songs of undisputed distinction

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

Troubled Sea

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

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

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

Mixed  by Marcus Bjäreland (piano,organs,production)

For No One W Monica Mix 1/ with Marcus Bjäreland

Acoustic guitar, music and concept by: Saving Change
(https://soundcloud.com/saving-change)
Lyrics and vocals by: FaDE
(https://soundcloud.com/fa-d-1)

I originally wrote "Bloom" as an instrumental about the different seasons of life. I cannot begin to express how much it means to me that Fa found beauty in the music and has added so much more through her wonderful words and voice!!! Thank you so much!!!

“Bloom”
One step at a time
First to learn to fall
One step at a time
Before you learn to walk

Look at me, on my new bicycle
Look at me, I am the king of the world
Kissed Knees from pebbles on the ground
I’m getting older if I don’t cry, and I smile
I’m growing up like a bloom into the light

Then to learn to dance in the sunlight
A few stolen kisses in the shade
I’m growing up with the love that I’ve met
I’m growing up in the laughter, in the pain
No matter if the tears are flooding the sand
Which feeds me

One step in time 
One step in time
One step in time
One step in time
I want to dance in the sunlight

Look at me now I’m old and faded
Look at me….in my eyes, the past so far away
I underwent so many thunderstorms
Now I’m older, no I don’t cry……..I’m reborn
I don’t want to wilt like a bloom into the dark




Bloom ~ Vox / Feat. FaDE

All fab guitar and bass tracks provided by @rosarius (guitar) and Bruce (bass). 

Verse 1:
Not deep and meaningful just real
A chance is lost to tell you how I feel
As I cover up the gaping hole you miss
My smile is just a curving of my lips

Pre-chorus:
The great pretence
My last defence
You see I'm hiding
And every day
Is a chance to say
Please come and find me

Chorus:
And I'll open up a crack
Let a little sadness out
Not enough to push you back
Just enough to show you what I'm all about
Look in my eyes
And you will see this time
You knew me only half as well as I knew you

Verse 2:
As I carry out my daily work by rote
The date passes yearly without note
A testament to being in control
You assume the loss it, took so little toll

Pre-chorus:
So bloody hard
Not to discard
What won't define me
And every day 
Is a chance to say
Please try and find me

Chorus:
And I'll open up a crack
Let a little sadness out
Not enough to push you back
Just enough to show you what I'm all about
Look in my eyes
And you will see this time
You knew me only half as well as I knew you

Open Up a Crack

Flowers In The Dark

As always, many thanks for stopping by!
Lyrics:
Tell me stories ‘bout all the little things
Tell me stories ‘bout the rain
How the wind blew you into my life
Tell me stories ‘bout yesterday
Tell me stories ‘bout yesterday

Tell me about the photograph you keep
in a locket on that golden chain
Tell me ‘bout the memories it brings
Tell me stories ‘bout yesterday 
Tell me stories ‘bout yesterday

It’s those little things 
that make us who we are
in those memories we keep
Tell me stories about your rainy nights
Tell me stories ‘bout yesterday 
Tell me stories ‘bout yesterday

all the little things w/ lyrics

Settle Down

and now we settle down,
and now we settle down,
the dust just falls away,
away...

You give me slight of hand,
when no-one understands,
that it's a bright new day...new day...

In the south sky where you stand,
everything that once was planned,
just don't forget you own this land
and it's a bright new day...

and we give life to the ground,
and there's treasure to be found,
just don't forget you own this land
and it's a bright new day around...

and you see the golden wheat,
with the earth there at your feet,
and listen the birds softly speak,
that it's a bright new day...

so settle...
so settle down
cos it's a bright new day...
day...

and now we settle down...

END

Settle Down

A Pretty Penny, written by Ren Faye. 

As soon as the dawn,
broke on the cobbled street
The market sellers all gather to greet
the town folk with their coins in the pockets
a plenty

There were buckets of fish,
and the meat dried and cured,
near the shore, where the boats had been moored
The crew all cast their eyes on a pretty penny

She was selling her wares,
at the market stall,
Selling her wares, like her father before
Hoping to make the day with a pretty penny

Saw a fortune teller, on the way to the town,
Crossing her palm with silver, her gown,
she said on this day, you'll find your true love...

It was one of the sailors, she met by the sea,
She said 'how could you love a poor girl like me?' he said, I heard your voice from far away...

Stop selling your wares, and sell them your voice - riches be ours, and then we'll have a choice
I'm so glad I've found my pretty penny...

My pretty penny...
and she loves me...

A Pretty Penny

B Pourquoi B ?

Tous Ces Moments

Welcome to my little corner of the Sound Cloud world!
I began teaching myself to play the guitar about ten years ago and quickly found that music became a way for me to release all the feelings that I couldn't find the words to express.
Just me and a guitar recorded wherever life takes me.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to my music, I hope you enjoy the songs!

~SC~

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

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