Hold Me Tight- My First Song

"A song?" you might be asking. "Why in the world would a book writer want to write a song?"

OK, so I do usually write books, and probably will continue to do so for a large part of my life. But lately, I've been really addicted to the songs blaring from my iPod, the big speakers in our game room- anywhere! Literally, I drive my parents nuts by playing the same songs nearly every day (just ask Mom). Point blank, I LOVE MUSIC!!!!

So, partially inspired by my friend Ellen's idea to create a band, I decided to combine my two loves into one and just see what I could come up with. To begin, I toyed around with some words that went with a theme I had come up with one day to keep me company through the toils of math. Sounds stupid, but that's just how me and songwriting go- I start singing about a random theme and either add lyrics that rhyme and go great together or throw out the ones that don't. Although I have several other ideas in the works, this is my first song (and the only one that's finished).

Now, just to clear up a few things- I write a (clean) love song because, as a teen, I love being able to (hopefully) construct brilliant phrases that expresses something that both adults and my fellow teens can relate to, even if the frivolity of the first love is fleeting. Actually, growing up SURROUNDED with country radio, watching my mom smooch on my dad everyday, and having completely boy-crazy friends (COUGH COUGH!), a cute, completely Christian love-work has become kinda my little niche. It's true that I have accumulated a lot of info of the falling in love symptoms over the years and use them frequently in my works, but I assure you that I always write with the purest intentions and to the glory of God. I write for no other reason other than that and hope that my work will never be taken as otherwise.

That being said, here's my very first song- Hold Me Tight. Enjoy!

Take my hand,
Draw me near,
I want to feel you close to me,
Right now, right here.

Clouded skies,
Starless night,
Tell me why, oh why, we keep on,
With this fight?

So pull me in,
Just hold me tight,
Whisper, tell me,
We’ll make it through tonight.

And hold me tight.

Just hold me tight, Baby.

This distance,
Keepin’ us apart,
I want you, I need you,
With every piece of my heart.

So come close, Baby,
Cause I can’t breathe, I can’t live,
Without you.
But if, only if,

You’d pull me in,
Just hold me tight,
Whisper, tell me,
We’ll make it through tonight.

And hold me tight.

Just hold me tight, Baby.

Oh, Boy,
Is this how love goes?
So broken, so shattered,
My heart just needs to know.

But if you’d just put your arms around me,
It’d be all the answer I’d need.

So pull me in,
Just hold me tight,
And maybe, just once,
Tonight will be alright.

So hold me tight.

Just hold me tight.