Midnight Special

Mama [Demo]

First take I ever recorded after writing.  It's got some mistakes, but it's got some first take magic too.

Dale (DEMO)

Some people say that its vanity
But it’s really just his anxiety

In a crowded room
The thought that its all about you
And you don’t know what to do
But you feel you have to prove
Something you don’t know if you’ve ever had
Still afraid to lose

The words from his lips sound strange to him
He wonders if they’re betraying him

Cause the way people tilt they’re head
But don’t ask him what he meant
He’s thinking they thought there’d be more
But he’s already emptied his stores
So afraid that they’ll find out 
He makes sure that they do

So afraid that he’s sold out
He makes sure that it’s true
Making it true

And I want time to pass on by
All the time
All the time

Somethings you don’t know if you’ve ever had
Still afraid to lose

Vanity (Demo)

Wrote this a few days ago. Kinks included.

In cold blood

Lately I’ve been often
Dreaming of the autumn
The light begins to soften
In my eyes

Darkness steals my fortune
I made myself an orphan
And now it’s so cold
I could cry
But my soul’s on fire
Just like the leaves outside
Cause I know what’s coming

Cold wind at my door
I beg the sky for warmth
“Could you give me more?”
To no reply
Time marches forth
Just like a war going forward
And I know what’s coming

Stillness, and I’m alone
Open my eyes and I’m still at home
And the winter blizzard
All too familiar
Buried inside 
Like a natural prisoner
Water is ice
But I’m lost in the river
Swept away into my soul

Oh, grey skies are trouble
The wind is getting stronger
I begin to wonder
How I’ve gone wrong

Nothing ever changes
I know my life’s the same
I still feel a blame 
 Like I can’t go on

Stillness, and I’m alone
Open my eyes and I’m still at home
And the winter blizzard
All too familiar
Buried inside 
Like a natural prisoner
Water is ice
But I’m lost in the river
Swept away into my soul

I’ve been dreaming of ya
The warmer climb of Georgia
No matter that you're southern
You’re my home
Why’d I forgot to write
Blinded by northern lights
But I love ya


Winter Soul (Love you Georgia)

He told her “I did it my way
Even in the light of day
Far off stars shine”

And slowly
As she was smiling
His arms stretched around her
Like the tree and the vine

And he told her I’m not listening
To a play
A play where the hero must die

And for a moment he
Could tell she forgot to breathe
As she looked, she looked in his eyes

The light drifted in slowly
He said the word “only”
And they both thought the “one”

And softly 
They were lost in the feeling
It was so stunning she said she was feeling numb 

She said Hold me close like a prayer
To a hope
And his arms did continue to wind

And they laid there in love
On a white bedsheet
And she loved that he held her so tight

Lay it down 
Lay it down 
Lay it down for me
He stayed the same
As the years all flew by

Let it come
Let it come 
Let it come to be
You reach high love
And I can reach high


In a new city
With a new profession
She feels squeezed for money
And he never thinks twice

Lately
He’s not been so busy
And just seems so friendly
But doesn’t notice her sighs

And he tells her I am not listening 
To a play
A play where the hero must die

Well that’s what we all call
A tragedy, she says
I can’t breathe cause you blot out the sky

Silence
They hear something dripping
And some far away clicking
But there is no reply

Baby, you mean so much to me
That I will try to set you free
Unlike the tree and the vine

But if I succeed
We will still die together
This thing you and me
Just like the tree and the vine


The Tree and the Vine

Waves

I been watching you
All down the way
Night air be windy
Moves hair from your face

My tongue is in knots
Like a string in your pocket
My heart is in chains
Like that old silver locket
That swings with your hips
And moves when they sway

Move me, my love
Slow motion
Still pass me by
Paralyzed
I do, I do
Let you go
Can't even get your name
Can't even meet your gaze

I been loving you only a minute
But everything's different just since I been in it
What does it say that you wash me away
With only your soft imperceptible wake?

Move me, my love
Slow motion
Still pass me by
Paralyzed
I do, I do
Let you go
Won't ever know your name
Won't ever see your gaze

I been watching you
Walking away
Night air be windy
It blows you away

My tongue is in knots
Like a string in your pocket
My heart is in chains
Like that old silver locket
That swings with your hips
And moves when they sway

Move me, my love

Lo-fi E-li

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