What do you do when you're at home sick? You write a song!

Out of my element
I can't breathe
When I catch you
Staring at me
Feels like the first time
Drowning in your smile.

You seem ambitious
You caught me off guard
This rhythm's enticing
And so is your heart
Just take my hand
I'll throw away my plans.

So pull me in like the do in the movies
Just take a breath and listen to me.

I can't help but feel
I'm taking a chance.
I'm too caught up in 
The occasional glance
Let's just live like
This us our last night.

Let's begin again under a starlit sky
Take a breath and put off goodbyes.

Would you drop what your doing
For a dance in the rain?
Would you play along with this hopeful song
For the chance to love again?

So look at me like they do in the movies
Pull me in, take a breath, together take a step
Its a risk - this kiss but you're worth it all
Here we are, this is it. Let's see where we go.

Like The Movies

Turn the page. A story
Of a girl with nescient soul
Her back to reality
Rejecting her truest desire.

To hold his heart was a secret
A man she'd let slip from her hands
A blueprint of failed plans
Afraid to fall and take a chance.

At night she whispers
Unveiling her bitter-sweet curse

I want to love you
Like the way they do
In the music that laces
The desires of the heart.

She thought there was another
Who wished same way her eyes did
Her tears a tarnished refrain
Grasping at a lifeline that just wasn't there.

Still at night she whispers
Unveiling her bitter-sweet curse.

I want to love you
Like the way they do
In the music that laces
The desires of my heart.

She wants to know you
The way that I do
This Hercules heart - too strong
For now, never mind.

Never mind.

This is the final chapter
The final tear stained page
She denied her inner-being
And forfeited her hero.

Strength is a burden
With which you want to be free.
Lost in a legend
Was her heart and me.

Hercules Heart

This is such a beautiful beautiful song written by Ella Mae Bowen. She is releasing a new album next month. Her song writing talent is just so incredible. Check her out :)

https://soundcloud.com/ellamaebowen

Soft Kisses - Ella Mae Bowen Cover

Yes it's been forever since I've last uploaded ~ Happy Valentines Day.

So they say it only takes 21
Days to get over that someone
Or is that to mend a broken heart?

Loving you was a bad habit
But you see it felt so good to me
And now I don't know where to start.

Cause its day one here
And I'm not seeing so clearly
But will I even burden your mind, my dear?
Its day one here
And I can't think straight

So they say the first one's the hardest
But which one is it they mean -
The week or the boy?

Gotta say I thought it'd be easier
To not look back on all of those years
Let go of my fears

I've gotten over day nine
I seem just fine to you
Have I burdened your mind yet?
Here on day nine
You can't see inside

Day sixteen was the
Worse it got
I know you don't care a lot
Just one more day
Without you by my side

Here on the eve of three weeks
Tear stained journal in my hand
You say you want me but I can't.
I won't lie to you
But after what you've put me through
A piece of my heart you ain't got
Its too late to find the lost.

Cause it's day 21
And it's not that fun
While you still burden my mind
It'll take longer than this
To stop missing you
And the way we laughed
The way we cried
The way we said goodbye.

21 Days

So after not writing for forever I wrote this this morning - which is why the recording is so rough. Hope you like.

You were my widest dreams
Which is probably why you seemed
Reckless and a fool.

You made me so sure
But still you pushed for more
And now it's just too late

Remember when we had an excuse to fight
Remember when this didn't feel wrong but right
Remember when we could never be apart
Remember when you hadn't scarred my heart
Back to when we were for not against
Back to when my mind was my best defense
When everything was going just as planned
Oh darling remember when.

You and your crooked smile
Stuck around for a while
But then it faded from view

Connect my feet with solid ground
Impossible without you around
We know how this song goes

Remember when we had an excuse to fight
Remember when this didn't feel wrong but right
Remember when we could never be apart
Remember when you hadn't scarred my heart
Back to when we were for not against
Back to when my mind was my best defense
When everything was going just as planned
Oh darling remember when.

And now I find myself driving past your house
The lights aren't on. Your car's not found.
I can still feel the way we kissed
I close my eyes and breathe in a wish.

Remember when we'd stay up all night
Remember when we'd soak in the daylight
Remember when all I needed was you
Remember when I thought I knew
That this love would last forever
But then again never say never
Back to when we ignored the broken pieces.
Remember when.

Remember When

Every Little Inch

Original song :)

Word's that echo in my head
They're the ones that I most dread.
Heard that you were back in town.
Didn't think you'd dare after you let me down.

Don't want to say that you stole my heart
But you did then left me in the dark.
Thought I had finally gotten over you.
Turning around - I can't hide from the truth.

No - I don't want to try and work this out.
No - there is not a chance I would turn around and say

I can't live 
Without you baby. 
There once was a day
When I'd say maybe.

Maybe not.

Look at all of the footprints - faded
From the rain after leaving me jaded. 
I suppose there used to be a time 
Where you had shaped my songs like the perfect rhyme.

Oh - it's way to late for an apology
Don't even think I'll turn around and say

I can't live
Without you baby.
There once was a day
When I'd say maybe.

Well maybe

If you said that you feel so bad
If you admit that without me you're lost.
Then I'd feel so hopeless
But still I'd try to deny, try to deny.

But maybe
I can't live
Without you baby.
There once was a day
When I'd say...

I still love you.


Maybe

Bit of a rough copy after just having a bowl of icecream but I wanted to upload a new one :)

I can't let them talk me down.
Their lips move but I don't hear a sound.
Grey storm clouds hides the hopeful blue.
Standing here all I want is you.

Soft guitar echoes through the hall
And I'm still stuck between these four walls.
All the arrows point the wrong way.
But my heart says: with you I should stay.

Cause I know there'll be a battle ahead
If I should choose that you're worth the fight.
And all the lights, they're flashing red.
The blue in your eyes thinks that I maybe might.

Carousel spinning round and round,
I'm forever stuck in this old town.
Take my hand, and in the dark of night
Let's ride away on a horse of white.

Cause I know there'll be a battle ahead
If I should choose that you're worth the fight.
And all the lights, they're flashing red.
The blue in your eyes thinks that I maybe might.

Sure you're as clueless as the waves never finding land.
And you're not a person who has their whole life planned.
I'm just a girl trying to find a home in your heart.
I see you - the light that's leading me out of the dark.

Well I see that there's a battle ahead
And I've chosen you to be worth the fight.
Still all the lights, they're flashing red
The blue in your eyes says that: my heart is right.

Storm clouds run from the hopeful blue.
Standing here all I need is you.

Maybe Might

Just wrote this and I really wanted to share it with you guys :)

I've never taken a risk
And fallen through the sky
I've made too many wishes
To the stars of the night.

I wish I had the courage
To take a chance on you
Instead I'd shyly hide away
Until the day was through.

But one day
When this doesn't feel like a race
Oh, one day
When our hearts fall into place
I might.

I've never loved someone
Till my heart breaks in two
But with you it seems that it may
But telling you I'll never do.

It seems I'll never move on
From wishing you were mine
But oh those green eyes get me
How in the sun they shine.

But one day
When I can't wait any longer.
Oh, one day
My heart is stronger
I might

So beneath this chandelier
I pray you'd dance with me tonight
Close my eyes and jump right in
Take my hand - you might.

So one day
I may finally stop hiding my heart
Yes one day
I'd say that I knew from the start
That one day
You'd be mine.


One Day

Faded memories
Of cold Sunday nights.
Your tender kiss a promise
You'd always hold my heart tight.

Reminiscing
Making up for lost time.
Didn't you say
You'd always be mine?

Catching my breath
Please don't take flight
You were my angel
With wings of white
I'm holding on
I want to close my eyes
If I just count to ten maybe
I won't have to say goodbye.

Holding on
To this final spark
A flicker - a glow
Don't let my world go dark

You used to know
How to make me smile
But now I'm drowning
In a thousand lonely miles.

Catching my breath
Please don't take flight
You were my angel
With wings of white
I'm holding on
I want to close my eyes
If I just count to ten maybe
I won't have to say goodbye.

This is our last chance to save us
Last chance to see what
We could have been.
Hold on to our last dance
Even if its spinning around
A jaded goodbye.

Holding my breath
Please don't take flight
Just stay with me
Even just for tonight.
Don't want to let go
Let's close our eyes
Worry for the daylight
And our last goodbye.


Our Last

I'd like to think that I'm a singer/songwriter but you be the judge. It's a hobby that is very personal to me and I've decided to share what I do with you. I'm a bedroom performer and I doubt I'll ever get beyond that we'll see. I play piano, violin, banjo, guitar and ukulele :) I would love it if you could have a listen to my originals and if you could even write a comment here and there so I could see what you guys think, well, that would be pretty awesome. 

TaylorRose13