A metaphysical ballad evocative of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Carlos Castaneda.

Lyrics:

Somebody told me a long time ago
If you can learn to hang on, you can learn to let go Well I let go, now I’m here in outer space
Through my telescope I can see your face

I can see our Santa Barbara nights
All those times we was too high to drive 
Can’t believe we made it home alive
Don’t tell my parents what we did
They would disown me as their kid
Send me to a place where no one goes
And leave me searching for God in a godless world

Somebody said you got an autograph
Of a washed-up actress who was cut in half
Well I couldn’t help it, baby, I just had to smile 
‘Cause I used to see that girl every once in a while

We would drive up to Santa Fe 
Watch our spirit animals play
Eat candy bars under the Milky Way
Señorita took me to the bar
Where Carlos Castaneda played guitar
Singing those songs you only know
When you’re searching for God in a godless world

When I woke up this morning, couldn’t find my face
Now I know I must’ve left it ‘round here someplace
I don’t wanna scare the neighbors, so don’t call the police 
Just go get me a new one, here take my keys

I wanna be an angel in disguise
Or a devil who mixes the truth with lies 
Eyes as big and blue as the sky
I’ll change my name from Josh to Jack
Get a tattoo across my back
A picture of someone I lost long ago
Who was searching for God in a godless world.

Written, performed, and recorded by Joshua Path
Mixed by Pete DiRado
©2020 Mad Mogi Music (BMI)

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Searching For God In A Godless World

“Early Beatles, couched in a sound similar to the Goo Goo Dolls, along with intelligent and creative storytelling not unlike Bob Dylan” is how Music Connection Magazine describes Joshua Path’s music. You can judge for yourself by listening to his latest tracks from his upcoming album, Between Heaven and Jonestown.

Path began writing songs when he was in junior high school. But it wasn’t until he landed a gig as a camp song leader that he took his craft seriously. “I heard my songs being sung by the kids around camp,” recalls Path. “That’s when I realized I should give music a shot.”

After that pivotal summer, Path immediately formed a band and began recording demos, all the while polishing his live sound by performing in all the major clubs in the Los Angeles area. His standing-room-only shows landed him a guest spot on KROQ’s Loveline, along with punk rockers Bad Religion. “I had to be the most outrageous, since no one knew who the hell I was,” Path says.

Didn’t stay that way for long. His CDs garnered heaps of praise from the public as well as critics. “Path seems radio ready. And that’s meant in the most complimentary way possible,” said Splendid Magazine. Indie Music Magazine wrote, “Path manages to incorporate all the best elements of American pop music of the last three decades while simultaneously infusing it with his own deeply soulful, yet irreverent, style.”

Between Heaven and Jonestown is set to drop sometime in 2011.