This was written in 2010, making it the oldest song here. I call it my Eagles song: play it for grandma & no one will get hurt or offended. You might get a little bored though.

What I'll Find

This is probably the best song I have written and uploaded. In any case, it’s the most complete in terms of lyrics and structure. So in a sense, that makes it the best.

Home Is a Mile Away (first demo)

This was an experiment in taking a poem and turning it into a song. It went through a series of rewrites during the conversion, but it probably isn’t really engaging enough lyrically or musically to warrant further action. Switching keys twice was a funnish challenge.

Cultural Paralysis (The World Song)

Home Is a Mile Away

Great Expectations (What I'll Find)

Verse 1
If I’m sinking alone in the thick of an ocean,
Pulled by the weight of a distant devotion,
Down to one moment, one distance, one dream,
I’m thinking of Sutton Alleyne.

Verse 2
Sutton was sharp as the tip of a pike,
Probing each secret, each thing that I like.
She probed like she already knew where I’ve been.
I’ve been to the bottom with Sutton Alleyne.

Bridge
Down... down... down...

Chorus
The bottom drops out, I called, and she came.
She’s always around,
A shadow for me to blame.
Sutton Alleyne ain’t even her name.
Now I can’t remember it,
Ain’t that a shame?

Verse 3
She’s easy to find in the blue where she lingers,
Her scent on my lips, her salt on my fingers
Where no one else knows me, you what I mean.
There’s no one like Sutton Alleyne.
They’re nothing like Sutton Alleyne.

Verse 4
Memory like water is still and serene,
Stay in this moment, this distance, this dream.
Down in your hole, in your holy ravine.
It’s calm at the bottom with Sutton Alleyne.

Bridge

Chorus

Sutton Alleyne

Not the One

Verse 1
Remember when we kissed, and you said this feels right?
Midnight on the run, I drove you to the coast.
And even in the dark, your love would shine so bright.
Thought we had it all, I promise we were close.

Verse 2
I think it’s time we had this talk, baby, I’ve got time,
And our favorite dive is open all night long.
I know that you hate good beer and love cheap wine.
I think of that and almost fall in love.

Chorus
Remember when you took me dancing?
I got drunk and called you beautiful.
Pretend it never happened.
In the end, love called and colored us done
Because you’re not the one.

Verse 3
The least that I can do is give you your heart back.
The worst you’re gonna do is break me with regret.
Oh, but time don’t fly, it falls right through the cracks,
And it’s never seen again, and that is that.

Chorus

Bridge
Wish I would have told you
That I can’t love you.
Something stopped me every time.
But even if I told you
That I can’t love you,
Part of me would still be lying.
I’ve got no reason to go.
My heart just seems to know
You’re not the one.

Chorus 

Outro
I’ve got no reason to go.
My heart just seems to know
That you’re not the one.

Not The One

The Wish that Sticks Around

Verse 1
I want the world to stop for me
Right where the world is stopped for you.
Where the light grows dim,
And my heart caves in,
And you’re gone at thirty-two.

Verse 2
I want my heart to speak for me,
A quiet pulse that beats for you.
But my heart gets shy,
Closes at goodbye,
And I never say the word.
 
Chorus
I never meant to give up hope on you.
Wish I knew what I was missing,
Wish I’d been there too.
But the wish that sticks around
Is the wish that won’t come true.
The wish that sticks around
Won’t come true.

Verse 3
I want my heart to run with me
Just to keep it away from you.
But blood runs thin,
My heart caves in
And it all pours out for you.

Chorus

Bridge
You’re a star in the night,
A dim but guiding light,
Giving us the world to see.
But there’s too many stars,
I can’t see where you are,
And the world never stops for me.
 
Chorus

The Wish that Won't Come True

Life of a Songbird (demo)

Inside Armageddon

Life of a Songbird

Welcome! I’m using this page to upload a collection of functional demos record in my apartment.

I’d rather share the works in progress and rough edges than wait months between more polished recordings.

Oh, and I am always looking to collaborate. I think there’s a lot more I could do with others than I can do here by myself. :)

Max Glassburg

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