An ode to Mt. Tamalpais. My guitar was out of tune when I recorded this lmao

Tamalpais I

This is one of the first songs that I felt truly proud of. The inspiration for this track was "Reverie" by Illenium. I wrote lyrics for it but never felt like the recorded vocals lived up to the image in my head; I just didn't have the recording capabilities. The lyrics are attached below:

We’re unbroken
Not a soul in town could keep us down      
10pm on a Friday night
We speak our minds as we walk our line 
We are not spoken for 
Our minds stay open pure as light  
We leave the ground as our hearts take flight    
And trust that we’ll be fine

And we played with fire
And set our scopes on things to come
We would never look back
No, we would never look back
And our desire 
To be important, to be someone
It pushed us closer to the edge
But we closed our eyes and lept back to the ground

Ohh
Fire fire burning bright
You keep us dancing through the night
Until we fall to the ground
And ohh
We can watch the world keep flying by us
From San Francisco to Tamalpais
Not a thing can slow us down

We’re dependent 
On hoping someone could hold us up 
12am on a Tuesday night 
We lose our minds put our hearts aside
We’re incorruptible
But we can’t deny that we’re cutting corners
We hide our tracks as they look upon us
And pray that we’ll be alright

And we played with fire
And set our scopes on things to come
We would never look back no
Oh, we would never look back

And our desire 
To say we fought 'till we had won
We may have emptied our heads
But we filled our pockets with the things we found

Fire fire burning bright
You keep us dancing through the night
Until we fall to the ground
And ohh
We can watch the world keep flying by us
From San Francisco to Tamalpais
And not a thing can slow us down

Tamalpais II

This is the first song where I heavily incorporated electric guitar, acoustic-sounding drums, and live bass into an electronic mix. I also decided to throw in some vocoder and a ripping guitar solo in the second drop just to top it off. At one time this would have been the opening song to an album (hence the cinematic strings and guitar buildup).

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Hope it sends a ripple through your day (pun)

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Haven't uploaded in a while; hope you like it!

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