Week 22 is here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlZf2rS1z6Q

Week 13 video

Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zthPW3M6UM

Week 13 lyrics

Save a Life

copyright Eric Bjorklund

Verse 1:

Take a look at the stars outside tonight

They are shining for you this lonely night.

A chorus of light rains down on you.

And you'll never have to wonder if it's true

Chorus:

This won't be the last time you fall,

of the end of all that breaks you down.

But you don't have to be afraid to shine,

I'll always be around to save a life.

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa

Verse 2:

This is not the end, it's just the start

of everything you see and think you are.

I created a miracle in you.

Now you'll never have to wonder if it's true.

Bridge:

I won't let you go

you'll never be alone...

Week 11 video - If Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVrNk4OKfys

Week 11 lyrics - If Love

If Love

Copyright Eric Bjorklund 2010

Verse 1:

What walls would fall if love ruled our hearts?

What scars could heal with time?

Swallow hard and think about this thought.

What have you done with your life?

Chorus:

Have you loved with compassion?

Kept yourself from hate?

Have you loved like a Savior who gave it all?

Have you looked upon your neighbor with grace in your heart?

Do you know why the greatest is still love?

Verse 2:

What stones would fall if love consumed our hearts

What words could lips find to speak?

What have we done to show the world God's love?

How have we worked for peace?

Chorus:

Have you loved with compassion?

Kept yourself from hate?

Have you loved like a Savior who gave it all?

Have you looked upon your neighbor with grace in your heart?

Do you know why the greatest is still love?

Bridge:

God teach us to know,

the differences between are so temporary

I still believe in love

Chorus 2:

Have we loved with compassion?

Kept ourselves from hate?

Have we loved like a Savior who gave it all?

Have we looked upon our neighbor with grace in our hearts?

Do we know why the greatest is still love?

Tag:

What walls would fall if love ruled our hearts?

What scars could heal with time?

Week 10 - All I Have (Hallelujah) video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fF1KCB3FeI

Week 10 - All I Have (Hallelujah) lyrics

All I Have (Hallelujah)

Copyright 2010 Eric Bjorklund

Verse 1:

You came into my life,

when I didn't feel alive.

When everything was lost,

You gave me this freedom song.

Chorus:

All I have and all I want,

can't compare to what You've got.

All I need, I found in Love,

Sing Hallelujah

Bridge:

Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Sing Hallelujah!

Week 9 - Not Enough Time video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lum2aIGqSQk

Week 9 - Not Enough Time lyrics

Not Enough Time

2010 copyright Eric Bjorklund

Verse 1:

Mamma said, one day I'll find

A girl to love and share this life.

She'd say laughing, I know it's hard to believe,

but you may love her more than me.

Chorus:

You'll seal it with a kiss,

You'll seal it with a smile,

You'll seal it with a laugh as the wind steals her vail,

You'll seal it before God, this love you'd "never find."

And you'll have forever, but it not enough time

Verse 2:

Years went by, I thought I'd never meet

The kind of girl who'd love me for me.

You stole my heart, you bent my knee,

You gave me love, allowed my soul to breath.

Chorus:

We sealed it with a kiss,

We sealed it with a smile,

We sealed it with a laugh as the wind stole your vail,

We sealed it before God, this love I'd "never find."

Now we'll have forever, but it not enough time

Bridge:

As I walk onto the hardwood, to dance with my bride

Mom, I saw you crying from the corner of my eye.

I wondered how you'd seen it, how could have ever known

Then I saw dad behind you and I should known all along.

Chorus:

You sealed it with a kiss,

You sealed it with a smile,

You sealed it with a laugh as the wind stole your vail,

You sealed it before God, this love you'd "never find."

And you've had forever, but it's just not enough time

Week 8 - Name Above All Others video

Week 8 - Name Above All Others

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9GzpTNZlz4

Week 8 - Name Above All Others lyrics

Name Above All Others

Copyright Eric Bjorklund

I like the message of the more than the actual song. Can't win them all...

Verse 1:

We may never be famous,

This band may not ever hit the map.

Our songs may simply fade from this place,

And we have no problem with that

Chorus:

'cause Jesus, name above all others

You deserve the praise and honor that comes to us.

Jesus, redeemer of the nations,

May we be a generation that shares Your love.

Verse 2:

We may always be ordinary,

we may never hit tv screens

Our look and sound my not change a world,

but we don't dream those kind of dreams.

Chorus:

'cause Jesus, name above all others

You deserve the praise and honor that comes to us.

Jesus, redeemer of the nations,

May we be a generation that shares Your love.

Week 7 lyrics - All My Love

All My Love

Copyright 2010 - Eric Bjorklund

Pauls Boy (BMI)

Verse 1:

What does it take to love somebody?

What would it take for you and me, honey?

If I got down on my knees,

Begged you darling won't you please?

Is that enough?

Let's not just sit around and talk about this darling

You and me, we've got this special thing going.

Would you take me by the hand,

If I promised to be your man for life?

Chorus:

All my love, I give it to you.

All I have, I promise that too.

As God as my witness,

Let me try to give this to you.

Verse 2:

What does it take to tell somebody,

You love her so much that you'd like to have a baby.

Can one even comprehend,

How those words can change a man or that kind of love?

Verse 3:

One day I pray we'll just sit around here laughing,

Smile at each other and fall in love again.

Maybe never understand,

the love that stole our hearts and heads,

except to say...

Week 6 Video - Think of a Time

Here is the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ykd4bx7wHE

Week 6 lyrics - Think of a Time

Think of a Time

Copyright Eric Bjorklund

Pauls Boy (BMI)

Verse 1:

Whatever happened to who I am

and what I could have been

Can you tell me?

Years of regret are all I have

and all that I'll take with me

Yeah, she said to me

Chorus:

Can you think of a time, when I,

think of a time, when we,

think of a time, when you,

still felt alive?

Verse 2:

Can anyone help me from going off

the edge of what I've known

Won't you stop me?

Love isn't love, 'till all you have

is all you want to give

Yeah, she said save me... and

Chorus 2:

Think of a time, when I,

think of a time, when we,

think of a time, when you,

still felt alive.

Brige:

We're about to loose control

babe please don't let go

just give me a moment...

Chorus 3:

and I'lll think of a time, when I,

think of a time, when we,

think of a time, when you,

still felt alive.

Week 5 Video

Here is the week 5 video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzXdKWiXCyU

Sea Breeze - Week 5 lyrics

Hi all!

I'm in New York this weekend so I've been trying to find a way to get my hands on a piano to shoot this weeks video. If I can't find a piano to use, the video may have to wait until Sunday. However, I don't want to drop the dead-line and the song is already written so here are the lyrics for this weeks song.

Enjoy!

Verse 1:
Feels like the first time,
Feelis like the last time,
You feel the twist of the wheels turning your head.
Feels like the right time,
Feels like the next move's,
About to come alive on this moments notice second dive.

Chorus:
No running, no fighting,
You're coming 'round, like it's the first time
You've moving, to fall
Just like the first time you ever felt that last were first at all.

Verse 2:
Feel the momentum,
Touch the Sea Breeze,
You lived through autumn, but winter took some good days.
Now feel the sunlight, down on your face,
Don't forget or you'll not remember this place.

Bridge:
All this time, you've been thinking 'bout what it means to be alive
Now don't look back, unless the past can help uncover,
what you could not discover on your own.

Week 4 Video

Week 4 of the 52 week challenge.

This song was created because I saw a lot of "The Love Revolution" shirts at Sonshine this year.

Checked it out at: http://www.theloverevolution.com/

Pretty cool stuff. So yeah, this song is to all those who believe that love can revolutionize a world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUKbgbQheY8

Love is a Revolution - Week 4 Lyrics

Verse 1:
There's no waiting on this,
we've got to make it happen.
We've got a message of love,
Love is our revelation
Come on let's take the nation...

Chorus:
Love is a revolution
Love is a revolution
Come on, rearrange
We've got to be the change
Love is a revolution

Verse 2:
Is something holding you back?
Don't let fear get your best
This is a movement of love,
now go find someone to bless

Chorus:
Love is a revolution
Love is a revolution
Come on, rearrange
We've got to be the change
Love is a revolution

Week 3 Video

Week 3 video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eft54Dr9ao8

Week 3 Lyrics - Something To Hold On To

Here are the lyrics for Week 3!

Verse 1:
Tripping through this world is how we move,
Looking for something to hold on to.
When everything we touch, seems to slip away,
God tell me there's still something here for me.

Chorus:
Can you see me?
Can you hear me?
Can everything we've counted on be true.
Can you see me?
Can you hear me calling You?
Can everything we've hoped for be the truth.

Verse 2:
Another day of going nowhere fast,
I'm feeling like a kite blown in the wind,
I'm afraid of coming down,
afraid to touch the ground that launched me,
for fear that I will never shake this doubt.

Bridge:
God, I will step out in faith,
Please go before me and wait,
I will come running to You.
I'll put my feelings aside,
and trust the promise of life,
You've given to me.

Chorus 2:
Can you see me?
I can hear You
Yeah, everything we counted on is true,
I can see you,
I can feel you breaking through,
Yeah everything we've counted on You'll do.

Week 2 -- Enjoy the hair!

Week #2

This song's strength is two-fold:

First, if you arrange it right, it could be a good song. I played through the parts of the song as fast as possible as to not have too long of a video, but if it was lengthened a bit it could be good .

The other strength of this video is the fact that I have this AMAZING piece of hair sticking up off the back side of my head -- pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2hw_lSJqwY

Week 1

Here is the video for week 1...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMlkfkAkGxQ

52

Hi friends!

Almost every morning I stroll down the hallway at Abbott Northwestern hospital and view some pretty amazing art from some local artists. One, in particular, spent 2 years creating/drawing a new animal every day and released them in the form of a book. He was going through cancer treatments at the time, but his love of drawing helped him keep his spirits up and also gave him something to do.

This artists commitment to doing what he loved made me think about ways that I could do something similar. So, as I thought about this it became clear that my challenge would be to write music -- one song per week for 52 weeks straight. This seems like a daunting task, but it is a task that I am looking forward to!

Here are the basics... Every week on Friday I will post a new song via YouTube. Songs will vary from worship tunes to everything else you can imagine. The first song I have decided to write for my wife. After that the songs will pretty much be open to whatever I feel like writing about and any ideas YOU might have for me. I'd like to make this process as interactive as possible so if you have an idea then throw it out there via YouTube or Facebook or Myspace and I will try to write a song for you.

52 songs for 52 weeks. All will be original songs and all will be worked on for one week. The first song comes in one week!

Thanks for your continued support!!

Eric