Here’s a couple songs I’ve written lately. It’s becoming somewhat of a passion, and way of handling life.
Songs are for Heartaches
I don’t have to cry
Just cause my heart is breaking
I can take the pain instead
And throw it out the window
But then it might hit
Some innocent person
So I put it in this song
Cause songs are for heartaches
Like shade is for summer
Like fire is for cold nights
That beat at my door
Your silence is chilling
Like frost on the window
That’s trying to get in
To turn my heart to ice
But I won’t let it get me
I’ll fight back these lies
That you don’t love me
Or care at all
Cause songs are for heartaches
Like rain in the desert
Like water for the thirsty
Who hunger for love
Whether you will admit it
I know you hunger too
It’s a cavernous stream
In each one of us
But songs can unearth it
Uniting our heartache
On this deep riverbed
Cause songs are for heartaches
Like I am for you
Like you are for me
No matter how it may feel
Somday we’ll get through this
The kids will be grown
The bills will be paid
And the work will be done
Then we’ll sit by the fire
And listen to songs
That unearth the heartache
In each one of us
Cause songs are for heartaches
Like shade in the summer
Like fire on a cold night
No matter how cold
And songs are for heartaches
Like rain in the desert
They quench dusty hearts
Like nothing else can
Songs are for hungry souls
Trying to stick together
To hang on through all this
And find our way home
Desert Wedding
You chose the desert
Over a bed
You defeated temptation
To give me your strength
So why do I sit here
And long to be noticed
When you’ve been here the whole time
Calling my name
For you brought me here
And you hear my cry
You’re familiar with hunger
Not afraid of thirst
Lord help me remember
That you loved me first
You say I’m your bride
Not in some flowery way
You wed me in this desert
At the end of myself
Where I’m stinky and sweaty
And oh so thirsty
To show that your love
Is not about my beauty
But about your promise
To never let me go
For you brought me here
And you hear my cry
You’re familiar with hunger
Not afraid of thirst
Lord help me remember
That you loved me first
We were wed for a purpose
Not just to embrace
But to bear children
Who know they are loved
So forgive me for longing
For so much affection
When you’ve given your promise
Your word is enough
For you brought me here
And you hear my cry
You’re familiar with hunger
Not afraid of thirst
Lord help me remember
That you loved me first
It’s a wonder you call me
Your beautiful bride
Now my tears wet your feet
You’ve forgiven so much
They’re still kind of works in progress. I definitely don’t have a solid tune or complete picture on the second one, but I thought I’d share anyway.