Chapter 4 of 4

featuring Meredith Butterworth(@meredith-butterworth)on percussion/mallets
Produced by Warren Trunz/Daniel Taytro
Mixed/Engineered by Warren Trunz

Leukos (feat. Meredith Butterworth)

Christmas Mashup 

Recorded these vocals ages ago for family - decided to dust off the arrangement and add some instruments. 

Produced by me with additions from Jumeproductions. 

Mixed/Mastered by Jumeproductions and Melrhyinst

Child X Bells (wintry mix)

Christmas Mashup

Recorded these vocals ages ago for family

Re-mastered by JumeProductions

Child X Bells (a cappella mix)

Do you remember capsizing 
We clawed the white water rising
400 pounds of resentment
Wore it like a sacred necklace
Plummet down seeming endless
Somehow we turned it around, now we're

Finding God in the raft
Steering the rudder, clearing the path
Look at these boulders we're sliding past
It's amazing that we lasted
Together we're
Finding God in the raft
Steering the rudder, clearing the path
Now it's like nothing's holdin' us back

We found a new rhythm and flow
It's better than what what we know
We're gonna ride the wave
We'll ride it all the way home 

So let this speed, let this motion 
Lead us from these rapids into open oceans
One day we'll plant our feet on solid ground
At least we're standin' by each other now
And I'm so glad we never backed down
There's a new strength we found

Rhythm & Flow

V1: 
I'm on a rampage, rolling through the crowd
Get out of my way or you're gonna get run down
My motors are churning
My steering is swerving
I guess I'm a danger to be around

V2: 
I was constructed from cylinders and steel 
But I didn't realize the destruction I could wield 
My selfish ambition
My crushing decisions
They flatten whoever falls beneath my wheels 

Chorus: 
Steamroller...

Bridge: 
Why would you wanna get close to me?
I push down the ones who are close to me
Guess I can't see who I'm about to run over
Why would you wanna get close to me? 
Don't think that's the way it's supposed to be
I really don't want to press my weight on your shoulders

Chorus: 
Steamroller...

Mecha

Steamroller

V1: 
Dropped me like I was a bad habit
Cold turkey on me babe
I guess whatever you felt was symptomatic
Of hearts starting to decay

And I've been tryin' to oil up our rusty parts
But all I've got are greasy hands, trying to hold on to your heart
You're quickly

Chorus:
Slippin' Away...

V2: 
I am not an engineer, I am not a mechanic
But I thought I could repair our circuitry
I know our situation is a little dramatic
But I miss you...I'm finding it hard to walk away
So I've been trying to oil up our rusty parts
When I try to hold onto your heart 
you're quickly...


Bridge:
The tighter I grip
The more you seem to slip right through my fingers
I could never get used to this
I could never get used to this...

Slippin' Away

Chorus: 
I'm only free to dance to the rhythms you tell me to
Run the direction I feel your pull, I thought
Cutting the strings would be easy to do 
but I'm all tied up

Now I can see we're no good together, I know that's true I gotta
Live for me but I care about you, I thought 
Shakin' you off would be easy to do but I'm 
still your, still your puppet 

V1: 
Red mornings, I see you clearly through the fog
And I swear this is the last time
But cold midnights, I always answer when you call
But I'm not really free...

V2:
Shout louder, I know the words I've heard the sounds
I've been waiting to hear them 
Push harder, I'm not the one you want around
But I'm not really free...

Puppet

What do you mean, I'm a broken machine? 

Yeah, you can be cold to touch
You don't really show too much
Does that make you stronger, 
the way you're wearing your armor?

Broken Machine (An Inquiry)

I fell in love with a daydream
and she was beautiful, impeccable, my flawless fantasy

I fell in love with a daydream
and she was everything that I wanted her to be

I fell in love with a daydream...

I fell in love with a daydream
and she could move mountains, walk on water, calm the stormy seas
Never met a piece that fit more perfectly
I hoped that maybe, that she would daydream with me 

Made her from my memories
created in my reveries 
I hoped and waited patiently 
maybe daydream with me?

Daydream

We were always connected 
we should have expected
that one day, I might be into you

We swore that this was a friendship
so are you really suggesting
that maybe we should be lovers too? 

I still have so many questions...

If we wander down this road
would you tell me your objective?
Would you want to take it slow
or be passionate and reckless? 
Is it really more than just
more than pure infatuation? 
Do you think it could be love? 
Do you think it could be love? 

Lately I'm so Unsure...
Are these feelings we can trust? 
How do we know if this is supposed to be us? 
Do we get these chances more than once
in this life? 

We discuss till the early morning
spend hours on the subway platform
full of emotions we can't convey
We have to use drawings and analogies
we're both too immature
our words just get in the way

And you wonder if years from now
will I still find you attractive? 
Will I give you all of me
or will I only be distracted? 
If you open up your heart
then will I enter softy
And is it really worth the risk we'll take
or would it be more costly 

Baby I'm so unsure
Are these feelings we can trust? 
How do we know if this is supposed to be us? 
Do we get these chances more than once
in this life?

In this life...

Unsure

I know we haven't heard from 
Each other in a while
Busy, maybe

But there's a world I wander
A place I try to find you
In my memory

I remember how every year we'd meet 
under the same rustic sky
we were two spirits floating free
imaginations flying high
I guess I miss the energy
how we used to be
I think about it all the time

Wonderin if I've been crossin your mind

Rainy day card games...you'd school me every time
drove me crazy
sunsets on the sand
were you holding my hand? 
the picture's a little hazy

But I remember the smell of ocean breeze
Trying to catch seagulls in the sky
We were two spirits floating free
Imaginations flying high
I miss the carefree energy
the simplicity 
I think about it all the time

Wonderin if I've been crossin your mind

I think about you all the time...

Wonderin

We've been a long time comin' 
we'd be putting it all on the line for this
but maybe it's worth the risk...

maybe it's worth the risk

We could fly like the condors
soar above the worlds we know
climb ruby skies like scaffolds, see where the wind blows
maybe we'd find paradise between these thermal flows

But it'll get harder to breathe the higher you go...

What you doin with your head in the clouds?
You better come down, better come down 
What you doin with your head in the clouds?
You better plant your feet on the ground, boy

Head in the Clouds (An Uncertainty)

Feelin a little bit
Feelin a little bit stronger now
Standin a little bit
Standin a little bit taller now
Needed a minute but
Needed time to figure myself out
I think, I think, I think I'm ready now

Ohhh
When did I lose my shine
When did I lose my shine 
When did I lose my shine 
I think I'm ready
to step into the limelight

Limelight (A Proclamation)

a fire burns inside us, they thought they could tone it down
so terrified of how we gleam
did it make em. did it make em shine less brilliantly? 
we're luminous

a fire burns inside us, they thought they could snuff it out
the words used to smother us 
got us burnin, burnin brighter now
we're still luminous

so get up get up, we're gonna shine a light
not gonna lay down at their feet, no 
we are the burning beacons in the night
the ones that someone needs to see

someone needs it
we'll stay luminous

Luminous

feels like I've been waiting for ya
my whole life, my whole life
like we're meant for something
that'll only happen when our souls unite

cuz we're so much more than birds of a feather
now we're synchronizing energies
we're a force of nature when we're together
we've got synergy, we've got synergy

times are changing
this crazy world, so many battles left to fight
as these wars keep raging
well there's no one else that I want by my side

cuz we're so much more than birds of a feather
now we're synchronizing energies
we're a force of nature when we're together
we've got synergy, we've got synergy

well I thought that I could handle whatever
but it's better when it's you and me 
imagine what we can accomplish together
we've got synergy, we've got synergy

Synergy

we creep in the dark
hoping that no one will see who we are
hiding our faces, concealing our hearts
cuz we're scared they'll get torn
cuz we're scared they'll get torn apart

shadow dwellers

just scraping by
scavenging scraps that our peers left behind
abundance is dangling in the sunlight 
but we'd rather stay safe
but we'd rather stay under the cover of night

claws, they're dug in so deep
insecurities are pulling us under
scared to burn in the light
we die in the night
to hide from the sun, we're

shadow dwellers

eyes on our screens
wishing we could be what we see on t.v.
the only way we live is vicariously
cuz it's safer to be

shadow dwellers

hope in our eyes
left unfulfilled it grew crusted and dry
but they can't call us failures cuz we never tried
we just found a safe place to
we found a safe place to hide

claws, they're dug in so deep
insecurities are pulling us under
scared to burn in the light
we die in the night
to hide from the sun, we're

shadow dwellers

yes, we've made it this far
is this all we are? 
would we rather wonder?

Shadow Dwellers

singer, songwriter, dreamer, big kid
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