Hey everyone,
Last summer, I went for a long hike with Travis and our friends, Jenna and Theo - and Petey girl of course. The hike was pretty intense, a summit in the Mt. Baldy area. By the end, Travis was carrying Petey in his arms, she was so spent. At the very last leg of the hike, ladybugs were suddenly SWARMING in the air, I mean they were everywhere. The ground was covered, I was covered. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen and it moved me to write this song. Listen to it outside if you can. 🎧🐞
Ladybugs
Dreamt the lady bugs were landing on my face and arms
The rocks turned green in the ravine, we stumbled on a barn
You took me there over a chair, no hay strewn at our feet
Only dust, the two of us
I never thought we’d meet
Dreamt we took a midnight drive in someone else’s car
Lust along the backroads, ”I don’t wanna know where we are”
Got lost inside a song you sang low harmonies for me
Took a nap right in your lap if you know what I mean
My desire’s
A story seldom told under the sun
I’m leaking in the moonlight honey tongue
It’s almost like we did it if it happened in your sleep
It’s like a secret fantasy
Dreamt that we went dancing in a bar way underground
The lights were low the bass was high, nobody else around
Put something on my tongue and something else between my lips
Could you tell I melted in the rocking of our hips?
All my love’s inside a dream and all my dreams are free
And I’m asking what’s the difference if it’s just as real to me
Cause I’m getting what I want now I don’t need no one’s permission
When I wake you’ll find me writing poems in the kitchen
My desire’s
A story seldom told under the sun
I’m leaking in the moonlight honey tongue
It’s almost like we did it if it happened in your sleep
It’s like a secret fantasy
My desire’s
A story seldom told under the sun
I’m leaking in the moonlight honey tongue
It’s almost like we did it if it happened in your sleep
It’s like a secret fantasy
All my love’s inside a dream and all my dreams are free
And I’m asking what’s the difference if it’s just as real to me
Cause I’ve got so much to say it’s hard to wait for intermission
When I wake you roll your eyes, but when I speak you listen
When I speak you listen
When I speak
My desire’s
A story seldom told under the sun
I’m leaking in the moonlight honey tongue
It’s almost like we did it if it happened in your sleep
It’s like a secret fantasy
Thank you to everyone who lived and loved Ladybugs into being:
Travis Brault put guitar chords to it and wrote the sweeping chorus melody; Steve Kerr (friend & producer of Soakt) made a beautiful alternate rendition of the song and gave me lyric notes; Devan Welsh (friend & musician) suggested that the chorus repeat more, more, more.
Perry Smith is on guitar. Robin MacMillan mixed. Joe Caithness mastered.
Matt Kearns made the cover art. Christian Arichabala helped me isolate my sharpie writings.
& special thanks to Sarah Tolar, my album doula.
More soon,
xx
one of my fave Rikki songs ever <3