Music & Lyrics

I got a uke for Christmas, and I've been writing a whole new lot of tunage that I've not really done much with yet. So I'm might try and put up a few more vids if I get a mo. Til then.. here's a pic of my newest addition to the instrument fam:

And here's a taster of my latest song. Just the lyrics for now (til I can get the girls together to sing/play it with me! It's better when it's me and the twins!) - it's called All My Heart:

I don't know why I feel the way I do,
I'm thinking it's not me, it must be you.
I can't explain the way I feel,
You've got me, head over heels.

When you're next to me I get butterflies,
I get nervous but I love it when you catch my eye.
And all I want is for you to stay close to me,
And tell me that I'm all you need.

One day, I am gonna give you, all my heart

And hope with all of it that we will never be apart,

I will choose to love you,
Til my dying day -ay -ay.

Don't think I ever really thought that this time would come,
And I'm shocked and I'm surprised but I love what has begun.
'Cause with you I'm free to live out my hopes and dreams,
From now until forever, and all the time in between.

They ought to plant us in the garden and watch us grow,
Because a love like ours should be on show.
I'm gonna love you more tomorrow than I do today,
It's always gonna be this way.

Today, I am gonna give you, all my heart

And hope with all of it that we will never be apart.
I'm choosing to love you,
Til my dying day, -ay, -ay..

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taste & see - jemma lauren

I’ve been asked to tell this secretBut I’m too shy and so I keep itLike it’s mine to keep, oh where’s my urgency?

But I’ll sing you all to sleep, with this lovely melody

I’ve been sent to share my story

But I’m worried you’ll ignore me

So if you don’t mind, I’ll just keep my selfish pride

But sure I’ll sing you all to sleep, with this lovely melody

Oh why am I so content to watch you, gain your life and lose your soul

Oh why are we so content to watch them, gain their lives and lose their souls?

When we’ve been asked to tell this secret

But we’re too proud and so we keep it

But every minute we keep quiet, people are dying

And so I pray and fall down on my knees, asking for bravery to sing. 

Come and taste & see, this truth that sets you free (x2)

Come taste and see that the LORD is good,

He sent His son to die,

He took our shame and he overcame

To secure our eternal life.

Oh come taste & see, this truth that sets you free.

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beautiful - jemma lauren

(verse 1)

It seems like you’re a stranger, on the outside looking in

And if it makes you fit, right about now you’d do anything

They tell you what they want from you but why let them decide

And lead you in to all those things, which make you compromise?

(pre-chorus)

Well don’t you know?

Didn’t anyone tell you?

Oh don’t you know?

(chorus)

That you are beautiful, I know your heart is true

I see your faith is strong and that’s what gets you through.

So don’t stop standing up for, what you believe is right,

Amidst this darkened world, your life will bring the light.

(verse 2)

You just wanna have fun tonight, forget what’s on your mind

Not sure how far’s too far before you cross that line

He says that he loves you and you know you feel the same      

Of course you want to prove it, but isn’t there any other way?

(bridge) 

I can see it in your eyes, but you’ve got to hold on tight

Look up when you feel you can’t go on, where does your help come from?

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stand still - jemma lauren

Stand still and let me look at you

I want to know your eyes like you know my heart

I know this takes some time but we've got forever
So stand still, and let me look at you 

The sun, it's gone, the grey-scale's on

I wish the night it could have waited

But black and white don't look so wrong*

Just makes us feel sophisticated*

And with the birdsong gently fading

Could there be a better time, for you..

To stand still and let me look at you

I want to know your eyes like you know my heart

I know this takes some time but we've got forever
So stand still, and let me look at you 

*(In the video I sang 'black and white don't feel so wrong' and the lyrics are actually 'look so wrong' - and it's 'seem sophisticated'... for the record lol. i couldn't get a perfect recording!)

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happy song - jemma lauren

Well I'd like to write a happy song, 
That I could sing and you'd sing along
And then we could sing together, happily.

But I find it hard to find the time
To find the words and then make them rhyme 
And usually I just give up trying 
But don't give up on me.

'Cause until my motivation comes back to me
And unlocks that little box of creativity that lives inside of me
I'm sure you'll all agree we'd all be better off
That since I can't write, you should sing along with me.

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My heart breaks easily

But I don't seem to learn

I give it away freely

And time after time I get burned

Each time I think it's different

That this could be the one

But I'm searching for something I won't find

With my priorities all wrong

(Proverbs 4:23 - Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.)

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Remind me of the way I used to sit at your feet

And listen 'til the days drew to a close

Even through the night when the dark overwhelmed me

You stayed by my side 'til the morning returned.

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20/20 - jemma lauren

This song verbalizes a combination of a couple of experiences I went through once, and my view of them in hindsight.. As a songwriter, I took my artistic licence and elaborated somewhat, and this is the result. Love might hurt, you might not know what to do or say when it comes, but it's worth it, and it's not something you can box up and try and understand; you've just got to go with it and take every opportunity. It's my favourite so far.

It's called 20/20.

(verse1)

Here now in this moment, I’ve a judgement call to make

I’m trying to hold my tongue can’t tell what’s on your mind, you give nothing away

Wont’ take my eyes off you, for fear I’ll miss the sign I’m looking for

Do you feel the same? How much should I say?

Vision’s always perfect, when you’re looking in hindsight

But I’d rather take the risk and speak my mind than risk us running out of time

Can’t leave things unsaid, common sense keeps me from living on the edge

When on the edge with you is where I wanna be

(chorus)

If I know now, what I’m gonna know then

I’d have so much to say, so where would I begin?

I wish my heart could see twenty-twenty

But what is love, if it’s predictable?

(verse2)

Well I’m stronger now, from what I’ve learnt in the days I shared with you

Time well spent with no regrets, though short lived at least I tried out something new

I took my chances, and wasn’t left with ‘what ifs’ like I was before

And now I’m waiting for the real thing.

(chorus) 

If I knew then, what know now

They’d be things that I’d say and things that I’d leave out

I wish my heart could see twenty-twenty

But what is love, if it’s predictable?

(bridge)

I should have taken time to stop and look in to your eyes

Coz I’m worried now you’re far away, when I think of you and I can’t see your face

Yes I’ve got photographs, but the memories just blur now in to one

Oh this hindsight fails me, 'cause my chance is gone

(chorus)

If I knew then, what know now

They’d be things that I’d say and things that I’d leave out

I wish my heart could see twenty-twenty

But what is love, if it’s predictable?

If I knew then, what know now

I’d do things differently and maybe we’d work out

I wish my heart could see twenty-twenty

But what is love, if it's predictable?