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.

Take One Project

An early work on a song about the horrors of war by Sun Tzu.

Metal Rain Rought Cut

Elizabeth - Lost In Your Eyes (Acoustic Cover Of Debbie Gibson Song

It's been a looong time since I've played guitar. Please be kind! lol

Going Down With The Ship [Acoustic]

Night's Embrace

This is an original song I wrote in the middle of the night for my friend Bonnie. Love you lady!

Leave Bonnie Alone

cover of a Elvis song
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Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Cover

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

I held my head up high
As I felt the cost of this life
Wrestled with my soul
It made me whole

The judgment of that old song
Still moves its way through me
Stand upon the hope of
Loves melody

Chorus
I will enter in - To the light again
Coming back to find who I am 
I’m defined by love - Seek the light my love 
Turn this heart of stone into sand
Surrender all

In every part of me
I feel the endless sea
Waves crash into my soul
I seek serenity

And I will build no walls
Let these burdens fall
The shadow of my past
Surrenders to the call

Words & Music by James Olmos & Tim Behrens
Artwork by Astrid MJ. Houchin http://astridmjhouchin.tk

Surrender All

She moves me on the water
She takes me cross the sea
Like the thunder in the heavens
She brings me to my knees

She hides me in the shadow
She bleeds in me her pain
With the tears that fall from her eyes
I bathe in her new rain

Chorus 1
Breathe on me your fire
Breathe on me your light
And these walls that kiss the heavens
Will keep us safe tonight

Chorus 2
In this tomb of isolation
No tears to wash me clean
Cause the higher this wall rises
The less I feel the pain

She calms me with a whisper
She moves me with her eyes
Like the midnight sweat from a broken dream
She comes from deep inside

She traps me in the mountains
She keeps me far from love
This journey that was meant for me
Was stolen from above

Bridge
And I will honor you love
Cause our walls are the same 
Our eyes they search for sunlight 
As we look out past the pain - the pain

Words & Music by James Olmos
Artwork by Willi Bambach http://bit.ly/UexPdp

Breath On Me

She was my muse - Left me dazed and confused
Like the day that we first met

She held my song - She always sang along
But the tune was just too strong

Distant as the sun - Yet she burned in my bones
Within my dreams she made a home

She never looked in to my eyes - If she did, she’d know why
I was crazy on this love

Chorus
Carry me tonight - Be the air - Be the light
Carry me tonight - Sing of love - Sing of life
-Carry me tonight - Stop the world - Dry your eyes-

Engraved in my soul - This muse left me whole
A troubadour’s delight

With time on her side - She chose to abide
To the moral law of life - blinded

She longs from afar - Waiting for her bard
As she baths in every verse

Naked as this song - She lingers like a poem
I feel her in my bones

Bridge
Bone of my bone - Flesh of my flesh
The story’s seldom told
Soul touches soul - Spirit touches life
This muse will arise

Words & Music by James Olmos
Photo by Paulissa Kipp http://www.redbubble.com/people/paulissaism

Carry Me Tonight

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

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Let Love Roll

I See Colors & James Olmos - Let Love Roll

Epiphany

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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