for james joyce

while it taps the window pane
silver snow, mirrored light
now the time has finally come

the snow is falling, the wind blows
to take it where it needs to go

the snow is falling, the wind blows
caps my grandfather’s headstone

the snow is falling, the wind blows
sticks to our wool, head to toe

the snow is falling, the wind blows
take me where I need to go

the snow is falling (for james)

anything (adrianne lenker)

Eye wanna forget you

Like a prophet

last mix I could do, some levels are off but harddrive crashed and lost the stems. Oh well.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEeJP6qdjbw

I don't have a clue
don't have a clue
all the things you saw in me
you took with you

so when i say that i love you
well i do
i don’t ask why
take what you can and shut up


i just wanted to know you
i didnt wanna destroy you
see what hides inside of your core
so i tore each limb off
im sure i wouldve killed you
if it meant that i was your boy

when I tell you I love you 
well I love you
don't ask why:
take what you can and shut up

Shut up!

you're collecting hobbies and you say it's kind of odd
that working and consumption serve the function of a god
If you get out of bed today and feel like shutting off
i'll catch your fall

If sisyphus is smiling then you must like your job
if there are children starving you must drink the tears you sob

You roll out of bed just like a boulder down a hill-
it only takes a twig to snap before you find the will
if God is in your dreams today I'm sure he loves you still
I know I do

If sisyphus is crying then I guess all bets are off
If there are children starving then we'll feed 'em to the dogs

Shut off

A different way to hide

I extended my branch
So you building a boat
It tore me apart
By keeping us both afloat
I may have done wrong
For a light I’ve shone
And yet you may gleam
A shadow’s pinned to your toes

In this form that we’ve arrived
At like a moth to candlelight
It will make us blind
If I cared, I’d let you know
I’m looking rough, but there I go

I’ve purchased that light 
you cast upon me
It’s taken the form of a plastic Jesus piece
I dont mind if it rains or freezes
Knock on your door 
cause at least the heat is free

In this form that we’ve arrived
Don’t look like much but that’s alright 
Tell me what you like
But If I cared, I’d let you know
I’m looking rough, but there I go

There wasnt a light
That you’ve shone on me
That wasn’t unsure
Of who it was blinding
I’ll see you tonight
It’s been a while
The baggage from weeks
You’ll add to the pile
From the old town
To the big city
Where we both met
When we were pretty
There wasn’t a night
Where you were beside me
Where I wasn’t unsure
I didn’t mind it.

Looking rough

The oil is alive!

The water is wide

Don't talk to me

The sun's in your eyes (v1)

You are a part (incomplete)

I FEEL LIKE SH!T MIX 2

things could be different 
but theyre not
im a bug now stuck in amber

my life will be different
but it never was
i dont know what will happen
but it has already happened

just not to me
not yet
someone somewhere knows
not me

they couldve been different
but they never were
not for a bug now stuck in amber

they can see me from all sides
they can see me from all sides
up down left right top bottom front behind

just not yet
someone sees
someone unfettered by earthly chains
someone better than times restraint
someone with probably bigger brains
or a clam... or something in that vein

if one thing please dont forgive me
if one more please just forget about me
i think just one would be enough

if one thing please dont forgive me

bug in amber

more than a feeling (boston)

i wanna think about you

i went to the city
to get my tarot read
paid 40 something dollars
Just to clear my head
she asked me for a question
i said i have a few
Like "is everybody suffering
and can there be any truth"
she said "this aint about the universe
darling it’s about you"
and i said "i just want some direction
is that something you could do?

Cause i need some clarity
i need some understanding now"

well i gave those cards a shuffle
and gave them back to her
she layed them so carefully
about 10 if i remember
she starting point at each one
told me everything it meant
but it felt like she was having
more her own conversation
i said "i dont wanna know about now
i want to know what lies ahead"
she said “that’s something i dont do sir
if you want to know the future you must live
and if you came in here thinking that i had held some crystal ball
then i dont know what you came here for can please explain yourself cause"

“i need some clarity
i need some understanding now
i need some clarity 
i need some understanding now”

but after a while
i started to get upset
let’s reshuffle the cards
and play poker instead
cause then at least
one of us stands to win something
at least one of us stands to win something
at least one of us stands to win something
at least one of us sitting here has a chance

i need some clarity
i need some understanding
feeling is haunting
yes being’s exhausting me

got my tarot read

you dont have to blindly follow faith
to make some sense out of your life
you dont have to give yourself to god
but you could leave your house 
from time to time

you dont have to be a drunken mess
in order to make new friends 
you dont have to overshare again
in order to be intimate

you dont have to know who you are
to view yourself as competent 
dont boil your identity down
to being a waitress

where there is no fear
there is nothing to be gained
but where there is no pain
there’s nothing to be afraid of

you dont have to like anyone
but you could stop looking for their flaws
you dont have to have a good time
but you could stop looking for problems 

When you get to heaven or hell 
and you go through the entrance 
and you pass the welcome center 
i dont think youd know the difference

where there is no fear
there is nothing to be gained
but where there is no pain
there’s nothing to be afraid of

life is about the good times
you wont solve anything by dying
you have too much time to be dead
so why dont you just try

i know i only write love songs
but this ones for you

where there is no fear 
there is nothing to be gained 
but where there is no pain 
there’s nothing to be afraid of

where there is no fear is
where there is no gain is
where there is no pain is.......

things just have a way
Of always ending up okay
and if all this drives you to your death
at least you hit every greenlights on the way

heaven or hell

you always make me wanna cry (and not the kinda way i like)

21st (birthday) ft. emma

well about 22,000 firetrucks crash a year
on the way to the scene of the crime
so your cryin aint welcome here
your burning house will boil clouds above
theyll darken if you let it burn enough
and theyll give you rain

well if it was up to me
i wouldnt be in love with you
but ill wait for the fire
let the cycle just resume

you shouldnt have let me explain now
im cryin in vain but i know
its just that its something that happens
itll take a firetruck to put me out
you know better than to interrupt the game
if you give someone a voice
theyll just complain

if it was up to me
i wouldnt be in love with you
but ill wait for the fire
let the cycle just resume
its time to take my place
so ill just sit and watch it burn
and if you see tragedy
well you stay put and wait your turn

22 thousand firetrucks

radical forgiveness

when a family gets too close
well eventually it'll implode
it will spread across the country
with no plans to make it home

when you fail the ones you love
you know you really fucked up

time moves slower
when youre hungover, babe
i was so happy yesterday

time moves slower when youre hungover (DEMO)

like a child

empirical laws are probably right
id hope were not predictable like that
but if we are
Id know if we are
And id feel helpless like a little kid
I get a sentimental feeling
but remembering is just believing in something
Make up the past to fill in the gaps
Between where you know and what you forget
And that is that: a memory
 
When I look at the stars
I dont see who we are
I just feel helpless like a little kid
But when I lay and look with you
It feels like more than just us two
It feels like forever on a bed
I feel your warmth             
I feel your lungs too
Rising and falling in sync with mine
And as the planes fly above
And the ocean waves crash
We make sense in those moments like they do

I can watch you perceive me
that’s when we step out of our bodies
And see that youre alive
And im alive 
And if we’re not
The who gives a fuck
Cause I am here. And I know that           

If I freak out tonight well I want you by my side
And If I pass out tonight I still want you by my side

I dont mind these bits of you
The one you left with me
The one you took with you

And you dont mind these bits of me
The one I left with you
the one i took with me

empirical laws

great white sharks and patriarchs

don't tell me i'll learn from this
don't tell me i'll grow from this
there is no possible way in fact
my mind gets smaller every day

on sadness, 
one day it will submit to me, too
it'll be the one that is feeling blue.

you've left friendships open ended
too many cases now pending
well i'll tell you kid,
sometimes things are complete
simply cause they've ended

oh, sadness, 
one day it will submit to me, too
it'll be the one that is feeling blue
oh, sadness, 
one day i'll give it a heart attack
i'll look at it but it won't look back

on sadness:

it's not the moon, i tell you
that's keeping you awake at night
so just open your window

it doesn't need an invite
the wind was only asking you
to try and be polite

i know ive had trouble with this too
i guess you won't fall asleep tonight

you think the sun is gonna blind you
when it tries to fill you up with light
you just have have to close your eyes

i know ive had trouble with this too
you just have to close your eyes

memory wears

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