White City
Snow in my eyes
White City
Quiet tonight
Rest easy rest easy rest easy
Your mother will come home tonight
White City
There’s no need to fight
White City
Broken and tired
Rest easy rest easy rest easy
Your mother will come home tonight
Your mother will come home There's no need to fight Your mother will come home So rest easy to tonight

White CIty Lullaby Reprise

It’s all around
Daylight breaks on frozen ground
And I've never told you
How good it feels to grow old with you

The night is cold and hard as steel
But you and I will never feel
The silent night the shivering morning
This burning ember heats our home

Its all above
An icy wind. A burning sun
And I’ve never told you
How good it feels to come home to you

The night is ours. It’s short but sweet 
And desperate hours before the week
A daily grind a cold design
This burning ember heats our home

So cry out
What's wrong with the world?
Why can’t they see
Things like you and me?

It’s all around
Daylight breaks on golden ground
Have I ever told you
How good it feels to have grown old with you?

The night is hard and cold as steel 
But you and i will never feel
The hardened heart, the cold of shoulder
This burning ember heats our home

It's All Around

Without patience without time
Can't sustain this can't unwind
One last time for old withdrawal 
Lash the mast it’s curtain call

How do I change?

Curse the failure curse the past
Curse the dirt that holds you back
It clings on tight the more you run
You are now your father’s son

How do I change?

Build my bridge of steal and stone
Childproof matches impulse prone
Antifreeze in something sweet
Pass the night in blissful sleep

How do I change?

How Do I Change?

Drums: David Lopez
All other instruments: Sam Reaver

Do you wanna be a part?
Do you wanna play along?
One of these things is not like the others
One of these don’t belong

Whispers in the dark
Something going on
All of these things are just like the others
Saying you don’t belong

It’s a sarcastic war
Like your fraudulent thesis
One I tried to ignore
While it cut me to pieces

One of these in the shade
One of these in the sun
One of these gets the good fertilizer
One of these gets the gun

Why are you so annoyed?
Why are you so upset?
Spinnin around the brass gas lighter
Like a slapstick lunatic

It’s a sarcastic war
Like your fraudulent thesis
One I tried to ignore
While it cut me to pieces

It's a shock to the core
Like that time you slapped Jesus
Cause you had to be sure
That he’d jump you at recess

Sarcastic War

Drums: David Lopez
All other instruments: Sam Reaver

Stock crash middle class 
Counterfeit crime of a century
Cutthroat don’t choke
Better him than you on the brink

Cool breeze charismatic
Grave robbing scam of a century
Drill baby thrill baby
Burning up an Anthropocene

It’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony
It’s been a long time since I realized I couldn’t relate
I’ve been craning my neck trying to see if there’s a sign that was meant for me I said it’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony

Bring it back

Pill-poppin priest talkin trash 
Through the crash of a century
Blind luck dumb fuck 
Jamming up the waves on my scene

Flip top shock jock 
Certified creep of a century
I see you don’t know how to read
But you write like you know what it means

It’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony
It’s been a long time since I realized I couldn’t relate
I’ve been craning my neck trying to see if there’s a sign that was meant for me. I said it’s been a long time since I lost my mind in a symphony

Bring it back

Lost in a Symphony

White City Lullaby

Someone to Believe (Stripped Mix)

All My Life (Stripped Mix)

Into Your Refrain (Stripped Mix)

Lucky Man (Stripped Mix)

For You (Stripped Mix)

Someone to Believe

Into Your Refrain

Thanks for listening!
What would you do if it all fell apart 
What would you say if they pushed you away 
Slapped by the backsliding hand of the man 
What would you do if it all fell apart
Don't break your lover's heart 
Don't take your lover's heart 
Don't shake the ground that holds you 
You're still a lucky man
What do you do when there's fear in her eyes 
What do you say when she needs your disguise 
All that you saved has been squandered away 
What do you do when she needs your reply
Don't break your lover's heart 
Don't take your lover's heart 
Don't shake the ground that holds you 
You're still a lucky man

Lucky Man

My old band, Savoy Special. I listened to this the other day and was feeling nostalgic. Miss those guys.

New Age Hustle 06

Call the Doctor

Come and Gone

Let It Go

New Age Hustle

Never Come Down

Lift Your Head

In Your Backyard

All that you need 
Is silently gathering
Over the wind and waves
The brightest blaze Is beckoning

Starting off with yesterday
We'll be home

Come out from underground
To bluest skies that ever dawned
Send out a serenade
The darkest days are finally gone

Starting off with yesterday
We'll be home

And so it's our final hour
A year has gone like scotch and rye
You took a photograph with friends and laughed
And said goodbye

Starting off with yesterday
We'll be home

Home

What'd I expect to find 
Deep inside my head
But broken pieces rattlin' on and 
Ghosts beneath my bed

And though I try I can't see nothin'
Through this clouded mind
If I lose my compass baby
You will be my signal burning bright

What'd I expect to learn
Deep inside my skull
But make-believe and sputtering on and
Dreams that won't let go

We're whirling through this mad medina
Like some Dervish high
And if I lose my compass baby
You will be my signal burning bright

Compass

For the life we've left behind
For the wind that's in our face
For the fire underneath us
For the feast or for the taste

For the times that knocked me down
For the times you picked me up
For the ninety-nine who tow the line
No we're not giving up

It's all for one more chance to shine

For the vendor in the streets
For his dream of better days
For the king who tries to crush him
For the match to start a blaze

Call me back when we were young
When we swore we'd do big things
Dreaming of the day we learned the ways
Of the force to make a change

It's all for one more chance to shine
Rise up

One More Chance To Shine

Wait, Just a little more time
Just a little more climb
To show me the way

And it takes, just a little more love
When push comes to shove
You’ve got to show me the way

Moments like these
Make me forget, make me believe
Where old gray mountains collide
We stopped for a rest, sheltered inside
Braced for the ride

Sleep. So peaceful the night
Still dreaming of flying
To show me the way

Awake. Just a little more rest
And I’ll leave the nest
You’ve got to show me the way

Moments like these
Make me forget, make me believe
Where old gray mountains collide
We stopped for a rest, sheltered inside
Braced for the ride
And gathering tide

Moments like these
Make me forget, make me believe
That all this world is for us
A beautiful life, a beautiful world, a beautiful love
Such a beautiful love

Brace For The Ride

You're my necessary source of strength to carry on 
So long
Are my two hands ready to build our home steady on 
Solid ground

I'll never want more than our extraordinary life
All right
And as we grow older life gets sweet but shorter my
Time flies

On this sleepy train we're splashing through this rainy scene
Of sliver green
But despite the weather we can't wish a better time
Just you and I

And when it comes to dreamers there's no better schemers than
You and I
And we'll be amazed when all these stars fall into place
Through the sky

Despite the Weather

Extraordinary Life

Yeah- you can feel it
Yeah- you can steal it
Don't forget where you come from

Oh- say the word
Just say the word
And soon you'll find me
Heading out to Speyside 
Searching for the blue sky now
Show me how

Yeah- you don't need it
Yeah- you sure could feed it
Don't forget where you belong

Yeah- you could change it
Yeah- or you could hang it all
Don't forget where you come from

Where You Come From

This one was inspired by Kalief Browder:
(Special thanks to Dan "My Right-Hand Man" Farnsworth on drums)

Sooner or later
You come back down to earth
Sooner or later
You find out what you're worth

Didn't you say
You won't break anymore
Didn't you say
There's nothing left to take anymore

Like ivy that grows down your window
Your spirit has tendrils that pull up the brickwork
The program won't break you 
The system won't make you stop
Shining your beacon of truth to the darkness above

Exonerate angel

It’s so shameful
Our lies to sleep at night
It’s so shameful
Laws don’t make it right
How much abuse
Can you take in a life?
Holding on to truth
You’d rather be dead than live a lie

Exonerate angel
Your memory will usher the change
Exonerate angel
Your life was not taken in vain

Sooner Or Later

Had to dust off the old trombone for this one-
Special thanks to Joel Barr on that killer sax playing and Dan "my-right-hand-man" Farnsworth on drums and engineering

Lyrics:
In my mind sun strikes the water
Blinded by the spark and the flame, I'm saving this for hope
Stay with me and breathe in the autumn
It's a cool and colorful breeze that takes me away

Down by Lakeshore Drive dreams fade with sunlight I know
But I will never be alone

I waste my time with whisky by the window
Snow is piling up and we're buried in the bed
In my mind it feels like forever
Since I found a chance to breathe in a moment with you

Down by Lakeshore Drive dreams fade with sunlight
And everything's covered in snow
This much I know- I will never be alone

This Much I Know

I’ve been up I’ve been down
I’ve been all over the town
I can find my way home

I’ve been kissed I’ve been kicked
I’ve been everything but taken in
You’d think I’d take the hint

Down by the corner 
Of Cottage and Sawyer
My heart has been left on the vine

You’ve been warned
Seraphim Son

I’ve been in I’ve been out
I’ve been filled inside with doubt
I tried to play by rules

I’ve been praised I’ve been decked
No good deed goes left unchecked
I tried to play it cool

Down by the corner 
Of Cottage and Sawyer
My heart has been left on the vine

You’ve been warned
Seraphim Son

Nightbird EP

Seraphim Son

I'm a songwriter who attempts to sing. I don't mind synths, but I prefer natural instruments and use them whenever possible. Thank you for supporting independent musicians! (instrumentals available upon request)

Sam Reaver

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