My first 7 in 7 song. Also my first song in probably 7 years. 

It's just one mic on my vocal with the guitar just bleeding through, so the quality is harsh, as I'm sure the next six will be.

This song was only intended to show my personal fondness for nostalgia, and that feeling you get from scrolling through old pictures. It's one of the few things that really makes me feel something. I don't intend at all to say that I'm unhappy with where my life is right now. I've never been happier. But I do sometimes look back and wish I could spend a little while in an older world again.

Here are the lyrics:

In a hallway, in a trailer, in a photograph
I was walking, still struggling at a year and a half
If I were there right now
I'd be standing on a roof burnt to the ground

Started playing in a band when I turned fifteen
And we toured in our suburban like a limousine
And all the towns that crossed our eyes
Would I even recognize


Why can't it be like it used to be?
Time just won't let go of me
I can't slow it down
Let alone turn around

Why can't I make it like it was back then?
Yesterday's and uncrossable ocean
There's nothing more 
That I'm waiting for 
Everything is behind
Until I can find
Some way to relive a memory


I'd climb in to old pictures and tv screens
And replace the younger better-looking versions of me
And relive all those days
In the same imperfect ways

I'd come back to the future and forget about
All the green grass that's growing right here right now
And then be on my way
On to some older day


While I obsess over the past like a floating balloon
I know that coming up fast I'll miss today soon, but I know 
If I never change
This feeling could never remain

Some Way To Relive A Memory

What do I have 
That I'll never lose 
What do I have 
That you didn't choose

What could I reap 
That you haven't sown 
What could I keep 
That's truly my own

Could this be what faith is for 
Perfection in love with the broken 
Faith is for 
The Father reclaiming the stolen

Faith is a gift 
We're meant to give back 
Faith doesn't give God 
What God doesn't have

What are my needs 
In order to live 
Am I giving to receive 
Or receiving to give

What Faith is For

I've once again got myself between a rock and a hard place. Too churchy for a love song, too lovey for a church song.

Since I'm back from the retreat, I was able to make this one sound a little better.

Lyrics:

I've got ahold of you
No matter what you do
I'm gonna see this through
Cause I've got ahold of you

You thought you were yours alone
You thought you were on your own
But that simply can't be true
Cause I've got ahold of you

Empty space 
It ain't nothing that can keep me away
I've been on this chase
So much longer than you know
I've just got to show you

I took the hardest fall
Answered before you called
You'll see that my love has always been repairing you

Soon I will draw you near
And love will cast out your final fear
You'll feel like you never even knew 
That I've got ahold of you

I've got a   hold, I've got a hold, I've got ahold of you...

Ahold of You

A song about the risky business and cost of our ambitions.

Lyrics:

A loving family
Faith hope and charity
Our grasp on reason
What happened to it all?


These are the casualties
From a world who doesn't want what it needs

Oh, the things that we've thrown away
And watch them sink to their watery grave
Everything we once called our lives
We've now sacrificed
To bigger things


Satisfaction
The Garden of Eden
Our faithful friends
What happened to them all?

Our own safety
Moments of sanctity
All those little things
What happened to them all?


Risk is the fuel of wealth
Wealth is the fuel of ambition
Can we turn this ship to the shore?
Do we have any provisions?

Bigger Things

Not my favorite, but here it is. I think I've hit the wall.

Lyrics:

The mockingbirds singing the anthem of Spring
The sun's begun wringing the clouds
The rain makes intricate taps on the green
And roses respond to the sound

Flowers have withered from scorching degrees
The pavement it sticks to my shoes
I'll hope for a winter and pray for a freeze
If I can't spend summer with you

We'll hide from all the elements
We'll try to maintain our environment
I'll keep from the weather, deny that it's true
Cause alls I wanna see is you

October comes knocking, and knocking down leaves
Red, orange, yellow and gold
The natural woodwinds make tones through the trees
Waving hello to the cold

The sun seems to keep sleeping late in the East
Neglecting the vineyard and field
The birds start rehearsing their next big release
Deep in the South they're concealed  

Four Seasons with You

I went ahead and recorded song 3. This one was a cowrite with Jimmy McNeal.

Lyrics:


We were lost without You
We were dying in our sin
Never had the strength to
Save ourselves

Unworthy of
Your steadfast love

You so rich in mercy
Rescued us
You're the faithful Father
Worthy of our trust
All your saints resound
In response to Your unfailing love

Though my flesh it fails me
You never let me go
In my darkest moment
Your hold is strong


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Been really enjoying doing these cover tunes lately. Just using them as an opportunity to get better at mixing/engineering.

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