Pining For The Fjords

This contains a sample of the 1986 David Byrne film, True Stories. Mangled via tape and processing. Go watch that movie.


lyrics

Look at this, who can say it isn't beautiful?
Sky, bricks, who do you think lives there?
Four car garage, hope, fear, excitement, satisfaction!

Now I'm going to give you a uh, a clear vista of the, the edge of uh the civilized world. You see it's like a game of leap frog, these houses, you know they just keep extending the town out further and further every year. It's kind of weird, uh for the first person who moves into a community like this, (I'll bet it is,) but you know it's an imaginary landscape, a place to raise your kids. Of course nowadays not everyone's having kids, not with what with the end of the world coming up and all, I mean uh, would you? (No, no, not at all.) No, well not until uh, after tomorrow after the show huh? Ha ha ha ha, eh.

Thank God For True Stories

The working title of this song was Clever Girl 2000, but I realized that using the number 2000 doesn't sound as futuristic as it used to. Goddamn outros better than the whole song.


lyrics

It's hard to find signs
That you are interested
Back in my mind
I just keep second guessing

And I know what you said
And I know what's in my head
I wonder if you'll be gone
I'm glad that you think I'm wrong

We're here again
We don't want it to end
Staying close to me
You say is the key

And I know what you said
And I know what's in my head
I wonder if you'll be gone
I'm glad that you think I'm wrong

And I hope that you'll still love me
And I hope that you know what I mean
And I hope that you'll still love me
And I hope that you know what I mean

And I know what you said
And I know what's in my head
I wonder if you'll be gone
I'm glad that you think I'm wrong

I'm Wrong

This is part one and intro of the Waves suite.


This is an instrumental.

Mini Waves Interlude

This is part two and centerpiece of the Waves suite. I had the concept of this song, with the concept of the Waves suite afterwards. This would be out of place on an album of "normal" songs so here we are.


lyrics

There are signs, they point to the sky
They aim to show a path to follow
It's work to try, and see what it holds
Complex designs, they're hard to unfold

Leaving, Seething
Needing, Meaning

See what you find, and hold it inside
Burning below, a home full of snow
An ungrateful inheritance, a ride that never ends
I've drifted before along this road, A one way street that's always cold

Leaving, Seething
Needing, Meaning

Holding, Knowing
Growing, Waiting

Say something sweet to me
Wait for your wave to get to me
Speak up and people will see
A light that shines right through the trees

Mega Rising Waves

This is part three and outro of the Waves suite.

This is an instrumental.

More Waves = Gravity Outro

Possibly the most fun thing to play on guitar that I've written. Too bad it's so difficult that I can't play it and sing the song at the same time. How am I supposed to do this live?

This song has a music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvN_3nz1X_E


lyrics

The ocean is open to you
The water pours from my hands
The wave it carries you too
The sky is cracking like glass

And how much time is left?
To capture us at our best?
The moments stuck in my head

And how does it feel?
And does it feel real?
And how does it feel?

My speakers will play for you too
If you will humor my head
You hear the rattling tubes
They back every word that I said

And how much time is left?
To capture us at our best?
The moments stuck in my head

And how does it feel?
And does it feel real?
And how does it feel?
And does it feel real?

There's nothing else to say
There's nothing left to say
There's nothing else to say!

Un Momento (Por Favor)

There's a theme here..... Jerm <3


lyrics

I can't look away
When I'm close to you
Because you're all I see
Somehow it's all I need
But it's not enough in my dreams
I hope you know what I mean

I can't get your breath
Out of my head
Same with all of those things you said
Love letters I won't forget

When we stay close
And you have to go home
My shoulder smells like you and I almost cried

My mind feels gone
Just floating along
Without anything feeling wrong
I wish I could hang on

When we lay close
And you have to go home
My shoulder smells like you and I almost cried

And when the sun goes down we'll find a place to be with each other
And when the sun goes down we'll find a place to be with each other

My Shoulder Smells Like You And I Almost Cried

This was the last song I recorded before my acoustic guitar took a bent neck like a swan.


lyrics

It's been a good night
I'm not saying goodnight, I'm just saying
I don't want a goodbye
There never feels like enough time,
To get out what I'm saying

And if you want to be here I don't want to be anywhere else
And if you are somewhere near then I don't need anything else

We turned off the lights
The TV glowing felt so bright
Washing over the covers
It's been a good night
I'm not saying good night, I'm just saying

If you want to be here I don't want to be anywhere else
And if you are somewhere near then I don't need anything else

I don't want this to end
Come over again and again
I don't want this to end
Come over again and again and again

Goodnight

This album needed a strong ending.

This is an instrumental.

I Miss You Drone

Man/woman in vermont. It's just me for now.

The War Turtles