So how is everyone? Welcome to the Teleport community. I think it would be a pretty good idea if we just use this post here to introduce ourselves. Where are you from, how long have you been playing, married, kids, etc..

Obviously, My name is Kelly. I live in beautiful Boise, Idaho with mountains on one side and desert on the other. I'm married and have been for 12 years. No human children, but our pitbull Serenity does exactly as her name implies.
I'm an avid motorcyclist and I ride a 2005 custom Harley that I built and painted myself. I have more hobbies than I can list, but music has always been a passion. I got started in learning music when I was around 14... mainly for the girls.
Played in a few bands, actually headlined for Godsmack... but that was back when Sully would play a plastic recorder during one of his songs. I can't say much... we had a guy in our band that would hit a tire rim with a sledgehammer at certain times during the set.

I'm now 54... and really enjoying what Michael and his team have created for us. What a great time to be alive!

I went on a bit of a writing spree last night... my Wife asked me if I missed the single life the other night and it inspired the idea of two people who love each other realizing that they have hit the "empty nest" time in their lives. The question of "Is love enough?". I'd love to hear your perspectives. Here it is...

"After the Noise Is Gone"

[Verse 1]
[G]
We still wake up at the same old time
[Em]
Same cup of coffee, same headline
[C]
We talk about weather and what needs done
[D]
Like there’s still something left to run

[Verse 2]
[G]
The house got bigger when the doors closed tight
[Em]
Echoes where laughter used to fight
[C]
We folded years into cardboard boxes
[D]
Watched them leave with borrowed socks and promises

[Pre-Chorus]
[Em]
We meant forever when we said it out loud
[C]
But forever’s a room that gets quieter now
[D]

[Chorus]
[G]
We’re not broken, we’re just worn thin
[Em]
Still holding hands, but we don’t lean in
[C]
There’s love here, but it feels like a ghost
[D]
It shows up late and leaves us alone
[G]
We don’t fight, we don’t scream, we don’t run
[Em]
We just miss who we were
[C]
After the noise is gone
[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
There was a time we burned the night
[Em]
Now sleep comes easy, touch feels polite
[C]
We joke like friends at the end of the day
[D]
Kiss goodnight like a habit we never break

[Pre-Chorus]
[Em]
I search your face for a sign I knew
[C]
You’re looking past me, I’m doing it too
[D]

[Chorus]
[G]
We’re not angry, we’re just tired inside
[Em]
Dreams set down, nowhere to hide
[C]
There’s a space where desire once shone
[D]
Now it hums like an unplugged phone
[G]
We don’t fall, we don’t rise, we don’t come undone
[Em]
We just miss who we were
[C]
After the noise is gone
[D]

[Bridge]
[Em]
If love is more than fire and skin
[C]
Maybe it’s staying when you’re paper-thin
[G]
But I wonder sometimes in the dead of the room
[D]
If standing still is the same as choosing you

[Final Chorus]
[G]
We’re still here, yeah, that’s the truth
[Em]
But here ain’t the same as feeling new
[C]
There’s no goodbye, no right or wrong
[D]
Just a quiet we learned to live upon
[G]
We don’t lose, we don’t win, we just carry on
[Em]
Missing who we were
[C]
After the noise is gone
[D]
[G]

Hi Paul! Glad to have you join the group. I see you're in Wales... you must be a Liverpool fan! 😊