Rise Up Music Project

I’m confined by my want to be free.

I want to be at home, but my home is only me.

I can say I am doing okay; I make time in my day to remind me to see through.

So I chip at boulders, so I slowly dry the sea:

I am getting older, these things show that for me.

I am getting older, these things show that for me.

Care if I clarify what I mean to say by “I’m doing okay”?

I’m confined by my want to be free.

So I try to quit my wanting and my trying and just be.

Matt Halvorson is a musician, writer, activist and father living in Seattle. This week's song is a snippet of the process of writing music in a house full of kids and constant chaos.

Mike Long lives and works in food security in Portland, OR. He records songs FOR specific people requested BY specific people under the name Tiny Anthems and donates a portion of his proceeds to a local non-profit. He cannot name any constellations. Visit him on the interwebs at TinyAnthems.com, or on Twitter @TinyAnthems.

Bubba Holly is a musician living in lake country, Minnesota. He writes and performs in Bubba Holly and the Stargazers, The Time Lords, Bunkin' Cousins, Chief O'Brien and more. He is also a producer and engineer at Twin Lakes Sound Studio, and he is a wedding singer in Minnesota's finest wedding band, Fred Savage and the Unbeatables.

Check out BubbaHolly.com to hear more of his music and other projects. If you like, you can also connect with Bubba on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Happy holiday!