A track I wrote with a buddy of mine, we were going to track the vocals but the project hasn't been going well. I thought I'd showcase it here anyway, since I am looking for a new band. 

Anchor - Ex Vocals

A song written in my livingroom on a late summer's day when rainclouds are constantly at odds with the sunshine and warmth down here by the sea. Enjoy!

Joël Benjamin Summer Rain

Stop Looking

Last night lasted a little too late,
With the sun coming up and my head hanging over.
But the girls all seemed pretty,
With their smiles insecure and all our blood intoxicated. 

Smiles like poison in your veins,
Smells like sweet sticky love and cheap shots lodged in our brains. 
But the toxic spill and sweet veneer,
Of love mingled in with lust and loneliness in a room full of bodies. 

We are all of us looking for love in the strangest of places,
But when we stop looking it is the first thing we do find. 

The smiles flow like cheap wine,
Coming at me from every which way and I a groggy.
Drunk on flirtatious glances,
Numb to the sensory input coming my way. 

I saw a girl on tv,
Dancing my heart in two swinging around a pole. 
She almost made me cry,
With the beauty and the sadness in her eyes. 

We are all of us looking for love in the strangest of places,
But when we stop looking it is the first thing we do find. 

There was kindness in your eyes and your face it makes me cry,
Why did God decide to make you so beautiful? 
I stood rooted to the ground, with my courage nowhere to be found. 
Even with my glass half full, last night I was love’s fool. 

We are all of us looking for love in the strangest of places,
But when we stop looking it is the first thing we do find.

Joël Benjamin 


Joel_Benjamin_-_Stop_Looking

Indescribable Grace

Indescribable grace in your movements and your face.
Unexplainable flames frame my memories of you.

I’m definitely in denial.
Saying I won’t fall for you.
Because I don’t want this lost or shattered.
Why do I keep seeing you inside?

Indescribable grace in your movements and your face.
Unexplainable flames frame my memories of you.

It is not the pain I fear;
Because I am whole and full of him.
But I think that we are worlds apart. 
On the outside, while within we can relate. 

Meet me by the cross.
Meet me where the blood still flows.
Meet me where my stone was lost.
Roled away, replaced by a flesh heart. 

There we could dance beneath the moon.
There we could try to count the stars. 
There we could hold hands through a wall.
There distance means nothing at all.

Indescribable grace in your movements and your face.
Unexplainable flames frame my memories of you.

Joël Benjamin

For F.



JoëlBenjamin IndescribableGrace2

Alight

When you found me my eyes were devoid
Of the light of love.
You blew your breath in me; igniting the embers.
When you touched me you set me alight. 

Swimming in your love, floating in your embrace.
Electrified by your touch, ignited by your whispers. 

I want to look so deep in your eyes
I can see all the light inside.
Kindle in me a passion so bright;
That one touch will set me alight. 

Swimming in your love, floating in your embrace.
Electrified by your touch, ignited by your whispers. 

I see your beauty in the moonlight, I read your story in the stars. 
I see your faithfulness in the sunrise, I feel your kiss in its setting. 
I see your eyes when I close mine, I feel your breath on my face. 
In this life there’s nothing greater than your perfect grace. 

Joël Benjamin 


6. JoëlBenjamin  Alight

This is an instrumental piece I composed for a specific event and purpose; to lure people into the museum in Golda where I was an intern at the time. thought I'd share it with the world, so here goes. 

Paradise by Night

1. Joel Benjamin Stop Looking

2. Joel Benjamin - Follow Your Dreams

a song about the one, something I do not believe in per se. However, everyone will be the one for someone and in some cases another one or two someones. That is the theme of this song. Enjoy!

3. Joël Benjamin One

Indescribable Grace

Indescribable grace in your movements and your face.
Unexplainable flames frame my memories of you.

I’m definitely in denial.
Saying I won’t fall for you.
Because I don’t want this lost or shattered.
Why do I keep seeing you inside?

Indescribable grace in your movements and your face.
Unexplainable flames frame my memories of you.

It is not the pain I fear;
Because I am whole and full of him.
But I think that we are worlds apart. 
On the outside, while within we can relate.

Meet me by the cross.
Meet me where the blood still flows.
Meet me where my stone was lost.
Roled away, replaced by a flesh heart.

There we could dance beneath the moon.
There we could try to count the stars. 
There we could hold hands through a wall.
There distance means nothing at all.

Indescribable grace in your movements and your face.
Unexplainable flames frame my memories of you.

Joël Benjamin

For F.