The Weekly Song

Week 53 - Something Like This

I only have two things to say about this one:

1) I'm pretty certain by this point that I'm never going to figure out how to play a solo on a guitar
2) I am both ashamed and unapologetically proud of the fact that I managed to squeeze the phrase "terra firm" into the lyrics

Song 53 - Something Like This

stepping out into the misty dawn
i figure out a way to get my boots on
without waking you
without hurting him too
i figure out a way and it might be wrong

but looking back on it
i always wanted something like this
and i took a lot of shit 
just to give up what i always wanted
this 

making up for all the time i've lost
the complications find their way to pause
without turning you
into another him too
the complications tend to make you strong

cuz looking back on it... 

stepping out onto terra firm
i figure out a way to get my feet warm
without testing you
without losing me too
i figure out a way and it might be wrong

but looking back on it...

 

Week 52 - Galaxies

Clocking in at an official 52 songs with... a cover? Yeah, well... Again, have I mentioned my baby?

Oh man oh man oh man do I wish I had the kind of conscience that would allow me to let you all believe that I actually wrote this song.  It's little-known enough to possibly even get away with it. Alas, it is by Laura Veirs and it stands since the day I heard it as one of my top 5 favorite songs of all time.  I urge you to check out the original here (and everything else Ms. Veirs has ever done because she's a goddamn genius).  But, please don't compare my version - the production on the original is so good it liquifies me. (Tucker Martine, you will be mine.) What you're about to hear is a bit more stripped-down and raw.  Enjoy!

Song 52 - Galaxies

when you sing
when you sing
stars fill up my eyes

galaxies fall down my cheeks
galaxies
galaxies they flood the streets
galaxies

when we dance
when we dance
eels and sea grass float on by

i'm ten thousand leagues beneath the sea
ten thousand leagues
ten thousand leagues beneath the green
ten thousand leagues 

when we kiss
when we kiss
bears and boulders vibrate through the air

gravity is dead you see
no gravity
all i need is beating red
no gravity
no gravity
no gravity
no gravity 

Week 51 - Little Warm

After kind of a lame hiatus, I've finally got an original song up. Here it is.

I'd like to dedicate it to all past, current and future crushes.

Enjoy!

 

Song 51 - Little Warm

it's cold outside but i feel a little warm today
when i think and smile from all the pretty little words you say
and i can't be sure that whatever this is is gonna go my way
but it's cold outside and i feel a little warm today

i've been so tired but i got up out of bed today
with a little smile and a new song that i want to play
and i'm not so sure that however I feel is here to stay
but it's cold outside and i feel a little warm today

i hope you do too...

i can't tell a lie, i never really knew how to frame
all the times i could move on without any shame
so i've been looking around for anybody else to blame
cuz it's cold outside and i feel a little warm today
yeah it's cold outside and i feel a little warm today 

 

Week 50 - The Rule

This is a first for the weekly song: a cover!

The original tune can be enjoyed here. 

My version sounds a bit like Shania Twain, a bit like Maroon 5, and entirely like your worst nightmares. Enjoy!

Week 50 - Three Second Rule