"I Went Walking"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 1
Prompt: I Went Walking

i went walking down the 
streets of Nashville
i was hoping i could find
new kinda something
maybe a dream that 
i could finally get behind

i went walking on the 
streets of New Orleans
mardi gras shortly ahead
everyone hollerin', screamin' for
something more 
something they could feel
feel instead

oh, something they could feel instead

maybe as we're walking
we'll find something new
and maybe as i'm walking
i could find something without you

got many faces, got many names
oh, i know
oh, these stupid hopes in the things
i still hold

oh woah oh

i went walking down the
streets of New York City 
in the spring
you're on my mind
i remember your sweetest kiss and
remember your bittersweet goodbye

remember when we went walking
in the woods
slipping and sliding on the ice
found a little bench where my dreams - 
i thought they found a foothold -
then morning came
the dream was 
gone



I Went Walking

"High Wall"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 2
Prompt: High Wall

the rain's pouring down
on this darkest night
and i'm thinking back to when
nothing was right

felt like i'd sold my soul to the 
devil himself and i didn't know
felt like i was digging a grave
'gainst this high wall

i didn't know what i had gotten myself into
and none of my pride has kicked in
little intuition, too
but everybody kept telling me
"don't overthink it, baby"

oh, you were so charming
so everything at the beginning
you had such a charming smile
you were a little rough, little rough & tumble

but i should've seen those eyes 
were dancing with fire in your soul
oh, an anger that you just couldn't quench
with anything lovable
no, nothing lovable

and i wasn't sure what i would do
getting in cahoots with you
felt my soul was starting to,
starting to feel something new

oh, i could feel that ancient beast
that i thought that i'd laid deep 
oh, your malice and your anger worst
waking the beast within me

well, i had to find my way to climb
and scale that high wall to be free
'cuz i knew, oh i knew, oh i knew, oh i knew
that you would be the death of me

and thank God that i found a way
to get out
that high wall got knocked down and
was liberation - 
kingdom come

High Wall

"You Didn't Say Nothing At All"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 3
Prompt: Didn't Say Nothing

i remember when you promised me
the world, oh
told me that we'd paint our names 
on the marquees of old

said you were kind, and you told me
that i had to get off my ass
bold of you to assume that
i gave a damn

don't say you didn't say nothing
when that's all you knew
don't say you didn't say nothing
when nothing you said was true
don't say
you didn't say nothing at all

oh ooooh
oh ooooh

you told me to be ready 
for when the phone calls would come
said that we would find our way
on the road and oh

you asked if i was ready 
for the chance of a lifetime
you never considered that 
i never found you to be a lifeline 

don't say you didn't say nothing
when nothing was all you knew
don't say you didn't say nothing
when nothing you said was true
don't say
you didn't say nothing at all

oh, i know you're full of it, and
oh, i don't believe you at all

don't think i was gonna be your little puppet 
for the rest of our days
i know it kinda felt like a whirlwind 
and it's all a haze

don't worry 'bout me
i'm sure you'll be alright
'cuz let's not act like you wouldn't leave me
behind for the limelight

don't say you didn't say nothing
'cuz nothing was all you knew
don't say you didn't say nothing
when nothing you said was true
don't say
you didn't say nothing at all

You Didn't Say Nothing At All

"Footsteps (A Bloody Requiem)"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 4
Prompt: Footsteps

hear the footsteps coming 'round
quietly, stealthily in the dark
you wonder where they're coming from
who they're coming for
you didn't it was possible
thought it was all lore

be careful what you wish 
you might just get it, oh
the ghostly footsteps of 
those who'd come before
their relentless, eternal marching onward
hear their voices rising above the storm

oooh the storm
oooh above the storm

their voices have those souls back
their song they're rising for their lives
can we, the living, 
honor our dead
those who left because
the grave was too much instead

oooh too much instead
too much, too much, grave is too much instead

and their final hymn
their requiem
their final hymn is a bloody requiem
do we call for justice
do we leave it to the morning light
will we hear their calls tonight

Footsteps (A Bloody Requiem)

"This Ain't Your Land"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 5
Prompt: Your Land

see the planes taking off 
for new places
spelling S-O-S out 
hand in hand
well, the air's getting pretty ICE-y these days, 
i feel
trying to hold on to a spark of hope 
that you can't kill

everyone says i should just keep quiet
lest i catch your wrath (ha ha)
well, darling, i don't give a damn 
and you can kiss my fat ass
oh, you think this land is your land,
that we should kneel and kiss your rings
oh but darling, there is so much to know and learn
beside these things

i'm not backing down
and i'm not bending over
to kiss your ring
no, i'm not backing down
and i'm not bending over
to kiss your ring

ah oh
ahh woah ooh

think you're a king 
or you think you're the Pope
you think that you're 
God-given somehow,
you miraculous big ol' dope
oh, your fragility is something to behold
but all of your bullsh*t harmful ways,
gotta admit, they're getting old

oh, i'm not backing down
and i'm not bending over
to kiss your ring
and i'm not backing down
and i'm not bending over
to kiss your ring

no, i'm not backing down
and i'm not bending over
to kiss your ring
no, i'm not backing down
and i'm not bending over
to kiss your ring

you gotta get away
'cuz revolution is coming...

This Ain't Your Land

"An Endless Heavenly Sky for Valerie"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 6
Prompt: Endless Sky

oh, i'm thinking 'bout my childhood days
when you taught me how to sing 
"heavenly breeze"
oh those days by the lake
seemed like there were endless skies
you showed me God in your eyes

your laughter 
sounded like a bird song
you always had us singing along
made me feel like i belonged
safe haven, all the day long
safe haven, all the day long

Valerie
do you know what you mean to us
and to me
Valerie
do you know what you meant to us
and to me

tonight, we heard your voice
singing from the lodge across the way
as we sang, 
"hallelujah, He is raised from the grave"
you taught us all about 
forgiving one another
i wish some others remembered these days
i wish that we could forgive each other more
these days

you always taught us to 
love our neighbors
and love Jesus and ourselves as well
you always sang a simple
but we wanted to sing along
now i sing this one for you

valerie
did you know what you meant to us
and to me
valerie
did you know what you meant to us
and to me

it's been year since i said goodbye
sent you off into the heavenly afterlife
you know what is waiting on the other side
hopefully, it's you with open arms and a wide smile
oh, i hope it's you with open arms
and a smile

An Endless Heavenly Sky for Valerie

"You and Me Will Have Peace of Mind"
Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Fearless Songwriter Challenge (7in7)
April-May 2025 - Day 7
Prompt: You and Me

they say this love is for you and me, 
my dear
guess that would be all good and well if 
i knew who you were here
are you a fragment of someone's imagination
just to poke fun
and this life i've been living 
all alone

are you real, or are you 
some fantasy lore
will i find you in the heavens or
or six feet 'neath the floor
and i don't know if you're real
or some ghost of love that's past
i don't know what to say
or am i just being crass

all i said is i'm doubting it
now i suppose, i should be waiting on it
waiting on you

all the psychics and 
tarot readers
they've told i'd find you again
but their predictions 
have been wrong
for over seven years and 
they're still going strong

i don't know who 
i'm supposed to be
searching for
don't think i 
can find you 
somebody 
someone
the blind's leading the blind

and i don't know if i... i am past my time
and i'm tired of people saying,
"it'll happen when you don't expect it, right?"
just leave me in peace
i've had enough of the
unsolicited encouragement
i'm doing just fine 
i'm content

oh, i,
i am fine
oh, i
have peace of mind

You and Me Will Have Peace of Mind

My entry for r/songaweek on week 22. Had to make a song about ducks, so I put a lot of duck in this.

Chilling with the ducks

Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Week 24 - Song A Week 2025
"Like We Did Before"

i am going home
i am going home
thought i knew the way
i wanted to go

i thought i could find
some kinda peace of mind
but i found that i was still
walking alone

now i don't which way to turn
i don't know if i'll freeze or burn
but i know i'll find my way out
somehow

i don't know if i'll sink or swim
i don't know if i'll go out or in
all i know is that i will find my way
somehow

i can feel you near
like you're just around somewhere
just beyond my line of sight
you and i 

i don't know who you are
but i know you're my north star
and i cannot wait to see
the day we meet again

and i don't know how
and i don't know when
but i know i'll see you
again

i don't know how or when
i'll see you again, my friend
we'll figure it out
like we did before

Like We Did Before

Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
"Done with All the Noise"

Song A Week - Week 25
Recorded at Imago Dei Village in Belle Plaine, WI, June 27, 2025
Photo cred: Erin Wolf - country roads in Belle Plaine, WI

i'm trying to find 
someone to love
someone to have
someone to hold

and it's been so long
should i just pack it in
or do i give it 
one last fighting chance

'cuz i can't see
the path before me
don't got nobody
to call home

so i'll just wander
send this highway
in the hope that someday
might catch my lucky break

everyone keeps saying
to just keep waiting
and some day it will happen
when i least expect

how long is long
ain't i been patient
oh these bull stories
that you keep feeding me

i can't tell 
how many times i've been reassured
yet i assure you
i understood every word

oh these empty platitudes
those toxic attitudes
gotta be kidding you
that you're trying to fool me

oh, yeah you're fooling me

and i'm not gonna be patient
might just taste it
all this sour bitterness, all this saltiness
tears i've cried that got no place to run

and i am trying 
to hold you and all your lies
i'm done trying, i'm not running
or searching to find

i think i'll call it a day
might even call it a night
don't you worry, now y'all,
i'm gonna be alright

let's just call it what it is
let's just call the noise
i'm done with all the games
done with all the noise

Done with All the Noise

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