Lady Jane Grey

Looping cello courtesy of MainStage – first time out of the gate with their livelooper. It’s clunky, but it worked (after 12,203 takes!)

This was one of those songs that took on a life of its own. I never set out to write a song like this, but the lyrics just happened, and as I wrote, I realized I was writing for the people in my life right now who are dealing with the heavy stuff of life. I see your posts on Facebook and hear your stories firsthand as you recount the pain you’re under – you, dear friends, who have lost loved ones this year…you who can’t seem to pull yourself out of the depression you’ve been under for too long…you, dear ones, who are facing the end of a marriage…you who are struggling with family drama that never ends…the sweet faces of the kids living with cancer that we get to work with every summer….without being overly dramatic, this song is meant as a word of encouragement. Your pain is not wasted. God sees you. You will get through this….you will fly again. Take heart.

Lyrics:

Little wings have you heard
The blue sky song of the birds
Soon you’ll sing with the jay
Feathers wide you’ll find your way

And fly away from here
And fly away from here

Paper wings are you torn
Fragile heart from the storm
Safe and light the wooded floor
Evergreen shelter warm
Make your home until the dawn
Till time and season give you song

And fly away from here
And fly away from here

Golden wings brave and wild
Face the blue undefiled
Darkest cloud or blackest night
Take the winds, make the climb

And fly away from here
And fly away from here

This week completely got away from me. I ran around all week, and before I knew it, it was Friday, and I didn’t even have the seedling of a song. I wasn’t sure it would happen this week, but I managed to find an hour Friday afternoon to squeeze in a little time with my guitar.

David showed me a chord progression idea he had come up with in an alternate tuning, and so I messed around with it a little. Opened up my notebook and picked up a pen, and in five minutes, the lyrics were there. Then the melody. It literally took 10 minutes from start to finish to write this song! Crazy, right?

Then, this afternoon, when I started setting up to record it, I decided to experiment with a looping background vocal part, and it became one of those magical pieces that fit the song perfectly and took it to the next level.

Anyway, here it is – my “insta-song!”

I am seriously grateful for the power of the Sunday deadline and the accountability you guys provide – I’d never have written this if I didn’t have the pressure to keep my word and get something done this week! Thanks for listening, thanks for sharing it with your friends, and thanks for your encouragement!

Hey all!!!

A double post today to catch up – I’ve been sick with some sort of evil bug that wiped me out for two weeks and stole my voice (I sounded like Adele on crack – not a good combo), so while I wrote the songs on schedule, I missed my posting deadline.

Here are the two songs!

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