A friend showed me this song and I finally got around to covering it.   
Produced and performed by Jared Saltiel in his Brooklyn apartment, with no regard for the neighbors.  

Here's the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqI84zsnYw

In Spite of Me (Morphine Cover)

i'm trying to sleep at night
there's always trouble every day
so when you call me away
can't stay in
it's just too late

i'm trying to be just friends
it's hard since i got my fangs in
i watch the dying of the light
with the most
hungry eyes

when it's getting dark
i start thinking bout you
warm body no heart
yeah but what else can i do 'cause
'cause i feed on you
when you're feeding on me
when it's getting dark
nowhere else i'll ever be

i'm trying to see the light
it cuts through the
tape on the window
and says
time will heal the wounds she made
i believe it
but i just can't wait

when it's getting dark
i start thinking bout you
warm body no heart
yeah but what else can i do
'cause i feed on you
when you're feeding on me
when it's getting dark
nowhere else i ever 
want to be

when it's getting dark
i start thinking bout you
warm body no heart
yeah but what else can i do 'cause
'cause i feed on you
when you're feeding on me
when it's getting dark
nowhere else i ever
want to be

session roguhs

Near Dark

let's go off to some island
just you and me
let's get off of this island
of savage dreams
if i could hear your silence
and not the sirens that scream-
you know, it wouldn't change a thing

if you could see
inside my heart
you'd run away from me
i know that it's true
i play this part
with so much heart
and say i'll never leave
two things can be true
i want this just as much as you

we both could use an island
ground under feet
but reality's no rival
for flying free
i know that you're designing
blue skies you wanted to find
i'll never let you see the storm inside 

if you could see
inside my heart
you'd run away from me
i know that it's true
i play this part
with so much heart
and say i'll never leave
two things can be true
i want this just as much as you

if you could see
inside my heart
you'd run away from me
i know that it's true
i play this part
with so much heart
and say i'll never leave
two things can be true
if you could see
inside my heart...
i'm telling the truth
i want this just as much as you

Just As Much As You

Jimmy

Braving The Mountain

It's the secrets that you leak 
While you're tossin' in your sleep 
Cos you talk while you're turning, you don't mean it 
And the truth slips out 
But be advised now, little one 
Secrets always come out wrong 
And you'll learn the consequences 
They aren't pretty, and your heart might break 

But I'll take such good care of you 
And you'll know better soon 
Then we'll play fair if they'll take care 
And we'll be happy too 

I'm all grown now, had my fun 
And my secrets hurt someone 
Well I didn't mean to do it 
But I did it and I'm stuck with it now 
Ever since, I have been wise 
Keep my heart tucked deep inside 
And I'll teach you how to do it 
We'll be members of that twice forgiven crowd 

And we'll take such good care of you 
And you'll know better soon 
Then we'll play fair as long as they'll take care 
And we'll be happy too 

But what ever happened to true, true 
What ever happened to love, love 
I know you bought into fairy tales when 
They were always lies 

But I'll take such good care of you 
And you'll know better soon 
Then we'll play fair as long as they'll take care 
And we'll think we're happy too 
Oh we'll think we're happy too

Secrets and Lies

You couldn’t possibly be 
Everything I think you are 
All the things I think I need for you to be 
But at least I know, 
And I love you still 
I’ll take the good with anything you throw 

Cos I’ve heard your heart, 
It beats in perfect rhythm with my own 

And I want to be anywhere you are 
I think I’m ready to try your city on for size 

Cos I’ve felt its heart, 
It beats in perfect rhythm with my own 

And I don’t belong here 
I know I don’t belong here 
I know I’ve got to get out 
I know I’ve got to run 

Even if I never do 
I have dreamed it so hard 
Every door on every corner, every street 
My home 

Cos I feel their hearts, 
Beating in perfect rhythm with my own 
And I know my heart, 
It beats in perfect rhythm 
Prepped to run 
Away.

City Song

You want what you can’t 
And you can't have me 
I wanted you first, but you can't have me 
And so here we sit 
With grass in our feet 
And nowhere to go but up 
Or maybe down, I don't know 

But I'll be a liar for the rest of my life 
I can't take it back, and I wouldn't know how 

It feels kinda wrong 
For feelin so sickly right 
I lose the weight of it all 
When you look in my eyes 
Please don't look in my eyes 

Cos I'll be a liar for the rest of my life 
I can't take it back, and I wouldn't know how 
Yeah, I'll be a liar for the rest of my life 
I can't take it back, and I don't wanna try 

No 

Blame the alcohol, blame the music 
Or blame me, I don't care 
Just please never, never say a word 

Cos I'll be a liar for the rest of my life 
I can't take it back, and I wouldn't know how 
Yeah I'll be a liar for the rest of my life 
I can't take it back, and I'm not gonna try 

No 

If you could just hold me for a little while...

Liar

You could have gotten out 
You could have escaped 
But you stayed 
And now you're lost 

Toy planes and moon boots 
A child's play 
Could have flown you far away from this place 
But you stayed 

When you cry and when you sleep, 
You are just alone 
But you've promises to keep, 
And you're miles from home 

One by one they all left you 
For sea and scape 
You swore you'd follow after someday 
But you stayed 

When you cry and when you sleep, 
You are just alone 
But with promises to keep, 
And miles from home 

{break} 

No one recalls 
The promise you made 
To join them far away from this place... 

When you cry and when you sleep, 
You are still alone 
No more promises to keep, 
And no more home 
And no more...

Sea and Scape

Stranger

"count the lights high on the mountain, can't you see what I see? winter's come down from the north, I can't but see the avalanche. it will swallow all the light unless we can string together a beam comprised of steel intention, big enough to fight the wolves. it will take some guts and knowledge of the inner workings of wolf kind, it must be done or are we to just let the avalanche descend? or shall we, like doves of progress bring about a new age? camp the slopes of maelstrom mountain, and fear not the wind nor ice? are we not those chosen people? is it not our destiny?" 

said the prophet as the snow reached her neck and buried her.

the lights go out high on the mountain
we all see what she saw
winter's come down from the north
we can't but see the avalanche.

The Avalanche (demo)

Jared Saltiel is a singer-songwriter, producer, musical theater composer and orchestrator based in Brooklyn, NY. His new album Out of Clay is the second installment in a series of lushly-orchestrated concept albums, following 2013's The Light Within.

In Spite of Me (Morphine Cover)

Jared Saltiel

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