I have been writing and traveling and living out of my van as of late. It's been an adventure to say the least.
Just wanted to let everyone know that two new tunes can be downloaded here. They are available on Noisetrade for only a few days. I'll be making my demo recordings available for a short window of time. They are some unpolished and raw home recordings of recent songs. They will be in a sort rotation meaning as I write more I will switch them out. They will change every week or so do me a favor and listen right away and get back to me to let me know what you think. I figure this will be a good way to get feedback on the tunes so I know what songs are best received.
Song #1
"Unanswered Questions"
I wrote this about my family. Each verse has it's respective person. The lyrics have a few scenes from my memories of growing up. It explores the wonder of our recollections.
Lyrics :
turn it over momma,
don't you remember the warmth of the fire
grandmas blankets you pinned up
in all the doorways to keep heat inside
back when I was your baby
all the things that get stuck in our head,
is it the smell of gardenias?
that poppa bought you as you laid in your bed
Oh it's all the things we remember
oh it's all the things we forget
it's all of the unanswered questions
Hid in the way that you love me
it's the color of curtains,
it's the smile that I put on your face.
it's the songs you would sing to
all the ways I invaded your space
when your hair was so tangled
mom would forced you to put in a comb
we would pick at each other
but you're so elegant now that you're grown
Oh it's all the things we remember
oh it's all the things we forget
it's all of the unanswered questions
Hid in the way that you love me
it's the drive to kentucky
it's the smell of the car we would take
it's the scars on your fingers
and all the changes you made for our sake
Oh it's all the things we remember
oh it's all the things we forget
it's all of the unanswered questions
Hid in the way that you love me
Song # 2
Set Sail
This is a song about a trip to Young Harris Georgia with my good friends Jordan-Anne Poe & Tyler Lyle. We talked quite a bit while driving and this is about those conversations. The chorus is a way of saying that most things I make an effort to do turn out to be unfruitful and it is as though I'm trying to set sail on everything else but the sea-like I have yet to know where my home is.
Lyrics :
I move from the drivers seat,
and the vehicle keeps moving
You take over take over for me,
why am I not okay with me?
I set sail on everything else but the sea
conversation into the mountain
you insisted that I'm okay,
we spoke about how we were raised
filled with "should of's" and razor blades
I set sail on everything else but the sea
we rode with them up to the look out.
and we laughed at what we were doing there
We are never the people that we think we are
you are not the person that you think you are
I set sail on everything else but the sea
