Ok, this was really tough for me but it was a case of enter this video or skip a week and I just want to say thankyou because I would never have been brave enough to put something like this out on the internet if it wasn't for this community and the support you have all shown me. Basically, I struggled to get through this song without getting emotional and I just couldn't go on with it.... I didn't even feel able to practise it really to get a half decent performance but Im really determined to do the full 8 weeks in this challenge and I guess this little broken bird is just part of my journey. Maybe its the time of year..... the song is about my dad who died a few years ago. Anyway, Im just warning you.....its a bit rough and ends abruptly.....and I'll probably never play it again! This challenge is just starting to dig deep I guess.....
LYRICS
I cant feel my legs
My head is drooping to the ground
A white bird sails above me now
Theres nothing in my hands
And then I feel your grace
Upon my windswept shore
I dont need anything anymore
The trees are charcoal black
But how they burned with such a light
I am left to shiver with them
Through the endless night
And then I feel your grace
Upon my windswept shore
I dont need anything anymore
The world I thought I knew you in
Is lost beneath the tide
And here the waters rising still
To pull me down inside
But long after I have gone
We'll still be walking on this windswept shore
And we wont need anything anymore
I will always love you
Upon this windswept shore
I dont need anything anymore
Thankyou for listening. As I've already said, you are an incredible community and the safeness and supportiveness of this challenge in particular gives me more courage than Ive ever had with music..... Ive actually decided not to enter it in to the steemit openmic this week because it it YOU the songwriters in particular who I feel I can share this with. The creative process can be so damn evocative and cathartic and therapeutic sometimes. It certainly blindsided me this week....
Massive most thankful love to all you lovely people
And a very beautiful christmas time to you all
Be good to each other
x
Basil