songs of undisputed distinction

a song i wrote about mutiny and regret

Lyrics:

Throwing his old medal out to sea
From the bow of hulls of hulks of trees
He looked for it until he couldn't see
With a laugh from there declared his spirit free

'Why don't you', asked he
'throw away the key?'
I said 'That must be
the devil in me'.

We sat beneath the ceaseless steady drone
Set the table like we weren't yet alone
His gaze perused the space of what he'd thrown
As I wondered why we couldn't save our own

We'll float with the debris
Agree to disagree
So I might defeat
The devil in me.

The Devil In Me

home recording
January 2014

Invade your mind, like the termites in your walls 
Only when your guard is down, I come out and crawl 

Haven't we walk down this street this time last year? 
No, different pairs of hands, and hearts, and fears 
I write you love songs, in pencil so I can erase your name 
Subject to change, 
Nothing stays the same 
Nothing stays the same 

Lock our fingers as we trip along the cobblestones 
Get home late. Kill the lights, and smash our bones 
Like a garden snake I peel my skin and leave it in the grass 
Sun comes up, I'm crawling fast 
This is now the past 

Invade your mind, like the termites in your walls 
Only when your guard is down, I come out and crawl 
On your wooden floors; past the shirts, the sheets, and the regrets 
You share your bed, not with me, but with the words 
I never meant.

Crawl

Home Recording 

Stop the tape, I'm stumbling on my words 
My fingers sore, play simple chords 
Take apart the desk where I suffocate 
Take off the head that starts to ache 
It's getting colder now, on the couch I live 
But it's alright, that's expected 

The kitchen mouse keeps company 
With the homeless cat, and the drunken me 
I run through the woods, then check for ticks 
No envy for your life static 
My mom died when her liver did 
But it's alright, that's expected 

Just trying to find what calms my heart 
And second guess my false starts 
Anticipating my regrets 
Your bed is made, but you're a mess 
A month full of sleepless nights 
But that's expected, and I'm alright 

Let's meet at the bar, and drown out our thoughts 
Whiskey eyes and whooping coughs 
If I survive the wintertime, I swear to god I'll be fine 
It's getting colder now on the couch I live 
But it's alright, that's expected

November

A song written whilst on my travels in Vietnam...
Hope you enjoy!


✌ Society Is Corrupt ✌

The Great Silent Eraser

Troubled Sea

I also wrote this song in 2009 during that dark period of my life. It's about not wanting to be missed.

Write Me A Letter

Lyrics:

thunder roars and i will never fall asleep
when the hunter calls and i will have to hide in leaves

run for as long as you can

as you're starting to see 
things differently
and the stars above 
they're yours and ours

i've been sewing on a different kind of seam
when the hunter's heightened senses hear a silent scream
is it you or just another call to arms
because yonder fathers cry over their dying sons

as you're starting to speak 
at a different speed
and the stars above 
they're yours and ours

run for as long as you can

i've heard stories of a different kind of night
when the hunters paint their worries in the firelight
and the shadows cast are promises of better days
as the fire lasts for ages where the hunters lay

as you're starting to see 
things differently
and the stars above 
they're yours and ours

as you're starting to speak 
at a different speed
and the night is too dark
and the light is too far

they're yours and ours

Hunters

He Knew How To Smile

Kevin Morby
"My Name" 7"/DIG
Out Now: https://store.suicidesqueeze.net/
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records
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We Did It All Wrong by Kevin Morby

I want this one in books
Before the seasons change and I lose
I kissed your lips and parts
That make you, heaven thank you

I just got back from flying 12,000 miles
I think I was drunk the entire time

I've seen the desert rain
And the ocean dry
I taste the wind
And hear the stories they left behind

They left behind

She wants this boy in chains
And by boy, strictly speaking me
I fought facades untorn
Now ripped and left wide open

I just got back from another woman
I think I was drunk every moment

I've seen the desert rain
And the ocean dry
I taste the wind
And hear the stories they left behind

They left behind, for you

Vagabond

Tesla and the White Bird
Written, performed, recorded&produced by Steph Sweet February 2015

There they go, watch and whisper, whisper quietly.
Whisper quietly of the frequencies of love.
The frequency of the wave determines colour.
But what determines the frequencies of love?

The strangest synchronicity of parallel reality.
A white bird and a man are heard to sing.
The strangest synchronicity of parallel reality.
A white bird and a man are heard to sing.

Resonate a Tesla whisper, ultra-violet oscillations,
Electro-magnetic love.
Thought-cameras, missing planets, radar towers,
Clouds of sound.
The frequencies of love.

The strangest synchronicity of parallel reality.
A white bird and a man are heard to sing.
Somewhere



Tesla and the White Bird

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Recorded with a Takamine acoustic guitar (Edward) and a laptop in a hotel room somewhere in St. Louis, MO.......

This song is dedicated to anyone who has worked through the pain of watching someone you love struggle with depression.

"Through the Window"

Here I sit again
Clock on the wall
And times just ticking away
My shadows growing longer
It reaches through the window
But I can't feel a thing
And I said......

Whatcha gonna do
Where you gonna go
When everything you know
Everything falls apart
Whatcha gonna say
Who you gonna run to
When everything we know
Everything comes undone

The days are growing shorter
Not a cloud in the sky
But everything still seems grey
Well I can't explain this
Pull the covers over my head
Until all the sounds just fade away
And I said.......

Whatcha gonna do
Where you gonna go
When everything you know
Everything falls apart
Whatcha gonna say
Who you gonna run to
When everything we know
Everything comes undone

I had a dream
I went outside
Held my head up high
I opened my eyes
Looked up at the sky
And let the sun touch my face
And take me from this place
And I said.......

Whatcha gonna do
Where you gonna go
When everything you know
Everything falls apart
Whatcha gonna say
Who you gonna run to
When everything we know
Everything comes undone

Whatcha gonna do
Where you gonna go
When everything you know
Everything falls apart
Whatcha gonna say
Who you gonna run to
When everything we know
Everything comes undone

Here I sit again
Clock on the wall
And times just ticking away


Through The Window

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Night Train

Track 1 on the ep 'Daily History'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05n1GRGx4bk

Out Of Everywhere, Here's A Spot For You

Perhaps i'll work to win a promotion in a laboratory. 
I will invent a new kind of lotion, killing all allergy. 
I'll buy a car and a new horizon; something to aim it at. 
I'll be the man someone relies on, can you imagine that? 

Perhaps you and me will try 
to be free for a day without complication. 
And then you and I will die. 
And the car gathered rust in the rain. 

Perhaps i'll follow you through the forest holding on to yur hand. 
I can not care and to be honest I can not understand. 
Why we are leaving our life behind us only to go and hide. 
I kind of know no one will find us over the other side. 

Perhaps it will not be long 
before we walk away in the wrong direction. 
I won't know where we went wrong. 
But i'll know what we had, had gone. 

We should be chasing the motherload. 
We shouldn't be let down. 

Perhaps I will never grow old and lose my virginity. 
I'll never forget all that i'm told or the thrill of discovery. 
And all my dreams they will be out there waiting ahead of me. 
I'll never know fear, loss or despair. 

This negativity that is reality quietly killing me. 

We should be chasing the motherload. 
We shouldn't be let down.

Recorded and produced by the band in Phillip's bedroom.

Tim Calleja - words and music, guitar, vocals. 
Phillip Collings - percussion, recorder tuning, melody horn, keys. 
Beth Porter - recorders.

From The Man's a Freak, released November 1, 2015.

All digital stores

Chasing The Motherload

Hello you darkness! walkin’ with me, 
That road you drew for me, I took it once too many,
I’m not saying I feel like an angel,
But I think, that I have done my time in hell, 
	
Hello you sinner ! walkin’ with me, 
I know you wish you had the world at your feet, 
I don’t regret, my walk with the beast, 
But you wanna go west, and I wanna go east, 

And I’m tired of walkin’ upside down, 
Now I’m making my way alone, 

Hey whisky! you don’t give me wings, 
When I’m haunted by the painful memories, 
I don’t blame you for all my miseries, 
You were good company, but now I got to leave, 

Hello violence! walkin’ with me,
That road you drew for me, I took it once too many, 
Sure I’m not an angel roaming the streets, 
But you wanna go west, and I wanna go east,

And I’m tired of walkin’ upside down, 
Now I’m making my way alone,

(Jasper Crowley / Max Edwards )
©Warner Chappell

My Walk With The Beast

by Origami Conspiracy
www.OrigamiConspiracy.com

1996

Second track from our SEX/death trilogy.

Features Rich Watermeyer and Matt James on vocals, Miff Tuck on guitar and Gavin Bushell on strings. Watch the music video here:

http://youtu.be/3QRHcyM8ZFI 

Airplay on Amazing Radio.

Love Run Free

The third and final song of our SEX/death trilogy. Written by AJ, Martyn Standing and Gavin Bushell. 

The video has been favourited by legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone! Watch it here:

http://youtu.be/WBqt_brzROg

Airplay on Pirate Radio WKYZ (Florida), Explosive Unsigned Radio Show, Best of British Unsigned (broadcast worldwide on over 80 FM radio stations), and on rotation at Rocker's Dive.

Slowly

Resist the Scarlet Cloak
"Why is your writing so sad?"   -my friends

I think about what i see
reflect on how it makes me feel
write outward through reflection 

All tracks are written, performed, and produced by Joshua Miller.  alleys, abandoned houses, stairwells, living rooms, kitchens, even by the dumpster behind a pretty decent Chinese Restaurant.

"Fear for our Future" -https://soundcloud.com/cesiumswimsuit

"it never snows when i need it the most..." -https://soundcloud.com/cigarettesandmilk

"the gift of flight is always balanced by the taste of worms" -RCB

songs of undisputed distinction

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