Adrienne Frailey

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Wanna listen to the album? You can now find all of the full tracks from "Definitely" and from 2009's "Goodnight to the Stars" within the black music player on the left! Happy listening.

Track descriptions and lyrics can be found below.

It wasn’t that long ago when the months of summer meant no work and all play for me. Things change so quickly after high school; life tends to sneak up on you, and the only way to deal is to keep moving forward.

I remember a time when we were young

We’d slip away from our radios just to have what we called fun

And dreams would fill our beds and make it past our heads

Yeah, things were better when we were young

But it’s what we do in this little thing called humanity

It’s what we do; we hurt the ones we love

It’s what we do; no one wins

Out of all my sins, you’re the one I always think of

I don’t know why; don’t ask me how

But I recall how small the weddings were in this town

A white dress was still in style, and the vows would last for a while

But I don’t even know what we have now

(Repeat Chorus)

I knew we’d break, even back then

You held my hand and I never saw you again

But that’s the way it tends to go with someone you barely know

So much for promises in the end

It’s interesting when two friends can start a relationship, end that relationship and still remain friends... even though some things will never be the same.

If I could, I'd be the one to hold you now

But she’s probably so in love with you

Remember that old pier that had to be taken out?

Well, take her there, I’m sure she’d love the view

Hey, boy... hey, boy

Hey there, boy, hey there, boy

What you crying for?

You said you never wanted to wait and now you’re waiting some more

Hey there, boy, look at me

‘Cause I can guarantee that I’ve spent more time crying on the floor

Those pictures we took never did you justice

I don’t know why I ever saved a few

Recently, I lose track of how late it gets

Wondering if you like the way she treats you

(Repeat Chorus)

Mistakes make us human. Awareness brings regret, a feeling that can help us learn from those mistakes. It’s then our duty to pass the message on to not only the people we love and care about but to those we may never come into contact with.

Midwest, empty road

Fields on the left and the right

She’s a saint, and he’s not

And coffee just burns out the mind

Euphoria sets in

A bittersweet kind of demise

He’s tired, but she’s wired

And thankfully rooms don’t have eyes

And everybody is telling her she’s just scared

Of tearing wings off of angels

And the feathers flying everywhere

Years pass, but they crawl

I’ve given up all that I can

Something else takes my name

I’ve forgotten whoever I am

And everybody is telling me I’m just scared

Of tearing wings off of angels

And the feathers flying everywhere

Trees grow, stars shine

But something else stands over you

Look to the inside

When you’re not sure what to do

Don’t let anybody tell you you’re just scared

Of tearing wings off of angels

You’ll carry that wing everywhere

Just a happy, little love song. :) The world needs more of those.

Baby, I

Baby, I

Really think you’re no good for me

So baby, why do I get lost in your eyes

When I’m trying to remember how to breathe?

It’s the reason I’ll never be torn away from you

Baby, we will always be together if we can

Find a way through the pain

Oh, so

Baby, take me, and run away

Come on, we’ve got nothing better to do

When want you want isn’t at all what you should have. This is a heartfelt apology, born from an important life lesson.

Have a seat, don’t turn around

I’d hate to see your sad, sad face right now

How many times have I whispered in your ear,

“Maybe someday yes, but no, not here, no”?

I should have stopped myself before I tried to start

But something blocked my body heat from reaching my heart

This is the way life has to be

It sucks, and it hurts, definitely

We’re desperate to find the place to breathe

One day, the world will surely spin

At the pace we’re comfortable in

I promise you’ll find the one who makes you forget

You and I ever met

You will, definitely

I was once an innocent

Never knew, never tried, never did much more than sing

Grew sick of everyone saying, “Yeah,

That girl will never know anything”

I’m sorry for all the confusion; my mind is a selfish mess

I should have bitten my tongue; I was too busy to hear my head

(Repeat Chorus)

Please don’t make this harder

The way you look right now is so unfair

And if you must remember

Know that it meant much more to me than I can share

(Repeat Chorus)

Real love never comes easily, but even the strongest relationships can shatter under the simplest of circumstances. We must learn how to withstand the breakage.

I took a flight today and stared at the ground

And there was a debt to pay for my running around

But I wouldn’t come down

I wouldn’t come down, I wouldn’t come down

All of your bitterness was washed out in time

But it found a brand new home, and that home was mine

And you didn’t mind

You didn’t mind, you didn’t mind

Every love that was can be found in a song

And it won’t be long until we learn to be strong

It won’t be long, it won't be long

It won’t be long, it won’t be long

A song I wrote shortly after graduation while still enduring the remnants of high school drama. It was fun to come up with a something following the lines of only cliché sayings, something very fitting for the days of drama.

Your eyes burned the brightest green I’d ever seen

No others compared

But you had this bad habit of closing them

When the truth was there

You make me cry when I see your life

You have no right; I’m just a passerby

You want to fall beneath the cracks

And worst of all, I can’t bring you back

You could make my knees weak with just one look

You always gave me butterflies

But you fell for the oldest trick in the book

And now you’re drowning in lies

You make me wonder

If you feel the thunder

So don’t apologize, if you’re wise

Hope you like the box you’ve put yourself in

(Repeat Chorus)

Inspired by the prologue of the book "Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse" by Kaleb Nation. This is my idea of Emry’s last lullaby for her son, Bran. Guest musician John Kennedy Jr. of the group Kennedy’s Kitchen provided his talents to this track in Irish whistle and bouzouki. Thank you, John. :)

Come to me, my son, for I must leave you soon

Come to me, my baby, lu lay lu, lay lu

With my dying breath, I will keep you safe away

And we will meet, my baby, once again someday

Many had requested that this one be on my next full-length album, and I listened! :) The lyrics are fairly abstract, allowing for many interpretations, but my best description of the song is that it's about the basic feeling of loving someone you may not be able to fully trust. Whether that's good or bad for you can only be decided with time.

Hello and goodbye again, it’s nice to see you, too

The rain outside is quite the ride when I’m in it with you

Hold me close ‘cause Heaven knows that we don’t need no sleep

Kiss me dear, no one will hear ‘cause I won’t give a peep

Teach me how to see a world in destiny, hiding from the blue

Show me how to love with all I’m capable of

And that leaves me and you

Sing a song, and make it long, and then you start to breathe

Teach me how and we’ll find out exactly what we need

All our troubles, they will fall in bubbles

They will pop when they hit the sea

Haven’t you heard? Every story comes and goes

Everybody knows, everybody knows

(Repeat Chorus)

I've always dreamed of the possibility of life far away from the cold, fickle weather here in Indiana. When I was eight years old, my family took a vacation to the south, and for the first time, I visited Florida and swam in the Atlantic Ocean. I hope that one day, I can leave all of this behind, just for a little while, and let passion lead me to somewhere beautiful.

Oh, no, here we go, wasting all this time

Pretty soon, afternoon’ll waste itself to night

Somehow I find myself holding on to you

Thinking and wondering what you gonna do

Remember when I told you ‘bout the town where I grew up

Petty fights, socialites, and other stupid stuff?

Seemed our dreams would never once take flight

Set ‘em up, knock ‘em down, just to watch them try

Take me fast, or take me slow

‘Cause the world is yours tonight

Forget the past, ‘cause all I know is

When I’m with you I’ll be alright

I wanna go where the weather’s warm and kind

I’m so sick of Indiana wintertime

Take me to a place where I can clear my head

A place where I can see the ocean from the bed

(Repeat Chorus)

Waiting on the voices in my head to disappear

Leaving me alone with every one of my worst fears

All my life, I’ve kept them stored away inside

Never know when you might need to cry sometime 

Using Biblical metaphors, this is a song about looking back on life during the final days of it and remembering those lost and those found.

Hush now, little one

You need your tears no more

When the stars will lead you

To where we were before

Run, run, little child

Run through all the trees

To the wide, wide ocean

Where we were once at peace

My, my old friend

Why have you gone astray

When the Dark Prince steals you

On his numbered day?

Lay down all vicious pride

Lay it on the ground

There the will be no enemy

We are the only sound

There, there, little one

You’ve come to see the day

When the good Lord has returned

To take us all away

Down from the mountainside

Where light has found no end

To the wide, wide ocean

Where we will live again

A song written over three years ago when I was still in high school. It is one I created with old thoughts of my childhood in mind—the days when I'd be eight years old, sitting on the swings in the park and almost believing that if I used as much energy as my little legs could muster, maybe I really COULD let go and fly right into the sky. (Never worked out that way.)

I wish I could fly away and be a bird

That’s never placed inside a cage

If I were in the sky, I’d be the only one heard

Whose song is written on page

I wish I were warm inside, somehow, some way

It’s cold out here today

If the sun were to stay down this dawn

As if it did not have a friend

I think I would feel like I was landing on

A gloomy poem with no end

I wish I could be home again, oh home again

I know not where my mind has been

You tell me hold on, hold on now

But you told me you’d never leave

I miss the way you were

If I wake up to something more than this, this dream

Maybe I will go outside again

I’ll walk to town and see the sights I’ve not yet seen

I leave my heart at home to mend

I’ll sing with grace to whatever Heaven brings

And my mended heart will sew my wings

This is a song filled with pain and the desperation one needs to go back to the start of his or her mistakes in order to at least attempt to make things right again.

Lay down your head and close your eyes

To the ground you’re led by every lie

And breathe in your hopelessness

And try to find your revery

Hold onto it; you only live once

Reign in all your faith and all your patience

And breathe in your helplessness

Here lies the road you need

And if you try to fly to away from here

You’ll begin to disappear

You can wish on the moon, burn your eyes on the sun

But you always knew this time would come

With the wind in your face and the devil in your head

Now move it along; pick up your feet

It’s a long way home on the open sea

Whatever you do, run just run

Till you know you’re there

The moon told you that you’d be gone

But the sun said it wouldn’t be for very long

I know you’re tired and you’ll feel weak

From all the sins you bear

But don’t kid yourself; you’re just a child

And it’s as healthy as a day in Hell to taste the wild

Have you not heard of the big, bad wolf?

He resides here in your worst nightmare

And you can try to fly away from here

You'll begin to disappear

(Repeat Chorus)

Another song that listeners had requested be on the album. :) As a fan of artists Loreena McKennitt, Connie Dover and Kate Rusby, I had wanted for a long time to write a Celtic tragic ballad of my own. I based the story in 15th-century France, during the days of Gilles Montmorency-Laval, baron de Rais, one of the most infamous serial killers of all time.

Way out in the forest fled the brave, young Lilian

Dismounting at the shelter of an unknown handsome man

“Please, Sir, I have ridden fifteen miles tonight

And I need a place to rest till the morning light

I haven’t much money, but I’ll work for thee”

“Tell me, maiden, what brought you to my stead?

Your clothes are all torn and there’s blood from your head”

“Two soldiers I have killed, for they murdered my sister

When I declared we’d not go to Baron Gilles’ home

And they hanged her from the tree in his courtyard”

“I have heard the many stories that tell the evil of that man

Fear not, my Lilian, they will never lay a hand

I’ll keep you here tonight, safe by my side

And you can rest till the morning light

I promise that his men will not see you”

Lilian was cold, and she awoke with a fright

The fire had burned out; it was just before light

She called for the man, but she could not find him

Had he left her for the Baron? She called once again

She ran outside, and still she heard no answer

A soldier who’d been waiting seized her from behind

And then twenty more emerged from the thin forest line

Then he said, “Poor, young Lilian, the Baron has missed you

And won’t he be glad when he sees who we have?”

Then he pushed her down and bound her hands and feet

The man returned from town, and he saw what had happened

And he ran to the house, a dagger in his hand

And he cut the soldier’s throat, set Lilian free

And he told her to run, so she ran through the trees

Then another soldier drew his sword and killed him

Faster, she did run with nowhere to hide

When she arrived at the ravine, Gilles’ men close behind

She looked one, last time at the men running toward her

And she threw herself in to avoid the Baron

And they crowded ‘round the edge where she invited death

I stood at the very river where Lilian had drowned

One year had passed since she’d gone down

When I turned to see a young girl, pale as white fleece

She wore tattered clothes, and she smiled at me

Then she disappeared with nothing but a whisper

A song created from the bluesier side of my mind. It's about taking charge of yourself when love has done nothing but put you in shackles.

Talk about an angel; New Orleans is where he’s from

With a soul for the river and a place for his gun

Moved on at eighteen to see what could be seen

Nothing but the great, wide nothing, and then he saw me

And he said, “I don’t believe in always

And all I need is a highway

If you want an always

Then let me be”

Tommy was a good man; never made a dime

He played in a blues band

And he was mine, mine

Till I said, “I don’t believe in always

And all I need is a highway

If you want an always

The let me be

I don’t believe in always

If you need an always

Then let me be

Let me be

Let me be

I don't believe in always

And if you need an always

Then let me be

Let me be

Let me be”

Love is an interesting thing, once you've come close to feeling it. I have a tendency to remain somewhat too logical when relationships are within grasp, but sometimes it's best to let all logic go and do what everyone may not expect you to.

Love has a time and a mind of its own

What are you waiting for?

And you care too much for a world you never see

Never touch, have never known before

Love’s like a fire you can never put out

It burns us until we grow old

Wishing a waiting, isn’t it nice

To always do as we’re told

We used to sleep in our chair by the fire

Not a light was on

And now all I see is a drive, empty

Where has the time gone?

Lay down, lay down on the floor again

I’ve been around a while, my friend

My friend, lay down again

Love’s like a fire you can never put out

It burns us until we grow old

Wishing and waiting, isn’t it nice

To never do as we’re told?

Your hopes and your dreams, I’ll keep them right here

Safe as I possibly can

As long as you promise that you’ll be back home

To take them and use them again

A song for Gabe Merrill. I hope can hear this from where he now lives.

Gabriel, the churchyard seems so cold

Oh, Gabriel

I hardly feel the rain, even though it’s left a heavy stain, Gabriel

I think sometimes you’re the lucky one

A thought that haunts me now

How can I live when I don’t know how?

It’s been five years, and I still can see the look on your face

Oh, Gabriel, there must be some mistake

When the churchyard begins to sing

You know, it’s all for you I hope you’re listening

Oh, Gabriel, don’t forget your wings

Gabriel, if you’d only let go of your wings

Then maybe you’d be here with me

We all need a vacation from ourselves now and then, and it's always nice to be able to share it someone else.

Hold my head, just a little while

Just a little longer than forever

Don't you know? I won't be here tomorrow

And the silence means more than we could ever say

We could fly above the mountains

And soar through the sky to the sea; don't ask why

Just fly with me

We could fly above the mountains

And soar through the sky to the sea, in the night

You and me

Soar through the sky, to the sea, don't ask why

Just fly with me