This is one of the collaborative efforts that eventually became my virtual band, Liminal Rift's, EP titled "Atlantic Confessions." For more information see my personal SC page and the Liminal Rift SC page:

https://soundcloud.com/miriam-card
https://soundcloud.com/liminal-rift

Lyrics:

VERSE 1

I’ve always lived 
By the rule
Patience leads to
Greatness if you 
Make it round the bend
Or the next bend
Or the next bend
But everything I know
Says there is only road
Without an end, without an end
Oh it’s everything I’ve ever known

CHORUS
Everything I know
Flies in the face of hope
But still I go down that road
Still that spark 
Lights up the dark
Even if I can’t see very far
All the way down the road
I go

VERSE 2
I’ve always loved
Without rules
Loved with wild 
Abandon, it’s cliche 
But it’s my way
The only way
The only way
But a heart so open
Is likely to get broken
Again and again
Oh it’s everything I have ever known

BRIDGE

I can’t give up and I can’t give in
The only way forward is through
I can’t give up and I can’t give in
Though it seems so easy to do
That simple spark
Won’t give way to the dark
When I feel frail
I wait for that blessed betrayal

ENDING
Everything I know 
Flies in the face of hope
Still I go 
Down that twisting, turning, winding, endless road

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6pDGo8MVHA

Silent Surburbia (off Liminal Rift's "Atlantic Confessions" EP)

This is one of the collaborative efforts that eventually became my virtual band, Liminal Rift's, EP titled "Atlantic Confessions." For more information see my personal SC page and the Liminal Rift SC page:

https://soundcloud.com/miriam-card
https://soundcloud.com/liminal-rift

Lyrics:

VERSE 1

Darkness falls all around us
We see it
We feel it
We breathe it
Darkness seeps out of the shadows
Darkness seeps out of the shadows
We wrap ourselves in it
It’s the fashion of the day
Wrap ourselves up in it
To blend in and fade away

CHORUS

Small wonders never cease to take my breath away
Small wonders scattered through the darkest of days
So take up your rose-tinted glasses and
Chin up until darkness passes
Let the small wonders give you strength through the fray

VERSE 2

Darkness falls all around us
We see it
We feel it
We breathe it
A fear of the fight that surrounds us
A fear of the change that is boundless
We think we’ve hit our limit
And forget how to be brave
Fiercely nurture our limits
Never learning to be brave

CHORUS

Small wonders never cease to take my breath away
Small wonders scattered through the darkest of days
So take up your rose-tinted glasses and
Chin up until darkness passes
Let the small wonders give you strength through the fray

ENDING

I jump head first into shadows
To dispel all their powers
I love so I can go on, though never quite the same
Small wonders are the blood in my veins

Wonder (off Liminal Rift's "Atlantic Confessions" EP)

This is one of the collaborative efforts that eventually became my virtual band, Liminal Rift's, EP titled "Atlantic Confessions." For more information see my personal SC page and the Liminal Rift SC page:

https://soundcloud.com/miriam-card
https://soundcloud.com/liminal-rift

Lyrics:

VERSE 1
You are, you’re the answer to my prayers
You are, you’re the beacon in the dark
You are very possibly the best thing to happen to me

CHORUS
I know all these things
I just don’t know how to let you in

VERSE 2
I am, I’m the wounded soldier
I am, I’m the echo of the lark
I am an island in my own private reverie

VERSE 1
You are, you’re the answer to my prayers
You are, you’re the beacon in the dark
You are very possibly the best thing to happen to me

CHORUS
I know all these things
I just don’t know how to let you in

VERSE 2
I am, I’m the wounded soldier
I am, I’m the echo of the lark
I am an island in my own private reverie

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=20nG6TufC2k
Photo: William Bossen

Stuck (off Liminal Rift's "Atlantic Confessions" EP)

This song is part of an EP that was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter in 2013. For more information, please see my personal SC page and/or the Riot Upstairs links below:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/934627616/riot-upstairs-debut-ep-smashing
http://www.riotupstairs.com
https://soundcloud.com/miriam-card

Lyrics:

Somebody got their hooks in me
Honey it's so hard to believe in you
For me to believe in
Somebody who brought me to my knees
It's true
It's trite but also true

Somebody just don't shine anymore for me
Don't pretend to be troubled by how you trouble me

It must be simple being simple
Your needs are met so easily
It must be simple being simple
And so trite, but never true
You're just so simple

I wore your mess but now its clear
Somebody's look is out this year
(Oh how you trouble me)

Somebody got their hooks in me
Honey it's so hard to believe in you

Hooks (off Riot Upstairs "Smashing!" EP)

This song is part of an EP that was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter in 2013. For more information, please see my personal SC page and/or the Riot Upstairs links below:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/934627…but-ep-smashing
www.riotupstairs.com
https://soundcloud.com/miriam-card

Lyrics:

Can't forget our rainy playing
Silver days of summer love
We thought we could keep it around
But baby, we're the fox and the hound

Innocence was our private bliss
Time was just a metaphor
I believed in what we found
But baby, we're the fox and the hound

Boy I'm gonna miss your smile
Silver days of summer love

Fox And Hound (off Riot Upstairs "Smashing!" EP)

This song is part of an EP that was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter in 2013. For more information, please see my personal SC page and/or the Riot Upstairs links below:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/934627…but-ep-smashing
www.riotupstairs.com
https://soundcloud.com/miriam-card

Lyrics:

There's that sigh again
With the whimsy of Peter Pan
Your shadow's sewn fast to your feet and hands
Gorgeous lost to wistful is too hard to stand
In your eyes it's so far away and 
I'm afraid to ask
Would you maybe?
Here's a shiny penny

Too the sky again
Oh it must be filled with pretty dreams
Lachrymose lacking your attention
Is it really so hard to stay with me?
Well then...

Dreams won't keep you warm at night, you know
Where'd you go, hey, where'd you go to, Joe
I wish I was where you are

And then you fade away again
With the whimsy of Peter Pan
Your shadow's sewn fast to your feet and hands
Gorgeous lost to wistful is too hard to stand
I'm so lachrymose lacking your attention
Is it really so hard to stay with me
You just keep fading away again and again and again and again

Penny For Your Thoughts (off Riot Upstairs "Smashing!" EP)

This is my demo site, with songs from two collaborative passion projects I've put together over the last few years. Riot Upstairs was a Kickstarter project I successfully funded in 2013. 

I also recently finished an EP that was a collaboration with two artists from Europe. We did everything virtually and have never met face-to-face, so that was a fun adventure. See the link below to Liminal Rift's SC page for more info about that collaboration.

Also, feel free to check out very rough drafts of songs I've written that are ready for collaboration on my personal SC page at the link below.

All the lyrics and melodies from both collaborations here were written by me. I also did the vocals and sometimes did the guitar, keyboard, and other aspects of the songwriting/soundscapes.

Feel free to reach out if you're interested in collaborating. Thanks for listening!

M Card Demo