Name: Turn It Around by Pier Lights
Duration: 3 min 40 s
Description: From the new album The Heart Of Everything

From the new album The Heart Of Everything

Turn It Around

When I pay the bills 
All I do is sleep
But when I don't pay the bills
I don't eat
Don't know how to 'be' anymore.

I can't believe you chose me 
To validate your twisted belief 
Disrupt my inner peace
For your own toxicity

You kept it discreet
Knowing it would make me deplete
But I won't bow to defeat
C'est La Vie.

Let's talk about 'power'
Is that a threat?
It's true, I give as good as I get
You live a lie and then forget
To cover it up

Cause you say what you want 
And you flaunt
Just say it with your chest
I'm not a pawn 
Can't just do what you want
At your first request

I'm not who you say I am
I can't be possessed

I can't be.

Wish I could bottle the oblivious self possession
I had at twenty
Cause right now this weight of awareness
I have is too heavy
Used to know who I was
And who I wanted to be
Now I fight with myself every day
Just to breathe.
Didn't make it this far for me just to fold
There's always a reason to stay
So much yet to behold
The best part of being ill 
Is breaking the fever
Then you know its almost over
Everything's clearer.

Let's talk about 'power'
Is that a threat?
It's true, I give as good as I get
You live a lie and then forget
To cover it up

Cause you say what you want 
And you flaunt
Just say it with your chest
I'm not a pawn 
Can't just do what you want
At your first request

I'm not who you say I am
I can't be possessed

Don't want to speak
Won't get worked up about it 
I just want release

I can't be possessed

Possessed

Using the sound library I had from the Elemental Concoction.

Another water song. This time I made up some extra beats to help drive it along.

Another Water Song

Chocolate Cake

Sticks And Stones Will Break My Bones But Names Will Never Hurt Me

I've been trying to get a project going with a co-worker of mine.  Demoed this for her and thought it was interesting enough a recording to share here.

Mood Ring

its ok to not be ok (rough demo)

Song by the Ginger Twins
Vocals/Keyboards/Synths - Brian Beethoven
Lyrics and music by BW Shinkle

Redundant Pain

After finishing the title piece, Portrait of a Sunset, I thought I needed just one more smaller number to round out the project. Still thinking about growing up on the Salem River, I looked through some old photos I had taken and saw the end of the Salem River as it fed into the Delaware River. One of my favorite adventures was to canoe on the Salem River and land on one of the south-west beaches of Hickory Island. From this small island, you could see the Salem River as it ended and connected with the Delaware River. As a teenager, it was such a wonderful feeling to be alone in a canoe on the river. This piece includes Davide Bonomo on flute and Charlot Rivero on cello.

End Of The River

Some

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Electronic pop side project for The King in Mirrors' Rich May and Jonathan Troy of The Hi-Life Companion.

Turn It Around

Pier Lights

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