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Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
All Instruments: Echo
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Alrac Records, ID
Engineers: Echo, Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
There's a river run
where I go to have my fun
In its waves I see your face
I don't wanna leave this place

So river take me there
River, take me where
The river runs to shore
I wanna see my baby more
River, run to shore
Let me see my baby more

It hurts to think I might lose
in the thickness of the love in you
But it's here where I feel safe
I don't wanna leave this place / Chorus

And there's nothing you can say
that will make me change my ways
There's nothing you can find
that will make me change my mind / Chorus

So river, run to shore
I wanna see you a little more
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
When the wind blows just right
you can hear the earth cry
and you feel her shiver in the night
As her rivers flow away
she sings her lullaby
the flowers are her laughter on display

So dance on moonbeams
when you dream
and follow the sunbands
home to me

While you're floating through space
remember to sing
and let the stardust glitter your face
When the light begins to wane
meet me by the stream
and we'll live to together
between the clouds
the lightning and the rain / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Tina Joeseph
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Looking out my window
waiting for the sun
wishing for a miracle
wondering what I've done
There's no one to save me this time

There's a hole in my heart
and a darkness in my soul
The moon's tears are falling
and I'm so alone

You took a part of me
that no one else could know
My heart, my love, my time
you took my very soul
There's no one to save me this time / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Who says love should be like this?
Do we know what true love is?
Do we understand
the reasons in our hearts
the reasons we have to part?
As the flame settles on the wind
the moon burns
and the shadows are bent
I am but half a heart
and you are not my other part

I can't help who I love and you can't
stand to see me cry
Let's smooth this jagged edge
and not say goodbye
But since we're both leaving
we're even

The rose you gave is burnt and dead
The rain is drugged
and the river runs red
These shattered glass pieces
cut my skin
but you're hurting too so we're even / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Just be still for awhile,
let the air melt away
let the sun pierce the sky,
let the darkness fade
There's a shadow in your mind,
it's blurry and confused
Let it go, let time break
Let the sea cast its shadows,
let the moon escape

If the rain should fall
or a star stop burning
should the rose dissolve
and the tides quit turning
I will love you still it's unconditional
I'd love you
if there were no world at all

I know you're wounded so am I
Jaded and jagged and left behind
It's alright if things fall apart
once in awhile
but you wanted to and couldn't
so you never will ever change
There's a shadow in your mind,
it's blurry and confused
Let it go, let the earth quake
Let the distance between us surround you, you're free
let the smoky fire stray / Chorus

Take this moment to reflect
Remember how good
we used to feel? I do
Maybe it's all for the best, I guess
One more sleepless night
without you / Chorus

Should the snow turn warm or
heaven disappear
Should the dawn crash
into twilight's tears
I'm gonna love you still,
couldn't help loving you
if there were no world at all
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Who am I to make you cry
when all you've know is happiness?
Deep inside I felt the ties
come undone when we said goodbye

And I know it was wrong
to let you walk away like I didn't care
But it felt so strong
I thought our love
would always be everywhere
Now I'm living my dreams and my life
but who am I?

How am I to survive
without your love and tenderness?
Can't we try one more time?
Let me find a way to make this right / Chorus

Tell me why the stars in your eyes
fade away when you look at me
Who am I in your life?
All I know is I need you in mine / Chorus

Now I'm losing the love of my life
and who am I?
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineers: Echo, Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
All Instruments: Echo
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
I crave your love,
I long for your warmth
It's hard to survive without you
I miss your touch,
your smile, your voice
You've made it hard to forget you

I want to lay my head on your chest
and listen to what
your heart longs to say

You stole the stars
from heaven for me
and place them in my hair
You'd whisper and tell me
sweet things like,
"To your beauty,
only twilight compares."

I want you to lay me out in firelight
so I can watch the flames
play across your face

If I were to lose myself
under the stars
could you find me again?
If you were water, fire and wind
would you find a way
to be my ground
and could you fill this space
inside my skin?

I want to lay you out in moonbeams
and be in your arms as you fall asleep

I crave your love
It's hard to survive without you
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Aaron Parees
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Space is silence
it moves with a sigh and drifts on and on
It takes its time in its permanence
like a love that has learned
it will soon be gone
But I, I stay just to wake to your face

'Cuz I love loving you
wrong or right I just do
Can't fight what makes you burn
and vow for love in return

Time, life's mortality
it will never stop even if our hearts do
We're bound eternally
These words I say are true,
I would surely die to live without you
Oh I, I pray there's no way
for love to fade / Chorus

What must I do, do you feel the way I do?
This love we share has nothing to fear
A thousand swords hold no threat
Like the sea blesses the sunset
it's not just my hand you hold
Within your soul
I'm home / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Softly falling snow
on her window
He won't be around this year,
she checks her rearview mirror
Reality has gone and the night is long
she don't know where else to go
So she'll drive on through the night
looking for her light

One to save her from her mind
one to catch her fall when she cries
One to love her like no other man
one to lead her to Neverland

She pulls off the road
feeling overwhelmed and old
She takes out his photograph
and gives a little laugh
Where's my soulmate when
I need him?
What's he doing now?
With love and fate along
she's looking for her song / Chorus

She gets into his town
and she finds out
he's got a wife
She turns the car around
and she heads home
tears in her eyes

Now pink and purple skies
will make her cry
She keeps thinking 'bout the man
she was supposed to have
Not everything ends in happiness
not every dream becomes
If he knocks on her door,
she'll let him in
'cuz she is his and he's her one / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Take me where the wind blows
Let me breathe
Show me how the river flows
Help me believe
Could I fall into your arms once more?

A restless flames haunts the night somewhere outside my fear
Silent and waiting to be soaked with stars and tears

I feel like a petal on a rose
leaning down
to kiss the stem
I'm lost in shades of indigo
and sinking sound
holding faith within
Oh, I could fall into your arms once more / Chorus

My heart longs for a rain that mend
this empty cave
My soul desires a release that will bend
this dangerous rage
So, could I fall into your arms once more? / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Not one more word out of you
could ever make me stay
I thought about the good things
but I can't escape the feeling
of today
There's a buzz in the air,
electric words,
tears in my eyes
I'm full of love, but empty in your pride

Look how far I've come
without your discretion
You really thought that I
would remain in your oppression?
You made me feel less than human
I'm still alarmed by my confusion
Now I leave you standing alone
Your facade is a broken stone

When you said I meant the world
it was nothing but a lie
I've had enough of all you do
and it's time I said goodbye
You'll always be that way
but I have changed
I feared letting go
but in holding on
I've lost the strength to grow / Chorus

I don't really understand
how I'm not starting over again
but I know it's time for us
to live the truth
My heart beats more
and more without you
This is how we end
I'd rather lose a friend
than lose my soul
if that means just letting go / Chorus
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
I watch the sun come up,
tears fill my eyes
Heaven's gone, I cry
He left me with misery,
didn't let me say goodbye
Now it's over, time to let go

But it's all behind me now
I can turn and walk away
'cuz I know that I am brave
So just go

I'll always remember you
all the sweet things you did for me
How you were my heaven for awhile / Chorus

I'm learning that
I don't need your arms,
I don't need your time
I don't need your smile,
the sun still shines
without your eyes
So just go

Just go
If I let you go, can I let you go?
I need to let you go, but I'm so scared
It hurts to let you go
Heaven's gone if I let you go
Can I let you go?
I'll let you go
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If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Piano, Flute, Keyboards: Echo
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Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
The winter wind
has become my friend
an empty voice
to numb me once again
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
A contradiction of reason,
I'm falling
no parachute, no safety net,
or place to bail to
I didn't wanna love you this much,
but I did
Beautiful notes on a page
but no player to take the stage
You didn't wanna hurt me,
but you did
My heart breaks too easily
take care of yours

Though I don't know
if I can shift these dreams
I'm still in love with the moments,
the sounds, the feelings
and it's too soon to let go

Sometimes I don't understand
how we are the way we are
nothing less,
but never more than friends
and don't friends fall in love?
Breathing like this
was never easy on either of us
and I just want what you want
So I guess this settles the tab
No more favors have I to ask / Chorus

Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
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/* Members Sonar */
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
All Instruments: Echo
Behind The Music:
Some songs need lyrics, others wouldn't convey the message with them. I went through a phase of writing nothing but compositions. I hope this piece takes you where it took me.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Alrac Records, ID
Engineers: Echo, Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
There's a river run
where I go to have my fun
In its waves I see your face
I don't wanna leave this place

So river take me there
River, take me where
The river runs to shore
I wanna see my baby more
River, run to shore
Let me see my baby more

It hurts to think I might lose
in the thickness of the love in you
But it's here where I feel safe
I don't wanna leave this place / Chorus

And there's nothing you can say
that will make me change my ways
There's nothing you can find
that will make me change my mind / Chorus

So river, run to shore
I wanna see you a little more
Behind The Music:
It took me 10 minutes to write this song. I played the chords and the lyrics wrote themselves.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
When the wind blows just right
you can hear the earth cry
and you feel her shiver in the night
As her rivers flow away
she sings her lullaby
the flowers are her laughter on display

So dance on moonbeams
when you dream
and follow the sunbands
home to me

While you're floating through space
remember to sing
and let the stardust glitter your face
When the light begins to wane
meet me by the stream
and we'll live to together
between the clouds
the lightning and the rain / Chorus
Behind The Music:
This started out as just a poem. Who knew it would turn out to be such a lovely lullaby?
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Tina Joeseph
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Looking out my window
waiting for the sun
wishing for a miracle
wondering what I've done
There's no one to save me this time

There's a hole in my heart
and a darkness in my soul
The moon's tears are falling
and I'm so alone

You took a part of me
that no one else could know
My heart, my love, my time
you took my very soul
There's no one to save me this time / Chorus
Behind The Music:
Tina and I were at a birthday party for one of our friends and decided we should write another song together. So I got out my guitar and an hour later "Alone" was born.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Who says love should be like this?
Do we know what true love is?
Do we understand
the reasons in our hearts
the reasons we have to part?
As the flame settles on the wind
the moon burns
and the shadows are bent
I am but half a heart
and you are not my other part

I can't help who I love and you can't
stand to see me cry
Let's smooth this jagged edge
and not say goodbye
But since we're both leaving
we're even

The rose you gave is burnt and dead
The rain is drugged
and the river runs red
These shattered glass pieces
cut my skin
but you're hurting too so we're even / Chorus
Behind The Music:
This song was the result of a breakup in the making, a lot of candles, and a 24 hour power outage.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Just be still for awhile,
let the air melt away
let the sun pierce the sky,
let the darkness fade
There's a shadow in your mind,
it's blurry and confused
Let it go, let time break
Let the sea cast its shadows,
let the moon escape

If the rain should fall
or a star stop burning
should the rose dissolve
and the tides quit turning
I will love you still it's unconditional
I'd love you
if there were no world at all

I know you're wounded so am I
Jaded and jagged and left behind
It's alright if things fall apart
once in awhile
but you wanted to and couldn't
so you never will ever change
There's a shadow in your mind,
it's blurry and confused
Let it go, let the earth quake
Let the distance between us surround you, you're free
let the smoky fire stray / Chorus

Take this moment to reflect
Remember how good
we used to feel? I do
Maybe it's all for the best, I guess
One more sleepless night
without you / Chorus

Should the snow turn warm or
heaven disappear
Should the dawn crash
into twilight's tears
I'm gonna love you still,
couldn't help loving you
if there were no world at all
Behind The Music:
This song started out meant for someone else. By the second verse, I was speaking to myself. When I finished the lyrics, I realized I could be talking to anyone. This is one of my favorites.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Who am I to make you cry
when all you've know is happiness?
Deep inside I felt the ties
come undone when we said goodbye

And I know it was wrong
to let you walk away like I didn't care
But it felt so strong
I thought our love
would always be everywhere
Now I'm living my dreams and my life
but who am I?

How am I to survive
without your love and tenderness?
Can't we try one more time?
Let me find a way to make this right / Chorus

Tell me why the stars in your eyes
fade away when you look at me
Who am I in your life?
All I know is I need you in mine / Chorus

Now I'm losing the love of my life
and who am I?
Behind The Music:
This is a song about someone else's breakup.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineers: Echo, Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
All Instruments: Echo
Behind The Music:
Some songs need lyrics, others wouldn't convey the message with them. I went through a phase of writing nothing but compositions. I hope this piece takes you where it took me.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
I crave your love,
I long for your warmth
It's hard to survive without you
I miss your touch,
your smile, your voice
You've made it hard to forget you

I want to lay my head on your chest
and listen to what
your heart longs to say

You stole the stars
from heaven for me
and place them in my hair
You'd whisper and tell me
sweet things like,
"To your beauty,
only twilight compares."

I want you to lay me out in firelight
so I can watch the flames
play across your face

If I were to lose myself
under the stars
could you find me again?
If you were water, fire and wind
would you find a way
to be my ground
and could you fill this space
inside my skin?

I want to lay you out in moonbeams
and be in your arms as you fall asleep

I crave your love
It's hard to survive without you
Behind The Music:
This one also started out as a poem. It was the first song I finished after re-recording "Firelight" and "Rising Sun."
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Aaron Parees
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Space is silence
it moves with a sigh and drifts on and on
It takes its time in its permanence
like a love that has learned
it will soon be gone
But I, I stay just to wake to your face

'Cuz I love loving you
wrong or right I just do
Can't fight what makes you burn
and vow for love in return

Time, life's mortality
it will never stop even if our hearts do
We're bound eternally
These words I say are true,
I would surely die to live without you
Oh I, I pray there's no way
for love to fade / Chorus

What must I do, do you feel the way I do?
This love we share has nothing to fear
A thousand swords hold no threat
Like the sea blesses the sunset
it's not just my hand you hold
Within your soul
I'm home / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I started writing this song in 2003 and put it on the back burner. In 2005, I met Aaron who helped me to finish the lyrics and turn it into the beautiful duet that it is. Thanks Aar!
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Softly falling snow
on her window
He won't be around this year,
she checks her rearview mirror
Reality has gone and the night is long
she don't know where else to go
So she'll drive on through the night
looking for her light

One to save her from her mind
one to catch her fall when she cries
One to love her like no other man
one to lead her to Neverland

She pulls off the road
feeling overwhelmed and old
She takes out his photograph
and gives a little laugh
Where's my soulmate when
I need him?
What's he doing now?
With love and fate along
she's looking for her song / Chorus

She gets into his town
and she finds out
he's got a wife
She turns the car around
and she heads home
tears in her eyes

Now pink and purple skies
will make her cry
She keeps thinking 'bout the man
she was supposed to have
Not everything ends in happiness
not every dream becomes
If he knocks on her door,
she'll let him in
'cuz she is his and he's her one / Chorus
Behind The Music:
A true story of love, heartache, and patience.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Take me where the wind blows
Let me breathe
Show me how the river flows
Help me believe
Could I fall into your arms once more?

A restless flames haunts the night somewhere outside my fear
Silent and waiting to be soaked with stars and tears

I feel like a petal on a rose
leaning down
to kiss the stem
I'm lost in shades of indigo
and sinking sound
holding faith within
Oh, I could fall into your arms once more / Chorus

My heart longs for a rain that mend
this empty cave
My soul desires a release that will bend
this dangerous rage
So, could I fall into your arms once more? / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I wrote this song for a friend. It was written from his point of view.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Not one more word out of you
could ever make me stay
I thought about the good things
but I can't escape the feeling
of today
There's a buzz in the air,
electric words,
tears in my eyes
I'm full of love, but empty in your pride

Look how far I've come
without your discretion
You really thought that I
would remain in your oppression?
You made me feel less than human
I'm still alarmed by my confusion
Now I leave you standing alone
Your facade is a broken stone

When you said I meant the world
it was nothing but a lie
I've had enough of all you do
and it's time I said goodbye
You'll always be that way
but I have changed
I feared letting go
but in holding on
I've lost the strength to grow / Chorus

I don't really understand
how I'm not starting over again
but I know it's time for us
to live the truth
My heart beats more
and more without you
This is how we end
I'd rather lose a friend
than lose my soul
if that means just letting go / Chorus
Behind The Music:
This is the only anger song I've ever written. Maybe someday I'll really let loose. I can't even count how times I've re-written this song. Thanks Aar for helping me finish this one!
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
I watch the sun come up,
tears fill my eyes
Heaven's gone, I cry
He left me with misery,
didn't let me say goodbye
Now it's over, time to let go

But it's all behind me now
I can turn and walk away
'cuz I know that I am brave
So just go

I'll always remember you
all the sweet things you did for me
How you were my heaven for awhile / Chorus

I'm learning that
I don't need your arms,
I don't need your time
I don't need your smile,
the sun still shines
without your eyes
So just go

Just go
If I let you go, can I let you go?
I need to let you go, but I'm so scared
It hurts to let you go
Heaven's gone if I let you go
Can I let you go?
I'll let you go
Behind The Music:
It took me 5 years to finally push past the hurt enclosed in this song. After it was finished and I performed it for the first time, I felt released.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Piano, Flute, Keyboards: Echo
Behind The Music:
Some songs need lyrics, others wouldn't convey the message with them. I went through a phase of writing nothing but compositions. I hope this piece takes you where it took me.
Sonar | River Run | Home To Me | Alone | Even |
If There Were No World | Who Am I | Caves | Survive |
Love Loving You | Neverland | Stars And Tears |
Broken Stone | Let You Go | Moonlight Rain | When You're Gone
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
The winter wind
has become my friend
an empty voice
to numb me once again
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
A contradiction of reason,
I'm falling
no parachute, no safety net,
or place to bail to
I didn't wanna love you this much,
but I did
Beautiful notes on a page
but no player to take the stage
You didn't wanna hurt me,
but you did
My heart breaks too easily
take care of yours

Though I don't know
if I can shift these dreams
I'm still in love with the moments,
the sounds, the feelings
and it's too soon to let go

Sometimes I don't understand
how we are the way we are
nothing less,
but never more than friends
and don't friends fall in love?
Breathing like this
was never easy on either of us
and I just want what you want
So I guess this settles the tab
No more favors have I to ask / Chorus

Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
Behind The Music:
This is a compilation of inner struggles and questions I never dared to ask the person it was directed to. Aaron told me it was my best work after hearing it for the first time.
/* Firelight */
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
Bass: Josh Froom
I've been gone, been out of reach
from a world full of grief
I drowned in the tears,
the laughter, the fear
I tripped and fell over my own lines

I have learned to swallow my pride
and keep it hidden under firelight
As I watched you walk away
from your hiding place
I saw the many tears
that soaked your face

Firelight, consume my soul
Melt my flesh, purify my heart

As we watched our lives
go up in smoke
our tears began
to swallow us whole / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Background Vocals:
Echo, Tina Boerem
The clock ticks off the hours
the river flows fast
The moon dances
in a rainbow shower
as I wonder how long
the night will last
The clouds catch fire
and the wind sings to me
the sweetest lullaby like the sea

I'm a floating feather on the wind
only looking back
to where I have been
I'm a floating feather on the stream
drifting unruffled to the sea

Pearls dot a pitch black robe
the scent of pine haunts me
the storm cracks in a lightning strobe
as the rain washes over me
The snowflakes waltz
in the moonlight
My wings unfold and meet the sky / Chorus

I am a floating feather on the wind
I cross the sandy shore
Over mountains and
through the caves
there's nowhere I can't explore
I am a floating feather on the stream
I race with the morning dew
Over rapids and whirlpools
flowing ever closer to you / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
Time goes by so slow
and I wonder why I don't know
why you look at me that way
in the rising sun everyday
and I see so much of me
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing

I see your silhouette
in the rising sun
feel you everywhere
when the twilight comes
wanna be with you,
you've got the kind of love
I need in my life

It's the little things that you say
and the subtle way that you play
with every part of my brain
that turns me on and feeds the flame
and I see so much of me in you
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing / Chorus

I can't overcome the longing,
the aching, the wanting,
the waiting / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar: Echo
Background Vocals:
Echo, Tina Boerem
Earth turns to ash,
water boils dry
fire and acid
fall from the sky
The world's gone crazy
and everywhere you turn
shadows surround you
screaming burn
Then out of nowhere
the wind blows you down
it hits you so hard
that you fall to the ground
You cry out for help
then scream it out loud
but no one can hear,
no one's even around

If you can move mountains
and sink the sun
if you can calm the ocean,
build a dream out of dirt and dust
if you can roll back the clouds
on an incoming breeze
if you can bring me to my knees,
save me please

Somewhere outside
this desolate planet
there's a paradise
if I could only reach it
My mind's been fogged
by this annihilation
and now I realize
this war was our creation
It started years ago,
but we didn't know
where we were going
So now we're here
face to face with death
and all we can hope for
is one last breath / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Tina Boerem
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Vocals: Echo, Tina Boerem
Guitar, Keyboards, Flute: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
God made the ocean,
He made the sea
He made the mountains ring
He wrote the words
and gave them to me
He wrote the songs that I sing
When I die
will you make me
one of Your angels
and give me wings?
And will I get to see
all of Heaven's glory?

No matter what we go through,
we always reach out to You
You're the inspiration, the motivation,
the reason why we live
Creator, brightest star in the sky
Creator, now I ask Thee why do I cry
when I see the moon
or feel the breeze
or smell the rain?

Heavenly rainbow
sparkling through the rain
glistening like fairy dust
in my dreams
If you could speak
what would you say?
Nothing's quite the way it seems
Romeo, oh Romeo,
where for art thou?
I should be holding you in my arms
So where are you now?
Lord, send my love to me / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Piano: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
I've been searching for a way
I've been praying every day
that by some miracle I might find you
You've been searching for me
and you're wondering where I am
Across the open space,
under the moon's bright face
there's just one thing
I've been looking for

I've been looking for you
trying to find where you are
I've been looking for you
trying to find a way to your heart

I feel your pain, your joy and sorrow
I know someday, maybe tomorrow
we'll be together, always, forever
Across the open space,
under the moon's bright face / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
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Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar: Echo
New student in the class today
but I didn't see your face
Then I found out you passed away
is he the one to take your place?
It was my surprise
I guess I didn't realize
how much I cared
and now you've disappeared

No one can ever take your place
they can't compete with the impression you made
in our hearts
it's so sad that we had to part

It came as a shock to me
somehow I just couldn't see
the name of a friend
put to the end
I hope you're resting in peace now
I hope you can hear
these words ringing clear
way up there in
that place we call Heaven / Chorus

But you're always in our hearts
we'll never truly part
'cuz you're always in our hearts
Josh
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Vocals: Mary Sherwood,
Rachel Meyers, Echo
Piano: Echo
The love we've shared here tonight
will live forever
Goodbyes come with the wind
I know it's hard to let us go
but believe us when we say
your love lights the way for us today
What can we say to you
but thanks for everything
Goodbye is not farewell
I know it's so hard to let us go
but the smile upon your face
tells us that we've earned our place

Welcome to our world of hope and love
Now it's our turn to stand hand in hand
against the darkness of hate
and make the world a better place to be
Welcome to our world

As we look back upon our memories they open up our eyes
and together we stand
here hand in hand
like a wall that refuses to crumble / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
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Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by J.R. Shannon
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
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Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by George Weiss,
Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
and Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Vocals: Echo, Mary Sherwood,
Rachel Meyers, Tina Boerem
Guitar: Echo
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2003 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums, Bass: Chris McDowell
I've been gone, been out of reach
from a world full of grief
I drowned in the tears,
the laughter, the fear
I tripped and fell over my own lines

I have learned to swallow my pride
and keep it hidden under firelight
As I watched you walk away
from your hiding place
I saw the many tears
that soaked your face

Firelight, consume my soul
Melt my flesh, purify my heart

As we watched our lives
go up in smoke
our tears began
to swallow us whole / Chorus
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Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2003 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar:
Chris McDowell
Time goes by so slow
and I wonder why I don't know
why you look at me that way
in the rising sun everyday
and I see so much of me
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing

I see your silhouette
in the rising sun
feel you everywhere
when the twilight comes
wanna be with you,
you've got the kind of love
I need in my life

It's the little things that you say
and the subtle way that you play
with every part of my brain
that turns me on and feeds the flame
and I see so much of me in you
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing / Chorus

I can't overcome the longing,
the aching, the wanting,
the waiting / Chorus
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/* Members Firelight */
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
Bass: Josh Froom
I've been gone, been out of reach
from a world full of grief
I drowned in the tears,
the laughter, the fear
I tripped and fell over my own lines

I have learned to swallow my pride
and keep it hidden under firelight
As I watched you walk away
from your hiding place
I saw the many tears
that soaked your face

Firelight, consume my soul
Melt my flesh, purify my heart

As we watched our lives
go up in smoke
our tears began
to swallow us whole / Chorus
Behind The Music:
As my songwriting and guitar skills grew, this song started emerging in the chords while I was trying to play other songs by ear. It was a good shot for my first "rock" song.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Background Vocals:
Echo, Tina Boerem
The clock ticks off the hours
the river flows fast
The moon dances
in a rainbow shower
as I wonder how long
the night will last
The clouds catch fire
and the wind sings to me
the sweetest lullaby like the sea

I'm a floating feather on the wind
only looking back
to where I have been
I'm a floating feather on the stream
drifting unruffled to the sea

Pearls dot a pitch black robe
the scent of pine haunts me
the storm cracks in a lightning strobe
as the rain washes over me
The snowflakes waltz
in the moonlight
My wings unfold and meet the sky / Chorus

I am a floating feather on the wind
I cross the sandy shore
Over mountains and
through the caves
there's nowhere I can't explore
I am a floating feather on the stream
I race with the morning dew
Over rapids and whirlpools
flowing ever closer to you / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I would always pass Floating Feather Road on the way to Boise. My late Aunt Shari loved and found peace in this song... It will forever be dedicated to her.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Time goes by so slow
and I wonder why I don't know
why you look at me that way
in the rising sun everyday
and I see so much of me
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing

I see your silhouette
in the rising sun
feel you everywhere
when the twilight comes
wanna be with you,
you've got the kind of love
I need in my life

It's the little things that you say
and the subtle way that you play
with every part of my brain
that turns me on and feeds the flame
and I see so much of me in you
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing / Chorus

I can't overcome the longing,
the aching, the wanting,
the waiting / Chorus
Behind The Music:
Every songwriter has a song that "says it all." This is mine.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar: Echo
Background Vocals:
Echo, Tina Boerem
Earth turns to ash,
water boils dry
fire and acid
fall from the sky
The world's gone crazy
and everywhere you turn
shadows surround you
screaming burn
Then out of nowhere
the wind blows you down
it hits you so hard
that you fall to the ground
You cry out for help
then scream it out loud
but no one can hear,
no one's even around

If you can move mountains
and sink the sun
if you can calm the ocean,
build a dream out of dirt and dust
if you can roll back the clouds
on an incoming breeze
if you can bring me to my knees,
save me please

Somewhere outside
this desolate planet
there's a paradise
if I could only reach it
My mind's been fogged
by this annihilation
and now I realize
this war was our creation
It started years ago,
but we didn't know
where we were going
So now we're here
face to face with death
and all we can hope for
is one last breath / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I wrote this song about Armageddon. Shortly after the release of "Firelight" 9/11 occurred.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Tina Boerem
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Vocals: Echo, Tina Boerem
Guitar, Keyboards, Flute: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
God made the ocean,
He made the sea
He made the mountains ring
He wrote the words
and gave them to me
He wrote the songs that I sing
When I die
will you make me
one of Your angels
and give me wings?
And will I get to see
all of Heaven's glory?

No matter what we go through,
we always reach out to You
You're the inspiration, the motivation,
the reason why we live
Creator, brightest star in the sky
Creator, now I ask Thee why do I cry
when I see the moon
or feel the breeze
or smell the rain?

Heavenly rainbow
sparkling through the rain
glistening like fairy dust
in my dreams
If you could speak
what would you say?
Nothing's quite the way it seems
Romeo, oh Romeo,
where for art thou?
I should be holding you in my arms
So where are you now?
Lord, send my love to me / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I had help writing this song. Tina not only contributed lyrics, but it is her voice that accompanies me in this beautiful duet.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Piano: Echo
Drums: Matt Ward
I've been searching for a way
I've been praying every day
that by some miracle I might find you
You've been searching for me
and you're wondering where I am
Across the open space,
under the moon's bright face
there's just one thing
I've been looking for

I've been looking for you
trying to find where you are
I've been looking for you
trying to find a way to your heart

I feel your pain, your joy and sorrow
I know someday, maybe tomorrow
we'll be together, always, forever
Across the open space,
under the moon's bright face / Chorus
Behind The Music:
My Mother had "Cannon In D" by Pachelbel playing when I was born. This song is based on "Cannon" only in a different key and time. The melody is quite different as well.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar: Echo
New student in the class today
but I didn't see your face
Then I found out you passed away
is he the one to take your place?
It was my surprise
I guess I didn't realize
how much I cared
and now you've disappeared

No one can ever take your place
they can't compete with the impression you made
in our hearts
it's so sad that we had to part

It came as a shock to me
somehow I just couldn't see
the name of a friend
put to the end
I hope you're resting in peace now
I hope you can hear
these words ringing clear
way up there in
that place we call Heaven / Chorus

But you're always in our hearts
we'll never truly part
'cuz you're always in our hearts
Josh
Behind The Music:
A classmate and friend of mine died too young. I couldn't cry for him even though I wanted to. This song was the result. He will be deeply missed.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Vocals: Mary Sherwood,
Rachel Meyers, Echo
Piano: Echo
The love we've shared here tonight
will live forever
Goodbyes come with the wind
I know it's hard to let us go
but believe us when we say
your love lights the way for us today
What can we say to you
but thanks for everything
Goodbye is not farewell
I know it's so hard to let us go
but the smile upon your face
tells us that we've earned our place

Welcome to our world of hope and love
Now it's our turn to stand hand in hand
against the darkness of hate
and make the world a better place to be
Welcome to our world

As we look back upon our memories they open up our eyes
and together we stand
here hand in hand
like a wall that refuses to crumble / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I wrote this song for my graduating high school class. Two classmates, Mary and Rachel, heard it and agreed to record it with me.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by J.R. Shannon
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Behind The Music:
My family is Scotch-Irish and my Father loves Bing Crosby. He often sang this song to me on long road trips. So I chose to record my own rendition of this song for old time's sake.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by George Weiss,
Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
and Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Vocals: Echo, Mary Sherwood,
Rachel Meyers, Tina Boerem
Guitar: Echo
Behind The Music:
Everyone told me I should record and Elvis cover. So I did and this is my favorite. It is no longer available for purchase. I had help once again from Mary, Rachel, and Tina on this one.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Paress Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
I've been gone, been out of reach
from a world full of grief
I drowned in the tears,
the laughter, the fear
I tripped and fell over my own lines

I have learned to swallow my pride
and keep it hidden under firelight
As I watched you walk away
from your hiding place
I saw the many tears
that soaked your face

Firelight, consume my soul
Melt my flesh, purify my heart

As we watched our lives
go up in smoke
our tears began
to swallow us whole / Chorus
Behind The Music:
In 2002, I met an extremely talented musician, Chris McDowell. We set out to re-record a couple of songs and master some new ones. This was one of them.
Firelight | Floating Feather | Rising Sun | Annihilation |
Creator | Looking For You | Josh | Welcome To Our World |
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral | Can't Help Falling In Love |
Firelight (2003 Remix) | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2001 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums, Bass: Chris McDowell
Time goes by so slow
and I wonder why I don't know
why you look at me that way
in the rising sun everyday
and I see so much of me
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing

I see your silhouette
in the rising sun
feel you everywhere
when the twilight comes
wanna be with you,
you've got the kind of love
I need in my life

It's the little things that you say
and the subtle way that you play
with every part of my brain
that turns me on and feeds the flame
and I see so much of me in you
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing / Chorus

I can't overcome the longing,
the aching, the wanting,
the waiting / Chorus
Behind The Music:
In 2002, I met an extremely talented musician, Chris McDowell. We set out to re-record a couple of songs and master some news ones. This is one of them.
/* Members Only Live: The Country Collection 2008 */
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Patsy Montana
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
This song impressed the DJ I'm working with. There is hardly one of his karaoke shows where I don't perform it. This song earned me the title of "The Yodeler."
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Shania Twain,
Mutt Lange
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
One of my favorite Shania Twain songs.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Hy Zaret, Alex North
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
A beautiful classic ballad and by far one of my most requested songs.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by LeAnn Rimes,
Darrell Brown, Blair Daly
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
One of LeAnn's best in my opinion. I love singing this song.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by LeAnn Rimes,
Dean Sheremet, Darrell Brown
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
Another of LeAnn's best. And a show stopper at any venue.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Bill Mack
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
This song is beautifully written and LeAnn's delicately crafted yodel makes it a staple of any country show.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Diane Warren
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
One of my favorites from not only the "Coyote Ugly" soundtrack, but from one of the best songwriters ever, Diane Warren.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Jewel Kilcher,
Rick Knowles
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
If you listen closely to the beginning of Jewel's "Standing Still" you'll hear take and release a deep breath setting the tone of this emotional lyric. I only hope that as "The Jewel Of The Rockies" I did Jewel and this song some justice.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Prince
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
I absolutely love performing this song. It's already well known to Prince fans and LeAnn Rimes's high sustained notes get the crowd going every time. It's become one of my most popular songs not only live, but on online as well.
Cowboy's Sweetheart | No One Needs To Know | Unchained Melody |
Good Friend And A Glass Of Wine | Nothin' Better To Do |
Blue | The Right Kind Of Wrong | Standing Still |
Purple Rain | Chime Bells
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Quindon Tarver
Recorded at The King's Head, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
A great standby for encores and technical difficulties. Every time I sing this yodeling song I get one of two reactions: lots of clapping or absolute silence and then a reaction like at the end of this performance.  Love it!
/* Members Only The Rose */
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by Jewel Kilcher
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
This was the first Jewel song I had sung Karaoke style. Likewise this recording was the first I had ever sung this song without Jewel singing in the background. What you hear is the one and only take I attempted. The engineer, Jason Ringlesetter, and my Father thought that it sounded perfect and that was that. Looking back on it now... well, it wasn't half bad for the first song of the recording day and for not being used to singing that early in the morning.
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by Amanda McBroom
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
First off, Bette Middler and Whitney Houston were the first singers I looked up to. I had tested my untrained vocal skills at Great America when I recorded Whitney's version of "I Will Always Love You." But when it came to this project, I decided that "The Rose" by Bette would be much easier to master and this song held more meaning to me.
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by Sarah McLachlan,
Seamus Egan, Dave Merenda
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
One of my favorite Sarah McLachlan songs. Since I was making an album of Karaoke songs, I couldn't pass up the chance to record this one.
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by Larry Henley,
Jeff Silbar
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
This is the song that started it all, as my Mother would say. I was about 5 years old when I heard this song. If you've read my bio, then you know the whole story behind this song. Again, I couldn't resist recording this one.
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by Deborah Allen,
Rafe VanHoy, Bobby Braddock
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
I have to hand it to LeAnn Rimes. She's got an amazing vocal range. "Hurt Me" was the only "easy" country song available in Karaoke that I knew well and felt comfortable with. And as I was still training my voice to hit those high notes, this song proved to be just the right combination of highs and lows. I know it seems strange, but I had fun singing this heart aching song.
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by Jewel Kilcher,
Steve Poltz
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
Okay, this was actually the last song I recorded for this album. It had been a long day with some great takes (earning me the title of "One Take Echo"), and some not so good ones evident that my voice was getting tired. Still, this one didn't turn out too bad. Another Jewel song that to this day is still the song that people requested of me the most. It was some Hanson fans that named me "The Jewel Of The Rockies."
Foolish Games | The Rose | I Will Remember You |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Hurt Me |
You Were Meant For Me | All Cried Out
1999 Nightowlmusic
Written by F. Full
Recorded at
Sound Factory Studio, ID
Engineer: Jason Ringlesetter
Produced by Echo
Performed by Echo
Behind The Music:
This song was... really bad, haha. I didn't really know the song and had no one to sing the guy part which I didn't know myself. This was my first lesson in song choice. Just because you love the song doesn't mean you can sing it. Jason thought I did a good job on this extremely hard song for someone of my age and skill level. So he tacked it on the end of the album. Well, no offense to the songwriters, performers, or Jason, but I never sang this song again.
/* Optimus */
Optimus
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Sweet sexy little thing
show me what you got
What do you say we get out
of this parking lot?
There's a party down
the hill that's hot
Spin your wheels and flash your light,
but I'll lead the way
Don't worry 'bout a thing baby,
it's gonna be okay
'Cuz I'm here to save the day

No rarer a moment comes to mind
the night I saved Optimus Prime

Looks like each one of your boots
must weigh a ton
From the gait of your walk
and the grind in your gears,
this'll be more fun
than I've had in years hon
Pass the book on mechanics 101 / Chorus

Every five feet is a photo op
Fixing your grill and your belt in the
blatant light of a squad of cops
This break 'n' dance
thing's gotta stop / Chorus

Prime numbers got nothing
to do with you
Nobody said heroes don't need
guardian angels too
That's what I'll be
if you should lean
out of the blue

Sweet sexy little thing
let's get out of here
The party's dying and it's time
for us to disappear
Same time, same place next year / Chorus
Behind The Music:
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/* Members Optimus */
Optimus
2008 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Sweet sexy little thing
show me what you got
What do you say we get out
of this parking lot?
There's a party down
the hill that's hot
Spin your wheels and flash your light,
but I'll lead the way
Don't worry 'bout a thing baby,
it's gonna be okay
'Cuz I'm here to save the day

No rarer a moment comes to mind
the night I saved Optimus Prime

Looks like each one of your boots
must weigh a ton
From the gait of your walk
and the grind in your gears,
this'll be more fun
than I've had in years hon
Pass the book on mechanics 101 / Chorus

Every five feet is a photo op
Fixing your grill and your belt in the
blatant light of a squad of cops
This break 'n' dance
thing's gotta stop / Chorus

Prime numbers got nothing
to do with you
Nobody said heroes don't need
guardian angels too
That's what I'll be
if you should lean
out of the blue

Sweet sexy little thing
let's get out of here
The party's dying and it's time
for us to disappear
Same time, same place next year / Chorus
Behind The Music:
Starting out as a joke about a friend's Halloween costume, this song chronicles our travels through downtown Santa Cruz on Halloween 2006. It is in no way connected to Transformers or the underlying companies thereto. It is simply a song about a costume. Enjoy!
/* Love Loving You */
Love Loving You | When You're Gone | Let You Go (Acoustic)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Aaron Parees
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Space is silence
it moves with a sigh and drifts on and on
It takes its time in its permanence
like a love that has learned
it will soon be gone
But I, I stay just to wake to your face

'Cuz I love loving you
wrong or right I just do
Can't fight what makes you burn
and vow for love in return

Time, life's mortality
it will never stop even if our hearts do
We're bound eternally
These words I say are true,
I would surely die to live without you
Oh I, I pray there's no way
for love to fade / Chorus

What must I do, do you feel the way I do?
This love we share has nothing to fear
A thousand swords hold no threat
Like the sea blesses the sunset
it's not just my hand you hold
Within your soul
I'm home / Chorus
Behind The Music:
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Love Loving You | When You're Gone | Let You Go (Acoustic)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
The winter wind
has become my friend
an empty voice
to numb me once again
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
A contradiction of reason,
I'm falling
no parachute, no safety net,
or place to bail to
I didn't wanna love you this much,
but I did
Beautiful notes on a page
but no player to take the stage
You didn't wanna hurt me,
but you did
My heart breaks too easily
take care of yours

Though I don't know
if I can shift these dreams
I'm still in love with the moments,
the sounds, the feelings
and it's too soon to let go

Sometimes I don't understand
how we are the way we are
nothing less,
but never more than friends
and don't friends fall in love?
Breathing like this
was never easy on either of us
and I just want what you want
So I guess this settles the tab
No more favors have I to ask / Chorus

Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
Behind The Music:
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Love Loving You | When You're Gone | Let You Go (Acoustic)
2003 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar: Echo
Drums, Bass: Chris McDowell
I watch the sun come up,
tears fill my eyes
Heaven's gone, I cry
He left me with misery,
didn't let me say goodbye
Now it's over, time to let go

But it's all behind me now
I can turn and walk away
'cuz I know that I am brave
So just go

I didn't need to hear the door
slamming when you left
I could see it in your eyes
and it hurt me deep
I'll always remember you
all the sweet things you did for me
How you were my heaven for awhile / Chorus

I'm learning that
I don't need your arms,
I don't need your time
I don't need your smile,
the sun still shines
without your eyes
So just go

Just go
If I let you go, can I let you go?
I need to let you go, but I'm so scared
It hurts to let you go
Heaven's gone if I let you go
Can I let you go?
I'll let you go
Behind The Music:
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/* Members Love Loving You */
Love Loving You | When You're Gone | Let You Go (Acoustic)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Aaron Parees
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Space is silence
it moves with a sigh and drifts on and on
It takes its time in its permanence
like a love that has learned
it will soon be gone
But I, I stay just to wake to your face

'Cuz I love loving you
wrong or right I just do
Can't fight what makes you burn
and vow for love in return

Time, life's mortality
it will never stop even if our hearts do
We're bound eternally
These words I say are true,
I would surely die to live without you
Oh I, I pray there's no way
for love to fade / Chorus

What must I do, do you feel the way I do?
This love we share has nothing to fear
A thousand swords hold no threat
Like the sea blesses the sunset
it's not just my hand you hold
Within your soul
I'm home / Chorus
Behind The Music:
I started writing this song in 2003 and put it on the back burner. In 2005, I met Aaron who helped me to finish the lyrics and turn it into the beautiful duet that it is. Thanks Aar!
Love Loving You | When You're Gone | Let You Go (Acoustic)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
Engineer: Echo
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
The winter wind
has become my friend
an empty voice
to numb me once again
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
A contradiction of reason,
I'm falling
no parachute, no safety net,
or place to bail to
I didn't wanna love you this much,
but I did
Beautiful notes on a page
but no player to take the stage
You didn't wanna hurt me,
but you did
My heart breaks too easily
take care of yours

Though I don't know
if I can shift these dreams
I'm still in love with the moments,
the sounds, the feelings
and it's too soon to let go

Sometimes I don't understand
how we are the way we are
nothing less,
but never more than friends
and don't friends fall in love?
Breathing like this
was never easy on either of us
and I just want what you want
So I guess this settles the tab
No more favors have I to ask / Chorus

Floating on an ocean without sails
That's how I'll feel when you're gone
Behind The Music:
This is a compilation of inner struggles and questions I never dared to ask the person it was directed to. Aaron told me it was my best work after hearing it for the first time.
Love Loving You | When You're Gone | Let You Go (Acoustic)
2003 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar: Echo
Drums, Bass: Chris McDowell
I watch the sun come up,
tears fill my eyes
Heaven's gone, I cry
He left me with misery,
didn't let me say goodbye
Now it's over, time to let go

But it's all behind me now
I can turn and walk away
'cuz I know that I am brave
So just go

I didn't need to hear the door
slamming when you left
I could see it in your eyes
and it hurt me deep
I'll always remember you
all the sweet things you did for me
How you were my heaven for awhile / Chorus

I'm learning that
I don't need your arms,
I don't need your time
I don't need your smile,
the sun still shines
without your eyes
So just go

Just go
If I let you go, can I let you go?
I need to let you go, but I'm so scared
It hurts to let you go
Heaven's gone if I let you go
Can I let you go?
I'll let you go
Behind The Music:
It took me 5 years to finally push past the hurt enclosed in this song. After it was finished and I performed it for the first time, I felt released. In 2002, I met an extremely talented musician, Chris McDowell, who helped me to bring this song to life. Thanks Chris!
/* Members Only Above All Else */
Above All Else
2006 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo, Aaron Parees,
Josh Parees
Recorded at Nightowl Studio, CA
and Parees Studio, CA
Engineers: Echo, Aaron Parees
Produced by Echo
All Instruments: Echo
Bedtime stories, whistled good mornings, cups of cocoa and tea
A late desert drive, I feel like I can fly as I'm singing
There are times we don't agree
but there's still these memories
Through the darkness there's a light I try to cling to
'cuz your love pushes me that far and you are

One that knows me better than myself
One who cares above all else
We'll never know how you did so much
and Mom, even when we drift apart
You'll always be deep within my heart
Behind The Music:
A Mother's Day present from Aaron, his brother, and myself to our mothers. As this song was a personal gift, we decided to keep it private. Out of respect for and with permission from my co-writers, I'm posting the lyrics and audio of my verse and chorus only.
/* River Run */
River Run | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Alrac Records, ID
Engineers: Echo, Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
There's a river run
where I go to have my fun
In its waves I see your face
I don't wanna leave this place

So river take me there
River, take me where
The river runs to shore
I wanna see my baby more
River, run to shore
Let me see my baby more

It hurts to think I might lose
in the thickness of the love in you
But it's here where I feel safe
I don't wanna leave this place / Chorus

And there's nothing you can say
that will make me change my ways
There's nothing you can find
that will make me change my mind / Chorus

So river, run to shore
I wanna see you a little more
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River Run | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2003 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar:
Chris McDowell
Time goes by so slow
and I wonder why I don't know
why you look at me that way
in the rising sun everyday
and I see so much of me
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing

I see your silhouette
in the rising sun
feel you everywhere
when the twilight comes
wanna be with you,
you've got the kind of love
I need in my life

It's the little things that you say
and the subtle way that you play
with every part of my brain
that turns me on and feeds the flame
and I see so much of me in you
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing / Chorus

I can't overcome the longing,
the aching, the wanting,
the waiting / Chorus
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/* Members River Run */
River Run | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2007 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at Payette Corral, ID
and Alrac Records, ID
Engineers: Echo, Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
There's a river run
where I go to have my fun
In its waves I see your face
I don't wanna leave this place

So river take me there
River, take me where
The river runs to shore
I wanna see my baby more
River, run to shore
Let me see my baby more

It hurts to think I might lose
in the thickness of the love in you
But it's here where I feel safe
I don't wanna leave this place / Chorus

And there's nothing you can say
that will make me change my ways
There's nothing you can find
that will make me change my mind / Chorus

So river, run to shore
I wanna see you a little more
Behind The Music:
It took me 10 minutes to write this song. I played the chords and the lyrics wrote themselves.
River Run | Rising Sun (2003 Remix)
2003 Nightowlmusic
Written by Echo
Recorded at
Vintage Sound Studio, ID
Engineer: Jeff Beers
Produced by Echo
Guitar, Keyboards: Echo
Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar:
Chris McDowell
Time goes by so slow
and I wonder why I don't know
why you look at me that way
in the rising sun everyday
and I see so much of me
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing

I see your silhouette
in the rising sun
feel you everywhere
when the twilight comes
wanna be with you,
you've got the kind of love
I need in my life

It's the little things that you say
and the subtle way that you play
with every part of my brain
that turns me on and feeds the flame
and I see so much of me in you
when I hear your voice,
when you start to sing / Chorus

I can't overcome the longing,
the aching, the wanting,
the waiting / Chorus
Behind The Music:
In 2002, I met an extremely talented musician, Chris McDowell. We set out to re-record a couple of songs and master some news ones. This is one of them.
/* The North Woods Cabin */
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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Standing in the night, waiting for the light.
It is cold.
I look up and I am surrounded by stars.
I look down at my feet, but can't tell where my boots stop and the ground begins.
I look straight ahead into the darkness for a hint of light.
There is none.
I close my eyes and let the last remaining blackness of dusk and dawn engulf me.
Suddenly, the hovering clouds begin to strobe with light.
As it comes around the curve of the mountain it hits me like a wave of salt water stinging my eyes until they adjust.
The light stops in front of me and I step into its warmth.
As the warmth melts away the many layers of frost that have gathered on my mittens and backpack I begin to relax.
My last thoughts before I fall asleep are, "At last the school bus has come, and I don't have to wait for the light."
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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It was the way in which his eyes caught mine
That held me in that one moment so long.
I knew in that instant that we belonged
And we would be together for all time.
I remember how he wrote me a rhyme
And how he turned that rhyme into a song.
He sang to me his lyrics so strong
And softly wiped away the tears I cried.
But so far away from here doth he live
That I begin to miss him more and more.
Beautiful music doth he write for me
That deeply shows how sensitive he is.
Until the day he walks back through my door
I'll wait for my love for eternity.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The North Woods Cabin
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The North Woods Cabin
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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There's a spot just beyond the river's bend on the other side of the river from here.
I want to live there.
I want a cozy cabin with a roof that will sing when the rain hits it.
I love the sound of rain.
Especially in the evenings.
It helps me sleep and I dream more when it rains.
Then off in the distance, the thunder rolls like a lover laying next to me in the dark,
humming in my ear to put me to sleep.
As the thunder rolls over the cabin it shakes the ground.
The drip dripping of the rain becomes louder and the beat quickens.
Lightning illuminates the black room in which I'm laying.
Thunder immediately follows, cracking the sky into a million pieces which all fall and pound against my roof.
Then, as suddenly as it began, it ends.
All is quiet.
The rain has stopped.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The sky begins to turn a dark shade of purple
as the sun slowly creeps up from behind the mountain.
As the Earth revolves silently toward the sun, purple becomes blue,
pink, red, orange and then yellow.
The sun pours over the rugged edge of the mountain tops and the first rays of sunlight touch the ground.
The frost sparkles like a thousand tiny diamonds
spread upon the frozen earth at random.
Or as if a thousand little pixies flew over during the night
and left behind a trail of fairy dust.
Or as if all the stars fell from the sky.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The wind is blowing.
As I sit on my bed and stare out the window,
the trees sway back and forth like they're trying to get my attention.
Sometimes at night when the stars are out and I'm playing my guitar,
I'll look out the window and the wind makes the trees
look like a swaying crowd of fans holding lighters in the air.
But today the sky is gray.
Every once in a while the sun breaks through the snow-heavy clouds
and dances on the tiny droplets of freshly melted snow and dew
on the tips of each needle of the pine trees.
Then it ducks away again concluding the glorious light show.
A few flakes of snow fall from the sky,
barely visible until they're amongst the deep green of the trees.
The wind makes them swirl around each other
like wolf cubs playing and falling over one another.
When they finally touch the ground they lay there helpless
as they begin to melt from the warmth of the earth and finally disappear.
If you think about it we all are like snowflakes.
Each of us are a little different.
Up close each snowflake has its own crystal pattern,
but from far away you can't tell the difference.
And, like snowflakes, we only exist in this world
for a certain amount of time.
Just long enough to fulfill our purpose.
Then we disappear.
A single snowflake can't cover the ground.
It takes a whole cloud full of them to make just a single layer of ice.
And even then, you can't skate on it.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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I was sitting by the river when it began to rain.
The sky was cracking over me.
A single drop fell from the heavens and hit the rushing water in front of me.
As it flowed away, this strange feeling came over me.
I closed my eyes.
When I opened them, the top of the water was dancing.
All the while, as each drop of hit,
it splashed tiny duplicates of itself onto my bare skin.
As the last thunder clap rolled off the gently moving clouds,
I built up enough courage to cross the river.
Stone by stone, thought by thought,
I made my way across the rushing white water.
When I stepped on the shore, on the other side of the rain storm,
I finally felt the sun on my face.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Waiting For The Light | Eternity | Kitten | I'd Tell You |
Beyond The Gate | Cabin | Beautiful | Happiness | Frost |
Snowflakes | Rainstorm | Monopoly
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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The twisting and turning
Smoke reaches to the skies.
Then the ember dies,
And the strawberry incense that was burning
Leaves behind the scent of yearning.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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The North Woods Cabin
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The North Woods Cabin
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The North Woods Cabin
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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Hallelujah! and farewell.
My painful past has left me.
Sweetly chimes the church bell
As I kneel before thee.
Candles light this darkened room
While I sit and pray.
I lay down a rose in full bloom
And the silent sound ricochets.
I turn around and walk away
From the sight of my own coffin.
I step into a brand new day,
The light of which has softened.
I have left one part of my life behind.
I shall not forget it, but to the pain of it, forever be blind.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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I haven't seen you in a week.
And my head is feeling kind of tweaked.
My sight is going hazy
And I think I'm going crazy.
That's why I duck taped your beak!
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The North Woods Cabin
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The music plays,
The drum rolls on.
These silent days
Have come and gone.
We've come so far
For this one hour,
We've made it, par
For the course, despite the sweet and sour.
The tears flow freely
As we say our last goodbyes.
What we thought could never be
Came true in the blink of an eye.
Our future is unknown to us,
Unknown to all, but the Stardust.
As I'm looking back now,
I remember things I've done.
I remember the faces of everyone,
But can't bring myself to realize how
Much we've grown. Yet somehow
Each of us, in unison,
Have chosen a path to run.
A path that Fate has allowed.
I never thought this moment would come,
But it has and this is it.
Our future is unknown to us
And we may not know what we will become.
But that is what pushes us to an unknown limit,
Unknown to all, but the Stardust.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Incense | Hero | I Need You | Falling Down |
My Own Coffin | Parrot | Librarian | Elsewhere | Stardust |
The Phone Call | The Woods
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The water of the river glistened that morning.
The cool morning air was crisp and clean.
The aroma of the pine trees filled the air.
The sound of birds singing in the trees echoed on and on through the canyon
as the river water splashed playfully against my feet.
The sky was pure blue
and the clouds looked like marshmallows as they floated by above.
The trees were green and danced from side to side in the breeze.

 

The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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The sun's been down for an hour now.
The hands on the clock tell me it's getting late.
But no matter how hard I try I can't sleep.
So, I throw the covers off and roll over.
I grab my flashlight, for although it may still be light outside, my room is in shadows.
I look at the clock.
"Eleven o'nine."
I get up and walk to my open window.
"Ah, fresh air!"
Above the mountains sits a glowing eye, half asleep from her all night ride.
Secretly following her, concealed by the darkness, is her lover;
always ready to fight for and protect her.
I look back at the clock.
"Eleven eleven? Is that all?"
I lay back down on the bed and stare at the ceiling.
"It must be well over eighty degrees in here!"
I let my mind wonder until my eyes begin to droop and finally close.
I see the face of a man I know.
We say "Hello," and walk down the street, lover's style.
Everything is perfect, even my hair,
and I know that I have finally drifted into the dream of my dreams.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Is it Sagittarius that I see
Instead of you watching over me?
All this time, have I been deceived?
Or, are you just bigger than you seem?
I see many modeling themselves after you,
As I find myself doing this, too.
You truly are the inspiration
That heaven granted with your creation.
And you will always, as you have been,
Be my masculine Orion.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Like an autumn dream, the arrow is bound, bound for uncertainty.
Gracefully it dodges trunk after trunk until it finds the tallest tree.
Smoothly it pierces the red flesh,
cracking the core completely in half.
Young will considers the two halves carefully, bites into one and nonchalantly throws the other aside.
It falls and falls until it meets the top of scientific mind.
Three laws were created in a day thanks to this extraordinary fruit.
But all the thanks it gets is to be quickly devoured, then tossed off some old fellow's boot.
Within an hour to a day, its core was found.
Its extracted seed, planted in the ground.
Three famous tales I have told thee, three famous tales indeed.
But, I bet you couldn't guess the three to be William Tell, Isaac Newton, and Johnny Appleseed.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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I think the rain scares her sometimes.
The harder it came down, the closer she snuggled into me and the tighter she pulled my arms around her.
Maybe the rain makes her feel alone or reminds her of loneliness.
It rained most of the night.
There were a couple times the rain raged hard and I could've sworn she was going to pull my arms out of their sockets.
So, I held her tighter, matching the strength with which she was pulling on my arms.
We sure stayed warm, let me tell you!
When the rain let up, so did she.
I leaned up on one arm, peeking over her to see if she was still asleep.
She rolled over toward me.
I laid back down and watched her sleep, gently stroking her hair when it would fall into her face.
Her father knocked on the door.
She opened her eyes and smiled at me.
I smiled back.
She slid her arm over and around my neck, pulled me close to her and kissed me.
"I love you," she breathed.
"I love you, too," I surrendered.
We got out of bed and she got dressed.
She combed her hair and opened the blinds so the sun sparkled in.
She turned around and looked at me, the sun's fire dancing in her hair.
She walked over to me and hugged me.
We kissed again, delicately savoring the pure honey that flowed between our mouths.
She ran her fingers through my hair while looking me over, etching my face into her eyes and mind.
"I'll see you tonight," she said.
I could tell she was going to miss me until then.
We kissed one last time and she walked hesitantly out of the room.
"See you tonight," I said.
Then I disappeared.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Precious, vibrant, full of life.
Breath taking beauty enhanced by twilight.
Deep reds and oranges mixed by the sun,
Projected on clouds of rich butter rum.
Electric blues, shocking greens,
A phenomenon to us, but to Alaska - routine.
Captivated, we watch them glow,
These glorious creations of indigo.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Potent spices, some strong, some mild,
Elaborately spreading, growing wild.
The sweet smell of rosemary, the vagueness of thyme.
The rose's rare beauty, and blue bells that chime.
Forbidden secrets long remembered,
Pure Winter's tune chilling the dieing ember.
Spring waking the virgin dirt,
Her perfumes smothering, yet fragile, burnt.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
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Tiny glittering diamonds, like fairy dust,
Cool on my skin in the summer dusk.
Reminiscent of twilight's starry air,
Or of fireflies tangled in my hair.
Like delicate lace, like a dove's lonely coo,
Like a kitten's soft purr, it is only true.
Complicated simplicity dripping down my wrist,
Vanishes and melts into a gently falling mist.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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Tips of topaz, jewels that glint,
Mysteries and dances, you catch only a glimpse.
Smokey sands crystallize,
Twisting strands hypnotize.
Jumping, soaring just as bright
As Jesus' aura of holy light.
Vivid, hollow, butterscotch and sinew,
Oxygen, Christmas comfort, the sun's tattoo.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Heat | As You Have Been | A Piece Of My Soul | Arrow |
Silence | An Angel's Journal | Indigo | Burnt | Mist |
Tattoo | Leaves
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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You come to me with leaves in your hair
And the smell of Autumn on your coat.
And the wind blows as you speak gently
to warm my soul.

 

The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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Cold and laid to rest
In a velvet case.
She is now a silent guest
With out a voice, without a face.
Pale flowers to say goodbye;
Tears, for they have lost her.
Morn the passing butterfly,
Night shades this fuzzy blur.
This shrewd slumber,
This constant wailing!
God pulled her number.
And now she is sailing
Her diamond gated track.
Her long day has finally faded to black.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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Scattered through the mountains across the canyon there lay deep crevices, dark holes, black spaces where I place all my secrets.
I thought they would be safe there, locked away from the world.
Until one day, while sending my thoughts to their hiding places, one of my secrets strayed.
The wind carried my most precious lonesome secret to the ear of a handsome soul.
I heard it whisper back to me.
My eyes were met with an equally lonesome set of eyes that vanished when I blinked.
I turned to walk away and was embraced with arms so strong I felt nothing could harm me.
And a kiss so tender, I felt the rocky world melt away.
"You are home," he said, looking through my eyes and into my soul.
A bird took flight, startling us enough to look away from each other.
When I looked back, he was gone.
I've never been that near to him after that.
But when I'm driving through the mountains I see him racing through the trees, following me.
And when I stop to unload my secrets I feel him watching me, listening to me.
And every once in a while he'll show himself to me, perched on a boulder in the shadows of the mountain just to let me know he's there.
One day, I will return to the fortress of his arms.
To the safety of my soulmate.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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He believed in a gust of wind.
A sign it may have been,
But why was it sent?
To push him forward or to hold him back?
It's all in interpretation, what was meant.
The mind lies, the heart deceives...
You can't always depend on what you believe.
Mistakes start innocently
And soon grow to cause deep wounds and irreparable injury.
He went searching for a sign,
But didn't realize he'd already made up his mind.
For all he knows that wind could've been
Me sending a kiss to him.
Now it's hard for me to keep my faith,
For I have lost my safest place.
He chose another, what a big mistake...
So much heartache to heal when he finds his true soulmate.
So, silently I wait, alone once again.
Because he believed in a gust of wind.
The North Woods Cabin
Chapter 1: The Cabin | Chapter 2: Stardust |
Chapter 3: Soul Pieces | Chapter 4: Secrets
Blisters | Velvet Casket | Always | When We Get There |
Secrets | Falling | Wind | I Love
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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I love you, my friend
As I love the summer wind
That swirls the purple dusk,
finds what once was lost,
And makes the shadows bend.

I love you, my friend
As I love the singing rain
Who's music from
The thunder cloud's drum
Calms my soul once again.

I love you, my friend
As I love the starry night sky
That twinkles and winks
And silently keeps
Records of times gone by.

I love you, my friend
As the sea loves the shore.
It grows and it swells,
Then says its farewells,
And rushes back to its arms once more.
Pearls of Wisdom & Little Gems: Quotes
Anonymous | Famous |Echoisms
Thought Train:
Some of my favorite quotes. Some from movies or books, some from unknown places.
"The best way to make a friend is to be a friend."

"Love can't be perfect, Love is just Love."

"Truth is bread, but dreams are butter."

"The wind from one door closing opens another."

"Let good thoughts be your sword and shield."

A babbling brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks."

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but there can't be a right without a wrong."

"It's been good.  Next time, it'll be better."
Pearls of Wisdom & Little Gems: Quotes
Anonymous | Famous |Echoisms
Thought Train:
A collection of some of my favorite quotes from some of my favorite people.
"Ad hoc" ~ Latin, meaning "Improvise"

"Love never fails..." ~ 1 Corinthians 13:8

"Sapere aude." ~ Latin, meaning "Dare to be wise."

"If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it." ~ Martial

"Be not afraid, only believe." ~ Mark 6:36

"For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~ 2 Corinthians 6:7

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." ~ Elenor Roosevelt

"All you have to do is decide what to do with the time given to you." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

"Life is a state of mind." ~ Being There

"...Writing music is ultimately unfathomable... It takes a certain type of self-centeredness and self-absorption. It takes single-mindedness. It takes sometimes saying no to things and people I'd rather say yes to. It takes sometimes being misunderstood as being rude or disinterested or selfish. And the more serious I get about it, the more time it wants to take." ~ Composer John Adams of Fairbanks

"The world is but canvas to our imaginations." ~ Henry David Thoreau

"Love is its own place, even stars, sun and a moon." ~ Rachel Jackson

"Sand is already broken, but glass breaks." ~ Francesca Lia Block, The Rose and The Beast

"The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth." ~ Lucian

"Now I know what I have to do. I have to keep breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide will bring." ~ Tom Hanks in Castaway
Pearls of Wisdom & Little Gems: Quotes
Anonymous | Famous | Echoisms
Thought Train:
Some of the lessons I have learned in life and a few thoughts I like to call my "little gems."
"Sophisticated Nonsense (adj.): A phrase that describes a grouping of fancy words; half of which no one understands, the rest no hears."

"Love is a work of art..."

"Even angels must lean on each other once in a while."

"Don't ignore the bad. Just learn from it, file it away somewhere and move on. Always remember the good."

"Tears can be burned..."

"There are no goodbyes, only encounters."
I Love You
2001 Clairissa Pickerell
Written by Echo
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My story begins much like any other love story. Don't get me wrong, the story you're about to hear isn't a mushy one. It doesn't have dragons or princes and princesses or wicked stepmothers either. Rather it was a dream I had about a seventeen year old boy and a sixteen year old girl. In my dream, don't ask me why, I took on the part of the boy.

It was a May morning, perfect for taking the girl of your dreams on an adventure walk. There was a bit of a breeze, but not too much. Susie, that's my girlfriend, was feeling pretty down so we walked to our favorite little spot a few feet from the river. We sat down under a willow tree and began to talk about all the insignificant things in life that made us happy.

After a while, Susie suggested that we play "Hide and Seek." It was her favorite game to play with me. So I told her to go hide and I would find her. I closed my eyes and began to count: "One... two..." I opened my eyes to peek and see where she had gone. "Nine... TEN! Ready or not, here I come!" The place that Susie chose to hide in wasn't that hard to find. I sneaked up behind her and yelled, "Got you!"

"Okay, okay," she laughed, "That was too easy. You go back over there and I'll hide again."

"Fine," I mumbled. I didn't particularly like to play this game, but it was good to see her smiling and laughing again. "You tell me when you've found a really good hiding place and then I'll come look for you." She kissed me and ran off into the woods. I went back to the willow and sat down under it. While I was waiting for Susie to call to me, the strangest thing happened...

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