Brother, sister do you know my name? Well, I'll take your love and thank you just the same.  All our hearts are filled with blood and dust and shame.  We're looking at strangers... a family of strangers.  

We don't have to be strangers.

Strangers

Like most lies we tell ourselves, they tend to play over and over again on repeat.  So this is kind of like hate mail for love... if love were a person. So hate mail to cupid? 

Love, no one understands the game you play
Love, you're cold and reckless 
Take lots of bets and
You pay with sadness

Self - Deception

Written during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.  Lyrics were fueled by frustration with biased media and unethical politicians.  

Another push, another spin.
Too many voices to begin
to separate the concrete cold-hard lies 
from tall-tale fiction

It appears like we're not even sorting truth from lies anymore... just this kind of lie from that kind of lie.  Where is the truth?

Price Tag

Sometimes in our relationships we fall out of sync.  We both want to be all in, but we're having difficulty getting on the same page.  We feel like the other person has rejected us in the past in some way and we're afraid to make the first move to reconcile - we're paralyzed.  It's about the worst kind of loneliness, the kind where you're with someone, but you still feel alone.

Paralyzed

You know... you can't be a legitimate songwriter without a break up song. This one is about all the ones that got away.... thankfully.

Mirror Mirror

Lift your head up, up off the ground
Bring your friend with you if he's fallen down
Whenever your head hangs down, you can't see
Can't see nothin' but the ground
Lift your head up and you'll never feel alone

Marianne Angell