Shayfer James

The Cage

Great Vacation

Waterfall

Rule #21 - Momento Mori

Live recording of unreleased song at Rockwood Music Hall 4.29.14

For Wolves (Rockwood Music Hall 4.29.14)

Rough time of year
Does it get to you too
When it rains and it rains
And your shoes never dry

I stay inside with my
Veins full of glue
And I stick to a screen
Till my battery dies

I don’t need to be rich
Only so wealthy as to pay for my food
I don’t need to be huge
Only so big as to ever be noticed

Rough time of year
Do you sit through it too
With that envy so strong
That you can’t even move

I must confess
An embarrassing truth
Almost nothing can hurt me
Like thinking of you

You’ve got a beautiful home
Bestselling novel and effortless style
You enchant the people around you
They swoon when you show even the hint of a smile

Rough time of year
Does it darken the doors
To the lofty salons
Of the luminaries

I wouldn’t know
I wouldn’t know
I only know
Weeks of godawful overcast days
Abstinence from sun on the skin
Drifting deeper and deeper into quarantine
Until my own company begins to wear thin

Envy

Shipwreck

Built to Burn

When I was a kid, this is the song my father sang to be rather regularly.  Eventually I would sing it quietly to him on his deathbed.  So.  In celebration of his Birthday (6/9) I threw this together.  Enjoy.  Here is a link to the orignal:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4nJ1YEAp4

The Gambler  - Shayfer James - Kenny Rogers Cover

High Upon The Mountains

From the new EP "Haunted Things" 
Purchase:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/haunted-things-ep/id1029606139

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Shayfer_James_Haunted_Things?id=Bz5y5ibazdcb7xm5bmahi6vswky

https://open.spotify.com/album/0FxNacW8P6Q3QKPeTC8vcJ

https://shayferjames.bandcamp.com/album/haunted-things

http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Things-Shayfer-James/dp/B014BU2EKS

Devil Throw Roses

Violet

Mr. Malum

Shayfer James - Weight of The World

From the album "Counterfeit Arcade" (2011)

For The Departed

Puppet Loosely Strung

The digital release of 'Len't - the single includes  the radio edit of 'Lent' and 2 b-sides; the Danton Supple produced 'Foolishly Wrong' and the band's self-produced early favourite 'Stalker's Tango'

All 3 songs can be purchased on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lent-single/id586010772 

Foolishly Wrong

Red Room Vol. 1

Carve a Smile

The Owl & The Elephant

Bayonnettes

Shayfer James has built a creative world entirely his own—where poetic lyricism collides with cinematic arrangements, where darkness waltzes with whimsy, where rebellion and vulnerability share the same breath. His work explores the dual forces of isolation and belonging, of longing and defiance, all delivered with theatrical flair and unmistakable swagger that both welcomes and unsettles.

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