Blame Someone Else (or the battle of Lily and Petra)

I was kinda out there
Staring at the pouring rain again
Hoping you would share the air
Thinking with my left brain 
It’s how I care  
 
TikTok Stars turning heads
TikTok Stars standing out 
TikTok Stars looking chic

I was flying out there
staring out a soaring plane again
wishing I should care where
wishing I could feign blame
It’s why I scare    

TikTok Stars arrive in pairs 
TikTok Stars pose with fans 
TikTok Stars are stepping up

TikTok Stars pose coyly with Romeo Beckham for the money
TikTok Stars are sponsored by H&M and Monsanto
TikTok Stars lay out in the sun without protection and get cancer

TikTok Stars

Ingrid Superstar

The painting that inspired this song is by Pedro Figari (June 29, 1861 – July 24, 1938): an Uruguayan painter, lawyer, writer, and politician;  an early modernist painter who emphasized capturing the everyday aspects of life in his work.  

This painting is titled "Going for a Stroll; De Paseo".

Paseo

The demo which became the song captained by the amazing JanKun:  https://on.soundcloud.com/HhFR5ppj4A2GnRkKA

Check out everything JanKun/Oripeaux at: https://soundcloud.com/jonfrancis-1

The figs are from my mom’s garden in September of 2024

Out Past Hawthorne Creek (demo)

Ostensibly, this song is a biography of how tenor Andrea Bocelli lost his eyesight.  Some of the lines are verbatim translations from an interview with his parents, translated into English (not by me).  However, there is artistic license with the lyrics as well.  The cover photo is graffiti in San José, Costa Rica taken by me in 2014.

When The Darkness Fell

Anhedonia is a difficulty experiencing interest, joy, or pleasure in activities that you used to enjoy. 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5828520/

Anhedonia

There’s a scene that I saw 
when I watched you in that movie
Where the queen gets a crown
and her subjects yell and cry

Walking down the street
we’re looking all cool and groovy
We own the town and you stop and 
look me in the eye

Holding hands 
Holding hands

Theres a meme that I saw
when posting on my IG
the kid was smirking
while her house burns down

Anthropocene
burns the town
but we dance on the graves of gholies
It’s a cynical mess for sure
I want to cry

When I told you I grew up
6 million miles from your home
you said I’m full of romance

When I told you all is lost
You said oh no no no no
so I’m just here to take a chance

Trolling clever kids
they try so hard to fool me
but a lie is a lie
and I’m old enough to know

Couldn’t bench my body weight
till you told me that you loved me
so I laugh out loud
when you tell where to go

Holding Hands

Started as a "The Story of the Organic Girl" and that wasn't working, so left with a discombobulation of chorus and verse.  Oh well. Rock on kidz. 

It's Not the End of the World

OMG I'm so sorry this is 6 minutes long with an indulgent guitar solo... 

I Can Paint with Both Hands

Thanks to Pink Floyd's Nick Mason for the drums... 

Hey Tuesday

Love Her, Loser

Breakup bangs
Says a lot, says a lot
about the breakup

Breakup it stings
Says a lot, says a lot
about the breakup

Break out the drinks
Drink a lot, drink a lot
cause of the breakup

Break-up Bangs

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/magazine/collapsing-houses-north-carolina-videos.html

Shawn Berkeley

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