Wednesday, August 20, 2014

So.... 
My sister and I are composing a series of songs to [one day] record. One of them is called 
"Dauntless".
adj. showing fearlessness or determination

Walking on the sand up the Santa Cruz beach 
sun so bright like my memories 
oh baby 
and it sounds like this

Flying so fast like a coaster ride 
memories come in like a raging tide 
oh baby 
and it sounds like this: 
Pre-Chorus 
baby just wait for it 
nobody's perfect 
baby we're made for it 

chorus: 
(it's like we're) 
Dauntless 
Fire in our souls getting brighter 
like the fire on the shore getting higher 
spinning into the sea. 
Waves toss 
your hair up as we jump now 
we're both so high and we know now 
it's where we're meant to be 

Talking up the change that has set us free
one with Him we're a masterpiece 
oh baby 
and it looks like this:
giving our all to fight the good fight
the poor and needy lost in time
oh baby 
let's stand for this 

Bridge: 
(rap) 
So baby let me tell you something that I know is right
i know that we are special when we're walkin' in the light
but this is not our home so let's not get too entranced
there's purpose in our souls and there's beauty in our dance 
you and I together we can set the captives free 
Jesus is the fire that's transforming you and me 
here we stand strong on the shore of life 
so let's jump jump JUMP with our hands held high 




Tuesday, August 19, 2014



"Resurrection"
 Unflinching
This love inside my soul
Reaching past the fears
Making me whole—
                   Unrelenting

                                     This light called Sun
washing me clean
blinding me,
                     scathing my skin
as it begins
making me one.

Two on a line
         Twice reconciled,
                Once to their God
                            Once to the child
                                         Inside their own hearts
                                                     Where dreams congregate
And talk about friends
And the worlds to create;
            Dwelling on hope
                   And faith
                        And love
                             Hope against hoping
Against being in love.

Paradox or paradigm
Strange or strained
Found or fine
Great or grating
On my aching bones
As I reach
I stretch
For those lofty goals.

Unseen and unheard
         The dreams inside
                 where seeds of hope and love abide;
                             they cannot be held
so tenderly clasped
           by the dirt and the water and the rawest waste
yet this is where they grow
            in the broken soil—
                      while the Grower stoops on His knees to toil
                                   and protect their little quivering shells
just wait, little seeds,
              for the wedding bells—
you’ll spring from the dust
you’ll shout to the sky
“I’m here,  
                               and I’m free,
                                                          And I’ll never ever die!”