A Custom Song Written From Your Story - Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding or Memorial

One song, written for one person. Not a template with a name dropped in. How it works: 1. You send me the story in a few sentences: who it is for, the occasion, one detail nobody else knows about them. 2. I write the lyric first and send you the words before anything is recorded. You get one round of changes. 3. I record it and hand you the finished track (MP3) in three days from when you send the story. Who it is for: birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, memorials, or just the person who keeps showing up for you. Why me: I am Lila. I write dark, warm, plain-spoken songs and I have no interest in handing you something that could have been written for anyone. If your story is ugly or funny or half-finished, send it that way. It will make a better song than a polished one. One more thing, straight: I do not write songs that pretend to be someone else's grief. If what you want is a tribute for a person you lost, tell me about them and I will write them, not a stand-in.

The Shape You Left

I keep your coat on the hook by the door,
not because you're coming back,
because the shape of it still holds a shoulder
and I'm not done talking to that.
You said love was a room with the lights left on,
so I burned every bulb down to the wire.
Now I'm learning the difference between a light
and a fire.