Sandcastle Dreams EP

(Verse 1)
I woke up this mornin', heart heavy as stone
Looked around and found my dreams had all but up 'n gone
All them sweet words faded like ink in the rain
Love is just a gamble, leaves ya nothin' but pain

(Chorus)
Chasin' dreams is like buildin' castles in the sand
So I’m givin’ up on love, ‘n goin’ after land
The fields don't lie, dirt don't break your heart
Roots grow deep, so they won't tear you apart

(Verse 2)
I've danced through whispers, promises that fade
Now I'm plantin' oak trees and buildin' me some shade
No more cryin’, no more holdin’ a shadow's empty hands
Love's too uncertain, but this dirt understands

(Bridge)
Stars up yonder, show me where I stand
Let my heart grow steady, where the rivers bend
Livin’ simpler, just fittin' in where I can
Letting go of what I've lost, lovin' who I am

(Chorus)
Chasin' dreams is like buildin' castles in the sand
So I’m givin’ up on love, ‘n goin’ after land
The fields don't lie, dirt don't break your heart
Roots grow deep, so they won't tear you apart

Givin Up On Love, Goin After Land

(Verse 1)
There's footprints on the bank where we once used to lay
But the current's long gone, and the bed's been turned to clay
Time don't sit still, it just slips right through the cracks
You can beg all you want, but the river don't run back

(Chorus)
The river don't run back, no matter how you plead
It'll wash away the want, but it'll never quench your need
What's gone is gone, and that's just a fact
You can beg up to the sky, but the river won't run back

(Verse 2)
I've howled at the moon, I've cursed God and the rain
Tried patchin' up my hope with a whole heap o' pain
But the past ain't listenin', and the lines all out of slack
It carries your prayers to where the river don't run back

(Chorus)
The river don't run back, no matter how you plead
It'll wash away the want, but it'll never quench your need
What's gone is gone, and that's just a fact
You can cry out to the sky, but the river won't run back

(Bridge)
If memories are water, then I'm knee-deep in the flood
Hard to keep up the chase with my boots so full o' mud
Now I follow the flow, ain't no need to unpack
There's no use holdin' on when the river don't run back

(Chorus)
The river don't run back, no matter how you plead
It'll wash away the want, but it will never quench your need
What's gone is gone, and that's just a fact
You can cry out to the sky, but the river won't run back

The river dont...

(Chorus)
The river don't run back, no matter how you plead
It'll wash away the want, but it'll never quench your need
What's gone is gone, and that's just a fact
You can beg up to the sky, but the river won't run back

The river don't...
The river won't...
...run back.

The River Wont Run Back

(Verse 1)
Was born with dust in my teeth, and a prayer on my tongue
Raised on bitter bread and the crack of a jealous sun
Roots run crooked now in the marrow of my name
Every scar a gospel, evr-every bruise is a flame

(Pre-Chorus)
Ashes in my rearview, rivers in my blood
Built from broken timber, baptized by the flood

(Chorus)
Roots, ruin, and redemption
Carved into my skin like a map home from within
Roots, ruin, and redemption
Singin’ through the cracks gettin' weathered again

(Verse 2)
I’ve wrestled with ghosts that wore my own face
Sowed seeds in silence, reaped thunder in grace
Bowed down in the wreckage, rose up with the rain
Turned each and every fall into a piece of me

(Bridge)
There’s gold in the gravel, and fire in the stone
Forgiveness ain’t given, it’s something you grow
If I lose every battle, let my soul stand tall
‘Cause it ain’t where you stumble, it’s how you get up from the fall

(Pre-Chorus)
Ashes in my rearview, rivers in my blood
Built from broken timber, baptized in the flood

(Chorus)
Roots, ruin, and redemption
Carved into my skin like a map home from within
Roots, ruin, and redemption
Singin’ through the cracks gettin' weathered again

(Bridge)
There’s gold in the gravel, and fire in the stone
Forgiveness ain’t given, it’s something you grow
If I lose every battle, let my soul stand tall
‘Cause it ain’t where you stumble, it’s how you get up from the fall

(Outro Pre-Chorus)
Ashes in my rearview, rivers in my blood
Built from broken timber, baptized in the flood

(Outro Chorus)
Roots, ruin, and redemption
Carved into my skin like a map home from the DARK
Roots, ruin, and redemption
Singin’ through the cracks in my HEART

Roots, Ruin, and Redemption

[VERSE 1]
I been walkin through the coals, soles wearin thin
Singin hallelujah with a voice made outta tin
Faith dont flicker just cuz the night runs long
It dances in the ruin, hummin the same ole song

[CHORUS]
Shine on, broken mirror, catchin rays, singin praise
Shards of busted glass stained with light from the blaze
Aint no preacher, aint no choir, just a beat deep in the fire
Singin all night long, shine on
Shine on

[VERSE 2]
Moonlight bendin on a rusted ole hood
That's where the devil promised he'd be good
But he can't have my spark, it's tucked into my jaw
Whisperin them hymns that my shadow never saw

[PRE-CHORUS]
Keep your eyes on the flicker, dont run from the flame
Every soles' got a rhythm, every wounds got a name
When the darkness tries to drown you, let't remind you to sing
Your light aint gone, its just waitin for tha swing

[CHORUS (reprise)]
Shine on, broken mirror, catchin rays, singin praise
Shards of busted glass stained with light from the blaze
Aint no preacher, aint no choir, just a beat deep in the fire
Singin all night long, shine on...
Shine on

[BRIDGE]
Fire dont ask when youre ready to shine
It'll burn out the false, leave a holy hole behind
Destruction breeds creation, so let it take what's overgrown
Til I'm left with the rhythm that lets my light be shown

[PRE-CHORUS]
Keep your eyes on the flicker, dont run from the flame
Every souls got a rhythm, every wounds got a name
When the darkness tries to drown you, let't remind you to sing
Your light aint gone, its just waitin for da swing

[CHORUS]
Shine on, broken mirror, catchin rays, singin praise
Shards of busted glass stained with light from the blaze
Aint no preacher, aint no choir, just a beat deep in the fire
Singin all night long, shine on,
Shine on

[VERSE 1 (reprise)]
I been walkin through the cold, soul's wearin thin
Singin hallelujah with a voice made outta tin
Faith dont flicker just cuz the night runs long
It dances in the ruin, hummin the same ole song

[CHORUS]
Shine on, broken mirror, catchin rays, singin praise
Shards of busted glass stained with light from the blaze
Aint no preacher, aint no choir, just a beat deep in the fire
Singin all night long, shine on
Shine on

[VERSE 2 (reprise)]
Moonlight bendin on a rusted ole hood
That's where the devil promised he'd be good
But he can't have my spark, it's tucked into my jaw
Whisperin them hymns that my shadow never saw

[BRIDGE]
Fire dont ask when youre ready to shine
It'll burn out the false, leave a holy hole behind
Destruction breeds creation, so let it take what's overgrown
Til I'm left with the rhythm that lets my light be shown

[PRE-CHORUS]
Keep your eyes on the flicker, dont run from the flame
Every soles got a rhythm, every wounds got a name
When the darkness tries to drown you, let't remind you to sing
Your light aint gone, its just waitin for da swing

[CHORUS]
Shine on, broken mirror, catchin rays, singin praise
Shards of busted glass stained with light from the blaze
Aint no preacher, aint no choir, just a beat deep in the fire
Singin all night long, shine on,
Shine on

"This little spark 'o mine ain' little no more."

Shine On

[Intro]
We don’t break, we bend
Wiry roots in the sand
Growin’ wild where they said we can
Livin’ proof in this plastic land

[Verse 1]
Been a ghost in the signal, barefoot on the buzz
Talkin’ back to my demons like, “I wasn’t what I was”
Got a crack in my smile, got some blood in my rage
Wrote this feature in the margins of a fake blank page

Midnight motors in my chest go vroom
Been dancin’ in the fallout when dat bass go boom
No crown, no throne, justa gravel filled tone
Spit sick truth like a dial-up phone

I’m the static in your playlist, the foot that cracked cement
Survive this simulation with a vibe I never meant
Tin foil halo, white foam in my grin
My sins all sink, but my spirit still swims

[Pre-Chorus]
Flashin’ like lightning in an ocean rain
Even though it hurts, I don’t break the chain
Diggin’ through the noise for a sweeter sound
I was lost in the light, but I’m feelin’ found

[Chorus]
I don’t break, I just bloom in the wire
Born from dust and a circle of fire
Keep that bassline deep in my chest
When I fall, I fall with finesse

Don’t need saving, I’m already free
Friends don’t run, they dance with the beat
Alone in the silence, I still resume
Heart on loop in a cyclical bloom

[Verse 2]
Can’t kill what you can’t define
I’m the echo in the cloud, I’m the static spine
Put my heart on wax, now it heats like sun
Talk real slick but I move like one

Flashbacks flicker in a warehouse rave
Been wild since the dial-up days
Still runnin game on a payphone flow
And my dreams got teeth like a backroom show

Postcard life in a bitch parade
I bend when I break, still unafraid
Got sparks in my veins, I’m a loop on boom
With a glow so loud, it'll shake da room

[Bridge]
Pulse don’t lie…
When the beat drops out, I still testify
It’s not where you land, it’s how you climb
Built my wings from a glitch in time

[Final Chorus]
I don’t break, I just bloom in the wire
Born from dust and a circle of fire
Keep that bassline deep in my chest
When I fall, I fall with finesse

Don’t need saving, I’m already free
Friends don’t run, they dance with the beat
Alone in the silence, I still resume
Heart on loop in a cyclical bloom

We Don't Break We Bend

Very little is ever just one thing...

--BEWARE--
Unearned Wisdom
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Smiling Glad-Hands

Givin Up On Love, Goin After Land

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