Hallelujah

We took a fun little break from recording my record @ Turnkey Studios last weekend and recorded a little rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah with Sandra Sperounes from the Edmonton Journal. Have a listen!

your legacy

*a new song I started around Christmas when my 91 year old grandpa had just had a stroke and our whole family was pretty shook up and devastated. I just finished it this weekend. This song is obviously very close to my heart.


verse
once there was a father
and he chose to teach his daughter
about life and love and honesty

time passed and then that daughter
well she soon became a mother
and she passed those lessons onto me

pre chorus
every piece of me from my head down to my toes
is a part of you that's contuining to grow

chorus
and when the time comes for you to leave me
all that I've done and everything I've ever hoped to be
comes down to one main responsibility
your legacy
your legacy

verse two
once there was a woman
with warm blue eyes & soft hands
and she raised three babies to believe

that family is a treasure
and there's really nothing better
than spending time together
making memories

pre chorus
everything I am begins& ends with you
you're the seed & I'm the tree about to bloom

chorus

bridge
when I make my own traditions
and when I start my family
you'll be the one that I'll be missing
wishing you were here to share it all with me

chorus
and when the time comes for you to leave me
all that I've done and everything I've ever hoped to be
comes down to one main responsibility
your legacy
your legacy

two days!

So the boys have gotten much more done in fewer days than we had originally anticipated and they say they have enough time for me to come in & start on vocals! I put in a last minute request for two vacation days at work and was approved, so that means I get a four day weekend! AND two amazing days in the studio to record some actual vocals (I am so tired of hearing my scratch vocal tracks I tell ya!) It's all very exciting. I had an insane day of overwhelmingness & stress at work, but now that I know I get two days off to focus on my music things are seriously looking up. So stoked!

renewed

*Here's a new song I've been working on, and I think I finished it officially last night.


verse
she wonders where she belongs
she wonders who, she belongs to
she feels so lost and alone
if only she knew, to look to you


chorus
she would find her worth
is not determined by another
she would find a love
more intimate than any other
she would finally find
the missing link from deep within her
she would find herself renewed


verse two
she struggles day after day
to follow her heart
to find her place
she gets a little lost along the way
if only she could see
beyond what people say


chorus
she would find her worth
is not determined by another
she would find a love
more intimate than any other
she would finally find
the missing link from deep within her
she would find herself renewed


bridge
she looks for constant comfort
in things that fade away
she longs for what
only you can offer
if she'd just make a change


chorus
she would find her worth
is not determined by another
she would find a love
more intimate than any other
she would finally find
the missing link from deep within her
she would find herself
she would find herself
she would find herself
renewed