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Cascade Of Curls
V1 I believe that anything is possible
By the light of the stove, cos you say you can’t sleep anything is possible
I hold you so close, while we’re counting sheep anything is possible
Here in the night you feel small in my arms now you… believe in you
As your eyes flicker closed
and the flames dance higher UK Songwriting Contest 2019
I’m lost in my moment with you, by the fire Semi Finalist – Lyric Category
CH This lyric and topline was written after Christmas
With your head on my chest, last year, inspired by all of the youngest members of
with your cascade of curls our extended family. We didn’t travel around meeting
You’ve stolen my heart, taken over my world up with everyone last year as we decided to spend
Here in the shadow, there’s nothing I can do Christmas day volunteering at a community
But believe in miracles cos I believe in you Christmas dinner. So over Christmas week we were
Skyping and Face-timing family and friends, an
V2 activity at which, you might know, anyone under 5
I see you running through the crowd, across the yard years old seems to excel. Not just ‘Merry Christmas’s
Talking with your friends and laughing so hard through big gap-toothed smiles but also singing,
I’m here at the school gate waiting my turn dancing and the latest gadget demos online for us. I
Telling me your stories and learning with pride was struck by how the little ones are growing up and
I’m lost in this moment with you, at my side thinking about how special that time is with them
when they are tiny and how quickly they grow and
CH move on.
With your head at my waistline,
with your cascade of curls I was captured by the image of the “cascade of curls”
You’ve stolen my heart, taken over my world of one particular little one and wondered how her
Here in your shadow, there’s nothing I can do mum would feel as the years go by. I was reminded of
Now you believe in unicorns and I believe in you my own late-night experiences as a new mum, how
precious those moments were, and I was also
BRIDGE reminded of beautiful songs like Slipping Through
Outside the window I see you packing your car My Fingers by ABBA and Wide Open Spaces by
I’m here in the doorway but you seem so far Dixie Chicks with similar themes.
You are full of sweet confidence and ambition
I’m lost – in this moment – with you moving on Of course, I wanted it to resonate with as many
people as possible whilst also wanting to focus on
CH that particular little girl so that the imagery is as
With your head at my shoulder, authentic as possible and therefore feels more real to
with your cascade of curls the listener.
You’ve stolen my heart, taken over my world
Here in your shadow, there’s nothing I can do The topline has a country/folk feel and I was able to
I believe that anything is possible… sing this to colleagues from The Songwriting
Academy at a Songwriting Camp at an early stage. I
CH could tell when I sang it that the words were landing
With your head at my shoulder, how I intended and when I finished the song, I could
with your cascade of curls see it had hit home with many people in the circle.
You’ve stolen my heart, taken over my world The imagery of the curls and how the little one grows
Here in your shadow, there’s nothing I can do up, the use of unexpected near rhymes and the way
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