Delay Release Day!

My first single, "Delay" is out today! I am beyond thrilled to release Delay into the world after so much work. It seems wild to think about this song being available for the public to hear. It's been a big secret for about a year, so to finally share it with the world feel like a big step.

Delay was probably the first song on the album that was finished, so it feels right to release this one first. The vision for this song was so strong, from start to finish, it may have been finished first because of that reason.

I started writing this song back in 2021. I got the idea while I was on a walk. I was just thinking about what happens in my body when I am not saying what I want to say and the lyrics flowed from there. Of course I added some drama, but that's what songwriting is for!

When I began writing songs in 2014 / 2015, I would often sit down with my ukulele and hash it out right there. At the time I didn't have any music production skills or own any recording equipment. Ah, simpler times.... But making an album gave me a great opportunity to sit with all the songs that I hadn't finished in the last few years. Turns out, I have been sitting on some good ideas! (Delay being one of them of course.)

There are other songs even older than Delay on the album, and I am glad I spent time crafting them for my album project. So, if you have an idea write it down, because going back to it can add clarity to the idea and take it in the right direction. (or if you don't go back to it, maybe it wasn't meant to be.

Delay is one of the most POP-ish songs on the album. I thought, why not open this album up with a bang! Have fun listening!

Lyrics here:

Sealed lips, fidgeting my fingertips,
Heart rate, telling me that I’m too late
Eyes drop, looking for it all to stop

Frozen, I can’t go on I can’t go back
On fire, feeling like my lungs are black
Tired, circling the same old spot
Wired, about to take in all the shock

Why can I not say what I want?
Instead I keep it cool and nonchalant
Delay, Delay, Delay, Delay, Delay
In what I want to say

Imagine, make believe the story’s end
Reaction, will I sink or will I swim
Pretend, say what people want to hear
Problem, when I give into the fear

(Here we go again)

Why can I not say what I want?
Instead I keep it cool and nonchalant
Delay, Delay, Delay, Delay, Delay
In what I want to say

Why can’t, why can’t, why can’t
I say what I want
Why can’t, why can’t, why can’t
I say what I want
Why can’t, why can’t, why can’t
I say what I wantWhy can’t, why can’t, why can’t
I say what I want

Why can I not say what I want?
Instead I keep it cool and nonchalant
Delay, Delay, Delay, Delay, Delaaaaaaaaaaaay
In what I want to say