AFTERGLOW

Give Me My Heart

Twoshadeoflife

on the cusp of falling  apart 

Burn

Track 12 on the album — Dear Consciousness by Meadow Jones

Miss Transience

Beautiful Song, just wanted to do a piano version of it. Hope you like it.

Iris by Goo Goo Dolls (Cover)

Some old lyrics dragged up from the past, inspired perhaps by The Basement Tapes. But I think it works.

Let The Bear In

Dove Sei?

Midnight Driving (Only Human) ft. neverforever

Get ready for a heartwarming journey! This song starts with the emotional depth of a lost love, weaving through the pain of separation like the changing seasons. But just when you think it's all about heartache, the lyrics shift beautifully into a story of new love found in the simplest of joys — a loyal furry friend. The chorus tugs at your heartstrings, while the bridge offers a moment of reflection on the purest forms of connection. It's a tribute to love in all its forms, from romantic to the unconditional love of a pet. A song that brings comfort and reminds us that love is all around, even in the small things.

Lyrics

I found a love bright as the morning sun,
We danced through the days, believing we were one,
But as seasons change so did we,
Our hearts grew cold like the winter sea.

I lost my love, like sand slipping through my hands,
Once so close, now a distant land,
But in the silence I found something new,
A love so pure it carried me through.

A furry friend with eyes so bright,
In every moment you bring me light,
You don't ask for much, just a gentle touch,
In your simple ways I've found so much.

The world spins on, with all its highs and lows,
But in your eyes, there's a love that always shows,
No need for words, no need for tears,
In your company I forget all my fears.

I lost love, but I found it once again,
In a wagging tail, and a loyal friend,
You teach me joy in the smallest things,
In your love I’ve found my wings.

So here’s to love, in all its forms,
Through the storms and the calmest days,
I’ve learned to see, in you and me,
Love’s true home is where we're free.

Loves True Home

Someone I'm Not

A mischievous recent song about a dangerous narcissist and the gullible person he controls and consumes in his dark flame - with a gossipy relish to the narration... based on a true story, of course!
lyrics
Well I tried so hard to tell you
He would steal much more than your time,
Yes I tried so hard to help you
But you said that he was sublime

Then he swore your lips to silence
When he took you into his bed,
And it felt like some kind of violence
When you could not tell all your friends

That your love was just so astounding
And you thought he felt the same
But I knew he’d burn your soul to the ground
With his dark, invisible flame

Little fool, you never got any
From a heart so secret and pale
Till one night, you had one too many
And you told me your staggering tale

And I wanted so bad to help you
So I told him what you’d told me,
And that’s when he just had to tell you
You’d be much better off being free...

But your love was just so astounding
And you thought he felt the same
So I watched him burn your soul to the ground
With his dark, invisible flame

Oh, that dark
Oh, that dark
That dark invisible flame
That dark invisible flame
CREDITS
- vocal, instruments by J.M. Kearns
- vocal harmony by Debra Donahue
- song written by J.M. Kearns

Invisible flame

Hi, friends. My new album is now on Bandcamp at https://jmkearns.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-surviving-in-the-city-vol-1 . Please enjoy it there!
BIO:
At age 30, J.M. Kearns abandoned his native Toronto and a future in academic philosophy, and thumbed his way to L.A. to be a songwriter.

In L.A. there were a couple of near-breakthroughs — an audition at Electra-Asylum Records, a song meeting with Warren Beatty — but then things got real. Kearns had to eat. He worked as a house painter, then a telegram-singing donkey, and then he really hunkered down, as a bureaucrat at a huge downtown law firm, exchanging molecules with tall office buildings. He did a lot of writing and recording, but not a lot of performing.

That changed when he moved to Nashville. After a thousand writers’ nights, he was given his first real gig, an 8:30 slot at a notorious club called the Gold Rush. Good things started to happen. Kearns found his mojo as a performer and a band formed around him, dubbed the Lonely Mammals. In 2007 he issued a CD with them called Death or Life, and Elmore magazine gave it a rave review. Also that year, his novel The Deep End was published (https://www.amazon.com/Deep-End-J-M-Kearns/dp/1500502707 ). And five of Kearns’ songs were recorded by independent artists. 

In 2010 Kearns moved to Cape May, a beach town at the southern tip of New Jersey, where he performs in a trio called The Squares with his partner Debra Donahue and their friend M.Q. Murphy. And of course, he keeps writing songs. Oddly, his life’s circle became unbroken when a musician friend got him a job teaching philosophy at a nearby university. In May 2024 Kearns released his first solo album, Before the coffee gets too cold.

His new album, Songs of Surviving in the City, Vol. 1, releases on Nov. 15th, 2024, and it’s now in preview on Bandcamp at https://jmkearns.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-surviving-in-the-city-vol-1 .

Watch this space: next year Kearns will release three more albums of songs that you've never heard. Love Songs Only; Undiscovered Country, and Earliest Songs-Toronto.

Invisible flame

J.M. Kearns

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