Procrastrinating, always late.. Want to be in the moment. Be present. 

Zenith Shadows

Yutaka Uchida drums...Laurent Medelgi guitar...Joe Burcaw  bass

All Man's Land

Stark

You betrayed me
Made me very sad
Last night you took
Everything I had

Your words upset me
Shook me to the core
Last night you said
You love me no more 

I assured you
That my love was true
Last night the sky
Turned the darkest blue

We should have cherished
What we had before
Last night you said
You love me no more

© Odd Petals 2020

In Tune

Last Night

Taken from the new 4-track EP, Final Destination, available to stream  at www.jakedasilva.com. Hope you visit and hear a track you like.

Thanks as always for supporting my creativity.

Stay safe!

Beautiful Lies

This one is a bit out of my comfort zone. But one should never stop experimenting...

Eventual horizon

Eventual Horizon

After watching the movie ( You Should Have Left ) with Kevin Bacon I was inspired to write these lyrics and put them to music.

SHOULD HAVE LEFT by Glen Granthem
Knocking on a locked door that only opens in
Left standing in a hallway wrapped in all my sin
Running from the moment these dreams always win
Like a shadow from the moonlight that knows where I've been
I should have left somehow , It's far to late to run away now
The dark and the evil resist with all your might
If only for a minute the soul begins to fight
Like knowing what you can not see is somewhere in sight
The only thing I care about is lost in the night
I should have left by somehow , it's far to late to run away now
 Song Break ..
Where a single moment from your past will collide
(running down the road in the rain)
Then your judged and condemned to pay the price 
 Guitar Solo ..
This empty house holds the secret inside of me
Running fast there's no escape your never to be free
I should have left somehow 
Its way to late ( running down the road )
I should have left somehow ,  It's far to late now...................

Should Have Left ( Original with Lyrics )

Old tune from 2014. Wrote it while driving 6000 miles alone across the country, taking time lapse photos of the milky way and some landscapes in the day while living out of a tent. A whiskey and guitar were always in hand.


Whole Wild World

I've been beat up
I've been bruised
Wasn't born to lose
I've been on the run for way too long

I need a partner in crime
Someone to keep me in line
A beautiful muse for my next song

--Harmonica

Maybe I'll find her in the mountains
Where the water flows free
Wonder if she's even ready for me
With my guitar by my side
And a bottle of rye
What's the future supposed to be?

--Chorus
I will search around this whole wild world for you

I've spent most of my years defeated in love
I've failed too many times to speak of
It's just so hard to forget
I don't have one regret
This emptiness fits my soul like a glove

--Chorus x 2
--Harmonic again!
--Chorus x 2

Wander

Whole Wild World

Cecil's Theory Explained

Naked Eye Astronomy 
(Words and Music by David Stephenson 2020)

If I ever really lost you, I would have had to find you
But the haystack hid the needle
And the needle moved around and around
From town to town

The approach, the collision, the after-parting
Seemed over before it even started
From my position it seemed to last a long, long time
A long, long time

The convergence of our orbits
There's proof it really happened
From nosey neighbors and naked-eye astronomers

Boil it down to the brain stem
Neuropathy, a friction
Were the sparkles a mere  figment
An illusion, pure fiction
Pure fiction 

The convergence of our orbits
There's proof it really happened
From nosey neighbors and naked-eye astronomers

They say it was over, before it even started
They say it was over, before it even started

Naked Eye Astronomer

This song is a similar theme to "fold yourself away" and written around the same time 💜 

Silence inside me

So small my hand in yours,
as you lead me to the door.
My body's not my own,
in my fist a perfect stone.
Focus on the line of light,
imagine everything's alright...
Silence inside me.

And the stars replace themselves, memories are left on shelves.
Always honouring the name, nothing left to hide the shame.
Focus on the line of line, fold up small and out of sight.
Silence inside me.

Piano standing in the dust, broken things all full of rust.
Play the music from my soul, lifts me from the dark and cold, Focus on the line of light, until it fades out of sight..
Silence inside me.

A perfect stone
Who would have known
you could have flown away

Pressure growing in my brain, flames crawling down the lane, faded yellow window pane, holding long forgotten blame.
Focus on the line of light, imagine everything's alright

Silence inside me.

See the sky it's turning bright, I see the sky I see the light.
I see the sky it's turning bright, I see the sky I see the light.
I see the sky I see the light
I see the sky I see the light
Little girl I hold you in my dreams, little girl I hold you in my dreams.


Zenith Shadows

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