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Music Monday: Runaway

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Very rarely do I write a song that I like – that I would want to listen to if it came on the radio (yeah right – as if my music is actually played on the radio – but i think you get my point). I’m not being all humble in a side-ways and subtle way of saying, “I don’t think I write well.” Nor am I fishing for compliments, blah blah blah. NOPE! I’m just saying I ACTUALLY like this one, which doesn’t happen very often! Who knows if the rest of you will, but me? I like it.

Now, moving on.

I wrote this one last weekend, in about 30 minutes. Start to finish. Then I quickly (translation: sloppily) laid down some tracks to remember where I want to go with it. I’ve been listening to a lot of Amy MacDonald lately – you might be able to hear her influences in this one. Can you tell I hadn’t quite figured out the last few notes of the chorus? sorry…

My songs are usually mile-markers in my life. They are like road signs. They usually mark important moments.  This song is no exception. I wrote this with my month’s “DOings” in mind. I wrote this about the change I wanted to see in my own life.

Thoughts?

RUNAWAY – Sept. 08

I’m not living for tomorrow, when all I’ve got is a life of yesterdays.
There’s something sharper than this sorrow. If I could only find my place.

PRE-CHORUS
It’s been fifteen years of fifteen tears,
And I’ve got no more fears.
I’ll run away.
I’ll run away.

CHORUS:
All I need, All that I can see, Is all that’s close to me.
All I need, All that I can be, Is all inside of me, to run away.

I ain’t lookin’ for a ballroom, when nothing’s smaller than everything.
I’ve forgotten how to swallow this little pill that seems to slow my pace.

Music Monday – “In This Life”

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i wrote this just before we moved to seminary. when my life was consumed with goodbyes… consumed.

its about how stinkin’ tough life can be sometimes.

anyway, many of you will recognize the bridge from the sneak peak a few weeks ago. i must say that i was THRILLED by your comments because SO many of you felt a sense of hope in the emotions of the music.

i passed along the full copy to a couple of you – and you gave some VERY INTERESTING input, which challenged me to add a new melody to the bridge. i think the two of you will be pleased with the final product.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT!!!! i won’t regret throwing these songs out there for y’all to hear. what a beneficial experience.

so, whaddya think? y’all like the bridge?

In This Life – copyright Mandy Thompson, ASCAP, 2007

Verse 1:
In this life many promises are broken and many words may go unspoken
And many souls may find no place to rest.
In this life if we fight for all that matters we find our hearts may end up shattered
And we are lonely and afraid at best.

Chorus:
But we know life has a way of turning the warmest of colors to the coldest of grays.
Oh we know life has a way of turning the warmest of colors to the coldest of grays.

Verse 2:
In this life if we love it we will lose it but its better if we choose it
Than to hold it ‘til its torn away.
In this life letting go does not come easy but to love in sight of losing
Bears the promise of the greatest pain.

Bridge:
Can we find hope at the end of the day?
Can we find a rainbow when the cloud rolls away?
Can we find love and laughter in the midst of the pain?
Oh can we live someday?

about those songs that get in your head and won’t stop playing

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over the past week, i’ve noticed that i have these songs that just play over and over in my head.  well, that’s not the strange part… i’m a musician: there’s always a song in my head.

BUT, i’ve noticed that i don’t even LIKE some of the songs in my head.

for example: right now i have “I Need a Hero” playing over and over again, completely against my will. i guess its there because i have to drop drew off about 3 miles away — through freezing rain and snow and icy conditions… and i need an experienced snow driver to drive me back home. :(

and, here’s the scary part: the other morning Lee Greenwood was serenading me with “God Bless the USA” in my head… inexplicably.  in December. and i don’t know why he was in my head… and he kept.coming.back.uninvited…. see, there he goes again, singing away, just because i remembered to tell y’all about it….

i think i’d rather be listening to “I Need a Hero”…

go away Lee.

anyway, here’s the deal.  i’m totally ok with songs in my head that i actually LIKE to listen to… but what do i do about those uninvited melodic monsters that creep in and take over???

do any of you have songs that just.won’t.go.away?

how do you make them stop?

or does that mean i’m crazy? [oh my, now i've got Gnarls Barkley going - auughhh!!!! but, atleast i'm not singing "I Need A Hero" anymore.]