Wow, it's been so long. My last song was released August 2020, and this one is released March 2022. I started this song in January 2021, and have sat on it for way too much time. This song is about not being able to write one despite all the pieces being there.

Special thanks to @donteparis for lending his golden pipes to this tune.

Released on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/18HcDBHtN3oHUQrYoQG4gw?si=46b5419d6ae44ef5

Lyrics:
(Sam)
It's okay that it's been a while since you've played guitar
Even fine that your pen has dried up from the wait
In your head is a song that refuses to grow, I know
Expectation has got you overthinking the notes

I write the melody first, then the words
Then come the chords and the beat, stay in key
I've wrapped up all I can say– nobody will hear this anyway
Something's not right with the verse or the chorus
I think we'll start over, again

(Donte)
And I know it's been so long since I called
Ain't no way I can lie or try this time
I've been caught up in things
I've been caught up with me
I don't want anyone else, so believe me that

I write the melody first, then the words
Then come the chords and the beat, stay in key
I've wrapped up all I can say– nobody will hear this anyway
Something's not right with the verse or the chorus
I think we'll start over, again

No Song (feat. Donte Paris)

Black Lightning

LYRICS

baby you couldn’t love me if you wanted
but maybe you could look me in the eye
baby if you wanted you could have me
but that’s far too much to ask
so i’ll try to say goodbye

but everything that i want 
is everything that you got
and everything that you want 
is everything that i’m not
so every day i still wait for you to say
that all this time i’ve been hiding in your thoughts

once she passed me on the street
i couldn’t get to sleep in perfect dark
i said i missed her
but i failed to consider
the overwhelming intensity of the quote marks

but everything that i want 
is everything that you got
and everything that you want 
is everything that i’m not
so every day i still wait for you to say
that all this time i’ve been hiding in your thoughts

i know you're waiting on someone
i know it isn't me
but when i close my eyes
you're all i see
so i'll just try and try to leave 

so if you call me and i answer very calmly
I’m only trying to keep from breaking down
your cheeks, stained with rain, are out of reach,
all the same, 
i will forever be around

‘cause everything that i want 
is everything that you got
and everything that you want 
is everything that i’m not
so every day i still wait for you to say
that all this time i’ve been hiding in your thoughts

Back In Slacker City

Hiding In Your Thoughts

It's been a while, sorry about that. Thanks for listening.

Photo taken in South Boston

Soft-Spoken

Stayed Through

As always, thanks for listening.

Photo taken in a plane leaving Bergen, Norway.

Earl Gray Tea

Gloss it up

Out on Spotify!

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All producer credits can be found on Spotify

Gloss (Interlude)

It's been so long since I've made a song, holy moly.  Thank you to all the friends who I forced to listen to little sections before it was finished. 

Thanks for listening!

It will be on streaming services soon.

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Unprepared for the final holiday, (a holiday)
don’t want to go but I’ve no choice anyway (we’re going any–)
I try not to cry,  I know that when I’ve arrived  
there won't be pain– but what of me remains?

Life just seemed to start, now it’s falling apart
How could you know it would be so hard to depart?
You’re seeing a light, I’m not far behind 
I guess you really never know when it is your time
Wish I could say that I am not worried (I am not worried)
Would it be a lie to say I'm afraid? (I'm not afraid)

One may even say that I’m envious (he’s envious)
of people who think an afterlife exists (where are we going?)
It’s not that I don’t– I mean, well, how could I know?
I’ll be alright with whatever I find

Life just seemed to start, now it’s falling apart
How could you know it would be so hard to depart?
You’re seeing a light, I’m not far behind 
I guess you really never know when it is your time
Wish I could say that I am not worried (I am not worried)
Would it be a lie to say I'm afraid? (I'm not afraid)

(When life is over, where do we go?) 
(This all is fleeting, my time is low)
(The best has ended, so long ago) 

Wish I could say that I am not worried
Would it be a lie to say I’m afraid?

When It Is Your Time

Pavalon "Goodbye (feat. Donte Paris)" out now!

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Goodbye (feat. Donte Paris) - Single

Goodbye (feat. Donte Paris)

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