This #MusicMonday is ‘If You Go’ by Caitlyn Scarlett and she deserves to be more well known, because her voice is beautiful, the music is kick ass, and I absolutely love it. I want to see her music video for this, because it would be amazing! I just love it. I do want to thank all of you for the support last week when I had my little breakdown over missing the USA Today bestseller list. We’ve got another chance with the boxset ‘Royally Mine’ at the end of August, and I’m very excited to try again. ALSO! Tying the Knot (Thalia Book 4) is coming out this week, and I can’t wait to hear what you all think! <3 Okay, nooowwww to this awesome song. Scroll down, hit play, and enjoy!
Lyrics
I don’t wanna talk to you today. I just wanna run around and face the other way. And I don’t want to hear what you have to say. I should’ve taken the chance and loved another day.
If you go, how do you expect me to move, but not to fall? And if you leave, how can you guarantee that I still breathe? You’re all I know and if you go… oh… Yeah, if you go, I know I’ll lose my soul.
I don’t wanna hear one more excuse. I know that you’re inclined to do what is best for you. I was free and oh my hands were loose. You told me you’d keep me warm, then wrapped me up with a noose.
If you go, how do you expect me to move but not to fall? And if you leave, how can you guarantee that I still breathe? You’re all I know and if you go… oh… Yeah if you go, I know I’ll lose my soul.
Now your eyes are getting heavy, and the storm’s too hard to bear, but you told me you would always be there. You grab me by the wrist and insist that it’s no good. Our love is on a plate and you’re playing with your food. Your heart is fine, but what about mine? Can’t bear to lose you all at one time.
If you go, how do you expect me to move but not to fall? And if you leave, how can you guarantee that I still breathe? You’re all I know and if you go… oh… Yeah if you go, I know I’ll lose my soul.
Today’s #MusicMonday is rich and beautiful, ‘Muddy Waters’ by LP caught me from the first base tones of the back-up singers. It reminds me of old school southern hymns mixed with this heartbreakingly wonderful female voice (and her voice is all her, no studio, check out the live link at the bottom if you doubt it, SO GOOD). It’s a clash of the old and the new, and I love it. I just can’t help it, and I find myself swaying when I listen to it, and I hope you do too. As usual, the lyrics are just as powerful as the music itself, so scroll down and hit play, and then read along lovelies. ^_^
Lyrics
We are kneeling at the river’s edge and tempting, all the steps to follow closer right behind. Is it only when you feel a part is empty that it’s gnawing at the corners of your mind?
Oh, I will ask you for mercy, I will come to you blind, what you’ll see is the worst me, not the last of my kind.
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re falling… Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re crawling… Holds me down. Hold me now. Sold me out. In the muddy waters we’re falling.
It is not clear why we choose the fire pathway. Where we end is not the way that we had planned. All the spirits gather ’round like it’s our last day. To get across you know we’ll have to raise the sand.
Oh, I will ask you for mercy, I will come to you blind, what you’ll see is the worst me, not the last of my kind.
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re falling… Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re crawling… Holds me down. Hold me now. Sold me out. In the muddy waters we’re falling.
Oh, oh, oh, don’t fail me now, put your arms around me and pull me out. Oh, oh, oh, I know I’m found, with your arms around me, oh save me now.
Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re falling… Oh, oh, oh, in the muddy water we’re crawling… Holds me down. Hold me now. Sold me out. In the muddy waters we’re falling.
‘Muddy Waters’ by LP (or listen to the Live acoustic version here, her voice is breathtaking and pure talent https://youtu.be/o6SprGmHTy4)
Today’s song is ‘Surrender’ by Varick, and from the first time I heard it was I thrown by the sweetness of his voice and the alternating music from hard and edgy to almost… dreamlike, and then back again. It’s so good, and with a title like ‘Surrender’ how can you not enjoy it? As far as me on this #MusicMonday, I had an *amazing* weekend, lovelies. The new Thalia book is DONE! And that’s right, I said book. I couldn’t stop writing and it went from a novella to a book, and I am so freaking excited to share it with you all! But before that happens my boxset Hero Undercover comes out TOMORROW! That means you get to read allll about sexy, dirty Andre in ‘Monster’ in just one more day! Make sure you’ve pre-ordered while it’s still just 99¢ so you can read it ASAP. <3
Now, back to the song! He doesn’t have a video on YouTube, but I was able to find it on Soundcloud!
Lyrics
I will find you all the way from grace You will find me under steel and the pavement Just say it… Just say it…
The light it hits through It’s tearing me apart The light it hits through It’s tearing me apart
Some day you will fall to your knees Surrender… Surrender… Surrender…
Some day you will fall from your dreams Surrender… Surrender… Surrender…
The light it hits through It’s tearing me apart The light it hits through It’s tearing me apart Yeah, the light it hits through It’s tearing me apart Surrender… Surrender…
I’m so glad that Halsey’s ‘Control’ came up on my Music Monday list for this week, because her album has been on constant repeat while I’ve been writing my super secret surprise that should be out soooooon! I can’t wait to reveal it to you guys. This song (and her entire album) is amazing and I just love it SO HARD because while all the lyrics in this song are amazing, these are the absolute best: I’m well acquainted with villains that live in my head / They beg me to write them so they’ll never die when I’m dead / And I’ve grown familiar with villains that live in my head / They beg me to write them so I’ll never die when I’m dead. I wonder why I connect so strongly to those lines?? HA!
OH! The pre-orders for Hero Undercover are going well, it’s still available for 99¢ until July 1st, so you’ll want to grab a copy before it goes up to $6.99!
Now that I’ve told you that little tidbit, I’m going to give you FULL lyrics on this song because I love it so hard. ENJOY!
Lyrics
They send me away to find them a fortune, a chest filled with diamonds and gold. The house was awake, the shadows and monsters, the hallways, they echoed and groaned.
I sat alone, in bed till the morning, I’m crying, “They’re coming for me”. And I tried to hold these secrets inside me, my mind’s like a deadly disease.
I’m bigger than my body. I’m colder than this home. I’m meaner than my demons. I’m bigger than these bones.
And all the kids cried out, “Please stop, you’re scaring me!” I can’t help this awful energy. God damn right, you should be scared of me! Who is in control?
I paced around for hours on empty, I jumped at the slightest of sounds. And I couldn’t stand the person inside me, I turned all the mirrors around.
I’m bigger than my body. I’m colder than this home. I’m meaner than my demons. I’m bigger than these bones.
And all the kids cried out, “Please stop, you’re scaring me!” I can’t help this awful energy. God damn right, you should be scared of me! Who is in control?
I’m well acquainted with villains that live in my head. They beg me to write them so they’ll never die when I’m dead. And I’ve grown familiar with villains that live in my head, they beg me to write them so I’ll never die when I’m dead
I’m bigger than my body. I’m colder than this home. I’m meaner than my demons. I’m bigger than these bones.
And all the kids cried out, “Please stop, you’re scaring me!” I can’t help this awful energy. God damn right, you should be scared of me! Who is in control?
And all the kids cried out, “Please stop, you’re scaring me!” I can’t help this awful energy. God damn right, you should be scared of me! Who is in control?
Today’s #MusicMonday is late because I ACTUALLY WROTE this weekend, and I’m 16k words into my next release which is something that all of my long term fans have been looking forward to (I promise). Also, my day at work was crazy and so this was the first moment I had to sit down and share ‘Drift’ by Emily Osment with you. A seriously beautiful song which is perfect for writing because it’s almost dreamlike, but wonderfully addictive to listen to. I really hope you enjoy it lovelies, and I can’t wait to share everything that’s coming out this Summer with you!
PS – All of the pre-order links are finally live for ‘Hero Undercover’ so if you want to help us out a BUNCH, pre-order on Amazon, B&N, and iTunes! 99¢ on all three sites and it will help us meet our USA Today goal! <3
Ohhhh, lovelies, I have the HOTTEST song for you guys today, ‘Easy’ by Son Lux. It’s slow and seductive with some very curious lyrics, and the video below is totally NSFW, but filled with BDSM sexiness (hello, shibari! and I didn’t know this until I’d already picked the song, but now I’m even more excited). I’ve had this song on various playlists for what feels like forever, but I kept forgetting to mention it on #MusicMonday. Anyway, I highly recommend finding a private place to watch the video below and enjoy. I need all the inspiration I can get right now, because I’ve got writer’s block like nobody’s business. It’s hell on earth, because this just doesn’t happen to me. I need all the good inspirational hot songs and images right now!
Favorite Lyrics
Easy, easy… Pull out your heart to make the being alone easy, easy. (x2)
Easy, easy… You break the bridle to make losing control easy, easy. Crushed what you’re holding so you can say letting go is easy, easy.
Oh, easy, easy… Burn all your things to make the fight to forget easy, oh, easy. (x2)
