Morning Song

This is a song that came straight from an idea I heard off the edge of a dream, right when I woke up in the morning. I often have a lot of creative energy either really early, or very late in the day. I don’t remember exactly what my dream was about, but the first part of the melody was what I heard from the dream into a waking state. I went straight to my piano to figure it out, and wrote this song in one consecutive session. This video is me straight out of bed, lol! Really focused on getting an idea out while the feeling is there. Songwriting in the most raw, pure form I can share it.

While this year has brought a lot of tumultuous change, it has also opened a tremendous amount of opportunity. In this song, I’m reflecting on the best aspects of having more time at home. I’m being honest with myself about how I don’t really want things to go back to the way they were, because I want to be with those I love. It’s me wanting to hold on to the good parts of all of this change, and not fear this very precious time ending like a really wonderful dream. It’s an acknowledgement and appreciation of the joy in simplicity. It also speaks from a desire to want to embrace every day like it’s vacation. To live fully, with abundant love and gratitude.

Here are the lyrics:

I’m snuggled here with you

Where the sunlight

Grazes your face

Touches your sleepy eyes

I gaze into the quiet

Watch the steam rise

From the coffee, and I’m happy

Here in simplicity

Give me a sky

With no obstruction to the stars

A day without agenda

Where time is free and ours

The journey is open

And ours to create

The path we imagine

Is ours to find and take…

Every lovely little morning

Can I stay here with you

Let the space unfold 

Around us, make breakfast

And cherish this day

I want to step into 

These open arms 

Of time; Possibility

In endless quantities

And I would give you

All of the stories of my heart

The brightest joy

Emerging from the dark

Breathe with me 

In the light above us streaming

Every heartbeat in hand

Keep me here, keep me dreaming

With lovely little mornings

Can this place be forever

In a space free within

I want to feel it all

This is where our lives begin…

In lovely little mornings