written for r/songaweek 2023 - week 13(Theme: Science)

-Digital Diamonds-

Press for success
So said Simon
Fans of the future
at their computers 
regular users
collecting digital diamonds

I'm dialed into an escape hatch
5 inches tall, 2 inches wide
It holds my gaze for days and days
It looks so bright. Nothing inside.

You do it too. So what's the harm?

It's on my nightstand. It's in my ears.
It's on the table. It's on the counter.
It's in my pocket. It's in my car.
It's in my hand. It's on my mind.
It can't be far
away

But I can put it down
anytime I want

Digital Diamonds

written for r/songaweek 2023 - week 16 (Theme: Honor Your Roots)

-A Parcel Being Passed Around-

Head full of fuzz
Gonna pass it up

It's not that I don't care
But I'm caught in the snares

Can you jailbreak my spirit
so it can escape and you can hear it?

A dream feels so much more real
than what's happening now

Bound to a cause
that gets hard to pin down

I can't find my way there
and I'm lost in a prayer
out on a river full of baggage
something surprising left to salvage

Just a parcel being passed around
waiting to be opened

Parcel Being Passed Around

written for r/songaweek 2024 - week 2 (Theme: Dorian)

-Highway Hypnosis-

blurred dots in a hurry over the blacktop
I'm not worried. I'm at home on the road

in a four door electric surrey, complete
without horses. Traveling slow for this century

65 miles an hour
feels so still to me

moving in traffic with hundreds of people
my little bubble
4 wheels and a seat

each of us focused on where we're going
all of us together
never to meet

Highway Hypnosis

Song-A-Week #6: Rush

Lyrics:

[verse #1]
Waiting for my world to change
I closed my eyes to see the stage
Feel the future's out of range
Yet in stillness I remain

[verse #2]
I threw myself into the sea
I thought  the tide would pummel me
Instead this water I can breathe
I'll swim into the ocean deep

[chorus]
I've been searching for new sights
Somewhere distant to take flight
Breathing wind into my life 
I forgot what this felt like
Running through the stars tonight
Basking in the morning light
Climbing up to such great heights
I forgot what this felt like

[verse #3]
It seems I'm growing fond of you
We're clovers in the morning dew
I hope we spring up like bamboo
Transforming all I held as true

i forgot what this felt like

Verse 1
Didn’t see it coming, didn’t see it coming,
Thought that I was losing my mind.
In the mirror of your eyes, truth was compromised.
And I’m spun in a riddle, tied up in a riddle,
A riddle of betrayal masked by lies.
Here we stand, as strangers, facing our demise.

As I say nothing new, I say nothing new,
Cos I can’t bear to lose you.

Verse 2
You were barely trying, you were barely trying,
In the whispers of our lost times.
Silence is suffocating, we're tired of pretending.
And here in this moment, in this fleeting moment,
Old certainties fade from view.
In these games of evasion, should we make it through?

When you say nothing new, you say nothing new,
Because you fear the truth.

Verse 3
Inside something shatters, something deep just shatters,
In the ruins of what we once knew.
The thought of losing us, we cannot bear to choose.

So we say nothing new, we say nothing new,
‘Cause we’ve got too much to lose,
And we want nothing new.

Nothing New

i thought we were meant to be,
but some pictures and an "about me"
didn't tell me that you are a liar a cheat
and that you'd go ahead and break my heart

this valentine's day
i'm deleting the hearts from your name
no more calls, no more texts, go away
i'm popping open champagne
just for me and myself, what a shame
xoxo no
this valentine's day

i guess you weren't right for me
the signs were there but i couldn't see
through rose tinted glasses, impending disaster
we were doomed right from the start

a few months ago you were my everything
"be mine" candy hearts
"i'm yours" diamond ring,
we never got that far
the sugar's bittersweet
crying in your car
is she better than me?

last valentine's day i added the hearts to your name
late night calls, all day texts, no refrain,
we were popping open champagne
one for me, one for you, never again

♥your name♥

Jonathan Moore's Album

SaW (2.28.24) controlled distractions

written for r/songaweek 2024 - week 8 (Theme: Controlled Distractions)

-The trashcans in this department store are drums-

made with ableton drums and sampled voice

The trashcans in this department store are drums

Song-A-Week 2024 #12: Equinox

Lyrics:
[verse #1]
I feel a shifting in the tides
Change is blooming deep inside
Winter's running for the hills
The equinox a courier
Heralding a warrior
Will come and wake the daffodils

[chorus]
Melt away the permafrost
Unveil  truths that once were lost
Accepting both the sun and snow
Finding peace with letting go

[verse #2]
The sunlight gleaming on my face
The tenderness of your embrace
I’d say that sometimes life’s ok
I know that weeds do grow within
My inner garden’s bad imprint
They make a beautiful bouquet

equinox

Song made for the Song A Week Challenge 12

The time is right
We love the sunny days
The sky is warm
Today is my birthday
Oh, happy me
What could I say?
Nothing, because
It’s such a happy day

Another year
Equally-Equinox
In the machine
Another coin
Oh, happy me
What could I say?
Nothing, because
It’s such a happy day

Here comes the spring
Here comes the spring
Here comes the spleen
Here comes the spleen

Spring Spleen

Delphin Casado

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