Your Peace Will Make Us One | Audrey Assad cover Julianne 2025-09-13 | I have always felt encouraged by the words to this song, and had a few moments backstage to record it! I hope you guys enjoy :)
Mid Air Cover | Julianne Petersen Julianne 2023-10-09 | I've loved this Paul Buchanan song ever since I heard it in the movie About Time! I would really recommend reading the lyrics of some of his other songs, too. They are stunning pieces of work. I'd love to start challenging myself to cover more songs on here, so please comment below if you have any requests! Or if you'd like me to do any full versions of the short clips I've already posted. Any thoughts are appreciated! Hope you enjoy this one for now :) - Julianne
What a Lovely End, What a Lovely Life (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | This song is pretty simple, but I wrote it when I was thinking a lot about death. I was walking across a crosswalk one evening and a truck hit me. It left a little scar on my face, but not much else. I thought a lot about how it didn't make sense that I was still alive, and what it would have been like if I would have died. I felt a lot of peace about it, so this song captures the strangeness of it all. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073What a Lovely End, What a Lovely LifeIt’s the empty peace after a headache,a stillness deep enough to crawl inside.You pull on the coldas you’re walking homeinto the last thing on your mind.What a lovely end.What a lovely life.
Mom and Dad (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | I wrote this song about growing older--both me and my family. I was thinking a lot about the rhythms of life, and how the ways I can see my family growing old will be the same ways my family sees me growing old. It's about distance, but also about feeling close to them despite the distance. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073Mom and DadMom and Dad fell into a rhythm last spring. It took a fall of getting used to a winter without me. It takes a couple hours now to drive from hometo home. It takes just a second longer now to find where everything belongs. Dad’s clinging onto his camera, Mother to stories and rhymes.I’m holding on to how small I am;we’re all holding onto time.There’s a guest in my childhood bedroom. The clothes in the closet still fit. Dad doesn’t run all his miles anymore. Mom walks with a scuff to her step.I’m clinging onto my camera, onto words that she left between lines. My siblings hold onto how small I am, wind the tapes back one last time.I’ll play piano in basements. I’ll solve a crossword at noon. Until everything’s moving a little too fast for steps I just can’t get to move.Everyone fell into their rhythm last spring.It took a fall of getting used to a winterwithout me.
Perfect Thursdays (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | I had the idea to write this song when I was at a train station in London. I was thinking a lot about relationships and how much they affect not only you but generations to come. My thoughts about it were kind of all over the place, and I finally condensed them into this song. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073Perfect ThursdaysVictoria Station, a family’s rushed to catch their train.Her husband waits for heras she’s digging through her things.If I misplaced my ticketor had bad luck with the machine, would you be late to your appointmentif it meant sitting next to me?On a perfect Thursday,you’d wait for me.On a perfect Thursday,is it just a perfect Thursday?Our future kids would all wear glassestoo big to fit their faces. We’d pour songs into their nostalgia and fill their heads with ancient myths. If they had a dream outside your vision, would you paint their every scheme, or would you stare until they hear just how ridiculous they’ve been? I love you now.What about forever?You love me now.What about forever?I sit on the couch; you move to the ground;they’re in their beds when they call your name. Your pen is busy on some paperworkthat’s never learned to wait. They’d be bound to you through blood and home and promises you make. I’m bound to you through all these perfect Thursdays.The love that I accept today will be written on their genes.I hear their little laughter as the train leaves.I love you now.What about forever?The train’s leaving now.I hear their little laughter.
Online Man Discovers His Salvific Vision of Beatrice (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | This song took on SEVERAL different forms throughout the writing process--both lyrically and melodically. I've always loved Dante's Inferno, and been fascinated by the metaphor of Beatrice. I kept noticing a theme of people idolizing women online instead of placing their faith directly in God, and I felt like the two were connected in funny ways. I hope you enjoy it! Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073Online Man Discovers His Salvific Vision of Beatrice She was lit up as a picture on his screen when he called her his saint. The floor of his laptop burnedhim as he guessed her age. He swore the moment that he saw her, “What was lost will now be found.” Whether child, girl, or woman, angels need a man who’s down. It’s a dark and lonely bedroom when she’s not there. Close his blinds, speak his mind, and make the keyboards blare. Mother, mother, mother—only a woman could understand.Worship a picture of his Beatrice, pray she’ll put a good word in. The comments close in on him in the trenches; no one else has the guts to be so honest. He’s alone, but he’s a soldier. He’s a prophet with a plan. With his Beatrice to gaze upon, he can fight off any thread. The wolves are coming, too cunning in the dark woods. Beatrice burns her innocence as his guide, his torch, his martyr. The writing on the entrance warns, “Abandon all your hope.” But not even hell’s blue fire burns beneath a weeping girl.
Silly Girls (feat. Katie Petersen) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | My friend Katie Ellis and I wrote this song while studying abroad together. I've always been so thankful for the girls in my life and the love they've shown me through their friendships. I've never been able to write a successful romance song, but the words to this song about friendship came easy! Katie Ellis was such a huge help on this song, and honestly, tons of other songs on the album. It was such a God thing that she lived in Nashville and was able to help out and sing on the album! The video recording is me and my sister (who I am so beyond grateful for), and confusingly enough, her name is also Katie. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073Silly GirlsWaiting a while, it’s dark at the bus stop. Linking arms through strangers and streets.I won’t demand your unanswered questions. All of your silence makes sense to me.I’ll give you my coat, my cash, and my chapstick; write you a note with nothing to say. Secrets we share, braiding your hair, saying goodnight at the end of the day.I understand you’ll make new plans,but for now, we have each other.When love comes to take your breath, I’ll store mine in a jar. To give to you, or grow pink with you together or apart.Making you tea with two creams and sugar, hanging your drawings up on the fridge. Seeing your beautyand mine right beside it. Isn’t it funny?I’m glad you exist. I understand you’ll make new plans,but for now, we have each other.When love comes to take your breath,I’ll store mine in a jar.To give to you, or grow pink with you together or apart.
To the Lighthouse (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | I wrote this song in a book club on "To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf. I absolutely loved how she portrayed marriage and mundane things in such beautiful and elaborate language. In particular, the role of the traditional housewife as a complex art form. This song focuses on the marriage of the main characters. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073To the Lighthouse Through the window,dinner sat still like an art.She looked through the window,“We’ll go tomorrow.The lighthouse ain’t far.”She’s a stranger to weather;she turns shelters to homes.He wished she’d write letters;she only rights wrongs.“We can’t go tomorrow, silly woman.Oh, the things you don’t know.”Pass the salt,pass from politics to poetry.Passing gazes–conversations happen silently.He’s still blue with his manneruntil she paints his nameas the centerpiece.Hues of dinner cuesstain their hands as they eat her work. Time keeps on passing. Through the window, the weeds choke the grass. He’s tossing and turning, he reaches out, and there’s no one to grasp.She said tomorrow, silly woman.So tomorrow, to the lighthouse, he’ll go.
Im Learning How to Swallow Pills (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | This is the first song I wrote on the "Beatrice" project and the first song on the album! I absolutely hated this song when I first wrote it because I thought it was way too simple (and the first drafts definitely were). However, a lot of my friends were really sweet and encouraged me to keep working on it. It wasn't until the entire project was coming to an end that I wrote a version I thought felt complete! Definitely a lesson in humility and patience. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073I’m Learning How to Swallow PillsI’m learning how to swallow pills,hope I’ll learn the trick in time.I’ll be half of who I am today,so my mom can sleep at night.I felt the rain on a Tuesday morning,it dripped straight into my head.I brought it into everything, swampedthe stairs so I could swim into bed.So, I’m learning how to swallow pills,there’s a leak no one can find.They’ll patch me up with pipework, I hope to join my friends outside.My books and my clothes all grew moldy, even the ceiling fan started to droop.Mom knocked, “sweet dreams,” but the rain in me became a puddleinside of my mouth. What do you do with a bodythat's been flooding the floors of the house?The door stays locked forever,but the water’s seeping out. So, I’m learning how to swallow pills,hope someday they’ll go down fine.I’ll be half of who I am today;at least half of me’s alive.
May Baby (Live) | Julianne Julianne 2023-07-29 | Although this song wasn't necessarily part of my album, it really sparked my desire to not only write songs but share them with the world. I've always been writing songs, but May Baby was the first song I was ever brave enough to share. Another connection this song has to my Beatrice project is that I began writing it when I also began deep-diving into the world of poetry and songwriting. It really sparked a lot of the questions I had at the beginning of "Beatrice," and inspired my writing process throughout the entire album. The song feels less heartbreaking and more nostalgic nowadays, and I'm so grateful for it. Pre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073May Baby My eyes clung to the Midwest road signs on a highway in the woods. You’re driving slower, but the car seems to fly, and I think it understood. You’re a May Baby. You’re a maybe on my mind. May’s too many months, you say, “Baby, it’s fine.” Don’t you think it’s funny and cruel? Got so high off the way that time flew. Now I can’t go back to the future with youWrong turns steer right, with eyes like green lights.So I pull the traffic close. It’s getting later. Start to tell me of poets, all the mysteries you’ve known.When I look out the window, I can see us through the trees.When I look out the window, I swear you look at me.You’re a May Baby, a maybe on my mind. May’s too many months to make the last three fine. Don’t you think it’s funny and cruel? You first kissed me goodbye as if you knew I can’t go back to the future with you.Slow down, please.I can see the small town lights blowing through the trees.Was this what you meant when you swore you measured time?That you’d rather hit and run than stay and get fined.I was just your May Baby, a maybe on your mind. May’s too many months to make any of it fine. Don’t you think it’s funny and cruel? Waiting your whole life meant two weeks to you. Don’t get me wrong, I just should have known better. Proved them right down to the letter. I just thought I was worth more to you, sped through limits to just pass through.Whenever I look out the window, I still see us through the treesbehind every Midwest road sign taking you away from me.
Beatrice | Juliannes Capstone Concert Julianne 2023-07-29 | ** Lyrics are in a pinned comment! ** So excited to share this concert with y'all! It was the most special day of my whole life just seeing all my friends and family in the room, and it's even more special now that I get to share it with you guys. This was filmed on one of the stages on campus, and my friend Zach Vinson came in from Nashville to play piano. Hopefully, this concert provides some extra context behind the songs. I'm so thankful for all of you watching this concert and supporting the album! Really could not do it without you guys. - JuliannePre-Order the physical copy of Beatrice here: petersenband.com/product/beatrice-julianneStream Beatrice on Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/28rzt9yX4py5YvBrae4RlL?si=uFzR1_rZRRmnkbCcjJJmMQStream on Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/beatrice/1698860073
In Tall Buildings (short clip) | Julianne Petersen Julianne 2022-09-05 | (originally recorded August 7, 2022)Hello! This video is the last of my tiny covers. The first time I stopped and took a second to listen to the lyrics of "In Tall Buildings," I fell in love with John Hartford's writing style and message. I hope you enjoy it, and if so, I HIGHLY recommend listening to the original in full. Just a beautiful song all around.I'm going to take a step back for a couple months to focus more on what's in front of me and less on screens. Please don't misunderstand the silence as anything other than that! Thank you again for all of your support watching my family and I's videos—and of course, their channel will still be posting throughout the season! All the best,Julianne
It Is Well (short clip) | Julianne Petersen Julianne 2022-08-29 | (originally recorded February 6, 2022)Hello, everyone! This is another tiny cover I posted on Instagram. It is Well has been one of my favorite hymns to come back to throughout the past year, and I highly recommend learning the story of its background. I love how humbling and grounding the lyrics are, and I hope you enjoy this cover!To reiterate from my last tiny cover—Thank you all for being so patient with me. I've been finishing up my college degree (I graduate in May), and learning about the importance of rest in the midst of everything! So, I've had to say no to a lot of things I wish I could focus on, including content production. Hopefully you enjoy these tiny songs in the meantime!
Mr. Sandman (but short and sad) | Julianne Petersen Julianne 2022-08-23 | (originally recorded March 17, 2021)Hello, everyone! Sorry this channel has been so empty within the last year. I've posted a few songs on my Instagram and never got around to sharing them on YouTube. So, here is Mr. Sandman! Thank you all for being so patient with me. I've been finishing up my college degree (I graduate in May), and learning about the importance of rest in the midst of everything! So, I've had to say no to a lot of things I wish I could focus on, including content production. Hopefully you enjoy these tiny songs in the meantime!
May Baby by Julianne (original) | Live Version Julianne 2021-05-25 | May Baby’s OUT now on all streaming platforms! One of the sweetest things about being a very small artist is that when I think of the all the people I could thank, I think of my friends and family. There were the friends who listened to it countless times during the months I rewrote it obsessively. There was Katie who sent me voice memos of studio advice and Neil Greenhaw at Haxton Road Studios who made my first time recording solo such a positive experience. Aaron Clark whose stellar videography made even my living room look cool. Matt who did the audio for the live, connected me to the right people, + SO much else. Troy Dixon for being an audio engineer WIZARD and patiently talking me through my sound until it was just what I wanted. Ellen for walking me through the *nightmare* that is online digital distribution. My prodigy of a friend, Avery Edwards, unintentionally giving me promo photos and turning a concept into the most stunning album art. My dear friend Austin Meyer brilliantly creating the design. Jessica Barber, who’s been listening to May Baby voice memos since September—reacting each time like it was the first. Without the several late night drives of her patiently replacing all of my worst thoughts and directing my focus back to God, I would’ve never had the guts to release this. Most of all, I’m thankful I pray to a God of all comfort, who has given me music as a way of healing. It’s lists like these that remind me of how small I am in the best possible way :)For business inquiries: juliannedpetersen@gmail.com Stalk me on socials...INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/julianne_petersen^ all energy placed into this one. the proactive eldest child, if you will. TWITTER: twitter.com/julz_petersen^ favorite child. puts me in good spirits. most likely to respondFACEBOOK: absolutely not^ estranged child I care nothing about. not even the orphanage deserves this disease. disgusting._______________________________________________"May Baby" by Julianne My eyes clung to the Midwest road signsOn a highway in the woodsYou're driving slower, but the car seems to flyAnd I think it understoodThat you're a May Baby, you're a maybe on my mindMay's too many months, you say "baby, it's fine"Don't you think it's funny and cruel?Got so high off the way that time flewNow I can't go back to the future with youWrong turns steer right with eyes like green lightsSo I pull the traffic closeIt's getting later, start to tell me of poetsAll the mysteries you've knownAnd when I look out the window, I can see us through the treesWhen I look out the window, I swear you look at meYou're a May Baby, you're a maybe on my mindAnd May's too many months to make the last three fineDon't you think it's funny and cruel?You first kissed me goodbye as if you knewI can't go back to the future with youSlow down, pleaseI can see the small town lights blowing through the treesWas this what you meant when you swore you measured time?That you'd rather hit and run than stay and get finedI was just your May Baby, just a maybe on your mindAnd May's too many months to make any of it fineDon't you think it's funny and cruel?How forever meant two weeks to you?Don't get me wrong, I just should have known betterProved them right down to the letterI just thought I was worth more to youSped through limits to just pass throughWhenever I look out the window, I still see us through the treesBehind every Midwest road sign, taking you away from me_______________________________________________Subscriber Count: 18,914
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Julianne Petersen (live) Julianne 2020-11-24 | A lyrics-on-the-lap type of cover for you today! I know it's not perfect, but I honestly like that because it represents my favorite way to play music: for the fun of it. Katie celebrated her 30th birthday last week, and afterwards Matt and I sat down and knocked this song out super fast before I left for college the next day. Super thankful for him bearing through the weird as heck chords on such short notice :) This is one of my all-time favorite songs and—in Matt and I's opinions—Elton's best work. Hope you guys are having a lovely pre-holiday season! With sincerity,Julianne PetersenMatt’s Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCZCyrcFC0HmshoQrogBrwsQFor business: juliannedpetersen@gmail.comSubscriber count: 10,805
The Only Man in the World (C.S. Lewis broadcast) Julianne 2020-08-31 | I was working on this video a month before I left for college, but my computer broke because of Kanye West (a story for another time). So what you see here is still a “work in progress,” and there’s a lot of imperfections within the fluidity of the videos, but my digital-cinema-major roommate says it gives it "personality." The audio you hear is bits and pieces of a 30 minute C.S. Lewis radio broadcast, and some of my favorite lines from childhood movies. I can’t think of an author who shaped my childhood experience more than C.S. Lewis did, and entering into college by making a dramatic tribute video just seemed appropriate. It’s more for me when I need reminded of the people that make life beautiful, and the comfort that God gives no matter where you are. But I thought I’d put it out there anyways! Hope you enjoy :)- JulianneFor business: juliannedpetersen@gmail.comSubscriber count: 8,031
La Vie En Rose | Julianne Petersen (live) Julianne 2020-04-21 | So fun to sing La Vie En Rose with my brother!My SINCEREST apologies to every French person who I offended by trying to pronounce "rose." I tried. I even watched tutorials and messed up the words in that first verse to get that 'rosehoseqqrasdcroissantfhascnjkb' sound. But anyways, I love this song! Special thanks to my brother for suggesting it, and then making the entire thing possible. Ope! I forgot about the whole background scenery thing. We must have spent an hour looking for a nice flower background to NO avail. Just as we were about to drive across town, we spotted these *pristine* porta potties. Matt said, "if you don't make a video in front of them, I will." And that was that. Since I'm already oversharing... when we got there, we set it all up, right? It looked great. Then, it started to rain. So we packed everything back up and waited it out in the car. After 20 minutes, we put it all back and then it rained AGAIN. The third time was the charm. We're just about to record, when a car speeds into the next parking lot and starts blaring heavy-bass music. Listen, I've been there. We've all been there. Bass is fun. You want to hear it. But that bass was SO loud, I'm afraid that chap will never hear again. Just as we're about to give up on the video, the car speeds away and we get this take. And that, my friend, is the story that just wasted a whopping minute of your life. You're welcome. Matt's Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCZCyrcFC0HmshoQrogBrwsQMic setup done by Matt, mixing done by Katie Petersen, videography done by me! Subscriber count: 448
O Spirit of the Living God | Julianne Petersen (live) Julianne 2020-04-19 | I heard the Audrey Assad version and fell in love with it, so I asked Katie to help me out! Here are the lyrics...-------O Spirit of the living God, thou Light and Fire DivineDescend upon Thy Church once more and make it truly ThineFill it with love and joy and power, with righteousness and peaceTill Christ shall dwell in human hearts, and sin and sorrow ceaseBlow, wind of God, with wisdom blow until our minds are freeFrom mists of error, clouds of doubt, which blind our eyes to TheeBurn, winged fire, inspire our lips with flaming love and zealTo preach to all Thy great good news, God's glorious commonwealSo shall we know the power of Christ, who came this world to saveSo shall we rise with Him to life which soars beyond the graveAnd earth shall win true holiness which makes Thy children wholeTill, perfected by Thee, we reach creation's glorious goal------Katie's Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCfLu-ZCdOlbYVaca4m5aFSA?view_as=subscriberSubscriber Count: 356
