There's no such thing as a place that's safe from death. 
Life has a taste for flesh. 
Insatiable, till we've paid in full our debts, laid to rest. 
So we place our bets and make the best of the day. 
Knowing that blessings, stresses, exceptions and lessons await. 
Seconds away from the unexpected expectations. 
The next steps taken en route to our destinations. 
Breakdowns, restorations related and balanced. 
Patience, anxiousness, anger, solace when faced with a challenge. 
Whatever's placed on our plate or palette makes what we become. 
Under the thunder, rain, moonshine and cover of sun. 
Covered in blood, wiped clean and repeated again. 
The seasons end, as do friendships for which we'd once bleed to defend. 
All the meaningless trends feeding our feverish heads. 
We're in the deep end, but trying to reach the peak and ascend. 
Breathe in and cleanse. 
Replenish the mind, body and spirit in the sense of what keeps us alive and striving. 
With tides arising and the skies aligning, here we are in the middle, little specks in the wind. 
Selfish to think we were blessed with a gift. 
Death in the distance. 
Destined to live. 
We're helpless, but sheltered enough to not think we're just specks in the wind. 
Selfish to think we were blessed with a gift. 
Death in the distance. 
Destined to live.

In the Distance

Back in Flight (feat. ION)

Produced by Smash Moody

I used to only smoke cigarettes when people were watching, but now I only want to when they're not. 
I wrote the screenplay to my life and picked out the props, but it's harder than I thought to try to stick to the plot. 
I hit a different pothole every time I leave my residence. 
Choking on the pestilence of being a pessimist. 
Feeling restless and tired of being stuck on this mood swing. 
Time to find my heart some new strings. 
I let too many people take scissors around the ones that I did have and that's the reason why I burned these bridges to ash. 
They're in the past of my path and my eyes are on the what's to come. 
Moving till my lungs rupture. 
I will never cut and run. 
I am just my mother's son/father's youngest. 
Tryna minimize my carbon thumbprints and respect karma's circumference. 
See what goes around comes around so I don't trace the radius. 
That's half-assed and I wanna be part of life's amazingness. 


I got a smile on my face, what a coinkydink. 
It's shining brighter than the diamonds on your pinky ring. 
I guess it must be the weather in the air. 
I'm feeling so alive like I never really cared about depression or defeat, stress, loss or regret. 
Then the sun breaks through so I pause to reflect. 
Sometimes in life all we need is some time to gain composure and a launch in our step. 
The day we're born the clock is set to wind down till we pass. 
We're driving in a car with an ounce left of gas. 
Constantly searching for a near-by station. 
A never-ending scavenge hunt for sheer vivation. 
But life takes what it has given, so live for the day. 
And search for wisdom if you're fixing to stay. 
And when it feels like the world's too cruel to be kind, just keep your head up, 'cause good things come in due time.

In Due Time

The "Droughts" EP contains two rough mix tracks from Smash's upcoming "If I Should Die Before I Sleep" record. Visit http://smashmoody.bandcamp.com to download.