Yesterday came around 
I had no songs left unsung
 At last the night passed silently


When today I hit the road 
I felt the dam broke
But the well’d gone dry


 I spent long nights
Afraid of my desire


A hundred miles from home
I fell in love with a land where no one knew my name


My heart’s not grown old yet
But it has grown silent
Silent and restless


My heart begged not to sing
It lots its tunes
Their meanings changed




For a dozen nights I lay out
Fighting with my shadow
Starving out my hunger 

On my final night
I strung my self up high
So I could mourn
What I was blind to 

On the morning I return
I’ll want to want again
And see, and drink, and yearn

 As the river runs
And dull ache subsides
I’ll build a castle for my fear
And watch the sunrise

Turn from your shadow too long
And you’ll never see the sun again 


I turned from my shadow so long
But I swear I’ll see the sun again

The Shadow (original demo)

Those first years on my own,
I sold my garden for a gemstone


I yearned for a world fed by dreams and song
But I mourned that stone and all the love I have owed

Because I knew in the end, I had to move along
And it all was too heavy to bring along

I had to walk that lonesome valley
And when I walk, I walk it alone

Nobody can walk it for me
When I walk, I walk it alone

Beyond the timberline
Found a place to lay my load down
And finally found the time, to listen to the wind cry

But I can’t make out what I’m supposed to write down
How I’m supposed to climb down

When I find my lonesome valley
I hope that I’ll walk it alone

And on my downward climb,
below the mountain, in the darkest mines

I found my broken tongue
My darkened, blackened lung
The well where it all sprung

And out in the valley I walked the line

Out in the valley I found a way to put your load on mine


When I find out what I’ve run from
And where I'm to to go
And get to where I’m going
I pray I’ll find my home 


When you walk your lonesome valley
When you walk, you’ll find your home

When we walk our lonesome valleys
When we walk, we’ll find our home

Below the Mountain, Above the Timberline (original demo)

If it’d move the stars to pity
I’d hold my harp for you
Write poems about the rising sun
You paint them shades of blue

Can’t turn away from nightfall
When I shudder at the dawn
Find a crowd that hangs on every word
Before your too far gone    

I’ve seen lands where only sorrow grows
Seen a stream of broken thoughts down the river flowin’  
I’ve spent a half a lifetime trying not to know
Where I’ve come from and where I’ve got to go

I’ve heard hounds baying begging to be loved
And felt a darkness spreading  that can never have enough 

Check back in this time tomorrow
I’ll find a place for all our sorrows 
You find a breeze to carry us
I’ll lend you wings to borrow

I’ve heard cries whose echo only grows
Seeking answers it takes a lifetime to know
Like how to love and let the wind just blow 
Where we’ve come from from and where we’ve got to go

Now I sing a prayer and nightfall 
You call it back at dawn
I’ll pass the time then counting down
the moments till the morn 

Now I’ll pass the time now counting down
The moments till the morn
You sing my prayer at nightfall
I’ll call it back at dawn

Sing a Prayer (original demo)

Bitter Old Man (Ramshackle Glory cover)

Don't Think Twice it's Alright (Bob Dylan cover)

Singer songwriter based in Somerville, MA making folk music about my feelings. Primarily releasing on Spotify!

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Jem

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