Demos for what could be my fourth full length... I actually have many songs in the wings right now that might go on this album. I'm wondering if this will be a double album, or just an overlong folk album with 20+ songs on it. Or if it'll amount to nothing.
For anyone curious: "Be It Known demos" playlist will be my second full length, "3rdLPdemos" playlist will be my third full length, and this will come after those two, in 2075.

It Won't Feel The Same Tomorrow (4th LP Folk Demo)

I just felt like posting something new, and this track poses a mood that's unique to the other songs. Also, it's great fun for me to let people in on the process of making songs, and this one's definitely still "in process." At the moment I'm working on three new full length albums: Be It Known..., one with more of a "rock" and progressive type feel, and one with more straightforward folk songs. This track will be on the lattermost of the three, which will be released next year. I know it would be more efficient to work on one thing at a time, but I seem to lack that capability. Anyway, here ya go, another bloody demo! Lyrics, below. Watch live on youtube here: https://youtu.be/_EXp_l66laA

Lyrics:
Bread to the fire
Lake, dawn
Blare of the siren
Lays like the fawn
And all the way you could have been right in the sun
Ya rest in the place you stayed on

Made a comeback
And they played on
Ever holy
Made in love

Moment to breathe
Take time
Say what ya need
But mean the line
Maybe we'd stand for more when it comes
Brace for the fall, brave when it's done

Made 'em comeback
And they played on
Ever holy
Made in love

Your wade applied
Face mine
Made in the heart
Take time
Mailed in the harbor
A-way in a boat
With the ropes to the blade
Made out a road

Harbor

There exist a few different versions of this track. This one is probably the most simplified, lyrically. Complete version coming on full length #4, the folk album

Lyrics:

Gone for what, no news, so lay
Your fears and pass those tears away

And would you tell me once
Once more today
Oh why'd you stay 
If your thoughts they weigh

Say we contend
You take your part
And this heart, I lend
Say then we fall...
Well, then you'd have it all

Feebly fraught with fear
A basic run of mind
But you're a different kind
Hence, why I'm inclined
To see the prize in you
A willful solo view
Perspective that I lacked
For all the stock out back

Into your last refrain
You made your stain
And you will remain
The love we had
Is happy in the past

So would ya tell me once
Once more today
Oh, why'd ya stay
When I pushed you away

And when ya tell me once
Once more today
Why'd ya stay
If your thoughts they weigh

Tell Me Once

Lyrics:

Our eyes avert
'Cause when they don't
We know how much it hurts

And when they meet
I can't let go 
Oh, how sweet
The beauty

I always thought
There would be time
But now, I think there's not

If it's the end
Then why would we 
Spend it without a friend

I might sound weak
And if I am 
Would you come comfort me?
Would you, for me

And if there's time
Why would I use it
Just to get in line
Or fall behind

It might sound strange
But my beliefs 
Are never yours to change
Or rearrange

If There's Time

Just wrote this in one quick sitting, Monday, March 28th, 2016, then recorded it that evening. So it's as new as it can be. Not sure what compelled me to get it up here so immediately, but here it is, for what it is.

Lyrics:

At night, when I'm lonely, I recall my last dream
A woman, dark, soft skin, so mesmerizing 
I knew of her love like I knew of myself
I knew it was real, like I knew nothin' else

Drive down past the old house of my old best friends
We were laughin' and walkin', and walkin' again
Was there that I learned all my life, couldn't hide
Was there I first saw a beautiful bride
And now as we're grown and we don't stay in touch
I wonder if any of 'em still stay in love

And now at the point, all the mountains spread out
The wind's same old rage, and my heart's same old doubt
I'm ready to drive out into desert skies
I'm ready to wave this old mountain goodbye
So I read in my car 'til the setting of sun
Forges its trail, and the shadows become
The night's opened wide like the hunger of God
The law of the seas by the sharp iron rod

The passionless masses, they pointed and waved
At a passing balloon, spoke a quotable phrase:
"The whole world is watching (to be trod underfoot)
The whole world is wading through the ash and the soot
You stand up too tall and you'll be hammered down
You stay down too low, you'll end up underground
The one who does win is the one who don't think
Of the world above just beginning to sink"

At night, when I'm lonely, I recall my last dream
A woman, dark, soft skin, so mesmerizing
I knew of her love like I knew of myself
I knew it was real like I knew nothin' else

Just Beginning

Really just wanted to post something new, so I scrapped this together yesterday, even though it's not finished, and decidedly messy. This is the first draft. Planning for this to be the opener for my fourth full length, which is sort of intended to be a return to form in terms of folk structure, and I have two albums in the wings to complete before that one... so, ya know, time changes all things, even if only in perspective.

Lyrics (first draft):

When the river left me dry
Well, I searched it my whole damn life
Just to thirst for what I had to find
Though I saw it down the line

So we sit and waste this prime
As we fall for the laymen's lie
With a fog upon our eyes, 
I move to cease the blindess of mine
A river struck with time...
(To feign sycophantic sighs)

Faithfully drawn
To ponder the con
Just tell me the secret to lean on

Burn it all
Make it whole

When the river left us dry
Well, the dust was my drink at night
I slither'd 'cross the core, a desert floor to 
scrape and stretch my stomach wide
My mirage, the water seeks to hide

Fatefully spawned
A lord, or a pawn
Though neither through the nether 
Stays too strong

Drown us all
Make us whole
Drown us all
Make us whole

So the river laps our minds
And it laughs as we fall into line
Falling lightning tricked your eyes, your sunken
gaze is dulled by cracks of thunder
You go with the flow, you get swept under

Yeah, take me along
A look back and it's gone
We'll fall for all the innocence
And once upon

Burn it all
Make it whole
Burn it all
Make it whole
So burn it all
Just make us whole
Oh God... burn it all
Just make us whole

Burn it all
Make it whole

Dominic Bennett's Album

River Left Me Dry (loud version)

Performance: https://youtu.be/ZrAmn3oBrzs

Lyrics:

A little lie from a little dove
And would ya die from just a little shove?
And all the night, ya beg on for more
But did ya wake with a conscience so sore?

A sewer's share
My molting bride
Take heart to spare
Revolting pride

A little lie from a little dove
And would ya die from just a little shove?
Right from the nest, ya hasten the fall
But you return, feathers and all

This is getting older
And the morning lands tall
The cracks of a lotus
And the shape of us all

What lover's share
These mangled vines
And our veins so rare
Flesh to combine

A little lie from a little bird
And would ya die from just a little word
We said it all, but came back that night
To make up love, to stage up a fight

A little lie from a little budge
And would ya die from just a little nudge?
An outrage growth, up, never to end
But you return, my fair-feathered friend

Yeah we're gettin' older
And the evening bares all
Cracks of a lotus
Form the tracks of our fall
Our barren view
But there's so much to grow
Hold on to you
But I'm dyin', you know

Little Lie, Little Dove

first draft

Lyrics:

Wroth, we maim, cut down, and lash
Collect your language, you'll see
How the man you knew is gone in a flash
He's done considering

Nightmare, unseen
You're cutting out
You lie there, unclean
But equal now

Ripe with thought, but still arguing
Collect your language, and see
How the man you loved is gone and he's free
He's done considering

Forget your pain
There's nothing to grasp
The damage rests at last
Wrought in vain, taken to task
Just speak plainly...
It's all that I ask

Nightmare, ya found me
A murder scene
We lie there, unclean
A tragedy

Now we sit, blood on our hands
We still live, and learn, we grow
Even all my finest words, they'll never convince
Decisions you made long ago

Nightmare, our scene
We play it out
We lie here unclean
We're equal now

Wrought In Vain

another something new, in its early stages

Lyrics:

Stay gone
Wake up
Stay out
'Til the mornin' shakes you down 
And turns you 'round 
To bear the weight of what you crown

-

Stay on
Wait up
Stay in
'Til the hour shows you old
You've bought and sold
The years that traveled through our souls

--Live on the slight
--Most every night

-

Stray song
Far gone
Run on
Like a memory growing old
You've gotten cold
With all the motive now to fold

Live on the slight
Most every night

Mournin', divine
Chasin' your line
Back 'round, the heart and sound

Stay Gone (Stray Song)

scrapped this out a while back. not sure if i'll continue to work on it.
inspired by anger issues i've had... there was this man who used to frequent an open mic; an older gentleman. he was never happy with me being there, for some reason. whenever it was my turn to perform, he would get up and leave. i thought about how i could easily grow old and become this guy. those events sort of inspired the mindset that inspired this song. i'm talking to myself in this, as much as i might be talking to anyone else.

Lyrics:

With all the hearts you haven't kept
Behind a life that you regret
And all the moons you haven't spent
Inside a world that you resent

Admit you never knew me
So what makes ya angry?
Try and just believe me...
What is good that's easy?

Just get it all out
Get it all out
Dig your soul out

In truth, my thoughts are naked
Yet you call them hatred
Such a vague expression
In lieu of discussion

Could you ever be happy at all
Or is it always someone else's fault?

Try to let it all out, get it all out, get it all out
Dig your soul out
Tell me what
Tell me what you are about
To do 
When all the power
Is with you
When the power is with you
Tell me what would you do?
If all you wanted was yours

Is there ever a satisfied response?
And are you ever satisfied with what you want?

Tell me
What would you do?

Always Angry: A Meditation

very new song, only spent a couple days on it. kinda liked the rough quality that i came up with here in this demo so it stayed as is. 

Lyrics:

Feels like my life is just a test case
To practice your weapons on
Shot up with diseases from your rape
And studied all the day long

Feels like I’m spinning in a centrifuge
Feels like I’m buried alive
Feels like there’s air inside my veins
Feels like I got frostbite

I hear their ghosts call out from the grave
They had a hell of a ride
Lived as a prisoner, lived as a slave
And death’s a merciful prize

And oh, would you look at the time
With these screamin' dreams
I can’t align
Oh, how I hope
They don’t come to life

We don’t thrive here
We die here
Sullen symbols
Call the angels

We don’t thrive here
We die here
Swollen samples
While we ramble 

We don’t thrive here
We die here

watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElXO4rUqjCM

Lyrics:

When the river left me dry
Well, I searched it my whole damn life
Just to thirst for what I had to find
Though I saw it down the line

So we sit and waste this prime
As we fall for the laymen's lie
With a fog upon our eyes,
I move to cease the blindess of mine
A river struck with time...
(To feign sycophantic sighs)

Faithfully drawn
To ponder the con
Just tell me the secret to lean on

Burn it all
Make it whole

When the river left us dry
Well, the dust was my drink at night
I slither'd 'cross the core, a desert floor to
scrape and stretch my stomach wide
My mirage, the water, seeks to hide

Fatefully spawned
A lord, or a pawn
Though neither through the nether
Stays too strong

Drown us all
Make us whole
Drown us all
Make us whole

So the river laps our minds
And she laughs as we fall into line
Falling lightning tricked your eyes, 
Your sunken gaze is dulled by cracks of thunder
You go with the flow, you get swept under

Yeah, take me along
A look back and it's gone
We'll fall for all the innocence
And once upon

Burn it all
Make it whole
Burn it all
Make it whole
So burn us all
Just make us whole
Oh God... burn us all
Just make us whole

Burn it all
Make it whole

River Left Me Dry (quiet version)

All tracks available for free download.
Everything here is more or less demo quality, all self produced and self recorded.
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The albums are meant to be listened to from beginning to end, as complete projects. Thanks for listening!