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.)

 

"Seeing Myself Again" #newsonglyrics #lovesong #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

I just wrote this song inspired by the new movie out called "Love Song."

"Seeing Myself Again"

Verse

So many dusty, cobbly roads 

I've walked on

I've felt so all alone

I came so far

Just to see myself

I'm seeing myself once again

Chorus

I'm seeing myself once again

It feels so fresh and young and alive

I didn't think that I could feel this

But I know I can begin again

Verse

The road has been long

The pain has been hard

When I lost you

I had a broken heart

I couldn't see

I couldn't feel

I couldn't get past the days we spent

I live alone

I drive too far

I talk to myself

I ask why

I see the stars

I hear you call

But I know it can only be heaven

Chorus

Verse

I see myself as beauty now once again

I think I can feel the warm sun on my skin

I drink life with a new taste I appreciate 

Chorus

The Ugly Woman #newsong #lorijeanfinnila #singersongwriter

I'm up tonight writing this. I guess I'm the artist I need to be and I have to stop kicking myself about it no matter who likes it, that way I don't hurt the ones I really love. 

Verse

Breathing is necessary

Breathing is our privilege

I sit in silence and contemplate

Am I out of bounds

How do I change this if I am

Chorus

Breathing is free

Breathing is to strive

But in what way do we breathe

How do I make a woman not look so ugly

Verse

How do I know what I can do 

When I'm up late at night 

Thinking of all the things I have

Is this wrong for me

Chorus

Verse

I wonder my next move

Not talking too long or loud

I know I can't please everyone

Bridge

The act of a person 

Is like an animal

We have to strive 

We have to be the artist

To understand ourselves 

Chorus