Song commissioned by Crayvay, inspired by their original fairytale "The Lady with the Star in her Eye." It was a beautiful story and I loved turning it into a song.

If you're interested in commissioning a song from me, go here: http://therosielord.tumblr.com/commissions

Lady with black hair and strong shoulder bone
beloved by the place that you call home
square your shoulders strong, defend the weak
listen to your heart before you speak
pluck a white stone from the dirt-stamped mud
this is more than the stars, it was written in blood
so look down on the girl that you swept up in your arms…

Maiden with green eyes, not of this place
freckles like brown sugar ‘cross your face
cover starlight up with flesh of white
leave behind your kingdom of the night
drop a white stone in the dirt at her feet
wait for your star-crossed eyes to meet
and look up at the girl who will keep you safe from harm

and hold her tight, and sleep by her side night after night
for this strange love – one girl from below, the other, above –
is the reason why you no longer weep and you no longer cry
and your tears feel so long ago.

Maiden with a secret home in the sky
leave a note and fly, don’t wish, don’t cry
Lady with a broken heart in her chest
mourn the loss of one that you love best
Sleep away days and live in the night air
point your eyes at the sky ‘cause she’s up there somewhere
she’s a light in the dark, but a light you’ll never find.

Lady with a single star in her eye, 
climb a mountain top to reach the sky
Maiden with her eyes trained on the ground
wait a while and surely you’ll be found
your tongue is so silver, the words so sweet
when you see your strong Lady you met on the street
who you guided up with the bit you left behind

So she held her tight: the strong and the weak, the dark and the light
and this strange love lived on underneath the world up above
and the reason why we now talk of love and of stars in our eyes
is a story from the long-ago.

Love Song for Stars

Stand by your easel, paintbrush in hand
and stare into the deep sea of white
the greenhouse is cluttered, there’s nowhere to stand
and the colors are dripping, and growing to plants
and the windows are fogged with the heat of the moment
so don’t hesitate – if you do, you will lose it
and you stare, and you stare, and you stare, and you stare
to the beat of the clock that is ticking there.

Paint with the blood of the days gone by, paint with the blood of the days.

Stare at your notebook, a page new and crisp
and as blank as a stagnating mind.
Your pen is a fairy to grant you one wish
but the words keep repeating, “You’re better than this,”
and your hand is shaking with unrested eyesight
and you’re bending the spine that you use to stay upright
and you care and you care and you care and you care
too much to see the words that are written there.

Write with the tears of the time you’ve lost, write with the tears of the time.

Hold your guitar like a promise to keep
and wait for the strings to break.
A sweet lullaby – now you’re falling asleep
which is not all that different from staying awake
and you’re soon woken up by the dream of the moment
but you hesitated and now you have lost it
and you stare and you stare and you stare and you stare
into the past to see what you’re missing there.

Play with the guilt of a wistful sigh, play with the guilt of a sigh…
and watch your inkwell run dry.

Dream Of The Moment

Way Down in Rio - our latest track, recorded and mixed at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore!

Way Down in Rio

from my album "the summer i met the storm" inspired by denpasei's "ultramarine weather." 
download the album: http://helenaruth.com/storm
read the comic: https://tapas.io/series/ultramarineweather

lyrics:
highline, licorice 
nicotine, flick the wrist 
daylight, wasted... 
lover, it's an easy miss 

bar-side, riverbed, say; 
where you gonna rest your weary head? 
oh, what a fine night... 
say _sir,_ could you spare a light? 

--- 

highline, 
licorice nicotine, 
flick the wrist. 
daylight, wasted... 
lover, it's an easy miss. 

bar-side, 
riverbed, 
say. 
where you gonna rest your weary head? 
snakebites and long sighs 
get off the counter, get a life. 

--- 

[i don't THINK so. huh!] 
[did'ya hear what she said?]

the summer i met the storm

lover, it's an easy miss / barside, riverbed

all credit to Jonah Scott, Laura Kathryn Gilbert, and Brian David Gilbert over at LMAM! Please consider supporting their bandcamp

Arbor Day // Let's Make A Music

all credit to Jonah Scott, Laura Kathryn Gilbert, and Brian David Gilbert over at LMAM! Please consider supporting their Bandcamp!

Can't Get You Out Of My Head // Let's Make A Music

I don’t usually post WIPs but it’s been a hot second since I’ve posted any musical content on here so... fuck it! 

Absence of Light was the first A Cappella song I ever recorded. I was 16, if you can believe it! A baby! A wee child! Anyway, I've improved... a LOT since then, so I thought I'd go back and do an updated, cleaner recording of the song. 

This is a WIP, so it's not polished and there are some awkward silences here and there. But I thought I'd share it anyway. I'll take this down and replace it with the finished version when I'm done!

Absence Of Light Version 2 WIP

Flower and the Weed

A guitar/vocal cover of Elton John's song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"

Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John cover)

I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift cover)

The cover that sent us shivering back to our dorm rooms on a chilly February afternoon.

I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift cover)

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