Name: Through the Woods - Hex Yeah by Hex Yeah
Duration: 2 min 39 s
Description: An original song by Rose Turner of Hex Yeah. Recorded by Isaac Wayne.

A set of demo tracks recorded with a 4-track. My voice ain't exactly butter, but maybe it's at least dairy? hardy har.  Either way I had fun making these and I hope they reach the right ears.

Your Older Voice

Rainbow Fever

Samples - Kyu Sakamoto, Sukiyaki

Art - Keigetsu Matsubayashi

Repose

because i love taking upbeat happy things and gutting them and turning them into slow sad things, i present to you this cover of a-ha's "take on me" 

Take On Me (a-ha cover)

An original song by Rose Turner of Hex Yeah. Recorded by Isaac Wayne.

Through the Woods - Hex Yeah

There are a lot of good reasons to cover this song. And a lot of bad reasons, and perhaps it's overcovered. But this is one of those rare instances where I don't mind being a little cliche. Here's why:

The wonderful thing about this song is that it's a writer's piece, much like the so-called "American Standards" that were covered time and again by such greats as Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Bing Crosby and so on. These were songs on various subjects, written with a plainness and simplicity that made them both easy to sing, but also easy to make beautiful. They were a good and proper evolution of popular (or folk) song, and something that the American public could take pride and ownership in.

I feel that this is what the late great Leonard Cohen was aiming for when he wrote this masterpiece. I've covered a lot of different artists, and I had always enjoyed this song, but what astonished me was how wonderful it sounded right "out of the box." This song was written with an emphasis on the voice and the lyrical content, and set up in a way that makes it both easy and rewarding to sing. This kind of songwriting generosity is rare nowadays, and even rarer are lyrics that are written with such poignancy and spirit.

Additionally, there are dozens of verses that Cohen wrote for this song, and they can be mixed and matched depending on what you ultimately want the song to be about. There are stanzas for you if you want the song to be geared more toward love, faith, loss, struggle, or any combination of the above. I'll let you be the judge of what my version is about.

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)

Mummy Kid

Covers

Blue Spotted Tail (Fleet Foxes cover)

"I’m Not Okay"
(Written in late summer 2016. key of D )

What color of unhappy
will I wear today?
The one where you’re with me?
Or the one when you’re away?

I’m caught in this puzzle
Just a piece in the mix
Can’t seem to find the place
For my heart to fit.
	You used to be my medicine.
	You used to be my fix.
	When did our love get poisoned?
	Why does my heart feel split?
Well there ain’t nothin’ for it
Yeah I’m damned either way
So baby please help me forget
The pain.
	You’re all that I want.	
	Yet you push me away.
	Where has our love gone?
	And no, it’s not okay.
		Oh no I’m not okay
		No I’m not okay
		No I’m oka-ay
		With us this way.
		No I’m not okay.
	You used to be my medicine
	You used to be my fix
	When did our love get poisoned
	Why does my heart feel split?
And no I’m not okay
		No I’m not okay
		No I’m oka-ay
		With us this way.
		No I’m not okay.

DEMO to Eyes on The Horizon

Not Okay

Windows down, wind in our hair
Laughin' as we drove around the city square
Friends for awhile, you made me smile
It was you 
Falling asleep on the phone in the middle of June
Talking 'bout our futures like we had a clue
I can't believe that I didn't see 
It was you

You. Before I even knew you
It was always you
Thank God for His plan and His guiding hand
That gave me you 
You bring out the best in me 
Yeah, you make loving easy 
You have my heart through the good times and dark
Forever you

Late November when I fell in love
In the streets of Franklin with the lights above us 
By the Christmas tree, your arm around me
It was you 
New Year's Eve I said I love you 
You said I know, I love you too
It was my favorite sound, balloons rained down
I kind of knew 

You. Before I even knew you
It was always you
Thank God for His plan and His guiding hand
That gave me you 
You bring out the best in me 
Yeah, you make loving easy 
You have my heart through the good times and dark
Forever you

You with the smile I know so well
Your green eyes with a story to tell
The way your laugh lights up your face
The sound of your voice when you say my name
Oh it's you
With the smile I know so well
Your green eyes with a story to tell
The way your laugh lights up your face
The sound of your voice when you say my name

We got married in the southern heat
The mountains blue, the flowers pink 
A mandolin played, the pastor prayed 
And I knew 
Fifty years from now, you and me
Will be on our porch sipping tea
Our grandkids will see the love between you and me
And they'll know

Always You

Invitation to Love
BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

Come when the nights are bright with stars
Or come when the moon is mellow;
Come when the sun his golden bars
Drops on the hay-field yellow.
Come in the twilight soft and gray,
Come in the night or come in the day,
Come, O love, whene’er you may,
And you are welcome, welcome.

You are sweet, O Love, dear Love,
You are soft as the nesting dove.
Come to my heart and bring it to rest
As the bird flies home to its welcome nest.

Come when my heart is full of grief
Or when my heart is merry;
Come with the falling of the leaf
Or with the redd’ning cherry.
Come when the year’s first blossom blows,
Come when the summer gleams and glows,
Come with the winter’s drifting snows,
And you are welcome, welcome.

Through the Woods - Hex Yeah

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