Song No. 5 - Two Weeks

I love how this song has turned out.

It surprised me.

I wanted to write a love song this week. On my drive to work I've been listening to the latest Hawksely Workman record and its been stirring up the hopeless romantic in my soul. Crafting the beginnings of the song in my head, focusing on the lyrics first, I was on track until Friday night. Friday I played around with some melancholy chords, and tried singing some of these words over top of them. That was it. In that instant the whole concept of the song had completely changed direction. Rather than being slightly meandering, and generalizing about love I knew exactly what to say and where to go. Honest words and a true story.

After finishing documenting what I thought was a completed song I played it for my love and partner Cole. She's also one of my toughest critics. Sometimes I get my back up about it. But 9 times out of 10 she tends to be right. Damn it. Tonight after playing her my latest song she asked if she could sing harmonies on it.

It has a life of its own now. The song lives and breathes and when I listened back to the words and melody after Cole had lent her voice to it...it didn't even sound like my song anymore. The story was complete.

The song is called:

Two Weeks

It is my favourite.