John Lennon famously said that songwriting was like cockroaches in your kitchen in the middle of the night–you turn on the light and they all scatter. (Clearly, he lived in New York.)
The point (I think) was that often, like lots of parts of life, we don’t understand exactly what we’re getting when we’re getting it, or where it comes from or where it will go. We have to trust what comes in when it does, and understand that if we shine too bright a light on the process it all might disappear.
To that end, I’m getting ready to record a new EP (yippee!). I was putting some demos together, which lead to combing through some older stuff, and I came across this song I wrote 4 or 5 years ago called “Come Undone”. The song came in quickly, and then I promptly set it aside, because I was scared of what it was saying.
The thing is, now I just like it. For what it was, for what it is, and for what it did.
Funny thing, those cockroaches… xox
Listen:
Come Undone
Lyrics:
Sometimes I manage to raise my head sometimes I don’t
Some days I manage to make the bed, some days I won’t
Sometimes I love you so much it’s all I can do
To keep from falling falling falling down on you
Hey you know I love you
Hey loving you is so fun
Hey although I love you
Hey sometimes I’m scared my love will come undone
And in the morning when the sun is shining
It’s hard to believe that anyone could lie
We all seek and search and want the truth but
When it comes down to it what we need is proof
Hey you know I love you
Hey loving you is so fun
Hey although I love you
Hey sometimes I’m scared my love will come undone
And in the darkness when I just can’t sleep
I slip away baby I crawl I creep
I never know if it will be all right
Or if I’ll come back at the end of the night
When it comes down to it what we want is love
When it comes down to it we all push and shove
When it comes down to it we’re all on a cliff
Shouting screaming falling what if what if what if
Hey you know I love you
Hey loving you is so fun
Hey although I love you
Hey sometimes I’m scared my love will come undone Cockroaches and Coming Undone
John Lennon famously said that songwriting was like cockroaches in your kitchen in the middle of the night–you turn on the light and they all scatter. (Clearly, he lived in New York.)
The point (I think) was that often, like lots of parts of life, we don’t understand exactly what we’re getting when we’re getting it, or where it comes from or where it will go. We have to trust what comes in when it does, and understand that if we shine too bright a light on the process it all might disappear.
To that end, I’m getting ready to record a new EP (yippee!). I was putting some demos together, which lead to combing through some older stuff, and I came across this song I wrote 4 or 5 years ago called “Come Undone”. The song came in quickly, and then I promptly set it aside, because I was scared of what it was saying.
The thing is, now I just like it. For what it was, for what it is, and for what it did.
Funny thing, those cockroaches… xox
Listen:
Come Undone
Lyrics:
Sometimes I manage to raise my head sometimes I don’t
Some days I manage to make the bed, some days I won’t
Sometimes I love you so much it’s all I can do
To keep from falling falling falling down on you
Hey you know I love you
Hey loving you is so fun
Hey although I love you
Hey sometimes I’m scared my love will come undone
And in the morning when the sun is shining
It’s hard to believe that anyone could lie
We all seek and search and want the truth but
When it comes down to it what we need is proof
Hey you know I love you
Hey loving you is so fun
Hey although I love you
Hey sometimes I’m scared my love will come undone
And in the darkness when I just can’t sleep
I slip away baby I crawl I creep
I never know if it will be all right
Or if I’ll come back at the end of the night
When it comes down to it what we want is love
When it comes down to it we all push and shove
When it comes down to it we’re all on a cliff
Shouting screaming falling what if what if what if
Hey you know I love you
Hey loving you is so fun
Hey although I love you
Hey sometimes I’m scared my love will come undone 
