Austin – New Single!

 Less than a week ago, my newest single, “Austin”, made it’s debut in the digital markets (check out the Music section to give it a listen or purchase).

And since we have a little space here on my blog, I thought I’d tell you a bit about this newest confessional single of mine.

I wrote “Austin” over a year ago, at a time when I was madly in love with the guy I was dating.

I was madly in love, and he hadn’t told me he loved me yet, but I was bursting to say the words to him. I never thought I would be the first person to say “I love you” in a relationship, but it couldn’t be helped. It felt like the words were suffocating me not to say them, so I finally told him “the words one at a time”.

In the end, the relationship didn’t work out (don’t worry though, he didn’t bolt because I told him I loved him, he’s made of sterner stuff than that), and I considered “never singing ‘Austin’ again” since I had written it about this person. But I realized 2 very important things…

#1) I felt like “Austin” was just way too good a song to throw out the window.

#2) More importantly, even though I had written this song about someone who I could no longer be with, I ultimately didn’t write it for him. I wrote it for myself, to work through my struggle to gather up my courage and for the first time ever confess to someone “I’m in love with you.” This is no small feat, saying something so risky and scary, don’t you think?

So, I survived the breakup, and thankfully, so did “Austin”. Hope you enjoy it! 😉