The Music of Rachel Wilhelm
Enough is Enough
Saturday, September 13, 2008
This song is too personal. I will let it remain a mystery as far as the details. I will just admit that it has been very painful for me to work on it.
This is what comes out when a woman realizes what she will and will not do. It is about removing yourself from someone else who is only unhealthy
Incarnation
Thursday, September 4, 2008
I wrote this song while on my way to the grocery store. I hummed the tune to myself during my shopping experience so I would not lose it. I originally wanted to do this song acapella, but it just wasn’t working out, nor was it sounding very good. The tune has too many awkward pauses. So, I just
Save Me
Friday, August 22, 2008
I wrote the music to this song (I think) in the ninth grade. I remember playing it on the piano later in life with little babies playing on the floor and when Joel heard it he said, “That’s very depressing music.” I found my embarrassing journals years later here this song cropped up. I re-wrote
Have Mercy
Friday, August 15, 2008
(or The Catholic Song)
This song has taken me forever to get going. I wanted a sort of bell sound, cathedral type organ, chantish background, you know, a high church yet modern sound. I am quite certain that someone else could do it better, but alas, I have just me, so what else can I do. I just
Wait
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
This song is from a psalm (“to You, Oh Lord I lift up my soul...”). It is one of my favorite songs to sing in front of people. No one expects a slight wail during the chorus so that is always a little fun to sing.
Here are the lyrics:
To You oh Lord I lift my soul
Oh my God in You I trust
Let
Wayward Bride
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
This song came when I was reading Ezekiel. Heavy stuff. Makes me feel like a wretch.
Here are the lyrics:
Placed in your heart, the stone and the carved image
I gave all you want, then you turn, a soul imprisoned
I drew you from the open field where you were cast and abhorred
My garment from
Far and Wide
Thursday, June 26, 2008
This song was written back when I listened to enormous amounts of Enya---probably around high school time. Of course, I have re-written a lot of the lyrics but the tune is the same.
This is my small take on the Song of Solomon.
Again, the recording is not perfect or professional so cut me some
Come By Hasting
Thursday, June 12, 2008
This song actually started out with just a chord progression that I goofed around with for a long time and had no song or tune to. One day I just said to myself, “That’s it. I am going to open up the Bible and make a song once and for all!” So the words took about ten minutes and the tune took
You Watch Me
Monday, June 9, 2008
This song, I don’t think, is done, but I feel done with it for now because I don’t want to mess with it anymore! Grrr! Maybe in a month or two I will remix and junk and redo some of the recordings but for now at least you can get the gist of the song!
This song is almost straight from the
Home
Thursday, June 5, 2008
This song was written a couple years ago when I realized that sometimes in life all you have when you turn around is each other. And having moved a little, you lose the luxury of old friends to go to but have the at times difficult task of leaning on the one you should. I think this song is about
You are my hiding place
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
This version of the song has been in my head for a million years. I hate the chorus (sorry, whoever it is that wrote it) so I just left it out. In my head the chorus has never been in anyway. Now to make it longer....
A Sign
Monday, May 26, 2008
I wish there was a sign
I wish some sort of divine intervention would sweep us away
I’m pushing back the times
You would change your mind
Would you walk away
I’m holding you in, I’m holding you out----at arm’s length
I’m tasting freedom
I’m in your heaven coming down to earth
I wish there was a
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