Take One Project - 1st recordings of old & new songs

You’ve laid awake too long in this tragedy
I feel your hunger and your pain
Too many years of dark cold melodies
Washed away now in this full moon rain

Chorus

Let the fire blaze like the midnight sun
Let your hair fall down – I’m the only one
Who can speak your peace on this crazy train
Let our love wash down in the full moon rain

Verse 2

You feel your life song is vanishing
But I see hope beyond the score
Lost in your moment of surrendering
Release it now in this full moon rain

Bridge

You bleed into the night
One breath into the dark
This world is not your home

A refugee of love
A bitter ending light
You cast all hope aside

Full Moon Rain

Oxygen

Holding on another day
I see the light and I feel alright once again
It’s you and me against the world
So on our knees we fall

Running away against the wind (She speaks her song)
Feel the warmth on my skin
Holding up against the storm
But like a melody we fall - and rise

Chorus
Rise with me tonight and feel the love
Feel the love in my arms

You and me against the world
Seeing love in a different light - You cry
Your tears they fall
Through the crevasse of my dreams

You’re the dawn of my night
Fighting love but feeling fine against the sun
I’ll hold you like the morning rain
In the vessel of my heart

Bridge
I love you - I love you - I love you
Feel the love in my arms tonight

Words & Music by James Olmos

Feel The Love

I am falling - I am breathing in you
I am drifting, falling, floating on the water with you
I am counting - days - I am waiting for you
I am longing, hoping, wishing for the moment that you

{chorus}
Follow me into the painted fire - our desire
Run with me into naked wishes - butterfly kisses
Lay me down to dream, upon your lap now, angels somehow catch me when 
Catch me when - 

You are falling - when you are praying for relief
When you are hurting, falling, crying I will sing to you
When you are counting - days - I am counting with you
When you are longing, hoping, wishing for the day when I say

I Am Falling

You'll find me in this hollow ground
 Smell the dirt upon my skin 
Close your eyes and you'll hear the sound
The sound of my sin

You'll find me in the catacombs
I've dug my own regrets 
Threw my anger at the throne
My life's a silhouette
As you breathe out - As you breathe out

{chorus}
Heal my night and day (This is my last prayer)

I bled my life into your dreams
A faithful breed of "yes"
Surrendering to your extremes
I laid my life to rest

There's no hope; no guarantees
 I understand the game 
Now I rise slow from my knees - Come
Baptize my dreams again 
As you pour out  - As you pour out

{bridge}
I don't feel your word in me 
I'm damned upon this raging sea 
The echo of my past resounding loud

Bound to this hollow ground
 The choice of love is never found
So, pull me from the grave of despair- My last prayer

Words & Music by James Olmos
Photo by Sherrie von Sternberg http://smu.gs/ZsUfwr

Hollow Ground

You reach inside to birth your innocence
To speak your own peace in this life

You  wrestle strong with your indifference
But you free the light over the cost

I hurt

When you're afraid to look inside
Cause you realize the pain is more alone than you

Sometimes we need to vocalize
Share the other side that we hide

I hurt


I Hurt

Take One Project - 1st recordings of old & new songs.  Most of the songs in this set were recorded via one take.  They are either new songs that I wrote and posted within a week of writing them; or, they are old songs that I've either never recorded or never wanted to record.

Heaven In My Eyes

I Will Love You Forever

Skimming Stones

So I Dream

Stand Upon My Love

The Other Side Of Destiny

Would You Hold My Hand

You Belong

When you smile - you smile warm
When you breathe - you fill my heart
When you laugh - my fears subside
And all my hopes lay in your arms

I can feel your spirit rise
See the brilliant light inside
Even when your soul is dark
You always take me to bluer sky’s

Chorus
You take my love to higher ground
We share the light and we hear the sound
And when you hold my hand to land
You’ll launch my heart and we’ll fly again

When you sing - the angels pause
When you dance - the wind is free
When you search - for love and light
Even God Himself falls to His knees

I wanna share this path with you
White sands and the ocean blue
And even when this life is cruel
These wings of hope will carry you

Bridge
I need your love
I need your love
I need feel love
I need your love

Fly Again

And here we are - Another page torn
Ripped from the bind - A careless adorn

No shelter in my eyes - No hand to hold your cross
An image of hope - As I dust off your skin

Chorus
Desperate I run - Forgiving I fall
Hopeless I shake - Broken I crawl
Desperate I seek your love
Sacred I haunt your night
Silent I bleed - Silent I fall

And here we breath - Proof that we live
Renewed by the dawn - Claimed by the son

No sleep enters your night - No wind to clean my soul
We suffer this prayer - Find purpose for love

Silent I Fall

Lead me to the water
Take me to my knee
Find the edge of silence and breathe

Deliver me from this race
Captivate my soul
Pour silence on to these lips

Oh Oh we run
Oh Oh we run
Oh Oh we run, be still
Oh Oh we run

Lay my body down
Back against the earth
The eyes of this child, painting in the sky

I am not this man
A prisoner of the slain
May the motion of this world be still again

Words & Music by James Olmos

We Run

Let it all go
Releasing the spirit of this love
Nothing will free you more than the truth

Let it all go
Don’t grieve upon my smile
Take a step back to open up the sky

Bitter lies
Don’t live in bitter lies
Bitter lies
Don’t harbor bitter lies

Let it all go
Finding compassion again, I
Share what I love and not what I want

Let it all go
Come and rest here
Release your pretend and honor truth again - truth again
Not those bitter lies

Bitter Lies

James Olmos, born and raised in Torrance, California, began writing songs in his early teens.  Mixing the heartfelt emotion of a singer-songwriter with captivating melodies, each of his original songs paints a picture while he acoustically uncovers the story in his heart.

His ‘café-style’ performances and unique, silvery voice bring you into the moment, as if you were sitting next to him.  James has acquired a strong and faithful fan base and manages to make them feel special and part of his performance at each event.

A prolific songwriter, James released a six-song EP in the summer of 2012, offered as a free download, which was very well received.  James enjoys and promotes the use of many virtual mediums and continuously expands his horizons, pioneering new, cutting-edge avenues to share his love of music.  He develops connections and enjoys working collaboratively with other musicians.

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