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I Lose People, I Lose Myself

HummerWisdom — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:20:19 +0000

If you've watched "Fear The Walking Dead", you'll know where this title came from. Didn't strike me as a song when it was first introduced but a few seasons later in the series. Anyway, any feedback is appreciated. Where else could I have gone with it? I'm thinking, folk song.

For a listen to a stripped down version ====> https://soundcloud.com/reneelachapelle/i-lose-people-i-lose-myself

Thanks,

Renee L.

I LOSE PEOPLE, I LOSE MYSELF

The first person I lost

Was my mother

The State took us from her

Me and my brother

The second person I lost

Was my father

The wagon, he fell off

One too many times

[Chorus]

I lose people

I lose myself

Pieces of my heart

Upon a shelf

And there have been many

Friends who’ve come and gone

Some are still living

Others have passed on

And there are those

That I have run from

Getting too close

Like too close to the sun

[Chorus]

I lose people

I lose myself

Pieces of my heart

Upon a shelf

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]

Now, my brother, I haven’t spoken with in over two years

He refuses to speak with me and that hurts like hell

[Chorus]

I lose people

I lose myself

Pieces of my heart

Upon a shelf

[Chorus]

I lose people

I lose myself

Pieces of my heart

Upon a shelf

Wasted All This Time

JT424 — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 05:27:04 +0000

This is "Wasted All This Time," the second song from my EP, DIVORCE.

Wasted All This Time

(Slow strummed acoustic guitar, soft drums)

I spent the last six years
Hopin' you would always be right here
I thought I did everything right
Can't believe I wasted all this time

You let me go, I'm still holdin' on
I listen to nothin' but heartbreak songs
You made me question my whole life
Can't believe I wasted all this time

(add soft electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin and dobro)

Chorus:
It just ain't right, it just ain't fair
I'm devastated and you don't even care
I kept tryin' but you just gave up the fight
Can't believe I wasted all this time

Why couldn't you just try to work it out
Now all I do is cry real loud
Everything was goin' so right
Can't believe I wasted all this time

Verse 2:
I thought my life was perfect
But it wasn't worth it
My dream was nothin' but a lie
Can't believe I wasted all this time
No, can't believe I wasted all this time

Chorus:

(Instrumental break)

Bridge:
Now my soul is full of fear
I don't know where to go from here

Chorus:

Can't believe I wasted all this time...

(Music fades...)

"DIVORCE"- New song and new EP

JT424 — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:57:07 +0000

This is the first song and title track of my new EP, "DIVORCE." I will share a new song every day for the next week.

Divorce

(Sad, slow acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar and soft drums)

Verse 1:

Life happens, it is what it is

But I just can't let it go

Am I gonna find someone else

I can't be sure, I just don't know

Why did you have to go

And leave me cryin' alone at night

I wanna say everything will be all right

But I can't help but wonder why

Chorus:

I did everything to keep you with me

But it wasn't enough and now I'm lonely

I should just move on, but I'm just feelin' too sad

Why does divorce

Gotta hurt so bad

(Sad, slow acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar and soft drums)

Verse 2:

All the promises we made

All the hope you put in my heart

But I wasn't good enough

And my whole just fell apart

Yeah, it fell apart

What am I supposed to do

Every day I cry out to you

But you don't even care, do you?

Chorus:

Bridge:

Why can't I just move on, forget all we were

Maybe it's because there's just too much hurt

Chorus:

Why does divorce

Gotta hurt so bad...

Outro:

Life happens, it is what it is

But I just can't let it go...

All Your Lies

JT424 — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:09:02 +0000

Here's a new song from my new album "Dark, Beautiful World." It's called "All Your Lies."

Verse 1 (Soft piano, acoustic guitars, pedal steel and strings)

Another night without you
My heart can't take it anymore
You don't know how to tell the truth
As you walk through the door
You tell me you're not lyin'
Don't wanna keep fightin'
I start cryin'
I'm just dyin'

Chorus (add electric guitars and drums)
I can't take all your lies
I can't take all your lies
It's too much to take
Nothin' left to say
Gotta walk away
I can't take all your lies
So I'm tellin' you goodbye

Verse 2:
I just can't trust you
There's nothin' you can say to me
I've been holdin' on for too long
Why did it take me so long to see
All the hurtin' I've been feelin'
The time I'm wastin'
All for nothin'
Should've seen it comin'
now I'm gonna start runnin'

Chorus:

(bombastic guitar solo)

Bridge:
I'm on my own now
What am I gonna do?
I don't know, but I know I'm over you

Chorus:

(Music fades)