Rock Island

Hi all! 

This is the Single version of Cameron & I's song, Silica. 

Hope you dig it!
Releasing everywhere 4/20!

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Lyrics:

Pictures ripped apart a thousand ways
Tearing up the colors you erased 
Ink stains your finger tips, the colors of your lips
We thought you'd stay instead you ran away

You runaway...

Escaping everything, unknowing
The scribbles that you wrote this morning
Quiet, constantly exploring
Where you'd go without a warning
Start a fire and keep it burning
Shattered pieces, everlasting
Silica things you were staining
To keep what's worth to you remembering

Memories torn apart and tucked away
Your evenings only view when you stay'd awake
Make up your whitest lies, and kiss your truth goodbye
I thought you'd care enough to stay and wait

You ran away 

Escaping everything, unknowing
The scribbles that you wrote this morning
Quiet, constantly exploring
Where you'd go without a warning
Start a fire and keep it burning
Shattered pieces, everlasting
Silica things you were staining
To keep what's worth to you remembering

Where are you going
What colors are you staining

Escaping everything, unknowing
The scribbles that you wrote this morning
Quiet, constantly exploring
Where you'd go without a warning
Start a fire and keep it burning
Shattered pieces, everlasting
Silica things you were staining
To keep what's worth to you remembering


Escaping everything, unknowing
The scribbles that you wrote this morning
Quiet, constantly exploring 
Where you'd go without a warning
Start a fire and keep it burning
Shattered pieces, everlasting
Silica things you were staining
To keep what's worth to you remembering

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Silica (Single)

Silica

-Streaming-

I recorded this song 100% live! Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYZg5hPyek

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Lyrics:

I want to bring you out of where you are
'cause I heard your song - the sound of broken hearts.

You've nodded off now to a dream with no sound - you shut it out.
And when you open your eyes, your voice comes to life - don't let it lie.
Courageously share your pain.
Your voice will remove the stain.

Open clear skies clearing your mind 
Your feet are under water and the world seems just fine.
You're living in those lies and covering your eyes.
Your head is underwater and the worlds left you behind.

You've nodded off now to a dream with no sound - you shut it out.
And when you open your eyes, your voice comes to life - don't let it lie.
Courageously share your pain.
Your voice will remove the stain.

What is that sound coming from your home?
Violet in your eyes never looked quite right.

You're taking on the world again, living in the make pretend.
What plans you'll make when you grow old. The pain that harbors in your soul...
But you'll continue doing the best you can - 
Eventually you'll find a helping hand.

Your song is sung, the room's listening.
A toast to your future, your victory.
You're home.

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This song stems from a personal experience I had. I heard someone suffering from some sort of abuse through a headset while playing Xbox of all things. It was a terrible feeling I had that I couldn't help someone I knew that needed it. When that person came back, they tried covering up the sounds I heard as something else - saying they were taking a nap. I hope that kid I heard gets help, and I hope that any of you that witness abuse can speak for those who are too afraid to speak for themselves.

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Voice (2020 Version)

more vocals to be recorded soon for the thrash parts! featuring a local artist...
super stoked for this song! will be part of a short EP!

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Lyrics:

on letting go, i felt it's time
i could have never known all that i left behind

my choices brought, bear down upon my soul
aching and tearing, I wish I'd done more
no more action, no more struggle
i've done all I can to be more
i've bled my share
no love left to give to someone who can't hear my call

walking out the door, i've never felt so free
the storm and the rain take over this palce and i can't hear anything
i'm breathing just fine, though my chest feels heavy today
the love that's gone - i'm afriad i'll never replace

on letting go, i felt it's time
i couild have never known all that i left behind

to try and explain the hardest part of this whole changed that's crushed my heart
i haven't found the words...
it's not the going away, but the letting go of the daily thins that you thought would stay the same
all that kept me sane

calling your name in my nightmares
calling into the dark abyss
breaking the promise i had held so dear
relinquish the paid i had endured

i feel insane.

i should have helped, but i left you in hell
you called for help, but i left you in hell

left you in hell...

on letting go, i felt it's time
i could have never known all that i left behind
i'm letting go, i'll say goodbye
it's just hard to leave what changed my life

So Astray

Sane

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About the song:

The song is highly inspired by Magic City Hippies, 1975, and Jakub Zytecki.

“Out of old, into new” is the lyrical thesis, I suppose, of what I was feeling when I wrote the lyrics.

“So long to those lies. I’m awake, I’m alone, I guess this place is my home.”
Being alone is hard. Being awake to one’s situation can be difficult. And then the realization that where one ends up in life isn’t the path they set forth so long ago can really shake a person’s foundation. My foundations been shook, but “I stick to my words - I feel like it makes me tough.”

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Lyrics:

White turtle doves high in flight take to new skies - 
Bringing change, hope, and all the things I've passed by
All the love in the world, it never mattered enough
So I stick to my words, I feel like it makes me tough.

So long - so long to those lies.
I'm awake, I'm alone. I guess this place is my home. 
Oh, it's been so long since you've said my name, shared your love.
I'm not getting answers from above.

White roses lay in light as they wilt and die.
No water near, dear, and so their petals dry.

So long - so long to those lies.
I'm awake, I'm alone. I guess this place is my home. 
Oh, it's been so long since you've said my name, shared your love.
I'm not getting answers from above.

I thought I used to dread coming home.
Now I come to a place I don't know.

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Amp: Archetype Plini & Archetype Cory Wong 
Guitar: Strandberg Boden Fusion Neckthru [literally the best guitar ever]
Bass: Parallax (Ibanez)
Drums: Addictive Drummer 2
Keys: Strobe2, Komplete Kontrol synths
Mastering: Waves Audio Suite, Ozone & Neutron
Mix/Mastered in Mixcraft ProStudio 9

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This song's top positions on #RepostExchange Charts:
#4 ReEx Top 40
#1 Pop / Rock Top 40

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like a swarm of bees - the chaos this life brings, it's too much for me.
we're like strangers today. we've both gone off our own ways. how much has changed?
you're committed again. waters washed our names from sand. it's too much for me.

i've been working on myself, it's really been hell.
i get lost at night since we said goodbye.
i wish that you would call though you're long, long gone.
been a year or more with you out the door.

no where left to go. it doesn't matter what i own. this is the road.
i was a fool in love. i turned myself into the dove that flies alone.

i've been working on myself, it's really been hell.
i get lost at night since we said goodbye.
i wish that you would call even though you're long, long gone.
been a year or more with you out the door.

i've been working on myself, though i really need help.
it's been a long time without you by my side.
i know i’ll be okay, but i miss when you'd say -

"i missed you so, i'm so glad you're home."

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Oklahoma

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Lyrics:
I thought of you last night.
I heard you went out to seek solace.
Are you lost or on a path?
I'll never know, I never asked - I should have.

Above the water, above the streams - 
A soul that drifts just out of reach.

I thought of you last night.
I heard you were in your last moments.
You were lost and not on track.
Had you known, and had I shown, I had your back. 

Above the water, among the trees.
A soul that floats just out of reach.

Above the water, above the trees - 
A soul that broke unendlessly.
Beyond the Earth and Saturn's rings -
A soul that rests in endless sleep.
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RIP to my old childhood friend, Johnny. I didn't stay in touch with you enough, and life is short. You loved God, you loved the wilderness and nature. 
I'll see you soon, just later.

My friend, Johnny

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Guitar: Strandberg Boden Fusion Neckthru
Guitar Amp: Neural DSP-Archetype Plini
Bass: Ibanez 5 String
Bass Amp: Neural DSP-Parallax
Drums: Addictive Drummer 2
Keys: Roli: Strobe2, MK3: Komplete Kontrol
Mastering: Neutron Pro, Ozone Pro
Written, recorded, and produced in my spare bedroom.
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Help those who can't help themselves.

Twisted

Randy Dandy O - 2022

hey everybody, thanks for checking out this updated version of Roots.
featuring on the guitar solo, another local Enid legend Mr. Billy Beck! 
my hometown is full of killer musicians, and I'm so honored to feature these guys in these songs. please share it with your friends!

be sure to check out the Rock Island instagram for updates, @rockislandok

Thanks again for your support!

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Lyrics:

tonight's dance is one to regret.
her secrets kept in the scars of her dress.
she's alone, so alone.
times kept the beat of her heart - though her tempos changed from the beat at the start.
she's alone, so alone.

she sings:
"I need someone to carry me back home. The road I've known was paved and this one's stone."
the breeze of wind across her lips takes any man's breath with just one kiss - 
but she's alone, so alone.

tonight's song is one that she wrote. she's telling tales about her roots back at home. 
she wanted to be free, so free.
she's been locked in walls in a world so tall -
so she sings.

she sings:
"I need someone to carry me back home. The road I've known was paved and this one's stone."
the breeze of wind across her lips takes any man home with just one kiss - 
but she's alone, so alone.

she sings:
"i'll count on myself to make my way home. The road I go is rock, gravel, and stone."

becoming free, beautifully, involves breaking down and believing.

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Album pic courtesy of Mitch of Higher Image, LLC.
Thanks Mitch!

Roots

lyrics-

i'll sit and wait up here, i like to watch the waves disappear
they draw the sand and the shells appear
who bear colors and scars that painted their years
is it the light from the bay, a certain beauty that makes us make mistakes
i just hope i find you here, or at least we find love somewhere

hold tight, hold tight to my hand
a night like this might be our last stand
this place is hard to find, and i want to be left behind

what do you want to do, do you want to go
i plan to stay and i can't be swayed
i love the view, it's up to you
this place makes the perfect home
together & alone

it's too loud to go back, i'd much rather wait right here
i like the lights of the shoreline and the sound from the pier
there's a path to somewhere new, but i've never wanted to go too far
i'm sure there's life and love to find, but i feel this place in my heart

hold tight, hold tight to my hand
a night like this might be our last stand
this place is hard to find, and i want to be left behind

what do you want to do, do you want to go
i plan to stay and i can't be swayed
i love the view, it's up to you
this place makes the perfect home
together & alone

take me home (alone)

Pier

Featuring local legend, and my friend, on the guitar solo Mr. Wyatt Wilson - I hope you guys enjoy the updated version of Drowning Stones!

This is a final piece to releasing this song and album on all platforms.
Thank you for checking it out and please share with your friends!

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Lyrics:
there's no doubt about where home is now.
following the lines on your wrist as you seek out your bliss - but for now
it's about how you feel, how you think, how you tried to keep it buried deep
but you're out of time, you're out of luck.
you tried all you could but no one's giving a fuck.

skip your first stone and count the ripples
what changes have cascaded with all the waves you created.
skip your first stone and count the ripples
what changes have cascaded from all the wounds you created.

there's no doubt, you're here now. (you are where you're left without)
without consideration to the proper attire for such a dire situation now.
the stones are heavier now.
you keep on throwing them out, hoping it'll sorten things out
but it's not that easy you see, and what's been obvious to me
the stones you're digging out are memories you're trying to drown.

skip your first stone and count the ripples. 
what changes have cascaded with all the waves you've created?
skip your first stone and count the ripples.
what changes have cascaded from all the wounds you've created?

skip your first stone, your drowning stone.
(bad ass solo by Mr. Wyatt Wilson)

skip your first stone and count the ripples. 
what changes have cascaded with all the waves you've created?
skip your first stone and count the ripples. 
what changes have cascaded from all the wounds you've created?

skip your last stone, you're drowning stones.

Drowning Stones

old song i made back in like 2016, rerecorded for my upcoming album...

lyrics;

listen
have you heard the words of your friends
or will you lose the world in the end
you're up there alone, so you stand

your hands wrap around your dreams
constricting the world gently
the parasites move quietly
but everything's as it seems

i know about the wolves - they are not so alone
howl, howl
i know about the wolves - they are not so alone
howl, howl

just walk
astray from the path that you're on
to a path that leads you beyond
removed from the wounds and withdraw

what do you see through glass seems
the world you wanted, you dreamed
the life you thought you need
but everything you touch is atrophied and make believe

i know about the wolves - they are not so alone
howl, howl
i know about the wolves - they are not so alone
howl, howl

i know about the wolves - they are not so alone
howl, howl
i know about the wolves - they are not so alone
howl, howl

Howl

Barter

sewed in doubt and falling out
the end is closer now
killing time to hide the lines
but the end is coming through
chances turn away
they won't look me in the eyes
these people and their words
mask them in disguise

world alone
ruins lay where the people prayed
sweet vermouth
sorrow tastes better than truth

matte hues match with every shade
as storm clouds creap up here to stay
white lies lied along the grass, growing thorns up from the past

these thoughts keep me up all the time
i made the villain my own mind
surely there's peace further down the line
home's not home if i'm stressed all the time
i'm at a loss just give me a sign 
or must I wander all my life

all my life


with out stretched hands I feel that sand
with each grain i understand

The Way Out

a song about war

lyrics

ghosts through windows, riding the railways
their life's surrendered, the future is scarlet and dark
they've all been lied too, like me and you
hiding the truth, leaving fire in every place

overcome
the violence that spreads across this earth
ruining everything, leaving bodies in roadways in every place
harbor the pain
lay waste to your brothers in this arms race
the memories the hardest part
remembering the shot that stops their heart

bombs away
crater the earth, cities to dirt
shots away
kill them with guns, take all who run

ruining beautiful places

war, war
bombs away - ruining beautiful places

war - bombs away
ruining beautiful places

war (when is it enough bloodshed)
war (when is it enough time)
bombs away (we spent it all)
ruining beautiful places

overcome
the violence that spreads across this earth
it's ruined everything
leaving bodies in roadways in every place
harbor the pain
lay waste to your brothers in this arms race
the memories the hardest part
remembering the ghosts as the friends they are

feeling the life fade from their heart
harbor the pain

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"I want everyone to stop dying."
DT, 2023

Amchitka (Beautiful Ruined Places)

lyrics-

i spend most nights wandering in my head
and losing sleep to the memories that i had
i need to learn to let go
i need to find a new home

my days are filled with dreams of places i'd rather be
where the sky is clear, and there's just the wind to hear

i need to learn to let go
i need to find a new home
where the sky is clear
and there's just the wind to hear

i knew i was old enough to love you
and that truth will haunt me everyday
i wasted all of my time with you
and that's life i mas as well erase

i knew i was old enough to love you
and that truth will haunt me everyday
i wasted all of my time with you
and that's life i mas as well erase

my life was so invested in you
and that fact will haunt me everyday
i wasted so much of my life with you
and that's life that'll never be replaced

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#2 RE-Ex Top 40 Charts (All Genres) on 8/4/23
#2 RE-Ex Top 40 (Pop/Rock) on 8/4/23

to Live is to Wander

thanks for listening!

lyrics-

i heard a voice so sweet say - stay far away, far from this place
it told me here's no place to stay - go on your way, far from this place
but that voice it never left my head - her voice never left my ehad
and i want to play, i want to stay - stay with you love but i'll be late

late to say goodbye
late to say goodnight
late to say goodbye
late to say i tried

all along the winding way i felt your hand pull away
you lied, you said that you would stay
yet i'm the one that you replaced
to the top along the cliffside 
far away, away from your lies
i'll find the truth and be made new
far away, away from you

that voice it never left my head - her voice it never left my head
i want to stay, i want to play - stay with you love but i'll be late
i want to stay, i want to play - stay with you love but i'll be late

the world comes crashing down
the world comes crashing down

i'm too late to ask you why - late to say i tried
so i sleep with the thoughts like every night - late to say goodbye

all along the winding way i felt your hand pull away
you lied, you said that you would stay
yet i'm the one that you replaced
to the top along the cliffside 
far away, away from your lies
i'll find the truth and be made new
far away, away from you

that voice it never left my head, her voice it never left my head
i want to stay, i want to play
stay with you love but i'll be late

to the top along the cliffside 
far away, away from your lies
i'll find the truth and be made new
way away, away from you

Cliffside

lyrics-

we can sit and chat about anything
our fears, our wants, our everything's
i'm here for this conversation
attuned to you for the whole duration

you can tell all the stories to me you're afraid to speak
you can share all the worries and why it's hard to believe
our worlds becoming a place we hated
the saddest thing is we can't replace it

spin me around
spin me around

spin me around
spin me around
dance in rain, dance in snow
the world may never find it's glow
but love will make its way to us
that's all we have to go off

seek comfort
seek shelter
from the weather this winter

are you safe? are we safe?
safe (seek comfort, seek shelter, from the weather this winter)

safe (seek comfort, seek shelter, from the weather this winter)
i've got nowhere to run to, i've got no one to turn to
i've got no one without you, ground me and show me the truth

i've got nowhere to run to, i've got no one to turn to
i've got no one without you, ground me and show me the truth

i want to sit and hear about your everything
our homes are gone so my minds been left just wandering
i'm here for this conversation
my attentions yours for the whole duration

Dialog

lyrics:
i should've known better, being out in this weather
the clouds - they gather overhead
they're bringing me the rain to wash away the pain
i feel deep down in my chest

the storm consumes the lies and the truth and i'm lost just like the rest

drown me in moonlight, no need for sunrise
keep me in your eyes, breathe me back to life

i should've known better being out in this weather
the clouds - they gather overheaad
the storms stayed quiet, quiet
and i have nothing left to prove

i've loved this weather but i hope it gets better
there's life within the water, but i've enough - it's all a bother
i'm older now and wiser, too
but still a fool with nothing new

i should've known better being out in this weather
the clouds - they gather overheaad
the storms stayed quiet, quiet
and i have so much left to prove

but where are you now?
where are you now?
will you keep me in your eyes
and breathe me back to life

Weather

ig: rockislandok

lyrics:

tightly gripped in my finger tips, the grains of sand that slip between
and what falls is washed away as waves rollover and fadeaway

i know what i will find in my search for deeper life
and i will find belief in time, making sure to make ends right

with blurry vision we fall to the storm, caught in the grip - caught in the waves
if only we'd listen - would we be so afraid in our loneliest state?

there is a safe place for all your memories and i will bring you here where we all dream
not too far to, too hard to, to reach where you want too
you have to mean it, and want it, to stay where you left it
not too far to, too hard to, to reach where you want too
you have to want it, and keep it, right where you left it

with blurry vision we fall to the storm
if only we'd listen - would we be so afraid in our loneliest state?

not too far to, too hard to, to reach where you want too
mean it, and want it, to stay where you left it
not too far to, too hard to, to reach where you want too
want it, and keep it, right where you left it

the road that paves the way to happiness
the road that paves the way is worn by memories

the road that paves the way to happiness
the road that paves the way is worn by memories

One Place

Forfeit

Forfeit (Acoustic_)

Pi (Oleka)

Roofus

Spin

Found

Healing

All Fall

Here's another shanty from Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
Check it out!

Featuring Cameron on Lead
Evan Parrish, Elias Parrish, Bob Belknap, and David Helm accompanying vocals.

Fish in the Sea

Randy Dandy - O

Watch the live version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFWv0MMfTF8

This is a very progressive song, song peaks a bit before the 2:30 minute mark.

Lyrics:
Pulled down by heavier stones - the bottom of the lake had more friends than I'd known. 
Fell far from where I had been - a humbling thought knowing how blind that I am.

I'm all alone in the room - what was many is few and becoming even less.
I'm at a loss of what to do - you've kept me coming here but I'm the one who's needing you.

Holy, Holy - Heavenly Body - come and show me all of Your mercy.
Deeply buried - deeply sewn, - woven inside of all I've known.
Holy, Holy - Heavenly Body - please, oh, show me a bit of Your mercy.
Deeply buried - deeply sewn; together we've travelled, but without You I've grown.

Holy, Holy - Heavenly Body - come and save me with all of your glory.
Holy, Holy - Heavenly Body - stay here and guide me with all of your mercy.

Waves - EP

Live

Heaven & Earth

This song is about mental health and how much of a struggle it can be. It has a hopeful element to the lyrics. 

Get the instrumental version here: https://rockisland580.bandcamp.com/track/foreign-instrumental

Available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and everywhere else now!
Click here: gate.fm/LKf4ZWG 

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From my Instagram (justmusicep)

“The burden of life isn’t to live but to bear and carry it.”
I virtually paraphrased this lyric from @jordan.b.peterson - “The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can and bearing it.” This quote resonated with me, because ‘life is pain’ (@rickandmorty ) ... and while ‘I don’t know what it feels like’ for people who really suffer from mental health things, my heart goes out to them. I know people close to me that have struggled and will continue, too. I’ve always had that the thought that ‘attitude’ determines ‘altitude’, and this is true in every extent - but humans are weak, and when you’re dealt a s**t hand from the onset - the altitude doesn’t always seem worth climbing.

It’s worth it, though. The grass is greener when you water it.
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Hope you enjoy have a blessed year.

Watch the song on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wnCp43xHH4&t=1s

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Lyrics:

I don't know what it feels like. Medals and spades -
honoring their goodbyes while digging a grave.
One has to wonder what weight they'll burden
while they're trenching themselves in a place that's foreign.

You feel the weight and it's brought you to your knees.
You feel the weight of something you would never believe.
Something of monumental value -
you don't want this truth to take ahold of you.

I don't know what it feels like.
I don't know what it feels like...

Your heart is coming up for air when you've been drowning in the stares from your peers.
They'll know in time. You need to heal to find some peace amongst the chaos in your life.
It's so foreign...
You'll find direction in your heart to guide you further to your final destination.

The burden of life isn't to live, but to bear and carry it. 
So carry it we will, and will it to its end.
So let yourself be still so you can breathe it in.

Your heart is coming up for air when you've been drowning in the stares from your peers.
They'll know in time. You need to heal to find some peace amongst the chaos in your life.
It's so foreign (compared to where you've been.)
You'll find direction in your heart to guide you further to your final destination.

It's so foreign.

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This songs best position in Repost Exchange Top 40 Charts:
#6 ReEx Top 40
#2 Pop / Rock Top 40

Thanks for listening.

Foreign (Single)

Foreign

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i write these songs when i'm not working, it's my passion.
from northwest Oklahoma

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