Lyric Sense

Hello friends,

Yesterday I had a fairly bad day that ended in me being completely and totally stressed out and worried.  I got home, went to bed, and didn't sleep well at all for all of the stress still in my body.

This morning I woke up feeling extremely tired and not sure how I was going to make it through the day.  I have a recital tonight, auditions in the after noon, classes in the morning, and practice in between.  No time to go home at any point during the day...

So as I was preparing for my auditions this afternoon for a music show that my school is putting on, I was flipping through my digital documents for a song I'd written that would be appropriate and I came across a short chorus that touched my heart.  I'd almost forgotten that I'd written it, and I never finished the rest of the song.  The document was titled "Love Song", and it was about how I want my life to be a lovesong to God.

Well, I finished writing the song today, and auditioned with it at 1:20 pm.  The audition went well, and while I was singing the lyrics, I found that I truly meant what I was singing... it was like my heart's cry to God.  And afterward, I felt much better... like everything was going to be ok after all.   So here are the lyrics... perhaps they will touch your heart and help you remember just how much He really loves you, and just how much he wants us to love Him back. :D

(Note: the lyrics are written from line to line to match the rhythm of the song.  The song is written in 3/4 time, key of C. :D)

"Love Song"

V1:
Sometimes

Life just steps in the way

And my whole world starts falling apart

But each

Day your mercies ring new

Lord, your wonders have captured my heart

And I

Keep on falling....

You keep picking me up

Life would

Feel so empty

Without your love...

And you keep saying you love me

You remind me anew every day

It's a story of love never-ending and

It's a story of untainted grace...

so...

Chorus:
Let my life be a love song that plays your heartstrings

And may each breath I take be a sweet melody

And Lord if I please you, then be harmony

To this song that I'm making my entirety

Lord, with each pulse of life, may the notes ring true

In this love song I'm living for you

V2:

Each new

Day finds all of my failures

Piled way up above my head

But your

Grace reminds me your word says

My faith can move mountains like that

I don't know why you did it

But I'm sure glad you did

Forgive me for all of my failures when

My failures were all that I had

There's no way I could ever repay you

For my love is as small as my mind

But with each day anew, may my heart sing to you,

Let my life ring of your love devine!

Lord...

Chorus:
Let my life be a love song that plays your heartstrings

And may each breath I take be a sweet melody

And Lord if I please you, then be harmony

To this song that I'm making my entirety

Lord, with each pulse of life, may the notes ring true

In this love song I'm living for you

Bridge:
Take my heart, make it new

Take my life, Lord, I'm living for you (2x)

Chorus:
Let my life be a love song that plays your heartstrings

And may each breath I take be a sweet melody

And Lord if I please you, then be harmony

To this song that I'm making my entirety

Lord, with each pulse of life, may the notes ring true

In this love song I'm living for you...

Updates and More Fun in Music

Hello friends,

You've probably noticed, but I haven't been around a lot.  I've just been really busy. :D  And the busy isn't ending - not yet at least - I'm just taking a few minutes to pause and update my life. ^_^

For starters, the person who wins a free copy of my e-book short story "Blue Moon" is....

GALADRIEL!!!!!

Congratulations. ^_^  To claim your copy, please email me at silverdreams3@gmail.com. :)

On another note, I'm preparing to host another giveaway... this time for Frank Peretti's new book "Illusion".  I FINALLY received my ARC of the book about a week and a half ago... after it was already in stores. :p  But that's ok.  I'm slowly working through my copy of the book, and Simon & Schuster sent me an extra copy of the ARC as well... a book that has never, and will never see a bookstore shelf... a book that I should have been able to offer you long before the rest of the copies came out in stores, but oh well. :)

SO in the very near future, I'll be posting more info on how you can get your hands on it. ^_^

In the mean time, I've been spending WAY to much time doing things that are not related to writing novels.  In  fact, I've been writing music.  ^_^  You see, I've been playing around with the demo version of a program called FL Studios, and having an absolute BLAST with it.  I've put together three pieces of music since downloading the demo program three days ago. lol!

The first piece... needs some work. :P :P  I'll go back and edit it later.  Now that I'm getting the hang of the program, I know I can do much better than that. (even though I still like the original music. lol!)

The Second and third pieces are much better, and the third is my FAVORITE. ^_^  It's called "Beautiful Storm" and was inspired by... you guessed it... a very beautiful storm that blew over my house the other night.  I just LOVE listening to the rain on my roof at night!  And I think that this composition portrays the wonder of it fairly well... or at least I hope it does.

Enjoy!  And let me know what you think of the music.

Nichole