Moving On

You said you’d always love me

That I was something else

That no other lady had held your heart as well

A silly trusting fool

I believed that it was true until you left

And each day that wanders by recalls your warming smile

I tell myself we weren’t meant to be

But truth be told you had my soul

And I’m forever changed because you loved me

And here I am, imagining

That soon you’ll be replaced

I’ll take him in, or he’ll take me

Quickly we’ll escape

And then my heart will heal accordingly

But when that rebound’s over

The shimmer of its spell is broken…

I’ll be forced to fall into step just like before

Adjust again

I want to trust again

I want to know it’s not a lie to be adored

The blowing winds have changed your mind

And the stories that you tell

Your every season brings its lies

And some truths with it as well

My only hope is that you come to finally understand your fate

That whomever’s heart you handle next

Won’t suffer your mistakes

I know that I still love you

And that it hurts to say aloud

All the ways in which I’d adjust our love

If I could just do it over somehow

But there’s nothing I could ever do

To slow the Earth and get my way

Times are changing

And I, too, must change to keep the pace

-- every person I know I take in another person as part of me --

Feb 23rd. -<3-

Here Comes the Sun

Change is brewing. It seems like the winter months are a hibernation for more than the bears. This new year I really decided to buckle down and prioritize my life based on not only what i find to be important, but also based on what I need to survive. Bears go into hibernation after gathering and eating enough food to survive for many long cold months. It seems to me that I gathered all of the resources I needed over the past years in college to prepare me for this long winter. I have been working very hard, organizing, writing, building on what I believe to be important. The essential ingredients? An idea, a guitar, food, family, the internet (it's a mixed blessing)... and most importantly, LOVE.

There are many things we can survive without. Many many things. Believe it or not we could even do it without this internet business. But one thing I know I cannot survive without is love from my world around me. It's essential. It fuels songwriting, it encourages me to get up in the morning despite the cold temperature, and warms me up when the sun goes down at 4 pm.

I've realized that at the end of the day, love is absolutely the most important thing-- loving what I do and who I share it with.

As the days are growing a bit warmer and the sun stays out a bit later, I'm continuing to focus intently on realizing my dreams. But one thing is for certain: nothing is worth it in the end when love is not around you. Love is in an embrace, it's in the suns rays, it's in our coffee cups, the stories we tell and re-tell, and it's in the smile from a stranger you've passed before. Don't turn it away, and certainly don't ever prevent it. Love is what we need to survive this long winter.




Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

MY EPK IS FINISHED!!

About Alicia Lemke

My EPK is finally finished, and you can check it out by clicking on the above link!

I ha a blast in LA finishing everything... I never thought I'd say this.... but I might actually be able to spend some time in LA. I think that the people. in any circumstance, make the place. I happened to be fortunate enough to fall in with such an amazing group of people.

Cindy, Al, Nick, Rimo, Carole, EVERYONE-- love you guys :-)

Venice Beach

Al LeVine and I just went down to Venice beach to film a bright sunny beach scene with tourists, strange t-shirts, highly-caloric food, and packs of strangely-clad, bong-bearing hippies. But... it was raining. Again. It rained on our Venice Beach parade.

Despite the clouds we persevered, got some great footage of me harassing an All-American lifeguard named Dave, and are back in the studio finishing up editing on this EPK. The show must, after all, go on.

Stay tuned this coming week for the new website that matches this lovely blog, an EPK featuring my new music, and 4 brand new singles up on iTunes. It's all coming together thanks to Al Levine, Cindy Segura, Nick Martinez, Rimo Moreno, and Tao Creative. Thank you guys!

<3

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Flat Tires and Rainy Days

Everything that goes up must come down.

This morning I set out at 11:30 am for Newburyport, where I have my weekly guitar lesson with John Curtis. I always look forward to Wednesdays because it's a chance for me to have time to myself in the car, to visit a lovely seaside town (incidentally co-founded by my ancestor, Tristrin Coffin), and to reflect on where I am with my music.

This morning I wasn't so lucky. Amidst the gray sky and splattering rain was a wish for me to not make it to Newburyport. Shortly after pulling onto Storrow drive, my GPS froze, my iPhone shut down, and as I glanced down to see what in God's name was going on, I hit a jolting pothole that blew my tire and forced me to retreat to some back alley in Back Bay. There I sat for over an hour, waiting for AAA, and being mocked by the rain. Luckily I had my ukulele and in spite of my situation (or because of it), wrote a song.

When the rain
is splattering across my windshield pane
And I'm sittin' waiting for the AAA
To right the wrongs of my unlucky day

And when the clounds
Are throwing shadows of doubt my way
There's nothing much that I can say
but C'est la vie...
It's just me and my ukulele singin'

What goes up must come down
Everything that goes up must come down
Everything that goes up must come down
Everything that goes up must come down
And though I can't see the big picture clearly
I should know
Know I'll be okay
Know that with some luck
What goes down
Must come up.


...those last few lines could be questionable... you get my sentiment. The take-home message for me is to just let go and do what I can but not get worried over situations out of my control. Make the most of every moment. When is doubt, write a song, right?

Malthus

‎"The exertions that men find it necessary to make, in order to support themselves... frequently awaken faculties that might otherwise have lain for ever dormant, and it has been commonly remarked that new and extraordinary situations generally create minds adequate to grapple with the difficulties in which they are inv...olved." -Malthus

I would like to believe that in following my passion for music, and in the hopes of one day supporting myself with that passion, unseen and magical mental forces have come to my aid, that my brain is adapting, and that fate will one day allow me to meet my goals.

...it would be sweet.