One of the things that has kept me sane throughout the last 3 months of the studio build has been my participation in this years 50/90 Songwriting Challenge.
For those of you that don’t know… The 50/90 Songwriting Challenge runs from July 4th until October 1st and the goal is to write “50 songs in 90 days.”
This year I wrote (and collaborated on) 59 songs.
Now, some of these songs that came from the challenge are crackers, some of them are okay and some of them are just shit but that’s the whole point of 50/90, it’s an opportunity to give the inner critic a holiday and just embrace the sheer fun of creation.
No matter how it turns out in the end.
It’s a great opportunity to tune into a bunch of songwriters, lyricists and producers all around the world who are all of like mind and who are all up for networking and collaboration.
Some of the participants have turned into really good friends.
Out of all the songs that have come out of the challenge, the one that really resonates with me is a piece called “Maybe It’s Time” a song about the fact that maybe it’s time for me to let go and move on.
In my most recent health update I had mentioned me hitting rock bottom and subsequently needing the help of antidepressants to lift me out of the hole I found myself in.
Once I got out of the hole I instinctively stopped taking the antidepressants and from that moment on I have been getting better and better and just writing a song like “Maybe It’s Time” is proof to me that I am now back on the path whilst making the grief that I have been experiencing for the last 3 years or so my friend rather than my enemy.
Anyways, without the 50/90 Songwriting Challenge a song like this would not have been written. Here’s the demo of the song for you all to check out.
Enjoy…
Maybe It’s Time
© 2024 C. Stewart
Maybe it’s time to finally let go
Of a past that’s kept me cowering in the dark
Maybe it’s time to let the light back in
Coz all it takes to start a fire is a spark
Maybe it’s time for me to say goodbye
To the darkness over me that’s become my friend
Maybe it’s time for me to believe
That this road that I am on is about to end
Maybe it’s time to feel alive again
And embrace my life in any way I can
Maybe it’s time for me to dream once more
Coz I’ve only got one life to live
Maybe it’s time for me to find my way
And to trust that all my paths will lead to home
Maybe it’s time for me to find my strength
And to vanquish all the fears of the unknown
Maybe it’s time to feel alive again
And embrace my life in any way I can
Maybe it’s time for me to dream once more
Coz I’ve only got one life to live
Maybe it’s time for me to start again
And to unlock all the shackles around my heart
Maybe it’s time for me to realise
That grief’s the price you pay for falling in love…
Once the studio is ready I will be doing another collection of songs for release and a re-recorded version of “Maybe It’s Time” will be there in all its glory.
What do you guys think?
Peace,
Corey 🙂