A weight lifts
The clouds part
A song stirs
In your heart   

The cool rush
Of nighttime
The warm glow
Of daylight
 
Your bliss has
No meaning
You’re see-through
You’re dreaming

A soft death
Surrounds you
Her warm hands
Have found you

The world cracks
Wide open
Adrift in
An ocean

Of bright lights
Of childhood
You’re drowning
It feels good

A first kiss
A school night  
Your bedroom
Your nightlight

The voice of
Your father
He loves you
He loves you
He loves you
He loves you…

Euphoria - Demo - UNITLTLED RECOVERY MUSICAL

Dad and me
On I-83
A truck stop Subway sandwich
And a lemonade iced tea

We don’t talk
‘Bout much at all
As he drives me down to rehab
While the winter sheds the fall
 
Still, he points out each landmark
We pass as we make our way south
Then the static comes in as the old New York stations fade out

I just sit there in silence
Aware of the damage I’ve done
While a million “I’m sorry’s” sit stuck
On the edge of my tongue

We pull off
Just to take a piss
Dad says “Mom’s a wreck
But she told me to give you this”

It’s a letter
With my name on the back
That I stuff in my pocket 
To read when it won’t hurt so bad

I ask “why couldn’t Mom make the trip?”  
Dad says “she needs some time
You gotta prove to us, Adam
You’re leaving your problem behind

So use this time wisely
And pick yourself up off of the ground
‘Cause this place is too damn expensive
To just fuck around”

We arrive
At ten after five
Dad gives me a hug
But says he’s not coming inside

And I’m scared
But I act real calm
And Inside my pocket
I’m clutching that letter from mom.

Prologue - Demo - UNTITLED RECOVERY MUSICAL

Let the Dead Stay Dead (demo) - THE ROADSIDE MEMORIAL

Suri:
When you stay in bed till noon
and you still look like you haven’t slept
When your twelve year old sister
knows exactly where the Narcan’s kept

then one day she’s home from school
and she finds me turning purple
barely breathing on my bedroom floor
that’s the moment where I should’ve stopped and said:
I’m never coming back for more

Mark:
When you stumble home past midnight
after downing half your weight in gin
and your voice is hoarse from shouting 
for your mother to come let you in
 
Then it hit me all at once
Mom’s been gone since I was seven
and I’ve never seen this house before
that’s when I should have made that solemn vow:
“I’m never coming back for more”

Both:
Cause I’ve been sleeping through my wake up call for years now
I’ve put my life on hold for far too long
I hit the snooze on getting clean
but now I’m waking from that dream
and the morning sun’s a-streaming in real strong

Adam
There are days where you wake up
and you feel like you’re addiction’s done

Chris:
and you say “from here on out
I’ll be as sober as a straight-edge nun”

Both:
But by dinner time you know 
you’d prob’ly sell your soul to Satan
just to feel the fix you’re fiending for

Chris:
So you think “fuck the part of me that says
I’m never coming back for more”

Chris and Adam:
‘Cause I’ve been waiting on my miracle for years now
A sparkly sign that says I’m not alone

Chris:
But I guess it’s up to me
to be the change I wanna see
If no deity will make their presence known
 
ALL
And I’ve been taking stock of who I’m s’posed to be now
‘Cause I don’t think I’d know myself at all
Without a needle in my hand
But I’m just try’na understand
If there’s a smarter way to land, next time I fall

More (Part One) - Demo - UNTITLED RECOVERY MUSICAL

New York Based Composer/Lyricist, currently writing a folk musical about 3 friends and a ghost who won't shut up.

old music can be found at: Soundcloud.com/alexlubersoldstuff

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