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...

Fun in Music

Hello,

As some of you know, I am a college student working towards a double major in English and Music.  Last year was my first semester in Music Theory (even though I've been at my college doing gen-eds for three years now... :P).  I was so excited!  I had a lot of fun last year learning as much as I could about music and how it all works together.  I also started piano lessons.  But the best part of all was learning how to write music.

Now, I've been a musician for years... I sing, and write songs, play the guitar, and I could still plunk out songs on the piano, even though I couldn't read or write music.  But now, I'm starting to understand how music works together and it's PHENOMENAL!  I love it so much!

I spent a lot of time in the piano practice rooms last year, composing small pieces and writing down the music.  One of the pieces that I wrote I was actually able to play for my piano final, which was super exciting!  Afterward, I decided I wanted to be able to listen to it, so I found a software that let me play around with synthesized sounds to create music.  Following the sheet music I had, I put the notes in and played around with them a bit, adding some here and there.  This is how it turned out and I hope you like it!  The song is titled "Waves" because the music made me think of the ocean.  It's a little repetative, but I hope in this next semester to be able to add bits and pieces to it to make it more... eh... interesting. :)

My Songs!!! :D Now you can listen if you Want!!!

Ok, so I realize that this is my second post today, and usually I don't do this sort of thing, but I just found a place where I can upload songs that I've written and recorded.  Now, admittedly I only have two of my songs proffesionally recorded, and that was done several years ago... so the voices sound rather young. 

The first song is called "Good Morning My Songbirds", and the second is titled "Summer Tales".  They are sung by me and my younger sister.  Usually I sing the first verse or so and then fall into harmony while she carries on with the melody. 

I must say now, I'm not as excited with how "Summer Tales" turned out as I am with  "Good Morning My Songbirds".  I feel like "Summer Tales" is slightly under pitch, and it bothers me.  But until I can get my hands on a remix, it's all I have so... *shrug*

If you would like to listen to my songs, you can play them here.  Then please, please, please let me know what you think of them!!! :D