Lights And Sounds

Raised by the same hands
For worse or better
And you were put by my side 
So I could choose the latter

And I don’t need faith
To know you feel the same way

This is something we both know
No one loves you like I do
If you left me here alone
I swear I would die too

You run away
And I can’t seem to find your face
If you fell away
I’d be so lost in pain

With no hope, lost in pain
I don’t know if God could save me 

If I didn’t do enough for you
And if I didn’t say the right things
I’m sorry

This is something we both know
No one loves you like I do
If you left me here alone
I swear I would die too

How could I ever
Fill that emptiness?
How would I ever forgive my failure?

You run away
And I can’t seem to find your face
If you fell away
I’d be so lost in pain

Don’t wither away
Don’t wither away

Brazen Tide - Lost In Pain

The more I give away
The more I have to find again
Before I let it find me
A soul in retrograde
Living in some sort of fantasy again

I’m one of the fallen
But not fallen away
Cause you always find me
When I end up in this place
Hiding

I’m one of the fallen
But not fallen away
Cause you always find me
When I end up in this place

I hear you calling
When I’m going astray
And the walls I’ve been building
Can’t stand up in your way

You are the light at the end
Of the tunnel of my own design
And always taking so much more than I can give
And always stood on the edge of yet another cliff

You lift me up from the earth
So I won’t drown in the mire
You lift me up from the earth
And now it’s down to the wire

You lift me up from the earth
So I can breathe in the fire
You lift me up from the earth
Make it that I may never tire

I’m one of the fallen
But not fallen away
Cause you always find me
When I end up in this place

I hear you calling
When I’m going astray
And the walls I’ve been building
Can’t stand up in your way

You are the light at the end
Of the tunnel of my own design
And always taking so much more than I can give
And always stood on the edge of yet another cliff

I’m one of the fallen
But not fallen away
I’m on of the fallen

Brazen Tide - Drown in the Mire

Frankie Avalon - Venus (Cover)

Far away
I feel a growing cold
And I know
That I left my heart
So far away

Weep, o my soul
But show no hesitation
And despise
My lonesome eyes

They’re always on my mind
The faces I left behind
For a new land
Or for naught

Days growing old
I recite the explanation
And pine away 
Under foreign skies

So far, so cold

Far away
I feel a growing cold
And I know
That I left my heart
So far away

I wish that I could find you
And hold you tightly again
But I left my heart
So far away

Move through the cold
With quiet resignation
To a place unknown

So far, so cold

So far, so cold
I’m afraid you’ll change
All alone
I want nothing
But to be ever burning
Set me free
Fireborne

“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Brazen Tide - Fireborne

Hey guys, it's been a while!

Brazen Tide is my solo project. I played this stuff live in a practice studio with my brother Andrew Virrueta and good friend Aaron Stechauner, but as far as writing and recording, this is my baby! Shows could come later, but that is not the point of this.

I want to put this demo out because I have been working on this song and a few others over the last 2 years and I want to share it with you people. This particular song was written in early 2014, the first of them all, and will be re-recorded for an upcoming release of about 6 or 7 songs.

These songs came naturally to me in the sense that I did not ever sit down with the intention of writing music. Rather, I wrote and expressed whatever emotions or experiences or revelations that were taking place as they happened.

So, what I have ended up with is sort of a story of the last couple years of my life told through these songs that express and represent some very real moments in my own life. Hope you guys enjoy and let me know what you think.

Lyrics:

Can a stone stand up and speak?
No
Can a statue dry my eyes?
You are everything that I should run away from
But a thousand days spent chasing the lies from your lips
I would not count as lost
What I thought was real was just a thin line that you wander
A lie to take me away
So I turn my eyes from the idols that I longed for
The ghosts that dragged me away
How could I dream about you
When you always drift away
I will never understand something so beautiful
So full of darkness
And when the world came falling down
You watched with a cold indifference
But I stood beside you
And you asked me why
What I thought was real was just a thin line that you wander
A lie to take me away
So I turn my eyes from the idols that I longed for
The ghosts that dragged me away
How could I dream about you
When you always drift away
I will never understand something so beautiful
So full of darkness
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Brazen Tide - Idols (Demo)

Bright Eyes - Lover I Don't Have To Love (Cover)

Brazen Tide is
Joey Virrueta - Vocals/Guitar
Andrew Virrueta - Guitar
Aaron Stechauner - Drums

Lyrics:
I wanna look in your eyes and say that I'm near you
But I'll never be there too long cause I fear the crossing of a line 
So now I fall asleep
With a chill in my bones, and the deafening tone of complacency

Then a strange face in the mirror
I don't wanna see this any clearer

But I want life
I'm tired of missing out
And being elsewhere
I live a lie
I worry all the time
While telling others not to fear
Can anyone hear me in this place?

So don’t take your eyes off of me
Until I can see what you see
Yeah so I can’t take my eyes of you

Well, I've heard it said time and time again, and I know this:
If you try to save your own life, then you will lose it in the end

We're living our lives through a filter
While every day passes by quicker

But I want life
I'm tired of missing out
And being elsewhere
I live a lie
I worry all the time
And I can't take this anymore
I'm a sinking ship with a captain mutinied

I'll stop and turn back my face to you
If it's the only way
I’ll trust you and give control to you
If it's the only way

Reach through this haze and I'll find you
Reach through this haze and I'll find you

Brazen Tide - Haze (Demo)

Hate Screech - Burn the Children

I absolutely love this song and this record. Devin Townsend is still one of my favorite humans due to the sheer comical irony in everything he does. And he is an insanely creative and talented person.

This is the first recording I ever made with my vocals on it. 2011 hitting you right in the face!

Hyperdrive!?? (2011 Devin Townsend Cover)

Thrice - Broken Lungs (Acoustic Cover)

City and Colour - Comin' Home (Acoustic Cover)

I can’t stand the sight
Of you losing fight after fight
So don’t you cry
Because baby you are the prize

You try and try
Yet nobody changes
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away
Who has the time
For asinine exchanges
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away

Let’s leave this place and get away
Let’s leave this place and get away
Let’s leave this place and get away
Let’s leave this place and get away

I know it hurt when I told you
You’ll only be loved by a chosen few
I’m sorry nobody showed you
That they were fools not to treasure you

It’s such a crime
When rejection is baseless
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away
It’s just not right
To chase after the aimless
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away

You try and try
Yet nobody changes
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away
Who has the time
For asinine exchanges
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away
It’s such a crime
When rejection is baseless
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away
It’s just not right
To chase after the aimless
So take my hand
Let’s leave this place and get away

Let’s leave this place and get away
Let’s leave this place and get away
Let’s leave this place and get away
Let’s leave this place and get away
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Brazen Tide - Leave This Place

Deftones - Street Carp (Cover)

Here's my audition for The Contortionist.
I will let my performance speak for itself, whatever it has to say.
Thanks for checking it out if you did :)

You can check out my band if you'd like. We played one awesome show on the Intrinsic Tour last year :D
 https://www.facebook.com/SeaOfSkiesBand

Joey Virrueta

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