THE GRIND
(c) JunkHeap Dec 20 2025

A song about the everyday.

Old man hoping he’ll be retiring pretty soon, old bones that are feeling a bit askew.
It’s late at night and he sits under lamplight going over the numbers again, can he retire?
Low rumble of the city tram going by, distant sound of police sirens, makes him feel alive.

Oooo ooo ooooooo  
No telling where life will take you, take a path and you may be happy or it’ll break you.

A woman a few blocks away in her flat, reading into the eve.
Dosing off thinks of her son who seems so incomplete.
He needs a wife, he needs a child.  
Gives her something to worry about; it puts her to sleep.

Oooo ooo ooooooo  
No telling where life will take you, take a path and you may be happy or it’ll break you.

Hard night sleeping rough beside a graffiti dumpster.
Bearded dude only concerns himself with finding a coffee,
and a warm place to sit for a while and ponder his next moves.
Day-to-day, hour-to-hour, sometimes minute-to-minute.
Trying to subsist, the world doesn’t give a shit. 
He thinks, better not to dwell on it, better not to think about the what-if, 
else down the abyss.

Oooo ooo ooooooo  
No telling where life will take you, take a path and you may be happy or it’ll break you.


The Grind

The name JunkHeap came from creating song ideas and leaving them for later, and then picking through the junk heap of ideas to enhance a new song idea.  Explore my discography, find something you like.  

All of my albums on Soundcloud have been reduced to a sampling of a few songs.  The complete albums are available on all streaming sites.

JunkHeap is a solo, alternative rock music project.  Unapologetic, thought-provoking, emotionally raw music for the masses...