Earthquake

I Feel Empty Inside

In the Weekend

I was thinking of the phrase "Isn't it pretty to think so?" the famous last line from Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises". It's a bittersweet expression of longing and acceptance, often used to acknowledge a beautiful but ultimately unattainable idea or hope. "Pretty" didn't really work for the song but that was the sentiment behind the lyrics.

Guitar: Clay Willis
Drums: Josh Rodgers
Bass: Pete Miller
Keyboards: Bob Patin
Mandolin: Milo Deering
Vocal: Will Montgomery
Backup Vocals: Julie Laverty, Spencer Brochard, Henrik Bank
Engineering: Paul Osborn @ Audio Dallas
Written, Mixed & Produced by Will Montgomery

Lyrics (Because Robert asked for them!):

[Verse 1]
We built a life in our heads
In places we’d never find
Hung pictures in empty rooms
Like we had all the time

You laughed and lit a cigarette
Said dreams are just what they are
But I kept drawing maps to places
we’d never get in the car

[Pre-Chorus]
You said, “Don’t look back, it’s dangerous”
But that’s where I live the most
With a glass in my hand
And a ghost on the coast

[Chorus]
Isn’t it nice to think so?
That love could be enough
That timing wasn’t cruel
And we weren’t just making it up

Isn’t it something to hold to
When the truth feels too low
To believe in what never was
Isn’t it nice to think so?

[Verse 2]
You read me lines from a book 
About some other broken pair
And said, “At least we tried”
Like trying ever got us anywhere

We kissed like we were strangers
And left like we were thieves
Took nothing but the silence
And the ache that never leaves

[Pre-Chorus]
The stars were out but fading fast
Like promises on your breath
And I knew right then
We were loving to forget

[Chorus]
Isn’t it nice to think so?
That we could rewrite the end
That you’d call me one last time
Just to say, “Let’s pretend”

Isn’t it easier dreaming
Than facing what we know
That some hearts were made to break
Isn’t it nice to think so?

[Bridge]
All the could’ve-beens
And almosts and maybes
They sit like unopened letters
From younger, braver versions of me

[Final Chorus]
Isn’t it nice to think so?
That we’d meet in another life
Where we never said goodbye
And nothing ever felt like a knife

Isn’t it lovely and hollow
To wish it was all for show
But I loved you more than I told you—
Isn’t it nice to think so?

[Outro]
Yeah, I loved you more than I told you
Isn’t it nice to think so?

Nice To Think So

Sirens

The Guitars Say Sorry – The Gods Don’t Hear Me Anymore

Closing out the Jaded album, The Gods Don’t Hear Me Anymore is a stark, emotional reckoning—part confession, part lament, part protest. Over a raw acoustic guitar in open tuning (DADEAD), The Guitars Say Sorry delivers a song that feels like it was written under a flickering streetlight in the early hours, alone but overheard.

The lyrics drift between the personal and political: forgotten memories, absent gods, the weight of family history, and the ache of disappointment in the world around us. “Tears come easy when you're young / And you don't know where you've come from” sets the tone—disillusionment framed by a search for meaning, identity, and connection. There’s resignation in the refrain, “The gods don't hear me anymore,” but also an undercurrent of defiance: “I carefully chose my enemies.”

Sparse, honest, and lyrically pointed, The Gods Don’t Hear Me Anymore is a fitting end to Jaded—a quiet anthem for those still standing in the ruins, asking questions no one seems willing to answer.

Lyrics
I'm waiting for someone
Who I don't remember
Under the bridges
The shadows of my father

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

So here we are
Ruled by old men with long memories
After George's death
I carefully chose my enemies

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

Tears come easy when you're young
And you don't know where you've come from
And they always tell you what you've done wrong

In the morning
I held my breath and nothing's changed
I closed my eyes, I'm still to blame
I can't help feeling it's still the same
As the last time

Is life always like this? I find it hard to tell
Is this what we're in for? It never ends up well

I lost my taste, changed beyond recognition
I'm spinning plates
I love the world we live in

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

Ran out of space, and not for the first time
Felt out of place — seems my mother was right

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

Tears come easy when you're young
And you don't know where you've come from
And they always tell you what you've done wrong

In the morning
I held my breath and nothing's changed
I closed my eyes, I'm still to blame
I can't help feeling it's still the same
As the last time

Is life always like this? I find it hard to tell
Is this what we're in for? It never ends up well



These Guitars Say Sorry - The Gods Don't Hear Me Anymore (Singer-Songwriter / Jaded)

A little jam that turned into an exploration of depression and finding your way out of it.

Guitar: Larry Rolando, Spencer Brochard
Pedal Steel: Milo Deering
Drums: Josh Rodgers
Bass: Pete Miller
Keyboards: Bob Patin
Vocal: Will Montgomery
Backup Vocals: Spencer Brochard
Engineering: Paul Osborn @ Audio Dallas
Written, Mixed & Produced by Will Montgomery

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Been talking to walls again
They’re better at listening
Can’t tell if it’s real or just
A rerun I’m living in

Thought I was holding on
But maybe I’m holding back
Smile in the mirror cracks
Guess I should laugh at that

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t mean to be this way
Just a little off today

[Chorus]
I’m not lost, just out of my head
Caught in a loop of things I never said
I’ll be fine, just give me a sec
A little off, not done yet
I’m not broken, just bent instead
A little out of my head

[Verse 2]
Phone says I’ve missed some calls
I swear I was right there
Heart’s on airplane mode
And I don’t even care

People say, “You seem off”
Like I hadn’t noticed
Trying to fake okay
But I’m not the boldest
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m not trying to disappear
Just having a quiet year

[Chorus]
I’m not lost, just out of my head
Caught in a loop of things I never said
I’ll be fine, just give me a sec
A little off, not done yet
I’m not broken, just bent instead
A little out of my head

[Bridge]
Give me time, I’ll climb back down
From whatever cloud I’m on
Don’t give up, just hang around
Even night turns into dawn

[Final Chorus]
I’m not lost, just out of my head
Sorting through all this tangled thread
I’ll be fine, that’s what I said
A little off, not done yet
I’m not broken, just bent instead
A little out of my head

[Outro]
Out of my head...but I’ll get back in again

Out of My Head

Walked Through Fire

Dj.DamianR - Sin Principio, Sin Final (Poems by Roma Lemańska)

遠い空のむこうへ

Freezing but sunny day around Schwarzsee (or Lac Noir if you prefer).
Easy going, simple and enjoyable day with family captured by acoustic guitar and bass in this easy listening song.
Enjoy your easy going moments!

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I Feel Empty Inside

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