A song about about letting go of life's daily complexity and remembering what it feels like to be carefree, even if it's just for a short while.
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Lyrics:

Didn’t know how
Didn’t know how to change
But I wanted everything
To be new again
 
Do you trust enough
To let somebody in
And deliver us
To a finer end
 
In a small way
I’m already gone
In a new day
I will sing this song
 
[Chorus]
I feel the sun setting on us
We can feel the world turning round
And in the world all around us
We can just be lost until we’re found
 
If I told you
If I told you of a place
Where your mistakes
Disappear
Without a trace
 
Something in your heart
Burns like wild fire
So don't turn away
And make your heart a liar
 
Will you follow
Will you stay inside
Let the darkness
Give in to the sunrise
 
[Chorus]
I feel the sun setting on us
We can feel the world turning round
And in the world all around us
We can just be lost until we’re found

Produced by Charles D'Simone & Michael Smith
Music & Lyrics by Charles D'Simone
Recorded at The Music Building, NYC and Shore Road, Brooklyn
Live Drums recorded at The Music Building, Engineered by Israel
Mixed at Shore Road, Brooklyn
Charles D'Simone – Vocals & Piano
Michael Smith – Drums & Percussion
Joe Belle – Guitar
Enzo Penizzotto – Recorded Bass
Ken Goshen – Live Bass

Lost Until We're Found

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Produced by Charles D'Simone & Michael Smith
Music & Lyrics by Charles D'Simone
Recorded at The Music Building NYC & Shore Road, Brooklyn
Live Drums recorded at The Music Building, Engineered by Israel
Mixed by Matt Stein at SWAN7 Studio, New York
Charles D'Simone -- Vocals & Piano
Michael Smith -- Drums & Percussion
Joe Belle -- Guitar
Enzo Penizzotto -- Recorded Bass

Lyrics:
When I was young
Just a mother’s son
The world seemed different to me
I remember everything made sense

Oh how I’ve tried
But my hands were tied
No I can’t stop defending
I’m pretending
I won’t play that game

I will hold the line
On this hollowed ground 
Till I'm black and blue
And my heart is found

I won't walk away
Till I know for sure
That I have gotten
What I came here for

[Chorus]
I thought that I could tell the right from all the wrong
But the good heart falls before the strong
It’s a dog eat dog
World we live in 
You’ve got to fight
Just to carry on

Subjugate the meek
Don't let them speak
When only sticks and stones
Can break your bones
Don't let it bring you down
 
When all the tears fell like rain
No one ever will feel safe again
I don’t know how and I don’t know when
There’s just one way through it
Here we go again

[Chorus]
I thought that I could tell the right from all the wrong
But the good heart falls before the strong
It’s a dog eat dog
World we live in 
You’ve got to fight
Just to carry on

[Bridge]
With all the heroes
Sometimes it’s hard to get a table at your favorite place
Yeah sometimes I feel like I’m just dog food on somebody else’s plate
But I’m never giving up
Cause giving up’s not my speed
And I just might bite the hand that feeds
In this dog eat dog world

Yeah, dog eat dog world
Yeah, dog eat dog world
Yeah, dog eat dog world
Yeah, dog eat dog world

©2014 DSIMONEMUSIC


Dog Eat Dog

All For Love
By Charles D’Simone

Oh it seems to me the state of this life
Just has a little bit too much trouble
It’s a wonder anybody can smile
But a smile makes the trouble worthwhile

Oh there are people I'm sure I would like
But we are separated for some reason
A little story that somebody told
And we grow up become jaded and cold

But I turned around too late
And I saw love turn to hate
Now I don’t give a damn
If I have one leg to stand

[Chorus]
Oh I give it all, all for love
Oh I give it all, all for love
Heaven’s not mine
And I don’t have too much time
I know what to do
So I give my love to you

Is there a little place left in your heart
To forgive or forget there’s a start
But in a way we are all the same
We just want to be free from the pain

But don’t be fooled by them
Who tell you what to defend
Oh the moon and stars above
They will shine on all with love

[Bridge]
Now I’m giving it the best that I've got
Oh I may be a fool but the one thing I’m not
Is afraid to walk through this fire
Take me higher

[Chorus]
Oh I give it all, all for love
Oh I give it all, all for love
Oh I give it all, all for love
Heaven’s not mine
And I don’t have too much time
I know what to do
So I give my love to you
All for love
All for love
All for love
All for love

©2015 (D)SIMONEMUSIC


All For Love

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Dog Eat Dog
By Charles D'Simone

When I was young
Just a mother’s son
The world seemed different to me
I remember everything made sense

Oh how I’ve tried
But my hands were tied
No I can’t stop defending
I’m pretending
I won’t play that game

I will hold the line
On this hollowed ground
Till I'm black and blue
And my heart is found

I won't walk away
Till I know for sure
That I have gotten
What I came here for

[Chorus]
I thought that I could tell the right from all the wrong
But the good heart falls before the strong
It’s a dog eat dog
World we live in
You’ve got to fight
Just to carry on

Subjugate the meek
Don't let them speak
When only sticks and stones
Can break your bones
Don't let it bring you down

When all the tears fell like rain
No one ever will feel safe again
I don’t know how and I don’t know when
There’s just one way through it
Here we go again

[Chorus]
I thought that I could tell the right from all the wrong
But the good heart falls before the strong
It’s a dog eat dog
World we live in
You’ve got to fight
Just to carry on

[Bridge]
With all the heroes
Sometimes it’s hard to get a table at your favorite place
Yeah sometimes I feel like I’m just dog food on somebody else’s plate
But I’m never giving up
Cause giving up’s not my speed
And I just might bite the hand that feeds
In this dog eat dog world

Yeah, dog eat dog world
Yeah, dog eat dog world
Yeah, dog eat dog world
Yeah, dog eat dog world

©2014 (D)SIMONEMUSIC

SOMETIMES
By Charles D’Simone

Monday morning seeing people on the subway line
It’s a miracle, quite biblical that I am up on time
Oh it’s hard to breathe when you’re so far under ground
Oh I wish there was a blue pill I could take
To wash away the truth I have found

I’ve read all the self-help books trying to set myself free
According to the experts I’m my own worst enemy
Oh I tried to find some answers to it all
But it feels like there’s no rhyme or reason
Just a roll of the dice and that’s all

[Chorus]
Sometimes you win
Sometime you draw
Sometimes you fight
Sometimes you fall
Oh it’s hard to remember when you get to December
There’s flowers in the spring
Sometimes the end is where you begin

It’s like I pulled myself together one too many times
I’m so damn disconnected can’t even tell if I’m lying
Oh I fooled myself just to make it through the day
Oh I broke the mirror on the wall
I don’t want to hear what it has to say

[Chorus]
Sometimes you pray
Sometime you sin
Sometimes it hurts to let them come in
Sometimes you fall
Oh it’s hard to forget all the pain and regret
And harder still to forgive 
Sometimes you die
Sometimes you live

©2015 (D)SIMONEMUSIC



Sometimes

Waiting For You

Story Behind The Song –
I wrote this song one night when my wife was out of town for a few days. We are not separated often, but when we are, she always makes jokes about how I must be enjoying my freedom. The truth is I pretty much only want to do two things...well three things actually…play music, hug my wife and have a good hair day. When she's home, our apartment is filled with noise and bustle, so when she's gone, it feels very empty. We have cats, but they are professional sleepers so I’m usually just by myself, and the first thing that occurs to me in these moments is...it’s okay for a night or two, but really only because I know she will be back.
 
It seems to me that the world is very much a complex machine that will eat you alive if you let it. We live in New York and it's the greatest city in the world, but it’s also easy to get caught up in the rat race thinking that you need to get somewhere or accomplish something. I will quote the Beatles, “All you need is love.” And I know I’m very lucky, so when I’m not with the one I love, I write songs about her.
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MUSIC CREDITS:
Produced by Charles D'Simone
Music & Lyrics by Charles D'Simone
Recorded and mixed by Charles D'Simone at Shore Road Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Wish You Were Here Tonight

Story Behind The Song –
You are born into this world with unlimited potential. But whoever you are, the people around you, mostly with good intention, want to teach you how to fit in. It's the way of the world. It makes sense I guess, but for me, I've always questioned the process of fitting in. By the time we're three or four years old, we've been given a pretty strong set of commands for how we are suppose to live our lives.

CIRCLES is a metaphor for how the world wants you to live a certain way. If you are not that way, you will be cast out and judged. As children, we begin to form into groups to cope with the need to be accepted, but in the process of being a part of something, we are excluding so much more. We eventually willingly confine ourselves, even when we disagree with the group – as long as we are part of it.

I don't know which version of what happens when we die is the right one, but depending on where you were born, you are told from birth with absolute conviction, there are rules to follow that get you into heaven. And I always ask the same question – if you were lost at sea as an infant and wound up on an a remote island, raised by wild animals, lived your whole life free of the knowledge of any of the things that man has created to confine how we live, were the example of religious perfection – honest, giving, respectful, a true friend to all your fellow island companions – when you died, would you ascend to heaven, or wherever it is that we go?

One day, we wake up, and we are adults. We feel a sense of imbalance in the world we live in, but we say to ourselves, "that's just the way it is." If we don't challenge this paradigm, we live and die by someone else's design. I say...LIVE YOUR LIFE!
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MUSIC CREDITS:
Produced by Charles D'Simone
Music & Lyrics by Charles D'Simone
Recorded and mixed by Charles D'Simone at Shore Road Studio, Brooklyn, NY
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Circles

Just a Dreamer

Of all the things that I've ever seen
No sight has taken me so
But your heart holds the great mystery
And I want to let you know

There could be ten thousand miles to go
A journey like legends of old
But god speed to your door in time to see
The Mystery Unfold

Hey I've forgotten
Forgotten myself again
Hey I'm just a dream
An I hope the that this dream won't end

Tonight there's a great moon shinning
And it's lighting the way
There's something I know There's no denying
With you I will stay

There are some things that are meant to be
The blue in the sky
The warm summer breeze
Things you can take
Take them all away
Without you it all turns to grey

Hey I've forgotten
Forgotten myself with you
Hey I'm just a dreamer
And this time the dream came true



10 Just A Dreamer

Story Behind The Music –
When I wrote this song, I was thinking about the journey that life takes us on, and how it can transform who we are. Many years ago I met this Jamaican artist, and he left quite an impression on me. He was sanding a metal door to give it the appearance of wood grain. Sparks were flying all over the place, and in between loud bursts of electric sanding he would tell me a thing or two. One thing he said that really stuck with me was, “The truth is simple.”

That statement is where I start with Desert Rain. I’ve made a mistake or two in my life–“things have a way of happening,” but along the way I feel like I’ve gotten smarter. One of my favorite quotes is from Morris Day, lead singer for The Time, “You don’t want some young guy…you want an old guy with experienccccccce.” But experience comes with a price. The sky looked bigger when I was twelve. Everything was mysterious…”I’ve seen too much I am afraid to ever feel that way again.”

One of the things about the time we live in that haunts me the most is how much we’ve all learned to turn a blind eye to the hard truths. It’s easier not to get involved. But I believe we are all part of the problem and part of the solution–no matter what we do, we are a part of it…”And if I don’t get my hands dirty I’m an innocent bystander.”

It seems to me like the world is in a state of deep disorder. Sometimes I wonder if I am just seeing it that way, or if that’s how it really is. I also wonder if there was a way I could make the future certain and discover that feeling I had when I was a child, would I take that road? ~Charles D'Simone
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Desert Rain - Lyrics
It seems like the simplest solution
Is always the best answer
I don’t too know much about the weather
But I thought I knew what I was after
But things have a way of happening
Three turns on a road to nowhere now
I’ve seen to much I am afraid
To ever feel that way again

Did you trade
Your heart to be free
Did you think that it would
Come so easily

[Chorus]
Desert rain fall on me
Wash away everything
Make me new like I was born yesterday
Oh, oh desert rain

And if I don’t get my hands dirty
I’m an innocent bystander
But how can I sleep with this tonight
My eyes are open now I know
Some things get better with time
But some things just tear you apart
And if I had hands that could heal
I’d heal this broken heart

But don’t wait
I might take my time
Because this is not your walk 
This is mine

[Chorus]
Desert rain fall on me
Wash away everything
Make me new like I was born yesterday
Oh, oh desert rain

Tied up in chains I made myself
I feel a hard wind blowing
A heart that burns with pure desire
I am consumed by the fire
Oh desert rain
Oh desert rain

[Chorus]
Desert rain fall on me
Wash away everything
Make me new like I was born yesterday
Oh, oh desert rain

Desert Rain by (D)SIMONE

(D)SIMONE - Sleepwalking
Debut Studio Album - Released April 2012

1.  Desert Rain †
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Bass, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar
2.  Follow
D'Simone - Vocals, Keys | Jeff Soriano - Guitar, Bass, Drums
3.  Sleepwalking †
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Bass, Drums
4.  Hello
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
5.  Symphony For Sad Clowns
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar |
Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
6.  U R The 1
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Bass, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar
7.  Sleep On It
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | 
Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
8.  A Little More Time
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Bass, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar
9.  Over My Head
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Scott Levy - Drums | Adam Reiter - Bass
10.  Down The Road
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
11.  Photograph ††
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
12.  Obstacles
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Enzo Penizzotto – Bass

All songs written by Charles D'Simone, except Follow and Over My Head written by Charles D'Simone and Soriano.
Produced by Charles D’Simone. 
† Produced by Charles D’Simone and Charles Calello.
†† Co-Produced/Mixed by Tim Patalan.
© 2012 Calello Music Group           

A Little More Time

(D)SIMONE - Sleepwalking
Debut Studio Album - Released April 2012

1. Desert Rain †
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Bass, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar
2. Follow
D'Simone - Vocals, Keys | Jeff Soriano - Guitar, Bass, Drums
3. Sleepwalking †
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Bass, Drums
4. Hello
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
5. Symphony For Sad Clowns
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar |
Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
6. U R The 1
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Bass, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar
7. Sleep On It
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar |
Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
8. A Little More Time
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Bass, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar
9. Over My Head
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Scott Levy - Drums | Adam Reiter - Bass
10. Down The Road
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
11. Photograph ††
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Enzo Penizzotto - Bass
12. Obstacles
Charles D'Simone - Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums | Jeff Soriano - Guitar | Enzo Penizzotto – Bass

All songs written by Charles D'Simone, except Follow and Over My Head written by Charles D'Simone and Soriano.
Produced by Charles D’Simone.
† Produced by Charles D’Simone and Charles Calello.
†† Co-Produced/Mixed by Tim Patalan.
© 2012 Calello Music Group


Obstacles

New York based indie/alternative rock quartet led by frontman/keyboardist/songwriter Charles D'Simone, backed by three highly talented musicians, drummer Michael Smith, guitarist Joe Belle and bassist Freddy Tecuanhuey. All music available for free download at https://soundcloud.com/dsimonemusic / https://www.youtube.com/user/DsimoneRocks

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