"Beautiful and Resilient" #newsonglyrics #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

 This song comes from me looking down at the waterfront where I live in Portland, OR. I don't go down to it, I just look down toward it. I can see the bikes and people. Hear the noises coinciding with it from afar. Yet I hold my breath and clutch my chest to the what the remembrance of that spot brings to me. I'm still working on this emotional feeling.

Image by Jason Goh from Pixabay 

Verse

You take me down

By one look at you

Though I’m drawn to you

I have to face the fear

You are powerful

Your strength takes me down

At the same time strongest to imagination

You are outside of my realms

I’ll find a way

 To take my steps to you

Chorus

Though my fear appears to be stronger

Your depth in advancement

Is far equal to

I know I can overcome you

Verse

Your dark and long

Dry and strong

Holding me in my chest

I can’t breathe

I can’t see straight

When I try to look at you

But in reality

You’re just a beautiful place

Am I to  move on from this place

And feel my true beauty and resilience

Once I’ve done this

They’ll be so many more

I know, so sadly

But true

Chorus

Verse

But it’s okay

As long as I walk down to you

To the end 

Where the fear is the strongest

I will embrace 

This beautiful

Moment with you

And then will let it go

Have no more fear

Of this feeling that takes proceeds over me

Chorus

"Don't You Know Little Girl" #writingfromflowers #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

Photo courtesy Bessi

I used to go to 3 fields down the road from me before I was school age. I would run through the fields with flowers. I couldn't believe how free I felt. 

"Don't You Know Little Girl"

Verse

You've always been different

You've always been a clown

Smaller than most 

Like a boy, funny at times

Too short, too small

to wear a normal dress

Last in line

Late for class

Those odd colors on you catch the eye

Your misplaced personality leaves you blind

With discontentment

You doubt yourself too much

Chorus

Don't you know little girl

They save the best for last

You might just be a little girl now

But the whole world is waiting for your finest

Verse

Open up those lovely petals

Even though they're different

they're yours 

They bloom in uniform

Chorus

Verse

Don't let yourself feel bad

When you're always forgotten about 

pick up your chin

dry your eyes

Get out of bed

Run wild

In the outside

Your world is out there 

In anticipation 

Waiting for you to capture it

Chorus

"Wild Heart ' A dirty little prose #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter #writingtoflowers

Photo courtesy Jill Wellington

Wild heart

You naughty little girl

Putting those holes in your pants

Pulling your shirts up

How many times have you 

Packed your school bag 

With your naughty clothes

How many times have

You dreamed and pursued

The boys to look your way

How many times have you told 

Grandma 'no' to what you're

going to do anyway

How many times have you

landed a slap on your face

Don't tie me down

by locking me in my room

Don't charge me for gas so I won't go too far

Don't ignore my tears that go on for 3 days

To attend that naughty dance once again.

(Me growing up.)

Writing From Flowers #singersongwriter #lorijeanfinnila #newsonglyrics "Come Sing With Me My Flower"

Photo courtesy Bessi

This flower reminds me of happy times at childhood.

Come Sing With Me My Flower 

Verse

I want to dance and sing 

When you're around

I can open myself up wide in your face

I hold back no emotion

You've brought me to this place

Chorus

Come sing with me my flower

As I watch you 

You're at the most open

that you can be

Verse

I don't hesitate my feelings

When I look close at you

I know instantly how I feel

I'm confident in this

Chorus

Verse

Come make me laugh

I know I can be the loudest with you

I can cry

You won't judge me

I won't faulter

 with my love for you

Bridge

I'm as strong as I can be

I don't think twice about myself

I know you have 

all the definitions of me

Chorus 

Come sing with me my flower

As I watch you 

You're at the most open

that you can be

I know I can be the happiest with you!!

Come sing with me my flower!

Repeat

Mystic Energy #newsong #thecranberries #lorijeanfinnila

Art speaks to us through writing.

When I was studying I had to read into art. It's amazing the connection you make with it. Lets look at art history and see where it took me to write this song. 

I started out with artwork, then Rebecca Campbell's mystic power, then I turned to The Cranberries, which is where I ended up.

Photo by Kellepics at Pixabay

Song

The power outside of our hands

That we fight so hard to visualize 

And in this we find ourselves trapped

In order to get there

That can lead us to the most open realm

Dropping, falling, leaping are in our thoughts

As we open our hands to recieive 

What is meant to come to us

Sometimes it's a place outside of ourselves

Or just outside of our control

It's within I'm told

I'm sure

Tell me how you want me to help you

I see your lips

I read your eyes

Your pain is mine

Why

I'm meant to be here

So I don't die

But listen to you

And your message to me

But how did I miss you

Listening to you so long 

Bringing me comfort

As I never took your hand 

Now you're gone

So many years down the road

My head cracked for everyone to see

I can see how I could have been there for you

I still listen to you today

As I skip the cement road 

behind my house

Like a little girl

Drinking your words

Soaking the wisdom

It was just like yesterday 

(Haven't quite picked a chorus yet.)