another play date on the playground
Your kite flies high 
Your mind keeps opening up
Your water well is full
Your story waits to unfold

Stay young
Stay young 
Why can’t we stay young?
Stay young
Stay young
Why can’t we stay young?
No fears and no worries 
You’re free just to run
Why can’t we stay young?

Another year gone time to graduate
Another new phase of making mistakes
The world’s your ocean
Tides keep changing
Riding waves that shrink and swell
I hope life treats you well

Stay young
Stay young 
Why can’t we stay young?
Stay young
Stay young
Why can’t we stay young?
No fears and no worries
You’re free just to run
Why can’t we stay young?

Hard days
And tough breaks
Growing up way  too fast
Won’t you please slow down?

Stay young
Stay young 
Why can’t we stay young?
Stay young
Stay young
Why can’t we stay young?
No fears and no worries
You’re free just to run
Why can’t we stay young?

Stay Young

Anything Goes
by Priscilla Ederle

Pigs in styes
Messing up the world tonight
Feeling up her fresh shaved thighs
Underneath her clothes

Broke that girl
Caught her with her hair uncurled
Cast her to that silent world
Tipping on her toes
(she says)

“Don’t push me boy
Don’t push me boy 
around here
Don’t push me boy
Don’t push me boy 
around here
Yeah, anything goes 
But everything comes 
around here”

They throw their weight
Always want to dominate
Lock her in that boring cage
She wrestles with her doubts

She stomps that floor
Boys will be boys no more
She found a way to kick that door
And bust her way right out
(she says)

“Don’t push me boy
Don’t push me boy 
around here
Don’t push me boy
Don’t push me boy 
around here
Yeah, anything goes 
But everything comes 
around here”

And all her confidence 
gets shaken up and twisted ‘round
It’s hard to find your strength
and get back up
lift your chin up off the ground 

“Don’t push me boy
Don’t push me boy 
around here
Don’t push me boy
Don’t push me boy 
around here
Yeah, anything goes 
But everything comes 
around here
Yeah, anything goes 
But everything comes 
around here”

Demos

Anything Goes v1.0(rough recording)

Time Capsules

Tucked away so many years ago
Artifacts of you and me, in polaroids and clothes
Hidden under mattresses
Letters wrote to you never sent

Teenage years were awkward ’til the end
Jigsaw puzzle pieces of us never fitting in
Always on the outside
Peering through the window pane

All those words I could never say
Sitting in that bed drawer

Time Capsules
Digging up these memories now
Time Capsules
Bury them back into the ground
These Time Capsules

We were just two kids who fell in love
I was never good at dealing with the harder stuff
Left you by the backdoor
Wondering why I never called

All those words I could never say
Sitting in that bed drawer

Time Capsules
Digging up these memories now
Time Capsules
Pounding like a deafening sound
I won’t remember
Don’t want to see this
Please don’t remind me now
Time Capsules
Bury them back into the ground
These Time Capsules

I wish I could go back
Explain how far now that I’ve come
I’d tell you 
I was just a scared little girl on the run
I know that’s not much to offer you

Time Capsules
Digging up these memories now
Time Capsules
Pounding like a deafening sound
I won’t remember
Don’t want to see this
Please don’t remind me now
Time Capsules
Bury them back into the ground
These Time Capsules

Time Capsules (rough demo) - 3:16:22, 11.23 PM

Nasty Weather
By Priscilla Ederle

I wish I could 
Find a way to hide in shelter
I’m drowning in the deep end silent
Swallowed by this poison river
 
You keep saying, “baby don’t you, baby don’t you, baby don’t you cry”
You keep saying, “baby don’t you, baby don’t you, baby don’t you cry again”

Now I’m capsized here
As I’m sinking on the gravel floor

I can’t turn away
I keep steering in Nasty Weather
I can’t walk away
I keep stepping in Nasty Weather
The levee’s gonna a break
I can feel it overtake me now
Rush down accelerate
I keep hanging on
But I keep slipping in Nasty Weather

You could say
I fooled you babe my ship could just sail forever
Now I’m feeling broken down
With shattered sounds and pieces that won’t glue together

You keep saying, “baby don’t you, baby don’t you, baby don’t you cry”
You keep saying, “baby don’t you, baby don’t you, baby don’t you cry again”

I’m taking everything too hard 
Like I think I’m gonna die

I can’t turn away
I keep steering into Nasty Weather
I can’t walk away
I keep stepping into Nasty Weather
The levee’s gonna a break
I can feel it overtake me now
Rush down accelerate
I keep hanging on
But I keep slipping in this Nasty Weather

I struggle each day 
but the whirlpool spins me ‘round
I can feel it swirling now
But I’m trying anyway, anyway

I can’t turn away
I keep steering into Nasty Weather
I can’t walk away
I keep stepping into Nasty Weather
The levee’s gonna a break
I can feel it overtake me now
Rush down accelerate
I keep hanging on
But I keep slipping in this Nasty Weather

Nasty Weather (rough demo) - 4:22:22, 2.00 PM

Vallery
by Priscilla Ederle

He was claiming she was so perfect 
She made no mistakes
She sat high up on that pedestal step
He thought she was like the voice of God
She was pure and true
He did whatever she said

Vallery
She was like an ice cream in his dreams
Sweeter than a sundae dripping cream
I wanna sit high
I wanna sit high like Vallery

Vallery
She was like French pastries glass encased
fell in love with her reflecting face
I wanna sit high
I wanna sit high like Vallery

He was crying to himself in bed
He said that he felt dead
she had taken him off her “A” list 
I wish he could taste my lips instead
I’d be much better than her
I’d pour him all my sugar

Vallery
She was like an ice cream in his dreams
Sweeter than a sundae dripping cream
I wanna sit high
I wanna sit high like Vallery

Vallery
She was like French pastries glass encased
fell in love with her reflecting face
I wanna sit high
I wanna sit high like Vallery

Vallery (rough idea demo)

SoHo
by Priscilla Ederle

We dreamed like runaways
Gazing out the window, busy streets
We would start the day
At coffee houses and in bakeries
Sweet beginnings

Cobblestones, art galleries
The latest fashion, cool boutiques
Hope was floating in the air
Our eyes were wide in silent stares

SoHo, SoHo, Oh, Oh, Oh
SoHo, SoHo, Oh, Oh, Oh
I remember you and me
Walking ‘round this town
Holding hands and talking over subway sounds
Love was simple in SoHo
SoHo
SoHo

The noise of other times
Back when we were young and felt so free
With neighborhood's alive
Dancing all around in summer heat
Deeply breathing 

Sticky in humidity
With Music playing, hip-hop beats
Somehow we just never cared
Our dripping clothes and frizzy hair

SoHo, SoHo, Oh, Oh, Oh
SoHo, SoHo, Oh, Oh, Oh
I remember you and me
Walking ‘round this town
Kissing on the sidewalk where the corners round
Love was simple in SoHo
SoHo
SoHo

Now life’s complicated paths 
Led us to dead ends
Wishing we could go right back 
To where we first met 

SoHo, SoHo, Oh, Oh, Oh
SoHo, SoHo, Oh, Oh, Oh
I remember you and me
Strolling ‘round this town
Now we’re searching for that perfect world we had found
Love was simple in SoHo
SoHo
SoHo

SoHo (rough demo) - 2:5:23, 3.53 PM

Don’t Know How You Do It
by Priscilla Ederle Shaw

You were just a kid back then
When innocence was something that should never bend
Forcing you to grow up with no history
Swallow tears of silent pain

A world you learned to never trust
People let you down when you needed them most
Talking loud just hearing their own voices
Never heard a word you said

You hold it in, you make it look so easy
About to burst, you seem so effortless
You cry inside
Protecting all your secrets

Don’t know how, don’t know how
Don’t know how you do it
Don’t know how, don’t know how
Don’t know how you do it
You seem strong, but you’re about to break
Don’t know how you do it

Now you’re coming up in age
Don’t wanna be remembering those bitter days
Wishing you could quiet down your busy busy brain
Crawl into a peaceful place

You hold it in, make it look so easy
About to burst, you seem so effortless
You cry inside
Cover up your feelings
Keeping all these secrets

Don’t know how, don’t know how
Don’t know how you do it
Don’t know how, don’t know how
Don’t know how you do it
Keep yourself a secret, I see you ‘bout to break
Don’t know how you do it

Don’t know how you do it
Don’t know how you do it

Don't Know How You Do It - 2:12:23, 1.10 PM (rough songwriting exercise)

Down the Drain
By Priscilla Ederle Shaw

Verse 1
It was by far the worst summer you had faced
Staring through bedroom windows in a cold space
Reading all the Sunday papers
Bad news twisting ‘round the air again

Verse 2
Golden days like a coin tossed, never found
Time to go back to school barely unwound
Counting cards of baseball players
Passing time just makes you go insane

Chorus
You’ll remember the days
That were stolen away
Life goes on 
And you’re never gonna ever be the same
Hear the locking of the closed door sound
Don’t wanna be there now

You’ll remember the days
That were stolen away
Life goes on 
And you’re never gonna ever be the same
Pulling faster as it swirls you ‘round
Like water down the drain

Verse 3
You were bright-eyed looking past these shadows
Aiming high like a rocket launching white glow
Signals clear, no cracking voices
Drawings made, your maps were underway

Verse 4
Days fade with the sun sinking in the ground
Top bunk blanket emptied without a sound
Packed your bags no travel vouchers
Breaking out to make your great escape

Chorus

Bridge
Good advice
Makes you always think twice
‘bout the choices you make
no regretting mistakes
You’ll find your way
In this foggy maze
You’ll pull through
When you feel safe...

Chorus

Down the Drain (beat + guitar + voice rough demo)

Atmospheric Haze
by Priscilla Ederle

V1
All the flowers you would always send me
Vases full of petals in containers on our fire escape 
Perfectly, prearranged
Everything was coming up roses

V2
I thought we’d be perfect like that Sunday
Shining down like precious gold, the first time when I saw your face 
Sun it bends, we pretend
Never saw the storms form around us

Pre-Chorus
Kicking dust, it's hard to see
I’m on your side
I just know not everything
Is black and white

Chorus
Cold on the way home
I can see
Our dirty laundry in the air
Cold on the west coast 
I can see
Fog roll in from everywhere here

Babe there’s something about you here
that’s atmospheric
You’ve got that atmospheric haze
Babe there’s something about us here
that’s atmospheric
We’ve got that atmospheric haze

V3
I wish we could put out all our fires
We argue say we're sorry the smoke covers ‘til we’re saving grace
We regret, we forget
Then everything just happens again

Pre-Chorus
Kicking dust, hard to see
I’m on your side
I just know not everything
Is black and white

Chorus
Cold on the way home
I can see
Our dirty laundry in the air
Cold on the west coast 
I can see
Fog roll in from everywhere here

Babe there’s something about us here
that’s atmospheric
We’ve got that atmospheric haze
Babe there’s something about us here
that’s atmospheric
We’ve got that atmospheric haze

Babe there’s something about us here
that’s atmospheric
We’ve got that atmospheric haze
Babe there’s something about us here
that’s atmospheric
We’ve got that atmospheric haze

V1 (repeat)

Atmospheric Haze (rough guitar + voice demo)

Misery
by Priscilla Ederle

Verse 1
I wasn’t dressed when you held me that Sunday
Twisted in sheets in our messy bed sideways
Those perfect mornings 
You said I could never let you down

Verse 2
Gripped by a heavy stagnation now I’m frozen
A lack of direction ‘cause the world feels broken
Stuck in this picture 
paralyzed, I think I might drowned

Pre-Chorus
I don’t want to crash you down with me

Chorus
I love you sugar
You’re so happy
But I’ve got all this misery
I love you sugar
You’re so happy
But I’ve got all this misery
They say misery loves company
But misery just loves me

Verse 3
Wish I could give you more than all this darkness
Light-hearted laughter instead of my starkness
I feel like I’m risky
I worry I might never come around again

Pre-Chorus 
I don’t want to crash you down with me

Chorus
I love you sugar
You’re so happy
But I’ve got all this misery
I love you sugar
You’re so happy
But I’ve got all this misery
They say misery loves company
But misery just loves me

Bridge
Noise in this world invading all my brain now
Wishing I could give the best of myself somehow
My dreams and my voice drowned out
letting my fears win in this game

Chorus
I love you sugar
You’re so happy
But I’ve got all this misery
I love you sugar
You’re so happy
But I’ve got all this misery
You say misery loves company
But misery just loves me

Misery - 2_2_25, 4.48 PM

This song is about feeling like no one sees you because everyone is so absorbed 
 in themselves. It is about finding a place where you are seen and heard. It is a song about NOT feeling invisible.

The Diamond Fields

Invisible

This song is about being in a bad relationship with someone where it is all about them. Sometimes break-ups are sad, but sometimes they are liberating. This one is about realizing that someone breaking up with you, who only ever cared about himself, is really a cause to be happy. 

"He's giving me all of is very last days, I'm happy to say."

Very Last Day

Back of My Hand
by Priscilla Ederle

Verse
First song I ever heard on a boom box radio
You were washing your car, now you’re ten feet down below
You smiled at me as you wiped it clean
The music played I read a magazine
Now the dark night sky is where your spirit’ll be
You keep shooting stars, shooting stars, 
Shooting them back at me

Chorus
Tattooed your name on the back of my hand
So I’ll never forget you, I’ll never forget you
Tattooed your name on the back of my hand
So I’ll never forget you, I’ll never forget you
Fogged in these memories
I’ll never be the same
Tattooed your name
On the back of my hand
Back of my, back of my hand

Verse
You drove us to a drive-in movie when I was ten
never made it to the show, we got in a bad accident
Last saw your face in the rear view mirror
High beams glared, we crashed, trees spun near us
The dark night sky is where your spirit’ll be
You keep shooting stars, shooting stars, 
Shooting them back at me

Chorus
Tattooed your name on the back of my hand
So I’ll never forget you, I’ll never forget you
Tattooed your name on the back of my hand
So I’ll never forget you, I’ll never forget you
Fogged in these memories
I’ll never be the same
Tattooed your name
On the back of my hand
Back of my, back of my hand

Back Of My Hand (demo)

Brave
By Priscilla Ederle

Rough days when you come of age
Bad kids such a nasty stage
They’re calling names
Throwing stones again
So you can feel their pain

Broken glass on a window pane
Push you through an open gate
They get in your face
Your private space 
They’re pulling on your hair

Run run don’t you run away
They’re weaker when you’re strong dear
Run run don’t you run away
No bully’s gonna wipe your tears
Run run don’t you run away, don’t run away, don’t run far
Run run don’t you run away
Stand up, face your fear,  be brave 

Years go by they never learn
Killed a man on their way to church
Got thick necks
Crosses hanging down
But the Devil spares no one

Chased down a foreign parent’s son
But he was causing them no harm
They shot at him
Then got their praying done
But God doesn’t own a gun

Run run don’t you run away
They’re weaker when you’re strong dear
Run run don’t you run away
No bully’s gonna wipe your tears
Run run don’t you run away, don’t run away, don’t run far
Run run don’t you run away
Stand up, face your fear,  be brave 

The world’s gonna change its ways
No one will be getting away

Run run don’t you run away
They’re weaker when you’re strong dear
Run run don’t you run away
No bully’s gonna wipe your tears
Run run don’t you run away, don’t run away, don’t run far
Run run don’t you run away
Stand up, face your fear,  be brave

Brave (demo)

Getting Better
By Priscilla Ederle

When your world's erased
There's no sunny place
The doctor's down the hall
You're lying on your back
Your body's been attacked
You hang on through it all

All the promises you never kept
Just empty words you say
All the moments you cannot forget 

I hope you're getting better
You're getting better

No clean patient gowns
Just paper masks and crowns
No help comes when you call
No air to flow around
It's hard to breathe right now
No one's responsible at all

All the promises you never kept
Just empty words today
All the moments you cannot forget

I hope you're getting better
You're getting better

You woke up last night
your chest tight
lungs feel old
You're seeing white lights
hold on tight
to your soul

I hope you're getting better
You're getting better

Getting Better (demo)

Sweet Justice
by Priscilla Ederle Shaw

Your crimes are up
You hold a smoking gun
Killing all the love
But mercy never comes

You still complain
I’m an emotional disgrace
Counting all the times
You put me in my place 

You’re pulling my strings
My button’s getting pushed
Taking me for granted
Like I knew you would

I’m wearing my soul 
With a tear on my sleeve
I’ve given my heart
But I don’t get what I need

There’ll be sweet justice
There’ll be sweet sweet justice
There’ll be sweet justice
No more shots in the dark

Sweet justice
There’ll be sweet sweet justice
There’ll be sweet justice 
For the hole in my heart

Your time is up
I’m cracking all your codes
Learning all your secrets
I should never know

Protect your fears
By casting only blame
But baby there’s no winner
In this losing game
You’re pulling my strings
My button’s getting pushed
You’re taking me for granted
Like I knew you would

I’m wearing my soul 
With a tear on my sleeve
I’ve given my heart
But I don’t get what I need

There’ll be sweet justice
There’ll be sweet sweet justice
There’ll be sweet justice 
No more shots in the dark

Sweet justice
There’ll be sweet sweet justice
There’ll be sweet justice 
For the hole in my heart

Afraid of moving on I doubted I could leave you
Guess I’ve had enough today
Gathered all my Strength to finally rise above you
Started paving my own way
I may never witness the karma you have coming
The consequences you will pay

There’ll be sweet justice
There’ll be sweet sweet justice
There’ll be sweet justice 
No more shots in the dark

Sweet justice
There’ll be sweet sweet justice
There’ll be sweet justice 
For the hole in my heart

------

I know your name
Your tangled crown of thorns
You’re casting only blame
The ones you love to scorn

Sweet Justice (demo version)

Priscilla Ederle is an adult alternative singer songwriter with a twist of pop and electronic vibes. She writes well-crafted, thoughtful songs with moody undertones evoking memorable, catchy melodies with strong lyrical imagery. Her most recent single, "Stay Young", is a result of songwriting workshop feedback and musical explorations. On, "Stay Young", Ederle evolves her sound even further by experimenting with modern, dreamy, sonic sounds, while grounding herself in pop songwriting conventions.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan, Ederle began her music endeavors playing in rock bands in the Detroit area music scene. She began her singer-songwriter journey after her last band, named Cylinderhead, broke up after attaining local notoriety. She quickly attained local success by winning "Best Folk Album" for her debut solo album, "Last Will & Testament" at the Detroit Music Awards. After graduating from college, Ederle decided to move to the west coast to California where she recorded her second album "The Diamond Fields." Her lead single, "Invisible", off of "The Diamond Fields" won an honorable mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. 

Priscilla Ederle currently resides in the San Francisco Bay area and enjoys honing her songwriting craft with other nearby songwriters and participating in local live gigs.

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