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TITLE: Is There a Reason?
ARTIST NAME: James Wyatt Crosby
FORMAT: Single
RELEASE DATE: June 24, 2022
LABEL: Wavy Sun

“Is There a Reason?” is the latest offering from James Wyatt Crosby and the second release on his Wavy Sun Records. This dreamy summertime track features infectiously catchy guitar lines, warm analog synth undercurrents, bouncing bass & loads of sonic easter eggs that can be unearthed with repeated listening. “Is There a Reason?” is simultaneously uplifting and dark as themes of desire, nostalgia and regret are explored by the song’s dreamy narrator. A song that is literally years in the making, it is a perfectly crafted piece of bedroom pop.

“I started writing 'Is There a Reason?' in 2015 but somehow I didn’t finish it until recently. My newer songs feel like sad songs written by a sad guy whereas “Is There a Reason?” feels like a sad song written by a happy guy. It’s seven years old, but sometimes it’s nice to let a song ferment and develop and then revisit it with a new perspective later. This song has some really hooky parts and it’s one of my personal favourites from my unreleased catalog. It’s been fun to play it live and re-explore whoever I was when I wrote it back in 2015. To me it feels like a summer jam and I hope people love it as much as I do.” –James Wyatt Crosby

LYRICS

The devil’s got an appetite
For all the people playing nice
He wants to come and change your life
And all you gotta do is sign
Here

And all the time and all the while
There’s something underneath his smile
Now that you’ve told a million lies
I’ve got a question on my mind

Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back

I miss the summer night
I miss the summer night
I tell myself a lie
I tell myself a lie
I eat myself alive
I eat myself alive
I pissed out all my fire
It’s gonna be a while

Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Is there a reason why you want it so bad?
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back
Now that you said it there’s no taking it back

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Is There a Reason?

James Wyatt Crosby - Is There a Reason?

i wasnt o.k.

Written, produced and performed by Spirits of Leo
Ryan Santos Phillips - vocals, guitars, bass and synthesizer
Alex Lichtenstein - drums

Album Art by Coward's Way
Engineered and mixed by Ryan Santos Phillips at Lux Perpetua NYC
Assistant engineering by Blaine Bailey and Joni Kyynäräinen
Mastered by Justin Colletti at Joe Lambert Mastering

Spirits of Leo Live is:
Ryan Santos Phillips - vocals, guitar
Ant Taboada - backing vocals, guitar
Nick DiPillo - bass guitar
Alex Lichtenstein - drums

Something in the darkness dwells
Like voices from your insides squall
Buried deep in shame, and regression
God’s rejected ones
Shade beneath my cast of faith
Tremored ground attest my strength

I know the plan for God’s rejected ones

Ash in hearth, I seek your shelter
Storming, rushing, bounding, assailing me
Entering my spine and crawling out my palms
The spirit is now ascending me
Commanding motion
Don’t fight, infernal eyes don't lie

Faith is learned or not realized

Something in the darkness dwells
Like poison on your lips, the sickness swells
The devil never comes if you don’t believe him
The curse relinquished
Scepter come, incarcerate
Where I'm captive, I am safe

I know the plan for God’s rejected ones

Ash in hearth, I seek your shelter
Storming, rushing, bounding, assailing me
Entering my spine and crawling out my palms
The spirit is now ascending me
Urging devotion
Don’t fight, infernal eyes don't lie

And nothing ever comes if you won’t believe it

Asylum

Heather

Another

LONELY ALL AROUND

Inhale fumes to worship you
In a sacred place this living room
Oh my god how could this be?
Another pure celebrity

Your head is hit cracked with a bloody bat
The spirit leaves and never comes back

Tangerine on your lips
You always make it bleed

Tangerine on your lips
You always make it sweet

The candle's lit and now I see
All the dead rotting underneath
how could I be so naive?
To idolize a fantasy

Your head is hit cracked with a bloody bat
The spirit leaves and never comes back

Don't need her warmth
Cause I'm sleeping with my phone on
Smoke and memories
Beside the moment
Don't eavesdrop with...

Tangerine on your lips
You always make it bleed

Tangerine on your lips
You always make it sweet

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James Wyatt Crosby - Is There a Reason?

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