My mind writes in
what my words string out
There’s a lot that you can do
With that mouth
Because life is a stream
And life is a dream
But there’s a way to be free
It’s called say what you mean.

And what is written by day
Is pencilled in at night
The old bells that ring
Don’t sound quite right
But when I pass those ringers by
Either people or time
Well I can’t drive so I have to hike
They’ll remember what I looked like.

Watching birds fly tall
over the field
and then two fly real low
And you remember they’re real
Will the words of lead
Ever be confessed?
The perfume of my life
relieves the lungs of the west.

So say what you mean
And your soul won’t die
If you want to be seen
You can’t be flying so high
So I won’t be home again for a bit,
I’m travelling light
And if your childhood room smells sweet sometime
You better put up a fight.

Say What You Mean

Guitar and violin cover of John Fahey's We Would Be Building, originally a hymn.

John Fahey, We Would Be Building- guitar and violin cover by Alex Andres

italian catholic mass electronic instrumental synth thing

made in the wee hours sometime in may lol

p     Enis

Recorded in March and edited in July 2023.

Demo recording from korg minilogue xd synth, edited and finished on garageband.

“Sandymount” - korg minilogue xd, garageband.

That great highway
That calls your name
I’ll follow behind

That pale white ring
Which still exists
It remembers something

Angels' turnpike
It’s up to you
Let me through

Angels' turnpike
I’m good for it
Deal me in

Deal me in

Did you run so deep
That only air can hear
Them whisper your name

I’ll pay my dues
To that angel moon
But I’m playing to win
		
That great highway
That calls your name
I’ll follow behind

That pale white ring
A little kiss
I like remembering



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Originally written for electric guitar and drums.

"Great Highway" acoustic version- LIVE at Workmans.

Originally written in a whatsapp audio message on the 29 October.

"Pissing In The Wind"

Unheard are the words that I say in my sleep
Like headlights
Lost in the steam of some great machine
I'm not letting this go unfinished

A daughter of unconsciousness
Pricked by a magic needle
A soul on the road
I'm not letting this go unfinished

Tell me how
Our souls got driven away
Now I search for you down different routes
I hope time will make that change

I walked by a hearse
Packed with the life of a little girl
Then I went on with mine
I knew I'd be fine if I surrendered to time

So I packed my suitcase
To take on the road in the sleep that I'm owed
Unheard are the words that I say in my sleep
I'm not letting this go unfinished



(written Oct '23).

"Great Machine" acoustic demo

wrote this overnight & recorded while writing kinda. i'm posting at 6am bc i want to start posting again-- use headphones idk 🦕 


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I asked if you made any art
And while I asked I was looking at my own heart

There’s this thing that I’ve been trying to find
And through my questions I always give it away

So I pulled a card and 
Looked At It Real Hard.


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And I lived
In the age
Of all the kings
And princesses

Then I’d be
Someone else
And I would kill
But I’d also be a knight and offer help


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And all those times
You’d sit outside my door
Now there’s an arrow in my heart
I want it back but I don’t know what for

And all those times 
That you told me
About all the stories
I guess that some part of it was real


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cause if I lived
In the age
Of all the kings
And princesses

Then I’d be
Someone else
And I would kill
But I’d also be a knight and offer help

Alex Andrés

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