Amber Fornoles

6/21/2025

8 years ago today I finished writing my first original song

Just me and my ukulele singing about my experience with depression

it was a bit on the nose using water as a metaphor as a competitive swimmer 

but…

1/13/2025

I typically write for myself

but I always post my music in hopes that it resonates with someone else too

All the songs on this mini EP were gifts to loved ones

I post almost all my songs on…

11/4/2024

My therapist thinks I'm OCD

...and autistic

...and ADHD

I'm already diagnosed with bipolar disorder

I was told I couldn't get diagnosed for OCD until I'm "emotionally stable for 2-3 months"

Of course, I'm emotionally unstable BECAUSE I'm not…

9/27/2024

my therapist asked me 

why i think theyre not the one 

tried to come up with a reason 

but i just came up with none 

close my eyes and make a wish 

upon a shooting star

i can see…

8/20/2024

My two perfect days in 10 years would look calm and productive. I would wake up at the same time every day next to the love of my life. Everything is all set for me to go to work.…

8/7/2024

Part 1: taking up space

I wrote What's the Catch after a first date with a guy

I could hear a band behind it as I was writing

I wanted to make it happen so I did

I commissioned…

3/27/24

i am guilty of associating

art with ego

when i see a painting

i dont think of how it makes me feel

i think of how beautiful it is

and how long it must've taken them

how much skill…

3/2/2024

a moment of weaknes

i linger a while

a little speechless in a

bittersweet smile

can't close the book

that i started to write

i dont want to say it

but i think i just might

itd be so…

2/28/2024

maybe im not "happier" when im alone

maybe im just more myself when im alone

and i know shes someone special

i dont see her too often anymore

but id love to see her more

shes silly

shes caring

…

12/29/2023

I wrote Wondering about my journey discovering my sexuality

This was written a year before she kissed my breath away

At the time I thought I was in love with a boy

But my anxiety reguarding my sexuality took…

12/28/2023

I wrote The World after a few month long situationship

He told me on the second date that he wasn't looking for anything serious

But I kept dating him anyway in hopes to change his mind

We got along…

12/27/2023

Victim is different from any other song that I've written

Because it's an exaggeration of myself

I am well aware that I've hurt a lot of people from dating

And I hated that about myself

The only way for…