Blur

A Southern Gothic

Far From Dixie

Current Swell - Gunshots - Ulysses

I Don't Want To Rest

A meditation on rest, stillness, and sadness as essential parts of the rhythm of life. This song reminds the listener that silence and low moments are part of the music, not evidence of failure.

[Intro]
Some songs don’t rush.
Some hearts don’t either.
Let’s breathe in the silence together…

[Verse 1]
Every melody needs spaces,
Empty bars between the sound.
Every heart needs quiet places,
Where the echoes settle down.

We keep thinking life is rising,
Always building to a high -
But the downbeats are the moments
Where our souls don’t have to try.

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t have to shine all the time -
Light and shadow dance, aligned.

[Chorus]
The downbeat is beautiful -
The silence in between,
Where breath becomes music
And stillness can be seen.

We’re not only made for crescendos -
Even rests are sublime.
The downbeat is beautiful -
Part of the rhythm of time.

[Verse 2]
I thought I broke the song inside me
When I couldn’t sing for days.
But the quiet was composing
Something deeper than my praise.

We’re not failures when we falter,
Or when life slows to a crawl -
We’re just living in the measure
Where the heart remembers all.

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t need to rise just to be seen -
Low notes make the chorus lean.

[Chorus]
The downbeat is beautiful -
The silence in between,
Where grief becomes devotion
And pain becomes serene.

We’re not broken when we quiet -
Not abandoned when we sigh.
The downbeat is beautiful -
The pulse that asks, “Why not try?”

[Bridge]
Rest is not a failure-
Rest is part of the score.
Life’s not all crescendo-
We need the soft, and slow, and sore.

Even stars breathe in the blackness,
Their light becomes return.
Even hearts need nights of stillness
For their daylight songs to burn.

[Final Chorus]
The downbeat is beautiful -
The hush before the cry,
The catching of a heartbeat
That reminds you that you’re alive.

You’re not just the loud or triumphant -
You’re the pause that makes it whole.
The downbeat is beautiful -
It’s the space that saves your soul.

[Outro]
Hold still now.
You’re not done.
This quiet is not the end -
It’s part of the rhythm.
And you are the song.

The Downbeat is Beautiful

Lyrics written by, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Now that I can think again.
I can get back into the fight.
She packs a punch no doubt.
The last of the candles.
Exhale slow as they go out.

Pretty woman.
In dreams.
Only the lonely.
I borrow Roy's black shades.
Continue on with his black dreams.
Only love can break a heart.
Only the shattered know what I mean.

Reach for help.
Clinching on to something that is not you.
Stars have a razors edge.
I found out trying to hold you. 
Just an afterthought.
A ghost in a lost daydream. 
In between two dimensions.
Where no one can hear you scream.
Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.
Who is the liar, who tells the truth.
Burden of proof.
It falls on you.

Chained to the sadness.
I join the broken choir.
Can you make it all worthwhile.
Can I still make you smile.
Took more than I thought I had.
Left me on the floor.
Broken up in pieces.
Look at a sky that's torn.

Now that I can think again.
I can get back into the fight.
She packs a punch no doubt.
The last of the candles.
Exhale slow as they go out.

This is not a sad song.
Hate to make you wait.
I am still in the state of shock.
Heart just barely scraped.
Yes, it was a close call.
To save it.
You know I gave my all.

Chained to the sadness.
I join the broken choir.
Can you make it all worthwhile.
Can I still make you smile.

Clinching on to something that is not you.
Stars have a razors edge.
I found out trying to hold you. 

Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.
Who is the liar, who tells the truth.
Burden of proof.
It falls on you.


Pretty woman.
In dreams.
Only the lonely.
I borrow Roy's black shades.
Continue on with his black dreams.
Only love can break a heart.
Only the shattered know what I mean.

Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.

Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.

fOr Roy.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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Strings & Keys

Beyond the Pale (Strings & Keys)

"Stone Enough To Gather In The Night" is a song off of Dispatch's new album Break Our Fall, out now.

Order on deluxe vinyl and CD: https://dispatchmerch.com

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LYRICS:

Hold it now, hold tight to the line, then fall back,  those who are nearly drowned, don’t fear the rain in the storm 
On an earlier night, I would’ve known better but tonight I’m tired, too tired to stay warm 

Stoned enough, stoned enough, to gather in the night 
if your shaking, if your shaking then come inside 
4 and 20 blackbirds 

There goes indigo bunting, a dark eyed junko at her side
they both looked like they’d been crying and I hesitated to ask why 
There was a picture of a lost cat nailed to a tree, you could see it in it’s eyes
Woefully I, woefully I, stood there and tried     to be 


Stoned enough, stoned enough, to gather in the night 
if your shaking, if your shaking then come inside 

the finch was singing to the blackbirds in the pie 
sorry I, sorry I was ever born
but they paid him no mind, they were busy counting
the common grackle in the caucus, as the thrashers they aligned .. they were   

Stoned enough, stoned enough, to gather in the night 
if your shaking, if your shaking, if your shaking then get inside

Stoned Enough To Gather In The Night

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