From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions 2016) - Part II: Longing for the Break 

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[Lyrics]

One more scratch on this dreary box
An upright trail of nail dust
Kept captive on this assigned alibi
That makes me feel so sparse

And I feel like I’m out of time
And I’m only twenty

The hands of these clocks 
Are made of titanium
And all I can do is sit and wait
I’m covered in dust
I am subterranean
And I’m longing for the break


Another setback to keep me occupied
A surprise change in the tides
I got a scar carved in a part of my heart
That really hurts when I try

To breathe, it’s like I’m undersea
And I should be in my prime 

But the hands of these clocks 
Are made of titanium
And all I can do is sit and wait
I’m covered in dust
I am subterranean
And I’m longing for the break


I was doing fine
I was keeping my own old mind locked down
But I was healing fast
And I knew the how and why
We were done at last,
We were done at last

But then you came knocking at my door
And now I’m back to square one

The hands of these clocks 
Are made of titanium
And all I can do is sit and wait
I’m covered in dust
I am subterranean
And I long for the break

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From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions, 2016)

Longing For the Break

Longing For The Break

From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions 2016) - Part III: I’m Still (Longing for the Break Reprise)

From the Bedroom is a collection of songs home written, home recorded and home produced by James Davidson, throughout the Autumn of 2016

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Drums: Pearl Forum series 
Bass: Yamaha A2
Solo Guitar: Fender American Special Stratocaster (Red)
Guitar fills and chords: Squier vintage modified telecaster
Organ: Yamaha ME 100 set to Church Organ mode

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I'm Still (Longing For The Break)

I'm Still (Longing For The Break Reprise)

From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions 2016) – Part IV: SPEAK

From the Bedroom is a collection of songs home written, home recorded and home produced by James Davidson, throughout the Autumn of 2016


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[Lyrics]
There’s too much silence in this room
And I can’t abide it like I should
I took a look around,
Thought out loud
And now I’m alone in this room


There’s too much silence in this room
And I found no help at all in those books

When I’ve got the weight of the world upon my words
And I’m learning how this speaking thing truly works,
I think I ought to Speak


But how many words can a day have
When the words you got fall short of the mark?

See I never been on the frontline
And I don’t have an old story from an early glory
Or a promise of a secret to keep
But still I think I ought to speak


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From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions '16)

Speak

From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions 2016) - Part V: Breaking the 4th Wall

[Lyrics]
I sit on this rocking chair an uncle of mine brought from Madrid
The ash of a match burns my hand and I’m watching this play you’re in
But as the night draws up to a close you’re still holding the plot
The spotlight has no sense of closure I’m cold and you’re not
Breaking the 4th wall


It seems I have been all alone in the backstage of our memories
But somehow I still hope you will change at the drop of the curtains
Breaking the 4th wall

Maybe one day I’ll get up and cheer
The sound will echo round and around
And you will come down of that stage
Breaking the 4th wall


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From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions 2016)

Breaking the 4th Wall

From the Bedroom (Autumn Sessions 2016) - Part VI: Man on Fire

Man on Fire is the last song to come out of the From the Bedroom sessions


[Lyrics]
A sudden bump pulls me back
To the back of a bus
I have my trunk under my feet
But there is no one I gotta meet

In the middle of the talk I left
The conversation was going well
And I didn’t have my crystal ball 
But I saw the storm after the calm


‘Cause I’m the man on fire
And I just might sink this ship
All the way down


And now I bet that If I see her again
She will be at daggers drawn
I know my silence won’t be in vain
But I won’t resent her scorn


‘Cause I’m the man on fire
And I just might sink this ship
All the way down
To keep the flames from spreading
Like Wildfire
You know I might have to drawn



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Man on Fire

Turn into Shadows is the first single from Where the Truth Lies

Where the Truth Lies is now available for purchase at jamesdavidsonmusic.com

[Lyrics]
Outside the snow kisses land
She has to be strong
The place he has in his head
Is for no common pawn
He's going overseas
When the waters freeze
But he will ask beforehand
Before he goes on

If I ever turn into shadows 
Will you keep the lights on?
Will you miss me at all
If I ever lose my soul?

Some said that life with a dreamer
Was a lose-lose game
"You shouldn't waste time with a creature
that cannot be tamed"
And the word spread around town
"He will only let her down"
And he could do nothing but wonder
If this was the case

And If I ever turn into shadows
Will you keeps the lights on?
Will you miss me at all
If I ever lose my soul?

I suppose I could rewire my ways
I could fall heir to a ball and chain
But I need to ask beforehand

If I ever turn into shadows
Will you keep the lights on?
Will you miss me at all
If I ever lose my soul?

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The basic tracks (acoustic guitar + vocals) were recorded on a single take and the rest of the instruments were added later

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Where the Truth Lies

Turn into Shadows

Turn Into Shadows

Walking Backwards is the second single to come out of my first EP Where the Truth Lies.

The basic track (guitar + vocals) was recorded on one single live take and the rest of the instruments were added later.

Thanks to my cousin Rita for borrowing her sweet voice.

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[Lyrics]
Momma this is my endeavor
I’m a pilgrim on a desert
On a quest to find the questions
You have to let me hit the floor
Every time I fall 
Because I only learn the lesson
When I get lost

But when the clouds are dark
When the rain burns
And electricity cracks the sky apart
And I lose trace
Of my own pace
I don’t mind walking backwards

Momma, don’t think that it was your fault
But that house had no colors
Apart from blue
Well I wanted more
Now I let my roof be the night
Closing on me tight
And You can be rest assured
You are on my mind

‘cause when the clouds are dark
When the rain burns
And electricity cracks the sky apart
And I lose trace
Of my own pace
I don’t mind walking backwards

Back to the start
Back to the stars
Back to your arms

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Walking Backwards

A song for your Summer road trips

[Lyrics]

Some sunny Sunday I was secretly strolling in the Stratosphere
Once I was out of bounds, like an outlaw, I felt in the clear
Until I understood I was upside down in the air
Luckily I had already figured out
​
That every stone has got to roll
and every man has got to fall
So I go up on this down bound train
to face the shape of my soul
​
Meanwhile Mary said back home my manoeuvres were a mere mess
It's as if everyone had their eyes set on the next Icarus
Some shinny snowflake solitary kid should've stayed steady on his feet
Suddenly he's spitting more words than some second-class sensitive Shakespeare
Everyone eventually wants to be at ease
Specially those who seal their silhouettes 
​
But every stone has got to roll
and every man has got to fall
So I go up on this down bound train
to face the shape of my soul
​
For if this looks like a phase
One shouldn't pay any mind
Rolling the wheel of fate
Making my way away out of this darkness
​
That puts me on hold
When I can't hold on
That puts me on the move
When I can't move
​
But every stone has got to roll
and every man has got to fall
So I go up on this down bound train
to face the shape of my soul
​
Like a bird that wants to dive
Like a fish that wants to fly
I'll set sail in the pouring rain
To face the shape of my soul
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Shape of My Soul [Single]

Shape of My Soul

James Davidson is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist who has been releasing his songs since November 2016.
​
James cites Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, John Mayer and Ryan Adams as his main influences, but since he is a multi instrumentalist, he draws inspiration from a wide and diversified ocean of influences, regardless of genre or style, including The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, John Prine, James Taylor, Pink Floyd and countless others.
​
Lyrically most of the songs James has written thus far are about running away, breaking free - either from a place or someone - lack of communication skills or the inability to get heard, and other themes that only a kid from a town near nowheresville could write.

The reason why he writes about this subjects is to make other people who haven’t found their place understand that they are not alone - "at any given time there’s always someone going trough the same things as you are, and we are all trying to go home”.

But even though he mentions this, he also states “I rather much prefer to hear someone say what my songs are about and what they mean to them instead of explaining what personally compelled me to write the song”.

James, currently operates as a one-man band. Mostly because he’s always seeking knowledge by natural impulse, whether it be how to perform a new task or learn a new instrument or style, but also because, as he says, he doesn’t like to wait until someone is available to do the job. This has been one of his greatest assets (and sometimes curse) that’s keeps pushing him forward.
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