This is one to record with a band :) nice track

Something about this opening--I just really like it.

I think based on how many lyrics are in this song it counts as two on-theme songs. Wicked melody, awesome job. This would be one of those songs that floats over the best part of a movie when thing are simultaneously falling apart but also coming back together.

I like the sparseness and rhythmic delivery.

Great melody line, dude - really like this one. I'm hearing it with heavy distorted guitars.

Nice use of the theme! I feel like this song and mine are estranged lovers.

Another lovely PV rendition! Always so enjoyable, Paula!!! :D

As usual, love the artwork!!  And this track does seem like it should be in a movie - it's like the conflict has built and now something else is going to happen as a result.  Cool storytelling.

strength to strength your writing just keeps going on and on-i love the freedom in your style-so cool.:)

(Is this real life? or am I on theme again?)

Artwork by @ nyctophiliacmb ❤️

Lyrics:

I remember your voice.
I was young, 24.
Saw my heart on the floor
and I layed there in case you'd pick it up.
Passing time,
had to say my goodbyes
and all my alibis
cause I knew that you would show up.

Don't you just hate it?
It's like we never left and I just can't help it.
And I can't explain it,
after all this time, I'd still say it.

Cause I've gotten so much more
from standing outside your door
than staying on my own
and I'll pay for it, cause you'll be moving on.
I'll go home,
hit the lights, I was wrong
cause I knew all along
that I loved you like never before.

I remember your smile,
TV shows around 9,
think 'bout you day and night,
my forever tied to your aftermath.
Fast forward,
feeling like going nowhere
and I'll see you somewhere, 
always running down your path.

Don't you just hate it?
It's like we never left and I just can't help it.
And I can't explain it,
after all this time, I'm right here saying it.

Cause I've gotten so much more
from standing outside your door
than staying on my own
and I'll pay for it, cause you'll be moving on.
I'll go home,
hit the lights, I was wrong
cause I knew all along
that I loved you like never before.

So go on and just say it,
everything changed and I'll get it.
I'll bury these words, I'll try to escape it,
don't you just hate it?

Cause I've gotten so much more
from standing outside your door
than staying on my own
and I hate it, cause you'll be moving on.
I'll go home,
hit the lights, I was wrong
cause I knew all along
that I loved you like never before.

And I hate it...
And I hate it... like never before.

don't you just hate it?

I wrote Departures [https://soundcloud.com/kent-aitken-386794022/departures-song-a-week-2020-week-4] when I was setting up to move; I'm book-ending it with this the day before I head home for the summer. Erin [https://soundcloud.com/erinwolf] was right; I think I have travel on my mind.

*****

When we are tired
And need to lay down
Count time to the tide
Come back to this place

When we are older
Bring me to the water
Set time all aside
Back where I was born

Bring me home, to tie it together
When memory is worn

At the end of the evening
At the end of the warm night
Bright with my brothers
And the families they made

Where our mother is buried
We water the flowers
Somehow they grow
When we're far away

I like to think they need our attention
Even when we only make it home rarely

Bring me home, to tie it together
When memory is worn

With a sigh
For the seasons and lives that pass by

When I am ready
Bring me to the water

The Water - Song a Week 2020, Week 29

"With A Sigh" (#374, 200717)

Not every story can sound like a fairy tale
Sometimes the lovers don't love in the end
Not every promise lasts but I believe anyway
Somehow someday that I'll see you again

We couldn't have guessed
But nevertheless
I sing to the wind
As the raindrops roll off my skin

With a sigh and a kiss as the train leaves the station
I know I'm gonna' miss you it's hard to be patient
While the hands on the clock and the seasons are changin'
But me and my kiss we will be right here waitin' with a sigh

Maybe it's early a little too soon to tell
Or maybe I'm late how would I know
Pick me a rose and I'll pick you a daffodil
Before they all freeze under the snow

You brought me to life
Totally opened my eyes
Left hours ago
But I'm never letting you go

Week 29b - With A Sigh (200717)

"Don't Threaten Me" (#378, 200719)

Seems like today everything's a competition
From money and careers to huntin' and fishin'
If you're comin' after me I got a warning for you
When my back's against the wall I know exactly what to do

So don't threaten me because I'll kill you with kindness
Tell dad jokes 'til you're laughin', hug you 'til you're cryin'
As soon as you think I'm about to let up
I'll say somethin' sweet and you'll feel like a million bucks

Everybody wants to be a big deal
Top dog big cheese king of the hill
Doesn't seem to last though when we step on each other
So check it out if you come at me you'll see my true colors

Oh don't threaten me man I'll kill you with kindness
Tell dad jokes 'til you're laughin', hug you 'til you're cryin'
As soon as you think I'm about to let up
I'll say somethin' sweet and you'll feel like a million bucks

Here's an idea what if we work together
And rise above the rest in any kinda' weather
Show 'em how it's done they might learn a thing or two
But if not I'm gonna' tell 'em the same thing I told you

Week 30b - Don’t Threaten Me (200719)

Copyright 2020
All Rights Reserved

Lyrics & Music: Erin Wolf
Guitar & Vocals: Erin Wolf

This is a follow-up of sorts from my 2019 offering, "Hold Her for You" (https://soundcloud.com/erinwolf/hold-her-for-you), which was written following the death of my friend, Nick, in October 2019. Grief is a weird and complex companion. 

nine months you've been gone
somehow life keeps moving on
thunder and sun
i can hear one

5-4-3-2-1
that refrains still goes on
i kept my word and i still do
holding her for you
holding her for you

tonight tears run down my face
i can feel your spirit in this place
you don't threaten me
if anything, with you, i find peace
if anything, i find peace

i know that you 
are beyond the veil
that i'm not yet meant to cross

i know that you
you are home

Nine Months In...

song a week wk30

sometimes I forget to breathe

SAW wk30 sometimes i forget to breathe

Week 33 #songaweek2020. I gathered up a pile of lyric ideas and made this scrappy song, which feels very much like my mind this year. Image is a screenshot of a list of all the ideas from which I drew. Several of them are found lyrics - things people said that I thought, "that could be part of a song!"

Also I credit Senator Cory Booker for helping me tie up the chorus with "I still believe in love." He said “we are called to be a nation of love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjmTRm8LV2c

The other day in the middle of the night I woke up
I didn’t even think I was asleep 
I can’t say that I don’t miss Colorado
But here and now is where I want to be

Dates are just a blink
Times are out of sync
But I still believe in love

COVID doesn’t care about your feelings
Your politics, your freedom or your health
Everyone I talk to’s not a racist
a thousand fingers pointing somewhere else

I try to float like a butterfly on the warm breeze
But my mind is a swarm of bumblebees
Easter scattered snow over the tulips
Silent tears rolled down my baby’s cheeks

I wanted to write about woodsmoke and lilacs
And moonlight and wine
And stars in the farthest corners of your eyes

The hippies sang the times they are a-changing
Half a century back behind us now
I don’t know where it is we think we’re going
I hope we learn to care about the how

2020 (I Still Believe In Love)

Copyright 2020
All Rights Reserved

Lyrics & Music: Erin Wolf
Guitar & Vocals: Erin Wolf

Trigger Warning: This is a heavy song which alludes to conversations around suicidal thoughts and mental illness. It's no secret to anyone paying attention that the on-going pandemic, particularly here in the US, has taken a heavy toll on many people who were already in times of crisis beforehand. We need to be able to talk about mental health when we speak of suicide prevention. 

That said, the lyrics herein, while not referencing any one situation specifically (which was intentional), do not necessarily represent a comprehensive range of experiences depending on any given person's own context. If you or a loved one needs help, please, please try to gather your strength to ask for help so you and/or your loved one can receive the correct care needed. I promise--YOU are worth it. 

1-800-273-8255 - Suicide Hotline for the United States
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

five things you can see
can you tell me what you see
so i know where you are

four things you can touch
can you tell me what you touch
so i see your hands

three things you can hear
can you tell me what you hear
so i can touch the air

two things you can smell
please tell me what you smell
so i hear your voice

one thing you can taste
how bitter does this taste
'cuz i can smell your fear

the war's not over
but there are battles won
i know it's hard to keep pressing on
not just trying to keep you alive
wanna see you thrive, love

do you want it
do you will it

will you want it
will you will it
will you keep it
if you let it 

your life

can you can see it, touch it, hear it, smell it, taste it
your life

see it, touch it, hear it, smell it, taste it

do you want it
do you will it
will you will
will you keep it
will you let it
will you want
will you want it

do you keep it
will you let it
do you want it
do you live it

Do You Want It

The Ending - Song a Week 2020, Week 33

Out of context #songaweek2020 wk35
out of context out of time
we keep on missing repeating the lies
we’re spinning further deep into space
we hitting the targets still make mistakes

how great to wonder and know u r mine
at dawn i perceive your  perfect design
 once what was hidden now comes into view
a symphony of hope from the blackened dark hue

out of context out of time
we keep on missing repeating the lies 
seeking more wonder the ebb and the flow
its pulling us under and never lets go

the crown and the sceptre the robe and the ring
the comfort of truth that compels us to sing
the passing of things from this world to the next
our eyes wild in joy in perfect sweet rest

out of context out of time
we keep on missing repeating the lies
we’re spinning further deep into space
we're hitting the targets still make mistakes
hitting the targets but still make mistakes
hitting the targets but still make mistakes

out of context SAW35

Copyright Erin Wolf 2020

Guitar & Vocals: Erin Wolf
Lyrics: James Tristan Redding & Erin Wolf
Music: Erin Wolf

*This song uses a wide range of old unused prompts from Song-A-Week founder, James Tristan Redding (@jimtristan). Former prompts featured can be found following the song lyrics with the year the prompt is from. While I had hoped to use them as prompts in their own right, it seemed fitting to put them all together while also using Week 40's theme, "Ifs and Thens". Thank you for the wonderful inspiration, old friend!*

last call, but i'll keep nursing my
whiskey for one
i used to say i like myself better when I'm drunk
but that old me is gone
that old me is gone

i guess my best was pretty bad, hey
what i said is not what i wanted to say
but in the end, i pay for my mistakes
pay for my mistakes

all i ever wanted was to make you proud
but for all i know,
i've failed and let you down
if i could just make you smile
even for a moment
that would be just fine

it's 11:59 and here i am hoping
that you are my tomorrow morning
forget ifs and thens
how or whens
what do ya say

forget ifs and thens
how or whens
what do ya say

(vocalizations)
(because i'm too lazy to type them all out)

**********
old JTR prompts featured in this song (year)
1. make you proud (2018)
2. 11:59 (2018)
3. my best was pretty bad (2018)
4. you are my tomorrow (2017)
5. whiskey for one (2017) 
6. for all i know (2017)
7. pay for my mistakes (2016)
8. not what i wanted to say (2016)
9. i like myself better when i'm drunk (2010)
10. if i could just make you smile (2009)

It's 11:59 Somewhere

26. the girl with bad karma.
My first EP "the demos" is out now! https://open.spotify.com/album/5HW6gAvQ3LcAqM16ynT1yx?si=EwKDGTw6TQmxxmFxjCrqcQ

(This Silence Is So) Loud:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dZMZ9pWzo1bmAosxO5WWa?si=mCZc_-GhSJaC8VkQ8jeURA

Like a Kid: https://open.spotify.com/track/3P9DWi9yh66lLQKUoOZgD8?si=HqxH3FICRZuGbyGu6_ijUw

Shaped Like You feat @lossketches :
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ypE55qUIeLFh1ZYX7AbE9?si=TGMWJpTrQmWOF_ppLXF_lQ

Currently writing a song every week on www.songaweek.org

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Paula Varela

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