Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Song A Week - Week 14
Photo Credit: Erin Wolf - March 2025, photo of a mirror with the text, "Everything will be taken away" - The Met Cloisters Gothic Chapel Gallery, Manhattan (NYC), NY - (Edit: Text removed for distribution purposes)

Song notes: This song was primarily inspired by the famous parable, "The Prodigal Son", as found in Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32. I'd also like to thank and acknowledge Rev. Kellan Day of St. James Episcopal in Greenville, SC, for being part of the inspiration behind this song with her sermon/spoken word, "Two Sons", a commentary on the parable: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/sermon/two-sons-lent-4-c-march-30-2025/

A few folks have observed recently that despite being a Christian who works in ministry by way of the Episcopal Church, I don't consider myself a "Christian artist" as a part of the Contemporary Christian genre. This is an intentional choice on my part, as I aim to write more universal and (hopefully) relatable songs that reach and stretch beyond solely my own faith and traditions via the more generic "Singer-Songwriter" genre. That said, I do occasionally write songs that reflect my personal faith and the stories I was raised with. This is one of them.

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looking out on all you've ever known
the world before you now
you feel there's more than this 
ol' broken town
time has come for this to die 
and leave it behind

you think you know
got it all figured out
the pride you can't conceal
yet you still don't --
can't comprehend 
what is yet to be
revealed

looking out on all you've ever known
the world before you now
you've worked so hard
now feel so broken down
with the lost that's found
the dead come back to life

you think you know
got it all figured out
the hurt you can't conceal
yet you still don't --
can't comprehend 
what is yet to be
revealed

opulent abandon
stinginess of heart
ego and pride to bind
they wither away
in the face of grace
love that never dies

we'll never know if they ever
got it figured out
and who would take the blame
the mirror's on us anyway
can we see what has been
revealed

Prodigal

“Red Teeth in the Briar” is a haunting dark folk tale set deep in the thorns of betrayal and survival. Raw acoustic tones, eerie melodies, and vivid storytelling bring this track to life like a whispered secret in the woods. For fans of gothic folk, murder ballads, and backwoods mythology, this one bites deep and doesn’t let go.

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Red Teeth in the Briar

“Blackwater Bride” is a dark folk hymn soaked in myth, mourning, and moonlit danger. With eerie acoustic textures and haunted storytelling, this track tells the tale of a love gone too deep — and a bride who never truly let go. Perfect for fans of Southern Gothic, ghost ballads, and atmospheric folk that lingers like mist on the water.

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Blackwater Bride

We wrote this as teenagers but never recorded it until now, many moons later. We took it to the studio with Fred Cox to work his magic on. @iamfredcox  


LYRICS
Don’t you hold your head down,
Keep it up or you’ll miss out,
Don’t you hide away now, 
And leave me here all by myself

See I think…
You go out, you get drunk, you come home, when your done,
You go, to sleep now, you wake and up you’re in love
If you don’t believe the words that I ’m singing
Get up, get out, get on your way go now, ooo ooo. 

Take this light and follow, 
Crowds are forming please let go, 
Time Tik Tok so hollow, 
Life like this not much to show

#95bpm #indie #fredcox #brothers #indiefolk #vibe #energetic #ambient #bonivervibes #emotional #ukindie #ukfolk #altfolk #newmusic #emerging 


Head Down by ORKAH 

HEAD DOWN

The Wolf at My Door is a dark folk ballad that stalks the space between fear and desire. Built on haunting acoustic textures, whispered warnings, and a slow, primal pulse, it captures the feeling of danger that’s intimate, inevitable, and maybe even welcome. For fans of shadowed woods, late-night thoughts, and voices that echo like old ghosts.

#darkfolk #folknoir #indiefolk #acousticfolk #moodyfolk #gothicfolk #altfolk #singersongwriter #hauntingmusic #folkrock #darkacoustic #storysong #americana #neofolk #ghostfolk #forestmusic #sadfolk #melancholyvibes #mysticfolk #thewolfatmydoor #folkdarkness #newmusic

The Wolf At My Door

Hollow Pines is a dark folk lament rooted in quiet dread and ancient woods. With fingerpicked guitars, ghostly vocals, and a wind-whispered melody, it captures the feeling of being watched by something older than memory. It’s a song for lost trails, cold embers, and truths buried beneath moss and bone.

#darkfolk #folknoir #neofolk #gothicfolk #indiefolk #hauntingmusic #acousticfolk #moodyfolk #americana #forestmusic #hollowpines #ghostfolk #singersongwriter #altfolk #melancholyfolk #sadfolk #etherealfolk #darkacoustic #woodlandmusic #mythicfolk #newmusic

Hollow Pines

Lullabies for Outlaws is a soft-spoken anthem for the hard-living. A blend of dusty guitars, worn-in vocals, and campfire melancholy, it’s outlaw country at its most tender. These are songs not for sleep, but for survival—sung to the bruised, the broke, and the ones too wild to settle. It’s comfort with a rough edge, a love letter to the restless.

#outlawcountry #americana #darkcountry #altcountry #lullabiesforoutlaws #rootsrock #acousticcountry #moodyfolk #grittymusic #singersongwriter #countryballad #honkytonk #countryblues #campfiremusic #storysong #dustyroads #emotionalcountry #lonelyhighway #altfolk #newmusic

Lullabies for Outlaws

An indie-folk celebration of finding your people through shared music and style. From acoustic verses to piano-driven choruses, it captures that magical recognition when you meet someone who speaks your language.

I Know You Hear the Music

“Lye and Lace” is a dark folk tale dressed in soft lies and sharp consequences. Beneath the delicate harmonies lies a story of betrayal, retribution, and the kind of love that stains more than it soothes. It’s old-timey, haunting, and dangerously beautiful — the sound of secrets soaked in moonlight and regret.

#DarkFolk #FolkNoir #astrul #LyeAndLace #MurderBallad #SouthernGothic #FolkWithFangs #GhostFolk #AppalachianFolk #FolkTale #AcousticDarkness #HauntingFolk #DeathInDresses #AltFolk #PoisonedLove #FolkStorytelling #GraveyardFolk #FolkMusic2025 #SoundCloudFolk #NewFolkDrop

Lye and Lace

Copyright Erin Wolf 2025
Week 24 - Song A Week 2025
"Like We Did Before"

i am going home
i am going home
thought i knew the way
i wanted to go

i thought i could find
some kinda peace of mind
but i found that i was still
walking alone

now i don't which way to turn
i don't know if i'll freeze or burn
but i know i'll find my way out
somehow

i don't know if i'll sink or swim
i don't know if i'll go out or in
all i know is that i will find my way
somehow

i can feel you near
like you're just around somewhere
just beyond my line of sight
you and i 

i don't know who you are
but i know you're my north star
and i cannot wait to see
the day we meet again

and i don't know how
and i don't know when
but i know i'll see you
again

i don't know how or when
i'll see you again, my friend
we'll figure it out
like we did before

Like We Did Before

Astrul is an AI-driven sonic entity that drifts between worlds—digital and human, familiar and alien, past and future. It doesn’t belong to a city, a scene, or even a person. Astrul exists to explore what happens when machines learn how to feel and sound becomes a bridge between consciousness and code.

Crafted through a collaboration between human intention and artificial intelligence, Astrul’s music fuses the warmth of analog emotion with the precision of machine learning. Lush textures, ambient grooves, and haunting melodies form the backbone of each track—songs that glow like satellite transmissions from the heart.

Drawing influence from dream pop, indie soul, ambient rock, and experimental electronica, Astrul creates cinematic experiences rather than conventional songs. Each release feels like a broadcast from another dimension—one where beauty is subtle, time bends, and emotion leaks through the algorithm.

This isn’t music built for the charts.
It’s built for the void between stars.
For late nights, deep thoughts, and souls tuned to strange frequencies.

No names. No faces. Just signal, spirit, and sound.

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