All I Crossed Was My Heart

When your pilot light's burned out
and you fear
your ship is going down
I'll be here, always near
in the ordinary now

I know it's harder than it sounds
to see through
when the night surrounds
a walling blues, no bridge back to
the ordinary now

You got nothing wrong
even though you can't really see that now
and it probably feels all too long
long before you've got this figured out
I know you don't think you're as strong
strong enough to find your way back home
back to what you knew
the ordinary now

it's coming for you now
like a sun
cutting through the clouds
you have won
you have come
to the ordinary now

The Ordinary Now

You couldn't keep to what you said
while I held you to what's in my head
and so we drifted away after a while

And I don't mind that you didn't turn around
just as long as you're alright now, you're alright now

Now that days have come and gone
not sure it matters who was wrong
or what was forgiven, I forget

Cos I don't mind that you didn't turn around
just as long as you're alright now
No I don't mind if your comes don't go around
just as long as you're alright now

As Long As Youre Alright Now

I take my hat off to the way
the way your heart just changes shape
and makes it harder for it to break

So I put my coat on, but couldn't shake
the cold inside comes on in waves
the ones I ride out everyday

And you missed all the warnings cos they say
the things you don't want, you might need some day

I still remember though it's growing faint
the way you said, you couldn't fake
but I guess you fooled my anyway

And you missed all the warnings cos they say
the things you don't want, you might need some day

Cos you missed all the warnings along the way
and there's no more returning yesterday
and you just weren't hearing what they say
the things you don't want, you might need some day

Missed All The Warnings

I can't seem to find my way
through your never ending systems
where you keep the lights off
just long enough so I can't see dark

But I won't fall into the next trap you lay
But I won't fall into the next trap you lay

I'm always taken in by your worlds
or clawing back on burning blisters
but I know if I don't show
I wont grow harder of the heart

So I don't fall into the next trap that you lay
No I don't fall into the next trap that you lay
No I don't fall again unless after the fall I walk away

I won't fall into the next trap that you lay
No I won't fall into the next trap that you lay
No I won't fall again unless after the fall I walk away

Walk Away

Tired of this living
but we'll carry on
if what we've been given
is less than we want

Cos tomorrow's hiding
but it can't run
so we'll go driving
straight for the sun

When days have collided
with said and done
and all your horizons
have come and gone

Tomorrow's hiding
but it can't run
so we'll go driving
straight for the sun

Cos tomorrow's hiding
but it can't run
there's no denying
it's gonna come
the silver lining
for anyone
that's going driving
straight for the sun

Straight For The Sun

Never wanted, never needed
you never thought I had that much to say
or compare to all your virtues
and everything you thought you were anyway

It didn't take that much persuading
for you to get me to see
and plus I just got tired of waiting
for you to set me free

So don't tell me what I shouldn't believe
don't tell me everything that you think I'll never be
cos I don't really need to receive
I don't really need to explain what you can't see

I won't fear you when I walk through
now that I see you naked as a ghost
of a someone turned to no one
someone I knew I'd really never know

It didn't take that much persuading
for you to get me to see
and plus I just got tired of waiting
for you to set me free

So don't tell me what I shouldn't believe
don't tell me everything that you think I'll never be
cos I don't really need to receive
I don't really need to explain what you can't see

What I Shouldn't Believe

We go alone again
with just the things we kept inside, we kept it inside
the undertow, the bends
we never really could decide, couldn't decide

But I thought for once we had it right
I thought for once that we might fly
but when we finally came untied
we fell for miles and miles
we fell for miles

We were the only friends
that shared betrayal and traded lies, we traded in lies
forever never lent
itself to still our sharking minds, was all in our minds

I thought for once we had it right
I thought for once that we might fly
but when we had the heart to try
we fell for miles and miles
we fell for miles

You let it let slip that you might slide
I dared to dance to the thin ice
but when the cracks became to wide
we fell for miles and miles
we fell for miles

Fell For Miles

Themes From A Bonfire (Instrumental)

Glitter in the Gears

House for the Leaving

04. House For The Leaving

You’re getting cold
and living’s going gray
and the good things you hold
seem far away, so far away, so far away

But look at you now
You’re flying high again
You broke through the clouds
For you all light will bend

When you’re feeling down
and headwinds fill your mind
and you’re heartbeat’s in doubt
and hope’s nowhere in sight, in sight, in sight

But look at you now
You’re flying high again
You broke through the clouds
For you all light will bend

You know it get’s hard
To play somebody else
You get lost in the dark
But you know you'll find yourself

But look at you now
You’re flying high again
You broke through the clouds
For you all light will bend

For You All Light Will Bend

I think I finally understand
what really matters
but had to shatter
had to come undone

Some things don't always grow as planned
and so I withered
but since the trigger
I've been on the run

And I can't make my way back down to you now
from here it looks like I'm not needed

I played the part almost too well
as if I meant it
the way I said it
had the ring of truth

And I can't make my way back down to you now
from here it looks like I'm not needed
it took some years but finally figured out
this place is better when I leave it

I thought you promised that a glass heart couldn't break
as long as it beats like it means it
but when I had to hit the ground you wouldn't take
the only parts of me worth keeping

And I can't make my way back down to you now
from here it looks like I'm not needed
it took some years but finally figured out
this place is better when I leave it

Down To You Now

I can't say
things won't break
or not fade
fade away

But I'll take time
to lean on
what I can find
today

Sometimes I'm blind
and might lose my way
in something kind
kind of like pain

But I'll take time
to lean on
what I can find
today

What I Can Find Today

Castaway

Guy Grogan is a critically acclaimed, award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist based in Santa Fe, NM. Described as a mix between The National, Elliott Smith, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison, He creates songs that range from folk-like ballads to retro power pop with lyrics that explore the existential heart-space between loss and wisdom. 

 Guy restarted writing, performing and recording his own music a number of years ago after a life-changing event. Since then Guy has self-released numerous albums, singles and EPs, and been the recipient of numerous songwriting awards granted by organizations such as Indie International, New Mexico Music Awards, Song of the Year, American Songwriting Awards, and the UKSC.

 In 2016 Guy released “Dynamite Bouquet” which was hailed as “one of the indie’s best kept secrets”, received overwhelmingly positive reviews and heavy rotation on college radio. 12 months later, Guy released “Glitter in the Gears”, which was heralded as “an alternative/indie/pop/rock lover’s delight.” Stand out tracks “Anatomy of a Crush” and “Myself Away” were nominated for best alternative rock songs by the New Mexico Music Awards. 

 Then came “Purgatorial Hearts”, Guy’s 11th and perhaps most personal release to date. As with his previous records, he tracked all the parts himself and teamed up again with local award-winning Santa Fe musician and producer, Dennis Jasso at Fw Studios. The album opener, "I'm the One I Couldn't Be", and "Never Understand" were nominated for Best Modern Rock and Indie songs by the New Mexico Music Awards. "I'm the One I Couldn't Be" won the award for Best Modern Rock song.

2018 brought "v12", his twelfth collection of self-made recordings. Stand out tracks "Here I Am" and "Take Back My Heartbreak" garnered awards for Best Indie and Best Modern Rock song by the New Mexico Music Awards. In 2019 Guy completed work on reinterpretations of some his earlier work and completed an EP entitled “In the Wake of Blood and Honey" which was released in early 2020.

The rest of 2020 proved to be another prolific songwriting period with the release of two full-length albums entitled "Same Morning Light" and "Tomorrow Never Fades." The songs on these two releases "pursue a more intimate, folk-centric sound that succeed swimmingly."

​Since his releases in 2020, Guy has been hard at work on a collection of approximately 25 songs. He plans to release these as a series of song sets over the next few months--the first of which is entitled "Stay Right Here"--a 7-song EP due out before the end of the 2022.

 He invites you have a listen to his work at guygrogan.com, bandcamp, Reverbnation, Soundcloud, Apple Music, and Spotify.

Guy Grogan

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