Click here to listen to: Of Myself I Fail and Wander
this song is about the way I really am when I am honest with myself. self-deception aside, the way I act and feel, the things I hate about myself just come out so often and this a song about those things that I do to trick people and also they are conquered: by Christ.
lyrics:
of myself I fail and wander
tripping over stepping stones
thinking through His Grace and Mercy
but in my life I leave both alone
I will lie to you
ill tell you …

this is a rough first version of the new song i wrote called “My Journey”
lyrics:
the desk is used
the chair is used
the bed is used
man im so used
the books is used
the eletronics too
the gas is used
where are you?
this should be a day to journey
set out in the early early morning
pack up a long sleeve shirt and beenie
pack the car and head to a tiny
little town, don’t have to go far
all that matters is the laughs is stars
photographs of flapjack places
cutouts of our life’s traces

here’s another new song i wrote and recorded recently. it’s called “it’s mine.” it talks about how we live for what we want. it is a short song. track #4 on the humble cd im in the process of recording via my laptop microphone. download it here.
lyrics:
i would run through stars
and scatter all the light
i could turn the heat
and flip it upside down
i want endless days
i want sleepless nights
i want buttons falling
plunking onto ground
and you can’t take it away from me
you cant take it away from me
cause you’re not the …

this song is about a woman and her ability to control a relationship. she writes the whole story and directs the characters, changing and editing where she think need lies, but when the man she is in a relationship with wants a small break, she erases him from her entire story.
you can download “take this time” here.

the song is called lighthouses. i wrote it while ive been spending my time here in Fauquier County, Virginia all summer. here are the words. i hope you like it. i wrote it to be as simple as possible, but to convey a harmony that was lively. let me know what you think. the funniest part is that i wrote the song while playing a guitar that had a make-shift capo. a capo is that thing that clamps to your strings on the fret board, and i couldnt find …