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Bones

By DenaWoods on February 8, 2026 10:46 pm

Apologies for the song about mortality, but she wanted to be born this week!

It's been a few years since I've sat down with my guitar and played around until the sounds felt like me. This song is deeply personal, and writing it was really cathartic. I've been saying lately that I've stared death in the face the last year and a half. Cancer will make you face your mortality, but it's also gifted me so much. It's made me a lot more bold and reminded me to have the audacity to live my life how I want. Since I'm one of the lucky ones that gets to live, I'm going to do just that.

I've never recorded my own guitar overdubs and had so much fun doing this. I may have to learn how to play leads now!

I am really appreciating this community. WB has motivated me to be consistently creative and it's been so supportive for the current phase of life I'm in. I am loving discovering who I am as an artist. And I'm really grateful for the community support. Everyone is so kind, and your words mean more to me than you'll know. I am a little behind on comment responses but will be spending time with them this week. Appreciate y'all heart

Lyrics:
I am aging in fast forward
I am facing my decay
All my bones are aching
With every step I take

And I know
It's gonna be this way
Back to the earth
We're gonna go someday

Can't keep up with all the changing
I am sad when I'm awake
Heaviness resides inside my chest
While I pretend that I'm okay

it's has been just such a joy each week to hear what you and ecso create - i've felt so disconnected from our local scene it feels like a touchstone - thank you for sharing this part of your artistic exploration - the way it is recorded feels so tender & held - makes me feel like perhaps i could be a bit more tender with myself and my sore old bones - really beautiful work!

thank you for sharing this lovely/ powerful/ vulnerable song w/ us, Friend.
i'm so glad you are here
and here
and here

*i love the mix on this, the elements you added really support the song... like friends sitting around the fire together

Wow, I love this song.  Downloading it now.  I always put on WB while I'm working on other stuff, but this "background" music pulled me away from my emails.  Great song, way to put your heart out there.  You have a great voice, I feel it.

wow what a lovely sound!  The guitar has such a soothing supportive feel.  All the extra elements share the mix space so nicely.  Great voice and great song! well done!

Wow, awesome track.  I love the vocal processing... and great reminder... like we are mortal... it's a fact.  And, really that's what makes it all so special... because we don't get to have it forever... life does not keep, you gotta eat your fill now.   

Dena this is so beautiful, such a joy to hear what you make smile

emily wrote:

it's has been just such a joy each week to hear what you and ecso create - i've felt so disconnected from our local scene it feels like a touchstone - thank you for sharing this part of your artistic exploration - the way it is recorded feels so tender & held - makes me feel like perhaps i could be a bit more tender with myself and my sore old bones - really beautiful work!

Thank you for hearing it. I have also felt really disconnected from our local music community, and to hear what you and J, and B are creating feels so cozy. We could all be more tender with ourselves. The sore old bones in me see and honor the sore old bones in you heart

So good, hummed along. Fav’ed

This is one of those songs where everything works perfectly together to service the emotional base - the stripped down acoustic guitar and occasional clouds of background pads/guitars are very honest, and the slight vocal treatment brings your singing close up. Great performance all around, and an important reminder.

jwh wrote:

thank you for sharing this lovely/ powerful/ vulnerable song w/ us, Friend.
i'm so glad you are here
and here
and here

*i love the mix on this, the elements you added really support the song... like friends sitting around the fire together

Thank you friend, I love that visual of friends around a fire heart

Cow Tools wrote:

Wow, I love this song.  Downloading it now.  I always put on WB while I'm working on other stuff, but this "background" music pulled me away from my emails.  Great song, way to put your heart out there.  You have a great voice, I feel it.


Wow, thank you for the download and for hearing it!

I have some probably unhealthy thought patterns about my own mortality. To straight up face like you have (and not just in this song) is dope as hell to me.

Stunningly beautiful. Thoughts like this have become a lot more common in the past 10 years, and I love how this approaches it - not with teeth gnashing, not with nihilism, just quiet acceptance. It’s gonna be this way. Thank you for making this.

Beautiful vocal performance, thanks for sharing part of your story. Cancer is a scary beast.

Guitar sounds really good.

Bravo.

Nice and relaxing atmosphere.
- Leega

Wow, another beautiful track from you. Thank you. My mom went through the cancer thing the last couple years and I want so badly for her to be bolder and live life how she wants but she's kind of back to calling me to complain about my dad and siblings already...makes me a little sad. Anyway, this is a favourite for sure.

Dena, this is beautiful. Listening to this instantly made me stop what I was doing, and afterwards I had to stop and sit with it for a while. Then I read your words above and was deeply moved. I'm glad to hear you're living the life you want to live, it's too short to not! I'm glad you're spending that time sharing your music with us too. It's such a gift.

Tone Matrix wrote:

wow what a lovely sound!  The guitar has such a soothing supportive feel.  All the extra elements share the mix space so nicely.  Great voice and great song! well done!

Napear wrote:

Wow, awesome track.  I love the vocal processing... and great reminder... like we are mortal... it's a fact.  And, really that's what makes it all so special... because we don't get to have it forever... life does not keep, you gotta eat your fill now.

MaisieMarra wrote:

Dena this is so beautiful, such a joy to hear what you make smile

Kaaareeegar wrote:

So good, hummed along. Fav’ed

MRDRCAT wrote:

This is one of those songs where everything works perfectly together to service the emotional base - the stripped down acoustic guitar and occasional clouds of background pads/guitars are very honest, and the slight vocal treatment brings your singing close up. Great performance all around, and an important reminder.

Paisleyfrog wrote:

Stunningly beautiful. Thoughts like this have become a lot more common in the past 10 years, and I love how this approaches it - not with teeth gnashing, not with nihilism, just quiet acceptance. It’s gonna be this way. Thank you for making this.

djippy wrote:

Beautiful vocal performance, thanks for sharing part of your story. Cancer is a scary beast.

Guitar sounds really good.

Bravo.

DESLRV wrote:

Nice and relaxing atmosphere.
- Leega

Sodabelly wrote:

Wow, another beautiful track from you. Thank you. My mom went through the cancer thing the last couple years and I want so badly for her to be bolder and live life how she wants but she's kind of back to calling me to complain about my dad and siblings already...makes me a little sad. Anyway, this is a favourite for sure.

Tom Foolery wrote:

Dena, this is beautiful. Listening to this instantly made me stop what I was doing, and afterwards I had to stop and sit with it for a while. Then I read your words above and was deeply moved. I'm glad to hear you're living the life you want to live, it's too short to not! I'm glad you're spending that time sharing your music with us too. It's such a gift.

Thank you all for hearing the song and all your kind words. My heart feels encouraged and supported heart

hats off to you, thanks for continuing to make beautiful music.

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