© 2021 Jordan Seal

Recorded and mixed using a Tascam DP-006.

Lyrics:

I kick my sheets to the foot of the bed
feels better to freeze than to sleep in sweat
the sky is blank, it’s a new moon
the space between stars reminds me of you
// you see all the things I don’t
// through smooth skin to broken bones
// you say all the things I won’t
// and the words hurt worse than sticks and stones
// I can’t admit you’re gone

your words hover over my head
like vultures perched on the ceiling fan
and I pray for Somnus to bring me sand
and for my dreams to be photographs
 
// you see all the things I don’t
// through smooth skin to broken bones
// you say all the things I won’t
// and the words hurt worse than sticks and stones
// I can’t admit you’re gone

and in the half-light before I wake
I can hear your voice and see your face
and I curse the sun smiling through the shade
and I shut my eyes and I call your name
I don’t wanna cry another day
but maybe one more flood will wash you away
’til then I stare at a spreading stain
at a gypsy angel I can’t erase…
… and I may never replace

Gypsy Angel

© 2021 Jordan Seal

Recorded using a Tascam DP-006. Mixed using Audacity.

The Wolf And The Kid

© 2021 Jordan Seal

Written, performed, and recorded by Jordan Seal

Lyrics:
I was 20, and you were 21
We were both discovering who we would become
And though we started the same pace
And we ran a braided path
And our highways looked the same
We kept separate maps

And when you say forever
It sounds like goodbye
My bonds are quick to sever
And your dress is never white
Some nights we tease the ending
Still pretending to be blind
We’re broken but still bending
Waving this long goodbye

So we write our plans in pencil
And fight about our dreams
And try denying promises
That we couldn’t keep
My hand covers my heart
But I still can’t feel it beat
There’s only silence in the bedroom
Between us in the sheets

And when we say forever
It sounds like goodbye
My bonds are quick to sever
And your dress is never white
Some nights we tease the ending
Still pretending to be blind
We’re broken but still bending
Waving this long goodbye

Blood on my fingers
Trying to come to grips with why
All the things that felt like promises
Turned out to be lies

And when we say forever
It sounds like goodbye
My bonds are quick to sever
And your dress is never white
Some nights we tease the ending
Still pretending to be blind
We’re broken but still bending
Waving this long goodbye

Long Goodbye

© 2022 Jordan Seal

Recorded direct to cassette with two consumer-grade Panasonic tape players, using Daniel Johnston’s overdubbing technique.

Heights (Daniel Johnston Method)

© 2022 Jordan Seal

Recorded live, direct to cassette, with a consumer-grade Panasonic tape player.

Heights (Playskool Method)

Pairs well with yearbooks and faded photos. It sounds like it was recorded with a cheap tape player because part of it was. Best played through speakers, into the air, loud. Don't worry about speaker placement: it's in mono.

Recorded with: Panasonic Tape Player + Tascam DP-03SD
Mixed with: JVC KD-A3 Stereo Cassette Deck

All parts (vocals, guitars, cajon) performed by me.

Special thanks to: Mom, Dad, and Josh, for tolerating this noise at its loudest and roughest.

All songs © 2021 Jordan Seal, except:
Blind © 2021 Jordan Seal and Parker Zimmerman
Stand, Heights, and Fever © 2022 Jordan Seal

All Songs ℗ 2022 Jordan Seal

Fourth Of July

Fever

Conditioning

Heights

Stand

Aspartame

Written on Day 2 of my "song a day" project in May 2023.

Lyrics:
I wasted our time
Wasted the buzz
Wasted the vibe
Waiting for you to apologize
For some made-up crime
For breaking a promise you didn't make
For failing to smile when I would have faked
That was your first mistake
Don't bend
Easy to break

You flash a smile
But I see darts
In your eyes
They're all Nerf, but it's a bullseye
Every time
I'm tough as a tin foil tank
You're safe as a failing bank
I dish it but I can't take
Don't bend
Easy to break

I'm tough as a tin foil tank
You're safe as a failing bank
I dish it but I can't take
Don't bend
Easy to break

Credits:
Recorded with: Tascam DP-03SD
Mixed with: Tascam Portastudio mkii
Mastered with: n-Track (on an iPad)

© 2023 Jordan Seal
℗ 2023 Jordan Seal

Easy To Break

Slowed with: Tascam 424 mkii
Reverbed with: Alesis Quadraverb

Easy To Break (slightly slowed)

Easy To Break (slowed + reverb)

Millennial Dreams is the second "official" release from my "song a day" project in May 2023. This song was first written on Day 5.

© 2023 Jordan Seal
℗ 2023 Jordan Seal

Lyrics:
Somebody wake me
'Cause I'm too deep

Will I see you in the morning
When I wipe away the sleep?
Or will you crawl into the shadows
And wait for me to seek?

The sheets are dirty, but they don’t seem to drink the bleach
My words are pretty, but I shiver each time I speak
It’s getting darker, but I don't move to dim the screen
That shows the things I’m supposed to be

Somebody wake me
'Cause I’m too deep
In orphan promises
And loading screens
Somebody wake me
'Cause I’m too deep
Wrestling the pieces of
Millennial dreams

Wishing on a star
In a cloudy sky
Waiting for a train with
No room inside

I'm not begging, but I borrowed
More than I could ever pay
And I'll need it more tomorrow
Than I need, than I need
Than I needed it today

I took a picture, but the truth doesn't fit the frame
I hang a mirror, but I'm too weak to keep it straight
At night I see you, but I can’t make you say my name
How long until I am awake?

Somebody wake me
'Cause I’m too deep
In orphan promises
And loading screens
Somebody wake me
'Cause I’m too deep
Wrestling the pieces of
Millennial dreams
Somebody wake me
From this deep, deep, deep dream
Somebody wake me
From this millennial dream

Millennial Dreams (Playskool Version)

Millennial Dreams

Recorded in a home office and a shed, using the Tascam Model 12.

All parts written, performed, and recorded by me.

© 2024 Jordan Seal
℗ 2024 Jordan Seal

Lyrics:
A worn glove covers my right hand
Clowns in the ring and more in the stands
Buckets of beer and wandering eyes
I’m gonna hold on tight

The sand shifts under every step
And bruised ribs punish every breath
The stall shakes, you’re restless inside
I’m gonna hold on tight

My legs must be anchors
My hands like a cage
‘Cos I know there are riders
That you don’t try to escape

Your legs tense and the gate swings fast
I’m clutching a rope that I know won’t last
You’re trying to buck me, night after night
I’ve gotta hold on tight

Bronco

Recorded in a home office and a shed, using the Tascam Model 12.

Lyrics:

Our first kiss was in a bottle
On the steps of Sigma Chi
I wish I had more than a moment
To cherish all my life
You can get Daddy’s permission
But before you kiss the bride
It isn’t love unless the picture’s right

Don’t expect a waterfall
To flow out of my eyes
You don’t want my blubbering
To be immortalized
When I hear that shutter clicking
One tear will do just fine
‘Cos it isn’t love unless the picture’s right
 
Love is patient, love is kind
Love is holding hands on a jagged cliff side
Waiting for the perfect sunrise
With our photographer standing 5 to 10 feet behind

Love is patient, and so am I
That’s why I saved PTO for two years
And booked us this beautiful trip to Morocco
And spent all that money on black market tooth whitening
You see, it’s all for you!
It's for us! It's for our love!
I want it to be just right!

You don’t have to be romantic
I don’t want to be surprised
Karats are for rabbits
Diamonds are for mines
Just click the links I sent you
Shower, shave and smile
It isn’t love unless the picture’s right

All parts written, performed, and recorded by me.

© 2024 Jordan Seal
℗ 2024 Jordan Seal

It Isn't Love

Recorded in a home office and a shed, using the Tascam Model 12.

Still smell the sunscreen on your skin
Still hear you daring to get in
Still see you laugh behind the towel when I’m blue
You buried my legs in the sand
Humming to catch you if I can
But if I did, what then?
Sundown summons your tide again 

And time washed away
Whatever we meant

I remember you waving, like I was sand
Crushed next to your ocean
Waving like I was sand
If we touched, I would be floating
Waving, but you still see me as land

There’s a part of you still there
Like the salt sticks in your hair
‘Til every shadow in the shallows looks like you
Holding my breath
… until there’s nothing left
Just when I think you’re gone
There’s jetsam drifting
Up from the depths, up from the depths

Sunglasses
Eyelashes
Skittles and sweat

I remember you waving, like I was sand
Crushed next to your ocean
Waving like I was sand
If we touched, I would be floating
Waving, but you still see me as land

All parts written, performed, and recorded by me.

© 2024 Jordan Seal
℗ 2024 Jordan Seal

Sand

Recorded in a home office and a shed, using the Tascam Model 12.

Still smell the sunscreen on your skin
Still hear you daring to get in
Still see you laugh behind the towel when I’m blue
You buried my legs in the sand
Humming to catch you if I can
But if I did, what then?
Sundown summons your tide again 

And time washed away
Whatever we meant

I remember you waving, like I was sand
Crushed next to your ocean
Waving like I was sand
If we touched, I would be floating
Waving, but you still see me as land

There’s a part of you still there
Like the salt sticks in your hair
‘Til every shadow in the shallows looks like you
Holding my breath
… until there’s nothing left
Just when I think you’re gone
There’s jetsam floating
Up from the depths, up from the depths

Sunglasses
Eyelashes
Skittles and sweat

I remember you waving, like I was sand
Crushed next to your ocean
Waving like I was sand
If we touched, I would be floating
Waving, but you still see me as land

All parts written, performed, and recorded by me.

© 2024 Jordan Seal
℗ 2024 Jordan Seal

Sand (soft)

Live and Unrehearsed (12/7/2020)

Little Dominoes

A cover I recorded shortly after the storming of the US Capitol. I was clearing space on my Tascam and thought I'd save (and share) it before deleting it.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan cover)

The audio from a live performance I streamed from the shed.

Audio recorded and mixed using a Tascam DP-006.

Stolen Car (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Hi there. I'm Jordan.

I'm a normal person, leading a normal life. But in my free time, I also like to make music.

You can find some of it here.

Jordan Seal

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