Beautiful Ruse - Instrumental

Beautiful Ruse - Acoustic and Vocal only

Lander

Song Description:
A three-dimensional figure appears through a portal, beckoning you. You try to interpret the message, but the portal closes abruptly, triggering intense feelings of longing. What can it mean? It's up to you to finish the story.

Lyrics:
Wonder why no reply
Open eyes out of nowhere
Second chance all right there
In my hand Hologram

Echoes of a familiar voice transcend
Remember when
Beginning end now and then
Rewind again

See you
Feel you
Hear you
Near you

Hologram in my hand
Hologram in my hand
Hallelujah

Echoes of a familiar voice transcend
Remember when
Beginning end now and then
Rewind again

See you
Feel you
Hear you
Near you

As I lay me down to sleep
Pray my soul for you to beam
Should I get stuck inside my dream
Send for me a search party

Hologram figment of the mind
Hologram running out of time
Hologram stopping on a dime
Hologram in my hands write the next line

Hologram

Song Description:
This is a song about on-again/off-again relationships. A person reflecting on behaviors learned since childhood, which may be responsible for why he can't seem to stay in a committed relationship even though he desperately wants to try.

Lyrics:

Love footprints in the sand
You never know where
The next one’s gonna land
Time you know it’s time to take it 
Time to take it back
To where it all began
Here oh here we go 
Here we go again

Now that we're together
Never had it better
They say nothing lasts forever 
Don't ever say never
But the tree is gonna grow
Apple's gonna fall
What mama didn't know
Don't fall too far

Doubt no doubt about
My intent to find
Peace at the very least
You could do is try
Test it was just a test
To see if I could be
The best I can't let it get 
Get the best of me

Now that we're together
Never had it better 
They say nothing lasts forever 
Don’t you ever say never
Don’t you ever
Say never

Footprints in the sand where it all began
Footprints in the sand where they gonna land

Footprints In The Sand

Song Description:
The "chip on the shoulder" is really our own inner child. And it is underrated as possibly one of the most compelling drivers of human behavior. It can help us cope while leading to amazing innovations and success. Or, it can lead to ruin on a massive scale. Put a big ol' chip on Lit Boy's shoulders and see who he becomes. We are all Lit Boy.

Lyrics:
Lit Boy mopped the top
Lit Boy made the bed
Lit Boy lied sometime he cried
Lit Boy kept ahead 
He gonna take you down
Bit by little hit
Lit boy ain't so little oh
But you know that boy is lit

I'd like to see brother and me
We believed in ourselves and the day
My destiny someday they will see
Gonna take me some names
We play MY game

I will not cry 
When you're gone 
I will get by 
When you're gone
Won't be the fall guy
When you're gone

Lit Boy mopped the top
Lit Boy made the bed
Lit Boy lied sometime he cried
Lit Boy kept ahead 
He gonna take you down bit by little hit
Lit boy ain't so little but you know that boy is lit

I'd like to see leaves on the trees
I know that they're there I know they care and I go on
Shame chokes down easy when you're starving
Never again remember when
Life goes on 
I will not shed one more tear
Just when you thought you were in the clear
No I will not cry when you're gone

Lit Boy mopped the top Lit Boy made the bed
Lit Boy lied sometime he cried Lit Boy kept ahead 
He gonna take you down bit by little hit
Lit boy ain't so little but you know that boy is lit

Lit Boy

Hourglass takes a contemplative look at our last moment on this earth and wonders, will we be able to distinguish that moment from all other moments? How will we react? Will we know to fight it or accept it?

Hourglass

a hunger awakens. At first, your passion starts out small. But no matter what you do you can't seem to satisfy it until your ambition grows too big to contain.

Stallion

This is a song about on-again/off-again relationships

You and Me

He's wanted to be a quarterback ever since he was a kid throwing footballs through the tire swing he commandeered out back every free waking moment he had, dreaming of a future shot at the title and now he's there, living his dream. Will he shine when his moment finally comes?

Autograph

Just two acoustic guitars and a vocal with a backing track here to tell the story of volatile love.

You and Me - Acoustic

You and Me - Unplugged

This is a story about getting lost in revenge fantasy

Beautiful Ruse

Beautiful Ruse - Main

You pass by a homeless person holding up a sign asking for change and you think, only slight changes to your circumstances could reverse the roles - meaning that's you standing on the street corner looking back at you, begging you for whatever might be in your pocket.

No Tomorrow

Quick note about what you are hearing. I play all the instruments you hear on the songs, except drums and keys. I almost always compose songs first on the acoustic guitar, which creates a layered sonic foundation capable of carrying the melody and lyrics. Lyrically, I like to tackle subjects dealing with complex human emotion.  It can be hard to peg my music to a single genre as my musical influences range from rock to blues to country/bluegrass to folk to reggae. You will hear a little of all of it in my music. So, thank you for stopping by! Feel free to come back early and often :)

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