The Tags Say Texas is a song I wrote on a long ride home — somewhere between a border sign and a memory.

There’s something that shifts when you cross into Texas. The light hits different. The silence feels familiar.

It’s not just the road—it’s the feeling that you’re stepping back into who you are.

This song isn’t about one town or one moment. It’s about that quiet, knowing feeling of coming home —

Even if you’ve changed, even if the road was long.

I’ve lived in a lot of places, but nowhere ever claimed me the way Texas does.

++++++++++++++ LYRICS +++++++++++++++

Song Title: All The Tags Say Texas
Executive Producer: GTV Mansfeld
Writer: GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP #930823762)
Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
ISRC: QZTB92546047
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved.

Come on, gear up, let's ride home, get back to good

Just crossin' that state line 
Puts me in a different state of mind 
Feelin' safe — all the grandmas packin' 
Left for a while, but now I'm back in 
State to state from cityscapes 
To green landscapes, feel great 
But for only so long can 
I be long gone from home — I am at the gate, wait 
Yeah, somethin' happens when I cross that line 
A peace of mind on Thirty-Five

It seems alright 
Seems just fine 
When

All the tags they say Texas 
I'll unpack my bags 
Just one more exit 
Babe, I'll just text ya 
When all the tags 
They say Texas, yeah yeah

I won't back down from my pride 
I've lived lots places, but I can't hide 
The fact this feels more like home 
Than any place I’ve gone home                                                                                                   From Atlanta to the FLA 
To each their own, but for me, I'll stay 
But when I leave, there's this feelin' 
No other place can bring me healin' 

Yeah, somethin' happens when I cross that line 
A peace of mind on Thirty-Five

It seems alright 
Seems just fine 
When

All the tags 
They say Texas 
I'll unpack my bags 
Just one more exit 
Babe, I'll just text ya 
When all the tags 
They say Texas, ooooo, yeah

Get yourself on down here and see 
What all the talk is, where we're free 
Don't bring no ideas to change us, please 
The flag will wave and we'll be friendly 
Just enjoy your stay, man, when

All the tags 
They say Texas 
You can unpack your bags 
You've arrived 
Just one more exit 
Get here and just text me 
When all the tags
Yeah, yeah, when

They say Texas 
They say Texas 
They say Texas

Welcome, friend... to the great state of Texas

All The Tags Say Texas

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"I Misunderstood" is a song I wrote about losing my creative voice — and the slow, quiet journey of trying to get it back. It’s raw, acoustic, and honest. Just me, some old strings, and a few lingering prayers. I didn’t write it to impress anyone… just to heal a little.

🎵 Song Title: I Misunderstood
🎙️ Executive Producer: GTV Mansfeld
✍️ Writer: GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP #930823762)
📇 Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
🎧 ISRC: QZTB92546047
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved.

📝 Lyrics:
There used to be a time
I would take that old six-string of mine
I’d turn the keys and wind
Some new shiny strings to sing

A song that would seem to me
A breath, the breath of God
It would just write itself ya see
I didn’t have to try that hard
No not that hard

But then life
But then wives
But then hills
I couldn’t climb

I put it away without knowing
The locust of a life lived swarmed in
I didn’t know where all this was going
I could only see where I’d been

The weight, the struggle and circumstance
Wouldn’t wait, couldn’t wait for me to understand
I was sucked in to the daily trance
That old broke down plan common to man

Songs stopped commin’
The strings just stopped hummin’
I put God's music to the side
My soul being eatin inside

Hmmmm, hmmmmm, hmmmm, hmm

No, I can’t fix it
Well, I wish I could
Write those songs again
I know I should

Where did I go, Lord
Where You been
My heart’s been torn
By the way I lived

Please restore me
Ya said you would
Don’t ignore me
Like they all should

Won’t you give me back those years
Yeah those years – I misunderstood

So, now I see the price she’s paid
Her strings broken and dust just caked
Grace didn’t care how far I’ve strayed
I betrayed my heart for much too long
Too long, yeah

I wipe her down, tune up the strings
As hope comes back to these fingers
Now she’s restored but as for me
I hum again as my mending lingers

The sound returns a bit unpolished
My past sins now acknowledged
My old songs sting, but new ones commin’
And tell a story of what I’m becomin’

No, I can’t fix it
Well, I wish I could
Write those songs again
I know I should

Where did I go, Lord
Where You been
My heart’s been torn
By the way I lived

Please restore me
Ya said you would
Don’t ignore me
Like they all should

Won’t you give me back those years
Yeah those years – I misunderstood

Hmmm. Hmmmm. hmmmmmm
I

I Misunderstood

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"Keep My Name Out Ya Mouth" is a raw, emotionally loaded anthem that confronts toxic dynamics, social media distortion, and the lies people tell to play the victim. With glitchy, minimalist production and a fiercely honest vocal delivery, it captures the breaking point—when silence turns to strength and self-preservation becomes priority. This is not just a song—it’s a boundary drawn in bold

🎵 Song Title: Keep My Name Out Ya Mouth
🎙️ Executive Producer: GTV Mansfeld
🎚️ Co-Producer: Leona L. Laing
✍️ Writer: GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
📇 Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
🎧 ISRC: QZTB92546047
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld / Leona L. Laing (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved.

🎤 Lyrics:
Everybody sayin’
Their parents were narcissistic
Are they just playin’
Playin’ the victim
Hard to be optimistic
When they so hedonistic
When I hear this
It sickens me
That mentality
What, you need attention
Oh gee—did I mention
I stayed away from you
Youooo ooooo ooooo

Talk about toxic
That’s you too (true)
Got that log stickin’ outcha eye
Ya sure it’s me ya wanna crucify
But too bad—my surprise
I may have a speck
But I accept this
Stop the lies, stop ya lies

I'm givin’ up on the hope of a better past
At last—gotta, gotta move on
I don’t see a future where ya change
Or rearrange the way you relate
To me so, please, ya please

🎶 Chorus:
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Take, take it out

When ya indiscriminately
Talk about me
On the ’Gram on TikTok
Just stop
I don’t need
A decoder ring
It’s obvious
The post’s about me
A history that never was

Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Take, take it out

No text, no call — just noise online
You throw shade, yeah I’ll be fine
I prayed, stayed quiet, played it fair
But now I’m done
I’m done

Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Keep my name out ya mouth - out ya mouth
Take, take it out
Out

Keep My Name Out Ya Mouth

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I wrote Love Over Logic after years of chasing the wrong kind of success — trying to make records that "meant something" while quietly drifting from the real reason I started writing in the first place. This song is a turning point. It’s me stripping away the performance, the metrics, the noise — and getting back to the muse, the message, and the meaning.

If one person feels less alone because of this, then I did what I came here to do. Thanks for listening. This one’s straight from the soul.

— GTV

🎵 Song Title: Love Over Logic
🎙️ Executive Producer: GTV Mansfeld
🎚️ Co-Producer: Leona L. Laing
✍️ Writer: GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
📇 Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
🎧 ISRC: QZTBD2501950
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld / Leona L. Laing (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved.


Lyrics:
For years I tried to make records
Of certain deep meanings
Each word I write – the words
They were always God leaning, yeah
Leading me

And while innocent enough in my roots
I had a skewed view of succeeding
It became moot, fell into the trap of pursuit
Rather than the muse leading me
Ya leading
Yeah, and meaning

Now I put
Lyrics over likes
And muse over metrics
Friends over fans and
Love over logic
Yeahhhh
Love over logic
Love… over… logic

Instrumental Break
High Energy
Euphoric Build

If each song
Would reach just one
My job’s here done
That will sober me up
The ghost of my muse
Will resurrect
Ya will resurrect

Now I put
Lyrics over likes
And muse over metrics
Friends over fans and
Love over logic
Yeahhhh
Love over logic
Love… over… logic

Now I put
Lyrics over likes
And muse over metrics
Friends over fans and
Love over logic
Yeahhhh
Love over logic
Love… over… logic

Love Over Logic

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A poetic, soul-searching blend of hip hop, gospel, and spoken word—this track reflects on surrender, trust, and the quiet process of becoming. Through mellow lo-fi beats and ambient textures, "Maybe God’s Will" invites you into a conversation between clay and potter, questions and grace.

From light at your feet to rivers cutting through stone, this piece is about the kind of faith that doesn't demand full clarity—just enough light for the next few steps.

For those walking, waiting, or wondering—this one's for you.

🎵 Song Title: Far Above Me
🎙️ Executive Producer: GTV Mansfeld
✍️ Writer: GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
📇 Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
🎧 ISRC: Pending Distribution
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved.

Lyrics:
Maybe God’s will for your life
Is part of the journey
And maybe… see…
None of ya business
I mean…

Who out there with clay
Tried to smash a vase
But ended up with an ashtray
I mean... I'm just tryin’ to say

Well…
Anyways

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me, yeah
So…
Farther above me, yeah

A light to my feet
As I walk to the la-treen
Is all I need… just enough light (right)
Just need to see
The next few steps
In front of me
Not the whole scene

But yeah
There be danger in the bushes
I can’t control them, naw (might scare me)

But God can move their heart
God can still them

Like a river
Cutting rock in the earth
My worth
So much more to Him

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me, yeah
So…
Farther above me, yeah

He’s just cuttin’ the rock

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me, yeah
So…
Farther above me, yeah
Oohhhh, oh, Father

Yeah, He’s just
Cuttin’ the rock
And the junk that blocks (just building blocks)
Block my path
So halfway down
The river can flow
Through me
And around
Yeah
Cuttin’ the rock

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me, yeah
So…
Farther above me, yeah
Oohhhh, oh, Father…

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Maybe God’s will for your life
Is part of the journey
And maybe… see…
None of ya business
I mean…

Who out there with clay
Tried to smash a vase
But ended up with an ashtray
I mean... I'm just tryin’ to say

Well…
Anyways

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me yeah
So…
Farther above me yeah

A light to my feet
As I walk to the la-treen
Is all I need… just enough light (right)
Just need to see
The next few steps
In front of me
Not the whole scene

But yeah
There be danger in the bushes
I can’t control them naw (might scare me)

But God can move their heart
God can still them

Like a river
Cutting rock in the earth
My worth
So much more to Him

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me yeah
So…
Farther above me yeah

He’s just cuttin’ the rock

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me yeah
So…
Farther above me yeah
Oohhhh oh Father

Yeah He’s just
Cuttin’ the rock
And the junk that blocks (just building blocks)
Block my path
So halfway down
The river can flow
Through me
And around
Yeah
Cuttin’ the rock

If He is the potter
Then maybe His way is

Far above me yeah
So…
Farther above me yeah
Oohhhh oh Father

Far Above Me

🎵 Take Back Your Soul
Written & Produced by GTV Mansfeld
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld / Empty Vessel Music
ASCAP #931139532
All rights reserved.

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She was just sixteen when she found faith on a hot June night in Roanoke.
Now she’s older, worn down by love, loss, and life on the edge.
But her story doesn’t end in pain—it rises.

“Meet Gina” is more than a song. It’s a story of redemption, resilience, and the kind of grace that meets you in the mess.
From silver spoons to eviction notices… from the ache of surrender to the strength of starting again—this track walks through it all.

✨ If you’ve ever knelt down, broken and lost,
If you’ve ever needed someone to remind you to get up—
This one’s for you.

Take back your soul.
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld/ Empty Vessel Music
ASCAP 931139532

LYRICS:
Meet Gina, just sixteen years old
Got saved on a sticky June night in Roanoke
With a hundred other people
Jesus saved her soul
She was young and bold
Had a heart of gold - yeah

‘Round about nineteen, Gina’s life 
Got kinda messy
Fell in love with a silver spoon 
And a gent named Jessie
White knight in a castle
But now life’s a hassle
With the kids in tow
And Jessie’s gone
Oh no…

Some of you been there
Some of you stand there now

Did you ever see
Have you ever tried
The road shes seen
The tears she’s cried

Have you ever felt
So lost in it all
That you finally knelt
And gave away your soul

But life for her, like you goes on
This is not the way it ends 
Your life too, through shortly gone
Will rise up stronger and deeper still
Its time to get up (oh get up)
From the window sill

And start livin’
Start given’
To yourself again

Did you ever see
Have you ever tried
The road shes seen
The tears she’s cried

Have you ever felt
So lost in it all
That you finally knelt
And gave away your soul

Some they ask me what became of her
Those two kids to whom I refered
Their grown with kids of their own
And Gina found love from a friend she knows
Yeah, a friend 
That how that goes

Did you ever see
Have you ever tried
The road shes seen
The tears she’s cried

Have you ever felt
Ever felt 
So lost in it all
That you finally knelt
And gave away your soul

Take back your soul
Your soul
Ewww,ewww,ohhhh,ohhhh
Your 
Soul

07/20/2025

Meet Gina (Take back Your Soul)

"Kisses (You Promised Me)" is a hauntingly tender duet about love, loss, and the echoes of a first kiss that never left. Set against the backdrop of a Colorado September, this track blends acoustic intimacy with cinematic emotion — a slow-burning ballad wrapped in memory and melancholy.

Written from the ache of absence and the warmth of what once was, Kisses explores the space between holding on and letting go.

For anyone who’s ever missed someone so much it made them smile through the pain.

Lyrics:
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
© 2025 GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)
All rights reserved.

You promised me
You said
Kisses

Yeah that first kiss
I remember
It was sudden 
But I missed
What it would mean
It was mid September
In the Colorado wilderness 
Can I tell you I miss it
I missed it yeah, yeah

ohhohhhohohh, yeah

You remember the sunrise
And how it opened up your eyes
I forgot the guidelines
How you said no hands but surprise
You were the one who winded
Your hands gently over mine
Ohhhh, the feeling
Yeah the feeling

Yesterday is gone
But my love still goes on - strong
Like the first kisses
I miss it
Yeah I missed it
You promised me 
Kisses
You promised me 
Kisses

The air is cold
Like it was then
I can see my breath
But your breath is not close no
Ever since your death
I walk this leafy path alone
And just when I cant go
Any further
I remember 
I remember 
Like it's September
Again, yeah again

You hold me dear
Your here
I hear you
I hear you dear


Yesterday is gone
But my love still goes on - strong
Like the first kisses
I miss it
Yeah I missed it
You promised me 
Kisses
You promised me 
Kisses

Kisses (You Promised Me)

🎧 THE CALAMITY – GTV Mansfeld
A storm in verse.
This one dives deep — into the pressure, the fall, the silence when no one picks up the call.

Written by: GTV Mansfeld
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved. Registered with ASCAP.
Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
Label: Empty Vessel Music
Stream: Spotify, YouTube, Apple. and more

“They love the chum in the sea…” Yeah. It’s that kind of track.

Built from the blood, doubt, and noise we all wade through — The Calamity hits where the mask slips and the truth breaks surface.
If you've ever felt like you're drowning in your own mind, surrounded by the shark-smile of fame, expectation, or self-hate — this one’s for you.

🎙️ Written and Produced by GTV Mansfeld
© 2025 Empty Vessel Music (ASCAP)
℗ 2025 GTV Mansfeld (ASCAP)

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The Calamity

"Selfishly" flips the idea of love on its head — asking, what if giving your heart is the most selfish thing you could do?

Written by: GTV Mansfeld
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved. Registered with ASCAP.
Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
Label: Empty Vessel Music
Stream: Spotify, YouTube, Apple. and more

With tender verses, a soulful chorus, and a raw bridge that admits love quiets the darkest corners of the mind, this track blends intimacy with vulnerability.
It’s a love song for those who know that real giving isn’t about losing yourself — it’s about finding more of yourself in someone else.

Written by: GTV Mansfeld
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved. Registered with ASCAP.
Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
Label: Empty Vessel Music
Stream: Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and more
LYRICS:

Some say to give
Is a selfish act
Because when you do
You get more than
You gave back

Counter intuitive
If you knew of it
When you
Went through with it

But such that it is
As it is, we give
And give
And…give

If giving to you
Is the most selfish thing
I can do
Then you can have
Me all too

If loving you
Is the most selfish thing
I can do
Then you can take
Me all too

Selfishly
Selfishly

Some say to live
The most important things
Is to love and be loved
If this is true
Then I have lived indeed, too

Don’t get me wrong
True love don’t
Come easily
Not easily
Be as it be..

But such that it is
As it is, we give
And give
And…give

It's better to live with the demons you know
Rather than the demons you don’t
As for me I have have plenty
But the’re quite now
The’re quiet now
When you’re around
Only when you’re around

If giving to you
Is the most selfish thing
I can do
Then you can have
Me all too

If loving you
Is the most selfish thing
I can do
Then you can take
Me all too

Selfishly
Selfishly

Selfishly

Weak to Woke to Wicked is a raw, cinematic track calling out the shift from silence to deception — and asking the question: Where the real men be at?
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Layered female vocals, gritty rap bars, and spoken word weave through a moody beat, pulling you into a world of drones over cities, psy-ops, and broken promises. It’s a cry for strength, truth, and protection in a time when shadows try to erase a generation.

🔥 Stand up. Speak truth. Be real.

ASCAP
Weak to Woke to Wicked
Written by: GTV Mansfeld
℗ 2025 Empty Vessel Music
All rights reserved. Registered with ASCAP.
Publisher: Empty Vessel Music
Label: Empty Vessel Music
Stream: Spotify, YouTube, Apple. and more

Lyrics:

Sing
Weak to woke to wicked
That's them
Weak to woke to wicked 
That’s him
The ones that won’t come out
And wander about
Weak to woke to wicked 
Well then

For the people and the land
Where tha real men
Be at
Be at
Where you at
Huh
Huh
Where you at

We are living in a psyop
We’ve been co-op-ed
I’m at the door knock
Rat-a-tat-tat
To explain
Some how
Gone from weak to woke to wicked
Man that you

They say go woke go broke
They already broken
Up in smoke they choke
On their words unspoken 
Morse coding 
Most quoted

Hold on then
Were tha real men
Be at

Drones over cities
To say how we read it 
Watching the citizens
Close down the country
Calling us anti-vaccine 
Were tha real men 
Be at
Be at

Weak to woke  to wicked
That's them
Huh 
Weak to woke to wicked 
That’s him
Huh
The ones that wont come out
And wander about
Weak to woke to wicked 
Well then
For the people and the land
Where the real men
Be at
Be at

Where ya at
Huh
Huh
Where you at

Here I am
Yeah, though we wasn’t  coming
Huh
We here to stand up strong
And long
Against the  shadows
That keep you home
They trying to eliminate
A generation of men
A generation in Him 
That’s Jesus, Geeze trust
For Him
Doing his work

Sirens over the state
Chopper flying 
Searching and
Wait
Thought this was a land of the free
Who they be
Who is they anyway 
Don’t know

Weak to woke to wicked
That's them
Weak to woke to wicked
That’s him
The ones that won’t come out
And wander about
Weak to woke to wicked 
Well then
For the people and tha land
Where the real men
Be at
Be at

Where ya at
Huh
Where you at
Huh
Huh
Where you at

I want to see you’re brawn
Not fawning
Over me
Over me
Wan’t to impress me
Be strong
Stand up fo me
Against my enemy
Against my enemy
Protect me
I ain’t to feministic 
To accept you
Naw
You a real man
Or not
I don’t know  
Huh
I don’t know
Huh
I don’t know
Huh
I don’t know

Weak to Woke to Wicked

GTV Mansfeld is a lyricist, singer-songwriter, Sharing his life experiences through lyrical writing and music production of all genres. From Atlanta to Dallas, his lyrics rich songs tell his stories in relatable ways by living his my best life experiences. #gtvmansfeld