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I've been writing songs since I was around 15 years old, well over half my lifetime ago. Figured it was time to be brave and share them somehow. Music has always been a saving grace in my life and my hope is that listening helps you in some small way, just as composing has helped me.

05/27/2025

Ordinary Days

I need you now It’s a dark time and I don’t know where to go Am I meant to stay this way forever? Lord, You’re the only one who knows and I am yours In this moment I surrender My worst anxieties, impossibilities They feel like ordinary days The stories in my mind, unruly and unkind I just can’t make them go away Too many hours, too many days Feeling hopeless and broken, lost and afraid Oh, teach me to be just a little more brave ‘Cause I don’t know if I can face, another ordinary day I need you now It’s a sad time and I don’t know what to do Am I meant to be this way forever? You, are the only one to show me what is true So I will surrender All the worst parts of me, the pain and misery They feel like ordinary days The stories in my head that hurt me to no end How can I make them go away? Too many hours, too many days Feeling hopeless and broken, lost and afraid Oh, teach me to be just a little more brave ‘Cause I don’t know if I can face, another ordinary day © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

12 min
05/14/2025

Just A Dreamer

Sometimes the dreaming’s all I ever do Sometimes I fall asleep and dream of dreaming too My heart is open and my spirit free Still I’m not where I want to be I’m spending days with my head in the clouds I’m walking circles and I get lost in the crowd I can’t believe all of the time that’s gone Still I’m not where I belong Once I gave it all to have it all I used to be more than just a dreamer More than just a dreamerIt’s time to pick myself up from the fall I want to be more than just a dreamer More than just a dreamer Head in the clouds Help me find a way out Sometimes I cry for all the things I’ve missed Sometimes I wonder why it all has come to this But I know there’s a reason for these tears A reason why I’m still here I’ve lived in shadows for the past few years Dreaming in secret in the company of fears (though accompanied by fear) But something’s calling that I can’t ignore Something good my life is for Once I gave it all to have it all I used to be more than just a dreamer More than just a dreamer It’s time to pick myself up from the fall I want to be more than just a dreamer More than just a dreamer Head in the clouds Help me find a way out Help me find a way out Once I gave it all to have it all I used to be more than just a dreamer More than just a dreamer It’s time to pick myself up from the fall I want to be more than just a dreamer © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

12 min
05/06/2025

Overcome

There are some days I can’t wake Problems that I can’t face Shame about the mistakes, that I’ve made There are some nights I can’t sleep Worries keeping me weak And I find it hard to believe in me But it can take just one blessed minute To suddenly be overcome I can’t put into words the way that it feels, To discover your love Every time I am alone I think about life on my own Troubled by everything I still don’t know Every time I am afraid Worried ‘bout things I can’t change I pray that I will be okay, someday And it can take just one blessed minute To suddenly be overcome I can’t put into words the way that it feels, To discover your love You say all things in life have beauty in their own time You say you’re here with me in darkness and in the light And if I only set my sights above It can take just one blessed minute To suddenly be overcome Nothing can replace this feeling Knowing that you are the one You’ve given me a heart worth beating So into your arms I will run I can’t put into words the way that it feels, To discover your love © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

11 min
04/29/2025

So I Will Dance

I’m still underneath the covers Putting out the flames that Sting and burn my skin I’m still hiding in the shadows Fighting off the ghosts who’ve Haunted their way in But somehow in these trials and despite these tear-stained cheeks, I feel like dancing now I feel you here with me So I will dance, I will sing And I will find a way through everything I won’t give in, I won’t give up I’ll still believe in all I’m dreaming of With you somehow I can, so I will dance I still worry for tomorrow All the things I don’t know What the future brings I still overthink the details Trying hard to escape All the fear within But somehow in these moments and despite what leaves me weak, I feel like dancing when you’re dancing next to me So I will dance, I will sing And I will find a way through everything I won’t give in, I won’t give up I’ll still believe in all I’m dreaming of With you somehow I can, so I will dance With you somehow I can, so I will dance © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

12 min
04/22/2025

Still

Here I go again, all the thoughts within, circling my head I can’t seem to win, fighting off this sin, finding ways to mend Even in my praying I am contemplating All the ways I worry and I fault What will it take? What is the cure? What do I live this misery for? How will I learn? How do I heal? How can I bear the pain that I feel? God if you’re listening to me Help me be still I seem to lose my days in a messed up haze, I can take no more I’m without a sword and without a shield in this internal war Even in believing, I am lost and grieving Who I was before this took its toll What will it take? What is the cure? What do I live this misery for? How will I learn? How do I heal? How can I bear the pain that I feel? God if you’re listening to me Help me be still I might not be alone but I sure am feeling lonely How could you love someone like me? I’m scared of being like this I’m scared of being trapped in All of the weaknesses you see God, I am listening What will it take? What is the cure? What do I live this misery for? How will I learn? How do I heal? How can I bear the pain that I feel? God if you’re listening to me Oh are you listening to me? You’re my only remedy Help me be still Help me be still Help me be still © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

17 min
04/15/2025

Thieves

I believed I had it figured out Then thieves in the night come Slowly as the mornings get me down Never a moment is right I thought there were boundaries Lines uncrossed and sacred space But you have a hold on me And I can’t seem to break away I’ve never been rebellious I’ve barely even told a lie Now I’m feeling jealous Of the ones who aren’t afraid to try It’s like I haven’t grown up Trapped inside a box of Rules I followed as a child Just when I think that it’s my time Come thieves in the night I believed I made most of my time But I watch the time fly Wasted days they make me want to cry I’m hardly getting by I thought there were boundaries Ties undone and rules to bend You still have a hold on me And I don’t know when it will end I’ve never been rebellious I’ve barely even told a lie Now I’m feeling jealous Of the ones who aren’t afraid to try It’s like I haven’t grown up Trapped inside a box of Rules I followed as a child Just when I think that it’s my time Come thieves in the night Thieves in the night, night, night Thieves in the night Thieves in the night, night, night I know I’ve been mostly lucky And I have all that I need But I just can’t break free from all the power you have on me And you don’t even see Don’t you see? I’ve never been rebellious I’ve barely even told a lie Now I’m feeling jealous Of the ones who aren’t afraid to try It’s like I haven’t grown up Trapped inside a box of Rules I followed as a child I’ve never been rebellious I’ve barely even told a lie Now I’m feeling jealous Of the ones who aren’t afraid to try It’s like I haven’t grown up Trapped inside a box of Rules I followed as a child Just when I think that it’s my time Come thieves in the night Oh you’re a thief in the nightThieves in the nightYou’re a thief in the night © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

13 min
04/08/2025

Sitting Pretty

I think about life before I think about all the times I’d won Never running out of more Never running out of love I might have been self-assured A little naive in all the fun Sitting pretty on the top of it all Now there is silence Now that I’m hurting I’m flooded with all the memories Is it a breakdown? Is it a breakthrough? Towards the woman I’m meant to be I’m still afraid and in this melody I’m trying to make a change that’s good for me I, don’t know where this will lead Right now I’m so far from sitting pretty I find myself insecure I find myself comfortable to hide Always being oh so cautious Anxious, always tired How is that I’m so unsure? So unlike the girl I used to know? Sitting pretty on the top of it all Now that I’m older Now the world’s changing I’m holding onto the memories Is it a breakdown? Is it a breakthrough? Towards the life that I’m meant to lead I’m still afraid and in this melody I’m trying to make a change that’s good for me I, don’t know where this will lead Right now I’m so far from sitting pretty I think about life before I think about all the times I’d won Never running out of more Never running out of love I wanna be self-assured A little more brave in all the fun Sitting pretty on the top of it all (Though) I’m still afraid, I have this melody That’s helping me make a change that’s good for me I, don’t know where this will lead I don’t know where this will lead I don’t know where this will lead But I’ve heard of a land so pretty Somewhere I could be © 2023 Songwriter Diaries

13 min

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I've been writing songs since I was around 15 years old, well over half my lifetime ago. Figured it was time to be brave and share them somehow. Music has always been a saving grace in my life and my hope is that listening helps you in some small way, just as composing has helped me.

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