Echo

Here's #4 of my N.Y.R. This song I wrote right after I moved home from Arizona. It's one of my favorites. :)

I walk the edge of this canyon

Staring down in the ravine

Planted on this plateau

People like you my companion

Are few and far between

And still I feel alone

My soul screams and all I hear is an

Echo, Echo, Echo,Echo

I want you standing beside me

Walking on the edge

Holding my hand

Unless, instead, you're below me

Waiting to break the fall

And helping me to land

My soul screams and all I hear is an

Echo, Echo, Echo, Echo

Are you with me or on another mountain far away

Are you reaching? I want to reach back but I can't stay

My soul screams and all I hear is

Let go, Let go, Let go, Let go

I can't let go, let go, let go

Typing the lyrics made me feel kind of silly. Writing down the word "echo" over and over, really feels like you're hearing an echo. :)

Ice Cream

Here's #3 of my N.Y.R. I decided to post this one because of my other N.Y.R. to lose some weight. There are some things that I should give up, but I won't. The beauty in this song, is that it could really pass as a love song about someone...not something. :)

ICE CREAM

You satisfy my every craving

With just one taste

Can't help but feel that you're always worth the saving

One day with you I would never waste

And I know I shouldn't love you, but I won't give you up.

My sister says that I should stay away

But I can't let you go

I need you in my life each and every day

You're worth my weight in gold

And I know I shouldn't love you, but I won't give you up.

Even on the darkest of nights

I can turn to you

I open the door and you are "Baskin" in the light

There's nothing I can do to resist you

And I know I shouldn't love you, but I won't give you up.

Locket

Here's #2 of my N.Y.R. I wrote this song when I lived in Arizona around the same time I wrote the last song. Enjoy!

You left me unwanted and bruised

Four years, why should I feel used?

You haunt me in my waking sleep

My heart is ripping at the seams

Where do you go when you're already gone?

How do you run away when you're already away?

You left the treaty unsigned

From your respected position you have resigned

This locket weighs heavy in my chest

Disillusion and cool collection I regret

Where do you go when you're already gone?

How do you run away when you're already away?

I'll give my soul to the stars

My life to the heavens

This chance to show all my scars

I hold in sweet reverence

Where do you go when you're already gone?

How do you run away when you're already away?

Set me free. Let me be. Release me.

Fade from my memory. Let me rest in peace.

Set me free. Let me be. Set me free.

New Year's Resolutions

I've never been one for New Year's resolutions. I always thought that they were for old people or crazy people. How do you make a goal for a whole year? I always felt that I could only do a goal for maybe a week (and that was only if I could get past the first day).

I do feel the winds changing, and I found two things that I really want to do this year.

Number 1: It's pretty cliche, but I want to lose weight. I want to look like I did in high school, but older and much more mature. :) I guess I've never been super overweight, but I feel like I could use fewer pounds around me. Cameron wants to lose some weight too, so yesterday we signed up for Weight Watchers. Already I've been a little depressed because I feel like I haven't eaten anything, but I'm still going over my daily limit. I'll figure it out, it will just be a little process.

Number 2 (This one I'm really excited for): I'm going to post one of the songs that I have written every week this entire year. I'm fairly sure that I have about 50-ish songs, so that allows me to post one every week. I'm not gonna lie, it's going to be a little tough. I tend to get busy and caught up in life, but once upon a time music was my life and I want to get that dedication back. Also, I've always wanted to get my music "out there." I almost moved to Nashville, but marrying Cameron became my priority. I'm so glad I chose to stay with him rather than go out there, but I still want to do my part in sharing my music.

Keep in mind that most of these recordings will be done using my laptop. The sound won't be magnificent, the video quality may not be the best, but it will suffice. I hope that you all enjoy this and I hope that I enjoy it too. I have a feeling that I will.

Here's the first post: It's a song I wrote when I lived in Gilbert, AZ back in 2007. It's also one of my favorites.

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