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Found Home

Giving Back

Mountains To Move

lyric:

shut the door when you go babe
i dont like the cold shoulder
im a sucker for a old flame
but i wont make this shit warmer
  
be a bitch all you want hun
but you know that youre on one
when did this shit become so spun
its the weeknd but i wont get none
 
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i dont wanna bust your heart
i dont want a brand new start
i dont wanna be alone
but you hold me up
hold me up
gun drawn

i dont wanna lose control
i dont wanna slow my roll
i dont wanna come up short
we kill a lot of time
youre a criminal and i know why

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i get it 
 were terminal

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fool me once thats a problem
fucked some dick with no condom
shame on me if it burns now
shame on you if you had some 

tell a man that its over
youre a liar when youre sober
youre a cheat when youre fucked up
so dont look at me like i fucked up



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away away away away from here babe
in half a year youll never see me again


foto: Gabor Manori

Season 2

Terminal

foto: Shane Rounce
Vocals: Jimi Hendrix: If 6 was 9
Piano: Jean Michelle Blais: Il

Glasstops

lyric: 

every days a fantasy
another dream i cant believe
i witness it surround and see
another wish granted to me

im hatching schemes girl
lust for the vision
no television for me

youll see me from your tv screen
stepping on that stage 
i just swept the grammies
whole stadium of people all cheering for me
 
baby now im living for the glory
 ,,
   

i dont hold back you already know that
gotta give you all i have
i dont get no sleep i dont need no sleep
i need dedication

i got your back thought i told you that
im already dying for you
i only got a minute only need a minute

    im hatching schemes girl
  lust for the vision
i love my city 
no competition
 and i got places to be

foto: Samuel Zeller

Glory

It feels so good to be alive

and to hit 50 days straight of writing a song a day.

I like to keep it messy sometimes.

foto: Aaron Burden

Good to Be Alive

feels good to be alive

lyric:  

i woke to the sun and a smile
jumped out of bed it sure been a while
something feels different
i feel refreshed
something feels settled
i feel together

can’t stop thinking bout the dream that woke me up
i was almost at the top of a mountain
it felt so good to lay still
eyes closed feeling like
 i can rise above all the conflict

 
this year felt like quite an undertaking
and i think i just passed  the learning curve

all at once
everythings together

i got up with a spring in my step
i dont feel cocky im just full of pep
i wanna help out
feeling like a sunbeam
like i can reach out
this is my day

can stop acting on this positivity
ill never run out im a fountain
but now im integrated
thats right 
my lifes updated
 
foto: Ross Sokolovski

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Everything, Together

lyric: 

that girl is my home
i just cant relax without her
shes on her phone 
i love the way she laughs at pictures
so patient as usual 
while i flicker my attention
she is on my side


she stands out in crowds
everybody sees shes special
she buys used clothes
so shes always wearing something new 
she takes care of her dog
and everybody else around her
shes in love with me

The ocean makes her smile
i need to take her there more often
i love to drive beside her
i wanna drive her all around the world

foto: Darius K

Around the World

Africa (interlude)

lyric:

i had a great long weekend
i made the most of all the sun 

i loved lovely girlfriend
were lost in time like we just met 

or like
 our honeymoon just started
we cant be apart yet

i had a great long weekend
i made the most of ecery day

its never been so hot 
ive never felt so right
dont wanna sleep tongiht


 im so lucky i have all the time
to do whatever
i do whatever i want

 im so lucky i have all the space
to do whatever
i do whatever i want
 
i had a crazy weekend
spent a whole day tripping out

eating fruit beneath a big tree
i forgot just who i was

took a few days to feel normal
but i had the time to kill

i had a crazy weekend
but im back to being phil

its never felt so strong
ive never felt so straneg
i wanna deep sleep

 im so lucky i have all the time
to do whatever
i do whatever i want

 im so lucky i have all the space
to do whatever
i do whatever i want

im so lucky i have friends better
that i could ever
that i could ever ask for

im so lucky i have all the time 
to do whatever
to do whatever i need


foto: Samuel scrimshaw

Long Weekend

lyric: 

 TREASURE ME LIKE I TREASURE YOU
quit your job its the summer
come with me
we’re good company

i crave a prize your big brown eyes 
walk with me by the water
jump right in
my girl loves to swim

oh we got love
we dont need money
oh we have time
and its finally sunny
smile
we can relax for a while

we can run away
like i always promise
we can seize the day
camp until late august
love me
with your hands and words t

theres no price on a day with her
only a charge that i feel when 
shes a-round
she deserves the crown

set your lips like youre giving a gift
every kiss is a moment
i live for
leave me wanting more

so much has changed
about you
youre not the girl 
i met
i love you more
than ever
i love whats inside 
your head

so much has changed
about you
youre not the girl 
i met
i love you more
than ever
i love spending time in bed

oh we got love
we dont need money
oh we have time
and its finally sunny
smile
we can relax for a while

we can run away
like i always promise
we can seize the day
camp until late august
love me
with your hands and words t


foto: Tyler Smith

Shes Money

lyric:

staring at the wall tryna think of day
when i 
had something much better to say
today i woke up normal
had a regular time
so i have nothing to say

playing some chords tryna juice out some blues
im not sad but if i had to choose
id wanna
 write a good ol rock and roll tune
so im tryna play me some blues

lifes too short to go wasting a day
i dont wanna look back and have nothing to say
i grabbed a 
guitar and showed my friend how to play
i made good use of today

its time for bed and im bringing my dog
hell wake me up early but i wanna be up
hes getting kinda old im scared im running out of time so
tonight im bringing my dog

didnt see my lady so i miss her face
its a 
short week so we’ll soon embrace
days with- out her feel like such a waste
but tomorrow ill see my babe

i love playing these funky songs
theyre short but sweet and not sad and long
sure they wont get me famous no one will play along
but i love playing these songs

foto : 

Mitchell Orr

Fun  "A" Blues

lyric:

i didnt choose this life
not this body or time
i was born just like you
i can choose to be nice

every morning im grateful
for all that i have
i owe it all to my parents
i owe it all to my dad

sometimes i feel spoiled
and my problems feel trite
but sometimes i feel distant
and fully not right

im confused by the hatred
alienating the world
everybodies got value
everyone in the world

EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW
loves somebody head to toe
feels alone and needs to grow
loves to laugh and and is special

you didnt choose this life
not your body or mind
but now youre stuck with it
you can choose to feel alright

you can choose to be faithful
you can choose to give thanks
you can choose to recognize
those who help fill in the blanks

its ok to feel shitty
its ok to relax
but its not alright to put down other people
you csnt know all the facts

learn to use empathy
itll open your eyes
if you give love to people
they will give it right back

EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW
loves somebody head to toe
feels alone and needs to grow
loves to laugh and and is special

foto: Brian Mann

Humans

lyric:

went to the bank today
bank man said they cant give away
all the money i need to pay
school seems so far away

went to the doctor today
they took my blood then sent me away
not a single friendly face
just peed in a cup and had a woozy day

i always wait until its way too late
i leave all the important things for last
so late at night i end up panicking
i leave a good time slightly out of grasp
r

went to the used clothes shop
they have cool 90s jackets for 15 bucks a pop
but there was nothing there for me
at least nothing i could see

today i worked mowing some lawns
had to drive across town i was singing some songs
i forgot to fill that mowers tank and drove
all the way back homeeee

not every days perfect
but every day is worth it
mm mm mm 

picked up my guitar today
somehow i knew exactly what to say
a song wrote itself in a wonderful way
it feels so good to try

Pic: Matt Botsford

The Bank

lyric:

sunny days always bring me back
to the little lake that you take me to
a humble spot at the edge of the world 
where your father went and his father too 

i love drinking with him by the fire all night
i think thats where i learned how to smoke
learning how to drive for forever it seemed
driving all the way past hope

i wanna live in the wild
living off the shape of your smile
drinkin beer for breakfast
its not bad if its just for a while

loon lake
sausages and steak
staring at the fire till its late
loon lake
playing cards all day
boredom never felt so great

out on the water in a rubber boat
paddling each other back and forth
remember when i popped it in the middle of the lake
and i had to swim all the way to shore

so many days spent laughing having fun
becoming part of your family
feeding ducks
walking your dog
cooking some eggs
thank you for some lovely memories

Loon Lake

if i dont go to school id have my college fund
i could buy myself a shiny sports car

put a deposit on a house
somewhere in the suburbs
marry my girl and settle down

go back to working for my dad
make it a famiy business
ignore i have no interest at all

forget about my music
its easier to lose it
its easier to stay in town

but my gut says theres something for me in boston
something waiting in LA
i might fuck my whole life up
but i cant throw that away

if i dont go to school id have my college fund
money wasted on an easy life

selling all my dreams for some security
ill stop taking risks and start thinking twice

it wont take long to realize why i first quit that job
i hate being dirty tired sore and sad

ill forget about my music 
remembering i chose to lose it
will drive me mad

but my gut says theres something for me in boston
something waiting in LA
i might fuck my whole life up
thats the price ill have to pay

im freaking out
im just one in a billion
if im incompetent 
ill owe half a million
im scared as hell
but ill just follow my instinct
its telling me its time to move away

because theres something for me in boston
something waiting in LA
i might fuck my whole life up
thats the price ill have to pay

Settle Down

lyric:

ill defy the odds as long as i can
put all of your money down on me
im not fearless, i see the repurcussions
but theres boldness running swiftly through my veins

you can lean on me for faith if you need
im rock steady cus ive got to be
if i lose certainty for just a second
everything i love will start to bleed

 grab my hand
and focus on the road ahead
im telling you just clear your mind
the weight can dissapear

dont forget im someone with a vision
i see myself clearly at the end
dont worry about the competition
worry about showing up instead

giving up is such an easy option
 emptiness is what youll find on top 
its not opportunity thats hard but action
many get a chance but most refuse


Foto: Lydia Harper

Commitment

Rock Steady

(*) this song isn't about you or you or you its about me

lyric: 

its fun to talk to you
right now its all i wanna do
although i should be somewhere else
talking to someone else

ive gotta watch myself
cant take these feelings off the shelf
a little bit of hysteria
might be a bit much for me

i miss the days of being a schoolkid
had less morals and more cupids
screwed around all day playing music
i didnt know what i had until i had to lose it

HEY HEY HEY
OH OH OH
TAKE ME THERE
DONT LET GO
 
its fun to reminisce
about the girls i never kissed
although i have steady girlfriend
but shes always so pissed

i cant walk on eggshells
my sensibility is up on the shelf
my habits replay themselves
and theyre a little bit much for me,,

a little bit of hysteria 
might be what i need
a little bit of hysteria might be what i need

foto: Randal Bruder

Hysteria (*)

Lyric: i wish i could write songs with a more mature sound
not this punk rock vibe im always leaning on
i wish i had a nicer voice, something people enjoyed
and i didnt always feel like a failure

i wished to be a punk rocker dyed and shaved my hair
but i still care about everything
when did i become a punk rocker 
i just yell when i sing and i play sloppy guitar

i wish i could be smooth like that rnb groove
and that my sound could fill up a room
i wish i had the right ideas, and the perfect words
something to make the worldd a much better place

i gotta be precise cus ive got it before
i gotta pick my words with care
i wanna do whatever be whatever i can be
for the highest good of everything

foto: Sky Erickson

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