She's languid
She waits for something
Something nameless
And just out of reach

She can
She can almost touch it
Almost feel it
But then it retreats

And she must wait again
Yes she must dream of when

Her time will come 'round
The lights will shine down
And reveal everything

But now she's wistful
She can't imagine
The coming of that day

And she, she lingers still
She holds on until
(For what she does not know)

All the pining
The endless yearning
The long tomorrows
Oh how they recede

She runs
She moves in circles
Time is unwinding
Or slipping away

And she must wait again
Oh she must dream of when
Not now but then

Image by Dalton Smith

Nameless Waiting

Calliope's adherent (Demo) ft. Gordeh

3 pound cigarettes of despair riff

Shoegazing in the key of northern quarter

A tribute to my favorite elliott smith song. Extremely atmospheric and intimate lyricism on this one, enjoy!

Satellite (Elliott Smith cover)

"Flowers For Charlie" Vocal Cover - Elliott Smith Free 

Flowers For Charlie -Elliott Smith(Vocal Cover)

Updated with cello and additional guitars by Dan Lawonn:

Listen boy now to your elders
And you won't play the fool
Listen to their wisdom
And wear it like a jewel
A glittering jewel
The golden path of progress
Is sometimes much ado
Oh turn around, look backwards

And now this is me, I am he
And the time has come

Listen boy now did you think that
This was all new?
Nothing comes from nothing
Or appears out of the blue
The beautiful blue

And now mark the time, free the mind
And dig for the truth
Don't forget, no regret
They will forgive our youth

Listen boy now, there's a strange man
In the mirror
If you look close boy, the face
Is getting clearer
Now what do you fear?
And what do you hear?

I am you, that much is true
And the years have run
Break the chains, strengthen what remains
Yes the time has come

Listen boy now to your elders
And you won't play the fool

Image by Melody Hanson

Listen Boy Now (update)

Casper

My ninth album, "Star Spells," will be released this month.  This is the opening track, which stubbornly held that position despite my efforts to put other songs in its place.  It just didn't fit any where else in the sequence; didn't sound right coming after any other song--so first it is:

Don't look at me, don't you think I see
The light in your eyes?
The beauty everywhere, I'm trying not to stare
Or idolize, it's no surprise
I could never be the only one you need
It's in the eyes, they tell no lies
So don't look at me, now don't you think I bleed
Like everyone?

Oh stay, stay a little while
You can still make me smile
And you never know

Oh don't look at me, not so longingly
If it's not what you mean
I don't want to share any castles in the air
No fantasies, chimera dreams
No don't look at me if you really don't believe
'Cause there's no in between

But stay, stay a little while
You can always make me smile
I will wait like a little child
'Cause you never know
Where the wind will blow
And I want you so

Image by Aleksandr Artiushenko

Don't Look At Me

I'm releasing my ninth album, "Star Spells," later this month and featuring tracks from it over the next couple of weeks.  "Deeper In The Sun," along with the closer, "In Dreams Absurd" was where the album started.  The guitar part was pulled off of a "field recorder" (the tone isn't up to the rest of the record, but I like the performance, so I've rolled with it). The lyric plays with the idea that the answers we seek are often hard to find and can turn our assumptions upside down:

We go deeper, always deeper in the sun
When the light of the day, day is done
When the world is upside down
And the sky is holy ground

Now we're rolling, oh rolling out the scrolls
And cracking all the codes
The cipher lies within the book
Cryptic pages, take, take a look
In a glass, an image undefined
But a face beautiful and kind

Pull the strings that light has spun
Fall deeper, deeper in the sun
And the last, the last shall be first
And the meek will inherit the earth
When we shake, we shake the curse
In this glass, this image undefined
And the face beautiful and kind
In the sun, deeper in the sun
Down down

Deeper In The Sun

I'm releasing my ninth album, "Star Spells," later this month and featuring tracks from it over the next couple of weeks.  This, the title track, only became a trilogy by accident.  The songs were written separately, although within a narrow time frame.  However, it was only after the lyrics began to intertwine, running variations on the same ideas, symbols and metaphors, that I came to view them as three parts of a whole:

BEDEVILED (Star Spell #1)

I've been bedeviled, I've been besieged
I've been the supplicant, down on my knees
And if I told you, would you believe
Stars are falling from the sky?
And there's no time to say goodbye?

I've been blindsided, I've been bereaved
Too long adrift upon that sea
And I wonder if you can conceive
That stars are falling from the sky?
And now too late to say goodbye?
Where do they go?

I've been bedeviled, I've been besieged
This is my story, my leitmotif
And now I've told you, I'll take my leave
As the stars fall from my sky
And there's no good, good goodbye
Where do they go?

NOCTURN (Star Spell #2)

Someone tell me why
I'm staring at the sky
I should be falling down a well

Head full of stars
Signals from afar
How do they weave their spells?
Ride their swirling carousels?

Count all the things you lose
When you chose
And when you do not as well
Sometimes it's hard to tell

Oh nocturnal song
You lead me on
Solitary stars
Come ring the hours and

Tell me the tale
Of ships that never sail
And a place I'll never dwell

The alchemy of dreams
Too dear it seams
When you're wrapped up in a hermit's shell

A world of shifting clouds
Far from the madding crowd
Philosopher down a well

An alien, an infidel
Too far beyond the pale?

Oh nocturnal light
You fill my sight
Nocturnal song
You lead me on
Sing the sweet farewells
Come ring the matin bells

UNDER THE SPELL (Star Spell #3)

Was there a star up in the sky
When you came down from on high?
Was it the forest for the trees
When I missed you among the leaves?

But still you found me, how could you tell?
Did you know when or where I fell?
Oh yes you found me down the well
And you put me under your spell

And if I fade away, don't let me fade
And if I stray, don't let me stray
And if I climb back down the well
Pull me out, put me under your spell

Now there's a dream I always dream
Could be delusion, or a fantasy
A new moon rising, a ringing bell
And everyone under the spell, the spell

And if I fade away, don't let me fade
And if I stray, don't let me stray
And when I fall back down the well
Pull me out, put me under your spell, your spell

You Blew Me A Kiss

Baxie speaks with Neil Gust from Heatmiser and No.2.  In 1991 Neil Gust and the late Elliott Smith formed Heatmiser in Portland, Oregon soon after graduating from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. Heatmiser would release three albums including the critically acclaimed “Mic City Sons” in 1996. By this point Elliott Smith began her legendary solo career (which included six studio albums and a Grammy nomination for the music of the film Good Will Hunting). Neil Gust went on to form his own band, No.2, which released two exceptional records before leaving music for a very successful career in commercial video editing. 20 years later Neil Gust would reform No.2 and release an amazing comeback album— “First Love” in 2022. Earlier this year, Gust released a great compilation of unreleased tracks with Elliott Smith entitled “The Music of Heatmiser”.  Absolutely amazing! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and on the Rock102 app!

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(Ep. #244) Neil Gust from Heatmiser & No.2

Baxie speaks with Neil Gust from Heatmiser and No.2.  In 1991 Neil Gust and the late Elliott Smith formed Heatmiser in Portland, Oregon soon after graduating from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. Heatmiser would release three albums including the critically acclaimed “Mic City Sons” in 1996. By this point Elliott Smith began her legendary solo career (which included six studio albums and a Grammy nomination for the music of the film Good Will Hunting). Neil Gust went on to form his own band, No.2, which released two exceptional records before leaving music for a very success career in commercial video editing. 20 years later Neil Gust would reform No.2 and release an amazing comeback album—“First Love” in 2022. Earlier this year, Gust released a great compilation of unreleased tracks with Elliott Smith entitled “The Music of Heatmiser”.  Absolutely amazing! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and on the Rock102 app!

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Baxie's Musical Podcast: Neil Gust from Heatmiser & No.2

I've seen you watching
Her every time she crosses the floor
So won't you just go and talk to
The one you really adore
I'm getting pretty used to being
The one that you always ignore
When somebody wants you i've seen it before
You're every kind of collar
There ain't nothing that you won't claim
Your ambition and promise
And your addiction to fame
And everyone's got a dollar
Sign after their name
When somebody wants you
You treat 'em just the same
So go on and pick up
You don't care what poison you choose
And what person you lose
It should've been me, yeah shouldn't it be?
A crushing quiet
Blows in through your window
To someone who wants you
That you'll never know
But I'll pick up around you
And clear everything out
Leave you where I found you
I figured you out
Leave you where I found you
I figured you out

I Figured You Out (Cover)

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I think I lost touch, can I ever win you back?
Cause if I had ten minutes then that's, ten minutes with you
I think we lost trust, could I ever win that back?
Cause if I had ten minutes then that's, ten minutes with you
With you, with you, and it goes

Baby, where did you run off now?
Where did you last go? I wanna be lassoed, and tangled with you
Tangled with you

I think I lost touch, can I ever win you back?
Cause if I had ten minutes then that's, ten minutes with you
I think we lost trust, could I ever win that back?
Cause if I had ten minutes then that's, ten minutes with you
With you, with you, and it goes

Could I ever have you back?
Cause if I had ten minutes then that's, ten minutes with you
With you, with you

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10 minutes

Baxie talks to music legends, up and coming artists, producers, authors, record executives, and more! Listen on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on Rock102.com!

Rock 102 Morning Show Podcasts - Rock 102 - 102.1 WAQY-FM Springfield, Ma!  Bax & Nagle Daily Show Podcast, Baxie’s Musical Podcasts, Steve Nagle Minds Your Business.

Just making songs for fun. Not interested in profiting/monetization off any of this. Literally just making songs/covers for fun

Here you will find little acoustic pop songs; melancholy, dreamy-folk things. Sometimes some jangly, fuzzy rock tunes or ambient pieces as well. Work-in-progress demos to finished tracks, informal playlists to official album releases. Enjoy.

New tracks tagged #Elliott Smith