Ralphie J Passive Persistence Songs

Progressive rock instrumental evoking shifting moods and phases- from forthcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence.

Passages

Just trying to draw emotion from and into song... from forthcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence.

Just A Shell Of Me
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What's going on with my relationships
What's going on inside my head
Am I not saying what I'm meaning
Are you not hearing what I've said

I'm getting to the point of giving up
It seems to always end the same
Against the odds always the bad guy
If I just lose why play the game

Now you've gone away
We can't go back
To the way things used to be
And so I face another day
A lesser man
Just a shell of me

I wish you could have seen my thought clouds
I think they might have helped a lot
They would have let you know I loved you
When all my clumsy words did not

I'm beside myself
With no one here to hold me
No one I can blame
Beside myself

Just A Shell Of Me

When you're maxed out and need a break...

The Runaway
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When it's seeming like nothing's going right
And you're feeling so tense and so uptight
If you only toss and turn at night
Then it's time that you should find respite

Take a break and come with me
To a place that's wild and free
Leave your worries far behind
Find some peace of mind
Drop it all and come away
All you've got to do is say
"It's time to play The Runaway"

If you're sensing that life is just unfair
Always nervous and pulling at your hair
Then it's time to drop the whole affair
Take my hand and I will take you there

The Runaway

Things are going to shit...

Anarchy Reigns
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Common sense has left the room
Empty smiles can't hide
The gloom and the doom

Anger simmers, evil waits
Watching us collapse
Under our own weight

What a hopeless bunch

So anarchy reigns
As despair chills my veins
Speeding faster towards the wall

Never learn from our past
Good intentions start
But can't seem to last

Selfishness soon rules the day
Greed and power stomps
What stands in their way

What a hopeless bunch

So anarchy reigns
As the story ends the same
Speeding faster towards the wall

Anarchy Reigns

From forthcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence that got interrupted by a move.

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From upcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence that got interrupted with a move. Will reload once lyric/vocals completed.

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Passive Persistence 15

From upcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence that got interrupted with a move.  Will reload when lyric/vocals completed.

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Passive Persistence 12

From upcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence that was interrupted by a move. Will reload once lyric/vocals completed.

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From upcoming 2022/2023 album Passive Persistence that got interrupted by a move. Will reload once lyric/vocals completed.

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Music life of almosts:

-almost signed to a label out of NYC
-almost scored producer in NYC
-almost got my band's video on MTV Basement Tapes back when MTV was a thing
-almost placed a couple of songs with major artists thru NYC Pitch-A-Pro sessions
-almost scored with producers on Nashville shopping trips
-several honorable mentions in Billboard Songwriting Contests
-Honorable Mention in Musician Unsigned Band Contest.

Ralphie J Passive Persistence Songs

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