This is for the Writing Ones: Song Lyrics to Thank All Writers

To the tune of The Wild Ones, a song by Rachael Lampa.

The Writing Ones

V1
You scroll by the frenzy, thinking it’s all too much
All the extremes getting talked about
It keeps the lights on, they say
Passing us around and around
But you’ve had enough
And take back our time together
Oh you can bring us together

CH
This is for the writing ones
Sharing what they believe in
Giving me a peek in
To what they’re really about
This is for the quiet ones
Their names now bouncing around
Owning what they’re about
Not sitting it out
Your words shine a light, shine a light, shine a light
So this is for the writing ones

V2
This is for the lessons shared
Earned through hopes and tears
This is for the wise ones
For putting it all out there
This is for, something more
This is for the writing ones

Who take back our time together
Oh you can bring us together

CH
This is for the writing ones
Sharing what they believe in
Giving me a peek in
To what they’re really about
This is for the quiet ones
Their names now bouncing around
Owning what they’re about
Not sitting it out
Instead shining light, shining light, shining light
So this is for the writing ones

V3
Look to the writing ones
Putting smiles on faces
Human thought for better spaces
The real reliable ones
Inspiring ones
This is for you, this is for you
This is for the writing ones

BR
You’ve got the mind
The thoughts
And time
Silence is the darkness
Your words shine the light so we can rise

This is for you, this is for you
This is for the writing ones

Note: Thank you to all the writers for putting their name behind their words. I thought of you immediately when I first heard The Wild Ones, performed by Rachael Lampa and written by Rachael Lampa, Ethan Hulse and Andrew Ripp. It is an inspiring song about a group she was a part of (the “wild ones” with wild love) that would meet with female prison inmates. You can read about that here.

Keep writing.