Author: Jacob McGowen

Hey There, Mr. Biden(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:It was a biting tooth and nails kind of dayFrom New York City to the streets of LAWe were watching our TVsTweeting a storm all of that eveningReady to vent, ready to fightAnd that day somehow turned right into fourAnd it was announced that Trump was headed for the doorSome…… Continue reading Hey There, Mr. Biden

December 18, 2015Around 1:00 pm It was here! The most anticipated movie of 2015, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, had finally arrived to movie theaters worldwide to continue the saga of a “galaxy, far, far away.” Cinemark Movie Bistro & XD, the movie theater in Fort Collins I had been working at for about two…… Continue reading A Chaotic Moment

Maybe This Time (This Christmas)(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]The shops are barren this time every single yearBut they’re a little more abandoned now, I fearFor it’s not food but also gifts that people buyAnd knick-knacks to endure this thing that we call life [Pre-Chorus]I work all day, come home and hear a lot of noiseFrom my…… Continue reading Maybe This Time (This Christmas)

Dollar Store Trinkets(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Clutter filled up all her closetsPictures adorned all her roomsHer canned goods were expiredWhile her 8 track played a song or twoShe didn’t go to the moviesShe didn’t try to impressYet, out of all of my memories of herOne still stands above the restChorus:Her dollar store trinketsShe was so faithful to…… Continue reading Dollar Store Trinkets

When The World Hit Pause(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:The planes were emptySo were school hallsThe stocks went downAs the corporations rosePeople grew distantAnd just like weedsDarkness, depressionChoked life out of the weakAnd everyone binged watching NetflixAnd everyone fought over masksBut, how they needed to realizeThat season, it wasn’t meant to never end1st Chorus:When the world hit pauseIt…… Continue reading When The World Hit Pause

Hard-Working Saints(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]He closed his shop on Olive Street Before the year’s first snow He could no longer make ends meet And the bank said he must go For years, he sold such great coffee To the young and all the old He could have quit and given up But he had a…… Continue reading Hard-Working Saints

There’s a Battle (Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]Darkness is advancingAnd brokenness it thrivesWickedness deceives andThen destroys so many lives [Pre-Chorus]As neighbors fight and bickerAs we doubt and question whyThere is more to this grand pictureAnd a Lord who hears our cries [Chorus]For there’s a battle in the airThere’s a fight that we can’t seeBetween heaven and…… Continue reading There’s a Battle

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, people went to see movies in movie theaters. They stood in long lines at the box office and concession stand. They also touched candy boxes and merchandise while in line without even thinking about it. People would even dress up in costume, for Halloween or Marvel…… Continue reading A Karen Story

Vessel(Jacob R. McGowen)[1st Verse]The tides of change are ragingIn my mind and soulAnd I’m afraid the fight within me wants to goAll I’ve known now feels uncertain and so bleakAnd how I long to hear Your voice so gently speak [Pre-Chorus]
Words of comfort, words of peaceWords to calm these angry seas
But if it’s silence that…… Continue reading Vessel

The Questions Song(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Do you think you’re perfect?Do you think you’re great?Do you think you can handleEverything on your plate?Do you think they should listenUntil you’ve made your point?Or will you let your angerJust run wild to destroy?Chorus:Do you want to be rightMore than you want to love?Do you want to be rightMore than…… Continue reading The Questions Song