Stride
All relationships experience their good times and bad. Stride reminds us that it’s easy to forget the good things when we’re in the midst of the bad. Step back. When we work together toward resolution we only become stronger.
Bank holiday Monday/Just a day off in the States/Wake to our cultural differences/Good advice and bad mistakes/What’s good for me/May not be right for you/Can we just understand/The differences that help us through/We could wake tomorrow/In a different state of mind What we once found beautiful/May be hard upon our eyes/Let’s take this in stride/The benefit of doubt/Is not my strongest suit/Please believe I try my best every day/For I expect the best from you/What’s good for me/May not be right for you/Can we just understand/The differences that help us through/We could wake tomorrow In a different state of mind/What we once found beautiful/May be hard upon our eyes Let’s take this in stride.
Postcard
‘Postcard’ is a long-distance love song to the one we leave at home who cannot share in our experiences while we’re traveling.
Rainy day outside/Sunshine shines inside/Roll along/Like late afternoon lake fog/And I write you/Like a word in a postcard/Need you more/Than the blood running my heart/Love you more/Than the beauty I see/All of me/Unconditionally/Wonder where you are/South through miles of tar/A thought for you/Brighter than northern stars/And I write you/Like a word in a postcard/Need you more/Than the blood running my heart/Love you more/Than the beauty I see/All of me/Unconditionally/Sun breaks through the cloud/Silence fills the sound/I wish you here/To share this beauty found/And I write you/Like a word in a postcard/Need you more/Than the blood running my heart/Love you more/Than the beauty I see/All of me/Unconditionally
Song For A Friend
Without experiencing the hardship of others, we can’t relate to their pain. The message within this song is, “I can’t relate to what you’re going through, but I’m here for you no matter what.”
Once upon a time/A cute girl lost her mind/Then found the will to shine/And fly back to this world/I didn’t know her then/But heard it from a far/About the nights in bars/That ended in handcuffs/I wish I could’ve held you in a world I can’t see/For all of these bad things you’ve been through/I find so much meaning watching you breathe/Hanging out and being cool/Can be the perfect way/To see this day/All the way through/But life is short/A third’s already gone/You can’t waste the rest/You’ve always got shit to do/I’ll be here to hold you in a world we can’t see/For all of these bad things you’ve been through/I find so much meaning watching you breathe/Now you’ve found your stride/You want some peace of mind/For those you seem to find/Look like you used to/You always do your best/To help out all the rest/but please don’t be distressed/When they don’t pull through/I know you did all you could do/I’ll be there to hold you when the helpless can’t see/For all of these good things you’ve shown them/In time they’ll find meaning from life’s release/You’re a wonder to me.
I Wish You Felt The Same
Breaking up is never easy. I Wish You Felt The Same’ is a request for compassion; “I’m sorry I feel this way, but it’s hurting me as much as it’s hurting you.”
I think I’m gonna kiss you then walk away/Let you get along with the rest of your days/I hate to say the words that I don’t see/A future together for you and me/Stand on your shore/Waiting for the rain/I wish that I felt differently/I wish you felt the same/Diving right in like fish to sea/Swimming through words that we don’t mean/Making our way through flesh desire/Trying to hold on to lust’s cruel fire/Stand on your shore/Waiting for the rain/I wish that I felt differently/I wish you felt the same/Hold on/Keep safe/Give again once more with trust/Stand on your shore/Waiting for the rain/I wish that I felt differently/Stand on your shore/Waiting for the rain/I wish that I felt differently/I wish you felt the same.
Intersection
‘Intersection’ represents the recognition of our choices and the decision to move on with our lives. Those who are left behind have two choices: wallow in nostalgia or pick yourself up and move forward.
Everything fell down/Went to hell and blew away/Snatched defeat from jaws of victory/Instead of sitting quiet/I opened up and spilled this town/Of thoughtless words and deeds all over me/Now I can see there’s nothing to make these wrongdoings right/Fair cop gov, in karmas time, I’ll pay an honest price/I must pick me up and move myself in the direction/I always knew to call my own before this intersection/Crashing through the city like a bullet from a gun/No one will escape/No one will out-run/The troubadour who wields a shattered head of broken dreams/Promising the truth is nothing like what it may seem/Now I can see there’s nothing to make these wrongdoings right/Fair cop gov, in karmas time, I’ll pay an honest price/I must pick me up and move myself in the direction/I always knew to call my own before this intersection/You know you broke my heart/I’m pretty sure I broke yours too/It’s gonna take more than construction paper and crazy glue/Despite those angry words and careless things we did/Timeless love for you is truth I’m not scared to admit/Now I can see there’s nothing to make these wrongdoings right/Fair cop gov, in karmas time, I know I’ll pay the price/I must pick me up and move myself in the direction/I always knew to call my own before this intersection.
Push On Through
Adversity will always test friendships. ‘Push On Through’ is a thank you to those who stick by us. Good times are just around the corner.
This year has fallen to December’s storm/Holiday madness, mixed with nostalgia for times that have gone/I can’t help from thinking of friend’s who have passed/And those still around me I’ll thank to the last/How did we get here, where did we go?/Who did we lead, why did we follow?/Now that we’re here, we might as well push on through/Knocked down and dragged out, lied to and played/So many things we wanted to keep were taken away/But here we are sitting recounting the tales/Seems kind of funny to think we won where we failed/How did we get here, where did we go?/Who did we lead, why did we follow?/Now that we’re here, we might as well push on through/I’ve lost my wonder for what time has to bring/I wanna stay open, go with the flow, enjoy everything/As long as we’re standing alive for the tales/Here’s to you, my friends, may we always prevail/How did we get here, where did we go?/Who did we lead, why did we follow?/Now that we’re here, we might as well push on through
Called My Heart
‘Called My Heart’ confesses the trauma and emotional fallout in the aftermath of a break-up and explores the healing process that gives us theperspective and strength to move on.
Oh My Love
‘Oh My Love’ explores the notion of an eternal love that will rescue us from the depths of loneliness.
Angel took her wooden wings and flew toward the sun/Light rains down in gold and blue now I don’t have to run/Oh my love, where are you today?/Now the bad has gone away and I have all I wished/Where’s the whole to half of me I still don’t know exists?/Oh my love, where are you today?/Do you lie with someone else?/Are you cold and by yourself?/Do you shy away from mirrors?/Grab a drive-thru for your dinner?/Are you sure there’s so much more/As you pull yourself from the floor?/One day I will find you love and wipe those tears away/Hold you through the darkest night and give you all you crave/Oh my love, where are you today?/Do you lie with someone else?/Are you cold and by yourself?/Do you shy away from mirrors?/Grab a drive-thru for your dinner?/Are you sure there’s so much more/As you pull yourself from the floor?/Don’t lose hope my dearest one I can’t be far away/Please don’t let them grind you down/Soon I’ll be there every day.
Turn Your Heads
‘Turn Your Heads’ is a song about taking a few moments to regain your composure before getting back up on your feet after falling down. That is a true lesson in humility.
My stomachs tied in knots/My head is full of twisted thoughts/Of everyone and everything that every new encounter brings/I wish that I could be here but I’m not/Turn your heads/I’m naked torn around the edges/I’ll crawl away/And rise again someday/We can only be ourselves/Our hearts are heaven to our minds of hell/Convincing ears of what we fear/To pack away what we hold dear/And stack it oh so neat up on a shelf/Turn your heads/I’m naked torn around the edges/I’ll crawl away/And rise again someday/We’re only human/All we can be/Keep on moving/Turn your heads/I’m naked torn around the edges/I’ll crawl away/And rise again someday.
In Joy
When I play this song - which I wrote for my younger twin sisters - many parents approach me to say it captures their feelings about their own children exactly and finds the words they’ve never been able to find. In Joy is a song about unconditional love.
Nothing’s Gonna Change
It’s comforting to know that we can always find warmth and familiarity at home. Nothing’s Gonna Change reflects on the home that waits for us while we are out there changing our own world perspective.
Sun starts to crisp haze/As I walk toward better days/The past ain’t been that cruel/The first shift begin their march/The freeway fogs with warming cars/And drivers coffee fueled/Faint strains of yesterday/Find their place within our veins/Nothing’s gonna change/Everybody has their venture/A master-plan for wealth and splendor/I should know it’s nice to dream/Where did you go today?/What did you give and take away?/What didn’t turn out as it seemed?/Wild fires of yesterday leave us burned in their blaze/Nothing’s gonna change/I love to look around this town/See what’s up and going down/The styles the trends the wealth/Everything is so exciting/I like to think I’m so enlightening/Even if it’s only to myself/Put your fears away/We’re all the same/Please don’t change.
California
‘California’ finds the words to ease the pain of losing your best friends and partners to distance.
Palm trees and electricity/Promises and broken dreams/People change in days and weeks/Ground forever sown yet rarely reaped/Light amphetamine of day/Grazes golden land of gray/What was it you saw?/What was it you wished for/As nature crashed ashore in California?/It’s not the same without you/Everything seems more surreal/The warmest days look colder/But I can’t tell since I can’t feel/Light amphetamine of day/Grazes golden land of gray/What was it you saw?/What was it you wished for/As nature crashed ashore in California?/Forever young/Teenage clowns/Underground/Re-run sounds/Live today/Left-coast ways/Forget the cost/But you will pay/When you’ve got nothing else/There’s always this.
