LAURA MARIE

I was beginning to feel creatively blocked. Maybe a little uninspired. Ok, depressed. But mostly because my energy levels plummeted on my return from NY (which was amazing, by the way) and it felt like hitting a wall. I was down for weeks. So, I was incredibly grateful to be asked to participate in a songwriting group and honored to be included among so many I admire. I'm not gonna name drop because I'm not sure it's allowed but, I will say that there are some pretty brilliant songwriters and some well known on a national level. And, it's freakin' fantastic listening to everyone's perspective on the phrase of the week. Blows my mind. 

I decided I'm going to share what I come up with here on my site because some of these songs may not make it onto albums or sets for my live shows. I'll post the song and give you an idea of the inspiration behind it. You can subscribe to the blog as an iTunes podcast and even download the song (demo). I'd love your thoughts on the theme of the songs and what they inspire. 

My song for week 1: Feast of Lights

I happened to name my song after the prompt we were given. That isn't a rule but light is a theme I use a lot in my writing and I wanted the song to be centered on it. The prompt made me think of this Carl Sagan quote: "We are star stuff harvesting star light". You know, I once had a dream that I was made of stars and my hands were pure light. One of my favorite dreams ever. So, I wanted to make the star about how we are all light along with everything else, all made of the same stuff...which makes us part of each other and part of everything but some of us don't know it. Seeing it, like in my dream, would be heaven. As a teenager, I used to sneak out of my house to sit on the hood of the family car and stare at the stars. Maybe that idea was always buried inside of me. 
 

Feast of Lights
 
I’m someone who knows loneliness comes from
Biding our time, hiding behind brick, mortar and steel 
Till they’re all gone, all the walls that we count on,
Walls that divided you and I but never were real
Sometimes nothing comes from everything we feel
 
So, come out, ‘cause it’s all gonna come down
Traveling 13 billion years waiting to fall right here
On a cold night, something that still might save us
Is cutting through the calm of our atmosphere
 
Leave the darkness to the heartless, the hopeless to their night
They’re walking in a shadow, they’re starlight in disguise
‘cause they don’t believe the beauty till they see it with their eyes
Feast of lights
 
For so long we were waiting for someone
Or something to light up the night all of these years
How we held on even when it all felt wrong
So, take it all in now before it all disappears
And even if nothing comes from everything we fear
 
So, come out, ‘cause it’s all gonna come down
Traveling 13 billion years waiting to fall right here
On a cold night, something that still might save us
Is cutting through the calm of our atmosphere
 
Leave the darkness to the heartless, the hopeless to the night
They’re walking in a shadow, they’re starlight in disguise
‘cause they don’t believe the beauty till they see it with their eyes
Feast of lights 

©LauraMarieMusic 2013