The prompt for this one was "conversation" which got me thinking about the "the conversation" of coming out as a queer person. It is such a difficult conversation to have especially with people who have strong views against it. This story is specifically about losing touch with my childhood best friend because I didn't want to face her rejection. Maybe she would have surprised me, or maybe my assumptions were correct. I'll never know.

Lyrics

My dear childhood companion
I think of you often
My dear childhood companion
Wonder if I’ll ever see you again

Sometimes I wonder if we’d still be friends today
If I had the courage to say
The thing I knew you despised
The thing you viewed as immoral
Afraid to tell you the truth
Afraid to watch you recoil

So I never gave you the chance
Instead I turned away in advance
So sure of what you’d say
I avoided the conversation
I still regret that
To this day

I moved out of town
Away from all I knew
Away from all the opinions
You held as absolutes
I stopped coming around
Stopped calling to check in
The last time we spoke was at your wedding

I never gave you the chance
Instead I turned away in advance
So sure of what you’d say
I avoided the conversation
I still regret that
To this day

The Conversation - Tara Craig - FAWM 2024 Demo

“When you see her live there's this amazing sensation that her voice is the only instrument you need to hear, sort of now... or ever.”
— Charlie Cheney

“One of the most vibrant and pensive songwriters emerging”
— Richard May of the Songwriter's TV Series

Tara Craig captivates audiences with a huge voice that is equal parts soulful and vulnerable. Her songs drip with imagery and are delivered with palpable emotional intensity.  Her immersive, vocally-driven, indie-folk-pop songs have the ability to give a voice to the unspoken places within the heart.  

Tara Craig earned her musical chops in the "Live Music Capital of the World", Austin TX.  In 2010, she was awarded, Austin's "Best Female Musician".   

Throughout her career, Tara has played hundreds of shows in a wide variety of venues and she continues to hone her craft. Whether in a crowded bar backed by a full band or on the streets of a sleepy beach town, the strength and vulnerability Tara shares through her music resonate.