10 - Blow A Kiss And Hit The Road

09 - On My Way Home To You

08 - I’ll Carry You

07 - Hearts In Play

06 - Let Nothing Come Between You

05 - The Beauty Of This Now

04 - Another Day In July

03 - Changing

02 - That Alone Will Set You Free

01 - I'm Listening Now

The character in this song is ruminating on some old habits while remembering when time was spent “beating back the shadows and giving it all up to the moon.” The lyric was written by my friend Jenny Daley after a conversation about creativity and why it matters. It was an offhanded remark: “you should write me something that I’ll turn into a song.” I have long been an admirer how Jenny can walk the thin line between beauty and madness. Hers is a wild spirit that sees magic in in the details and dichotomies as only a Irish poet can. Darkness and light. Sorrow and joy. She does not fear the deep. When she sent me the lyric, I was floored. It was real and we had lived it. For me, the words weren’t trying to be nostalgic or judgmental. It was really just a statement of growth and change. “There are places grace will take you, that the wild night never will.”  Truth. 

In February 2025, I was recording in Woodstock, New York. At the very end of the session, we decided to take a pass at the song. I just wanted to get it down. It’s cut live in the room with my old school chum Dr. John Bongo playing percussion and the great Mark Dann on the bass. It was the first pass. It felt good. Soon after the mysterious Doctor Westchesterson laid his beautiful keyboard parts into the mix. Two Doctors and a Dann. A solid crew. In any endeavor, I suggest that you surround yourself with a team of doctors and bass player. It’s just smart thinking. So here is a song that I hope will come into your life like a contemplative fog and stay with you until the sky clears and the sun breaks on through.

(C)2025 Marc Douglas Berardo, Jenny Daley Overhead Map Music, ASCAP

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"Berardo has a magical way of bringing you into the story. You don't want the song to end."-Jane Falvey, Host, Kingston Coffeehouse, WRIU-FM.

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