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I’ll Kiss The Waves(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:What is gained if I become silenced?Or if I go down to the pit?Will the bits of dust stand and praise You?Will they tell of your faithfulness?You once freed me from my mourning.Clothed me with joy and not with rags.It was then that I said that I would not be…… Continue reading I’ll Kiss The Waves

Juvenile and True(Jacob McGowen)1st Verse:Whispers echoed in the hallwaysShouts heard from cars on the streetAll of those Facebook updatesHave affected meIf I just had better clothing?If I was on a sports team?If things were going my wayWould they stop being so mean?Chorus:Kids shout out liesBut the Enemy is cruelerWhen he is ruthless, they are juvenileSo…… Continue reading Juvenile and True

It was Monday March 20th, 2020. Normally, it would be a slow day at Cinemark Movie Bistro & XD, located in the always lovely Fort Collins, CO. Yet, it was unusually slow this Monday. For it wasn’t bad movies that were keeping people from the theater, it was something new, a little something called the…… Continue reading Through Loss, We Move Onward

Once upon a time, the millennial “sons of Adam” and “daughters of Eve” lived far simpler lives. They fought over if Britney/Christina or Backstreet Boys/NSYNC were the absolute best. They watched music videos on a television show called TRL. Every Friday night, their parents would take them in their cars to Blockbuster Video, in hopes…… Continue reading Don’t Be Acting Up!

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