I closed my eyes, rolled down the car window, and let the summer air flow completely through me. Tonight is the best I've felt in years.
Thanks for listening to "Untethered!"

Untethered

There you go, you say you've lost yourself on everything
On shaky ground, you turn around and head back East again
I hope the coastline eats you up and takes you on in one bite
I hope the seagulls shit you out so the sun can set you on fire
I swear to God you change your mind on almost everything
The "Ring of Fire," The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones is good again
What makes you think this country needs someone likes you this time?
What makes you numb, index and thumb a temple gun to your mind
Oh, holy hell, the devil's got you by the tail this time
He'll break you down and fuck you up 'til you've got bloodshot eyes
I hope you're happy with what you've learned and see that pain is all you've earned

When you pinch yourself tonight, I hope like hell your skin burns

Set Yourself On Fire

Is it so hard to see the light
Where grass grows on the other side
But you’d rather sell your soul for the gold

Try not to look ashamed this time
You can throw your hate away
And we won’t forget the stories you’ve told

If there’s a will there’s a way
You’ll need smoke and a flame
To pass the torch along
I hope you’re not looking to me for advice
The things you say they just still blow my mind

Well they say you still try to get around
And you’ve become a house hold name in this town until now
I should learn to watch my back, until now
You should learn how to relax and just see how it sounded
Maybe we’ll work around it

Does that sound like freedom?
Does it look like me?
If it's not your mission 
Then we disagree, whole-heartedly
With ill intention 
Pumping through your veins
But if you can't feel the same
An empty promise in your name 
That don't mean nothing 

But if you're the one who's lighting it up, don’t you light it the wrong way
And if you’re the one who's shooting it up, don’t you do it around me
And if you’re the one who acted alone
But ain’t man enough to do it at home
If you’re the one who's lighting it up, don’t you light it the wrong way
No pressure

Is it so hard to speak  the truth?
The profiteers are living proof, but you'd rather lie to us through their teeth
And what crooked teeth they are
And unlike your personality
The tricky ways in my face won’t get the best of me
Cuz I think critically, while the trial by jury is hung instantly

And if there’s a will there’s a way
You’ll need smoke and a flame
To pass the torch along
I hope you’re not looking to me for advice
The things you say they just still blow my mind

Well they say you still try to get around
You’ve become a house hold name in this town until now
You should learn to watch your back, until now
You learn how to relax and just see how it sounded

Could you love that freedom and take it seriously?
If it's not your fit then agree to disagree, when colors bleed
And leave no fabric with no seam to sew
This new way we can go
Not carving everything in stone
Well, if you say so

But if you're the one who's lighting it up, don’t you light it the wrong way
And if you’re the one who's shooting it up, don’t you do it around me
And if you’re the one who acted alone
But ain’t man enough to do it at home
If you’re the one who's lighting it up, don’t you light it the wrong way
No pressure

Pass The Torch Along

When you're of positively peaceful mind
To make it relatively right this time
A written elegy
A song of decency
A way to peacefully protest in line

If I recall all of the things you said
I'd have a million more memories waiting for me
A feeling of essential dread, all right

Take your stories and bring them home
These lessons have been fading
So patient with open arms
Where I'll be waiting

Surprise, your eyes are closed
Inspire, and find no evil

Surprise, your eyes are closed
Inspire, and find no evil

Take your stories and bring them home
These lessons have been fading
So patient with open arms
Where I'll be waiting

I thought I saw you in a dream of mine
Performing acts of yours in pantomime
The silhouette the same
Under your given name
Reminding all of us of the good times

But, I recalled all of the things you said
I'd have a million more night terrors waiting for me
That feeling of essential dread, all night

Take your stories and bring them home
These lessons have been fading
So patient with open arms
Where I'll be waiting

Surprise, your eyes are closed
Inspire, and find no evil

Surprise, your eyes are closed
Inspire, and find no evil

Take your stories and bring them home
These lessons have been fading
So patient with open arms
Where I'll be waiting

Namesake

Parts Unknown is basically what you would get if Danzig and Coheed and Cambria had a knife fight in the parking lot of a Pearl Jam concert. Don't ask why I feel this way, I just do.

Parts Unknown

It wouldn't take long to get you across our road and home from the hospital
Your vitals are stable in cardiac arrest

Breathing in the fire, dear, will only make this more complicated
Will you come to bed?

In our old story of your sleep you're here and still attached to me
Story of your sleep you're here and still attached to me

Stay so long
I'm counting your dreams
Keep your bond
While grinding your teeth

Stay so long
I'm counting your dreams
Keep your bond
While grinding your teeth
Co-sleep

I couldn't cure you
It's not that I don't want to
But you're pulling away
Tonight, it's a wait

Breathing in and breathing out, I'll focus on your face so concentrated
Now it feels like home

In our old story of your sleep you're here and still attached to me
Story of your sleep you're here and still attached to me

Stay so long
I'm counting your dreams
Keep your bond
While grinding your teeth

Stay so long
I'm counting your dreams
Keep your bond
While grinding your teeth
Co-sleep

Co-Sleep

Forgive me mother I have sinned
And left a scorched earth smoldering
I had to burn the pretty things
In this day and age, no one wins
No survival
No chance for your near arrival

So, run and hide your precious evil
Put away your ugly sins
Footsteps blazing
You can buy my good side
Revel in the bad life
You can’t burn what you can’t hold
Goodbye, old soul

Forgive me father, I am gone
Been losing sleep but still holding on
When all you see in me is wrong
Take what you fear, put it into a song
Is it all done?
And to think you could escape this one

So, run and hide your precious evil
Put away your ugly sins
Footsteps blazing
You can buy my good side
Revel in the bad life
You can’t burn what you can’t hold
Goodbye, old soul

Goodbye, Old Soul

Woke up with the sun
With a mouth like a gun
They can't explain how I feel

A new lesson in love
With sign from above
The right whisper but in the wrong ear

Oh yeah, I wouldn't wish this one upon you
Oh no, we can put it to a vote 
Don't read out loud what they wrote you 

Just a little bit of time

And if you're getting away
You can feel it in your legs
You must be running like a criminal

I can see it in your face
It's a dead giveaway
You must be running like a criminal

Went to bed with the moon
Just a little too soon 
They can't explain how I feel

An attempt to be safe
With a smile on my face 
The right emotion but oh so sincere 

Oh yeah, I shouldn't wish this this one upon you
Oh no, I feel better than I show 
There's no sickness that I can't get through

Just a little bit of time

And if you're getting away
You can feel it in your legs
You must be running like a criminal

I can see it in your face
It's a dead giveaway
You must be running like a criminal

And if you're getting away
You can feel it in your legs
You must be running like a criminal

I can see it in your face
It's a dead giveaway
You must be running like a criminal

Taureau

This is a genre bending, face-melting, throwback to a 90's dialed in melodic rock song. Enjoy!

Call It In The Air

Blister Open

My family excommunicated me to the basement of my noisy suburban home in my quiet suburban neighborhood. Hill Hunter is the result.

Let's live for each other and love one another.