Music
Music
I wrote music before I got into writing ads. Here are just a few favourites. Check out my Soundcloud (1, 2) and YouTube channel for my really bad singing voice.
When my grandma passed away in 2014, I wrote this song. The lyrics speak to that last moment on earth when you’re waiting to be taken to the afterlife and know that all your problems soon won’t matter anymore – the calm anticipation of finally being at peace.
I struggled with this song for the longest time, having written only the first two lines in the beginning. When my grandma passed away in 2014, I finally got the emotional kick to finish it. The lyrics speak to that last moment on earth, when you’re waiting to be taken to the afterlife and know that all your problems soon won’t matter anymore—the calm anticipation of finally being at peace with yourself. Or, if you want to be less morbid than me, think about it as that last moment before you start the rest of your life with your one true love and you just know it’s going to be so, so good. Because what is heaven if not that?
Shot and edited by Eugenia Clara.
LYRICS
(Gmaj7 - Cmaj7) x2 - (Am7 - D - Gmaj7) x2
Long way down,
where the horizon kisses the sky,
I will wait for you
to make sense of my restless mind.
And the sleepless nights –
they will be a distant memory.
I know you’re good
for here eternity ain’t far away.
(Gmaj7 - Cmaj7) x2 - (Am7 - D - Gmaj7) x2
Swirling clouds –
a quiet moment before the storm.
A song of life
completed by the sound of rain drops.
The loneliness
I've always felt will be a memory.
For you are here,
and my eternity ain't far away.
(Am7 - D - Gmaj7) x2
(Gmaj7 - Cmaj7) x2 - (Am7 - D - Gmaj7) x3
And so it goes –
my last moment on this Earth.
A thing of beauty
only you and I would ever know.
I won’t forget
cause time will soon stop running out.
You smile quietly
for here eternity ain't far away.
I know you’re good
for here eternity ain’t far away.
This song is about that moment when you accept the person in front of you is not the one and feel a little melancholic about going back to square one on your own. But deep down, you’re hopeful, knowing your true love is still out there waiting to be found. And I did find him just six months later. Talk about manifesting.
Some songs take forever to write, some take just one good talk and a pew pints. This is one of those. The lyrics are about that moment when you accept the person in front of you is not going to be the one (if the one really exists at all). And you’re inevitably a little melancholic about going back to square one on your own again, but actually you feel more hopeful knowing your true love is still out there waiting to be found. I guess in a way this is my own “Someone Like You”.
Shot and edited by Eugenia Clara.
LYRICS
Cmaj7 - Bm7 - Gmaj7 - G7 - Cmaj7 - Bm7 - Gmaj7
(Cmaj7 - Bm7 - Gmaj7 - G7) x2 - Cmaj7 - Cm6 - G
Darling, one day we’ll meet
You’ll know me from inside out
But now I’m on my own
And that’s okay
Gonna love that way
Cause I’m still looking for you
(Cmaj7 - Bm7 - Gmaj7 - G7) x2 - Cmaj7 - Cm6 - G
I thought I found you then
But time passed by, I’m just a friend
It always ends this way
But that’s okay
Love it anyway
Cause you will find me someday
(Cmaj7 - D - Gmaj7 - G7) x2 - Cmaj7 - Cm6 - G
Till then, my love
Just hold it out for me
I fall so hard
But bruises make me strong
And I will find my way to you
(Cmaj7 - Bm7 - Gmaj7 - G7) x2 - Cmaj7 - Cm6 - G
I may get lost sometimes
In loneliness I find my voice
You’ll know it when you’re here
Gonna sing my song
And I’ll be the one
For once, I’ll love it every day
(Cmaj7 - D - Gmaj7 - G7) x2 - Cmaj7 - Cm6 - G
Till then, my love
Just hold it out for me
I fall so hard
But bruises make me strong
And I will find my way to you
(Cmaj7 - Bm7 - Gmaj7 - G7) x2 - (Cmaj7 - Cm6 - G) x2 - Cmaj7 - Cm6 - Gmaj7
Darling, one day we’ll meet
I’ll sing our song beneath the sky
And it will feel just right
Cause it’s meant to be
You are meant to be
So now, I’m looking for you
Oh love, I’m looking for you
Oh love, I’m looking for you
Videos shot and edited by Eugenia Clara.