Lyrics:

I can’t make it out
What you’re mumbling on about
Oh that whiskey pain’s so hard
Oh how I roll it out


Another moment that you take away from me
Another violent interaction keeps me on my knees, I
Pray that I can get away from the accidents of
Cigarette burns, so hard to take
Cigarettes burns, the marks they make 
Cigarette burns, the time they take
Cigarette burns, the heart it breaks

I can’t take no more
As you stumble round the room
My head feels so sore
I know, I’ll die, if I don’t leave soon

Another moment that you take away from me
Another violent interaction keeps me on my knees, I
Pray that I can get away from the accidents of
Cigarette burns, so hard to take
Cigarettes burns, the marks they make 
Cigarette burns, the time they take
Cigarette burns, the heart it breaks

(Shake it out with me…)

Cigarette Burns

Original music written & produced by The Day Afters 
-=Oceanside, CA=-
& Previously Unreleased Material from Baltimore's Soma Holiday
(Bob Maddox, Chuong Pham, Ian Wilhelm, Amit Trivedi)
Featuring @ZenGazer on Bass

Just messing around learning, experimenting, playing and expressing myself. My little collection of demos, songs, experiments and instrumentals. I hope you enjoy them. I'm a guitarist / Vocalist / Producer and enjoy learning to express my moods, emotions, dreams and thoughts as I go.

Thank you all for the likes comments and reposts.

I have added a support link as I am struggling to keep up my subscriptions here currently and it would help me keep on creating and posting more songs. Thank you if you read this far lol.

The amount of attention, my music receives continues to amaze me!A big thank you to everyone of my listeners, and of course, those of you who ￼ have chosen to follow me! I appreciate every “like” I get and every repost! You inspire me! ☺️
￼ ￼￼ a ￼I’ve written a few songs over the years and now that I’m retired and have all the time in the world, I’m dusting them off and recording them… For posterity if nothing else. I’m also writing some new ones. It’s a lot of fun! 

Now, a little about me… I’m a recovering alcoholic with over 36 years of continuous sobriety. I’m also a former pastor, retired now after 25 years. Five years ago, I lost the love of my life to ovarian cancer, so that also makes me a widower. And oh yes… i’ve been blind for over 36 years! in spite of all that, exciting adventures, new experiences and love continue to fill my life with joy! If you wanna know more, just ask! ☺️￼ ￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼

My new album "Dreams of the Byzantines" is streaming June 13th, 2025. Please check out my new website darrencsullivan.com for videos and albums to purchase.

Thanks for the kindness and support.

Thanks for stopping by and listening to my music. All tracks are demos. If you'd like to say hi or collaborate, get in touch!

More music on Spotify and Bandcamp. Also, please check out my playlists, three compilations of some of my favourite tracks from a wide range of incredible, creative souls on SC.

You never know where a song is going until it reaches the end. I always listen from start to finish for that very reason.  

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"more fun than i deserve" 
" stepping off the ledge with desire"
NEW album released 10/31/2025 SCALAR FIELD ON BANDCAMP listen for free or own it for the price of a couple  Frappuccino's   :)

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The bottom line is that the older we get and the more we experience, the less certain we are about things we once thought we knew for sure.

So life has taught me that all I know is that I know nothing!

And I look with sadness and horror at the present state of the human world!

But - 'Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessive grief the enemy to the living.'

Cigarette Burns

Jake Dasilva