lyrics:

There's a place I know
I used to go when I was young
where the road winds down beside a silver stream
where I dreamed a dream, and felt so free
in that place I know, I used to go when I was young

I drove back to that memory just yesterday
passed the empty lot where we'd go after school and play
I heard St. Ann's bell ring, thought about the songs we used to sing
when I drove back to that memory, just yesterday

I'm trying to find a decent reason why
I got so far out of line
Looking for a way to make things right
maybe find forgiveness in my Father's eyes
and if every heartache was just a lesson
to help me understand
then I would understand

somewhere out there on the back roads
as these old memories flood my mind
half was scared, half way excited, 
cause I don't know what I might find
is this the dream I dreamed? 
of how it all might be
somewhere on the backroads
as these memories flood my mind

I'm trying to find a decent reason why
I got so far out of line
Looking for a way to make things right
maybe find forgiveness in my father's eyes
and if every heartache was just a lesson
to help me understand
then I would understand

there's no need for me to regret
the things I didn't know
there's no need to go on
holding on to such a heavy load 
I think it's time for letting go

I'm trying to find a decent reason why
I got so far out of line
Looking for a way to make things right
maybe find forgiveness in my father's eyes
and if every heartache was just a lesson
to help me understand
then I would understand
so help me understand
so I can understand 

musicians:

Mike Miz- acoustic guitar/vocals
Laur Joamets- electric guitar
Michael Borowski- piano
Ted Pecchio- bass
Jon Radford- drums
Eric Robert- organ

Understand

lyrics:

there's only a ghost left of main street 
and a mean old sky pressing down
for five long days every single week
I'm getting eaten alive by this town

and the doorways' a mouth of a monster
made of bricks piled up to the sky
with windows like eyes that are haunted
the factory wants you for life

but my body refuses the burden
and my spirit rebels to the bone
it ain't been in vain, all of this hurtin'
hand of the sculptor, I am the stone

so do with me what you're gonna do with me..

the crashing and burning is over
but the dust ain't quite settled down
there might be a few things I could have told her
and it all would be different now

but I sell off anything of any value
and I settle some emotional debt
I don't let on to where I might be going
don't know how far it is I might get

and my body refuses the burden
and my spirit rebels to the bone
it ain't been in vain, all of this hurting
hand of the sculptor, I am the stone

so do with me what you're gonna do with me..

now I'm back up against the ropes again
and I might have to swing my way out
but it ain't no big thing, cause life's gonna hurt you
hand of the sculptor, I am the stone

so do with me what you're gonna do with me..

musicians:

Mike Miz- electric guitar/vocals
Laur Joamets- slide guitar
Ted Pecchio- bass 
Jon Radford- drums 
Michael Borowski- piano 
Jano Rix- organ
Amber Woodhouse- vocals

Hand of the Sculptor

I Sleep Better

dead hand:
n. 
The ever-present, oppressive influence of past events




Dead Hands

Written and performed by Matt Schleck, Branden King, Freddy Morgan, Chris Shar, Ben Rowley and Joe Pfieffer. Recorded remotely by each musician. Mixed by Matt Schleck. Mastered by Ryan Morey.

Breathless

Mike Mizwinski, better known simply as Mike Miz is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Northeast Pennsylvania known for soulful and energetic live performances. Mike performs over 200 shows a year and has had the privilege to open for Jason Isbell, Jakob Dylan, Blues Traveler, Derek Trucks, America, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Lukas Nelson, Shawn Colvin, Leon Russell, Chris Isaak, Peter Wolf, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Jackie Greene, Railroad Earth. His 2021 single ‘Virginia’ was called “a monster of a jam rocker” by Rolling Stone. The new album ‘Only Human’ comes out on April 14. Mike currently resides in Nashville TN.

Understand

Mike Miz

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