Hearbeat

Suitcases half packed
Luggage tags intact
From the last time you retraced your steps

Jetsetter, are you ever coming home?
Jetsetter, are you ever coming home? 

Make port in Cabo
Smile in photos
You break your own heart again 

Jetsetter, are you ever coming home?
Jetsetter, are you ever coming home? 

Tickets to SeaTac
You dare to look back
Nothing is haunting your path 

Jetsetter, are you ever coming home?
Jetsetter, are you ever coming home 

Jetsetter, welcome home

Jetsetter - song sketch 71323

In a big metal bucket several thousand feet in the air
We rattle like popcorn kernels as turbulence rocks the airplane 

My stomach’s doing backflips and I’m starting to sweat
Here’s the thought that pops into my head

Are we out of our god damn minds?
Putting our trust in the strangers in the cockpit

In a smaller metal bucket going south on I-5
Surrounded by speeding murder machines greedy for saving time

My heart rate’s at a gallop and it’s harder to breathe 
I guess I’m feeling existential ‘cause I can’t stop thinking

Are we out of our god damn minds?
Putting our trust in the strangers on the freeway
Please, sir, where did you learn to drive?
We’ve all got places we’d prefer to arrive alive 

Every man for himself is an intimate lie we tell ourselves
We rely on each other more than is comfortable to think about 
At the end of the day, my question is the same

Are we out of our god damn minds?
Putting our trust in the strangers of humanity
Are any of us really qualified to handle that communal responsibility? 

Guess I’ll find out when I leave the house tomorrow

Strangers in the Cockpit - song sketch 23715

90 degrees, but it’s fine in the shade
The leaves on the trees paint mosaics in the sunlight
Cedar branches overlaid overhead
An oasis behind the white house with green shutters

Remember this
Remember this
Come back to this moment where everything’s perfect

Melted gold bourbon, and a nice summer breeze
Barefoot and suspended as the hammock swings gently
Blooming white linen on sun-smitten skin
Contented sigh from the dog with the grin

Remember this
Remember this
Come back to this moment where everything’s perfect

Remember this
Remember this
Even in hindsight you can still smell

Citronella candles
Hear the crackle of woodsmoke
Feel the shock of the water icy cold to my ribs
Taste the flavors of plenty
Locking eyes with my friend
Bundled up in her sweater
As the sun dips its head below the horizon

Remember this
Remember this
Blink and you’ll miss it
This snapshot of bliss

Remember this
Remember this
Come back to this moment where everything’s perfect

Mosaics - song sketch 23716

Sour fruit falls from the apple tree overhead
We’re flat on our stomachs and I always thinking ahead
To the next thing

Back home is breaking records
118 on the shade
Sticky fingers, sweaty palms 

One day in Seattle to remind me why I loved it here
And why I left

Isokov croons in the background
As the warbling finch sings along
Sencha tea poured over ice 
Bitter, with a drop of honey 

Tomorrow, we’ll be getting on a homeward plane
No more traffic, no more dinners with friends

One day in Seattle to remind me why I loved it here
And why I left
One way streets and backwards signs will drive you out of your mind
And your friends will drive you back 

I’ll come back
I always come back 

Edison lights strung from the roof
To the stump arm of the tree
The apples are hard and the blackberries
Won’t be ripe till August

Picnic blanket on the grass
Lazy clouds in the sky
For now, a tender reprieve 

One day in Seattle to remind me why I love it here
And why I left
One way streets and backwards signs will drive you out of your mind
And your friends will drive you back 

It’s never easy leaving family behind
But I needed something that was mine 

I’ll come back
I always come back
Home to you

One Day in Seattle - song sketch 23721

Crossing over borders
Can’t remember how you got here
The doctor smiles like a secret

Make your bed and lie in it
And hope for the best
The monsters are moaning in the distance 

Whoa, oh
There you go, oh

Blue veins inside are changing
You glow so bright in phases
Breathing in the spores
They can’t trick you anymore
Biology defined in paces
Blue veins inside are changing 

Darkness in the tower
And the words on the wall
Feel its heartbeat in your chest

Fruiting bodies touched you
It’s too late to withdraw
Allies shapeshifter into threats

Whoa, oh
Here we go, oh

Blue veins inside are changing
You glow so bright in phases
Breathing in the spores
They can’t trick you anymore
Biology defined in paces
Blue veins inside are changing 

Where lies the strangling fruit
That came from the hands of true sinner
I shall bring forth the seeds of the dead
To share with the worms
That gather in the darkness 

Blue veins inside are changing
You glow so bright in phases
Breathing in the spores
They can’t trick you anymore
Biology defined in paces
Blue veins inside are changing

Biologist - song sketch 23722

Her eyes are a startling blue
She always tells me the truth

Every time I’m with her is like waking from a dream 
She’s a bird on the wing

Her hand threads into mine
I love track of the time
Floating ‘round in circles on a summer afternoon
She’s humming our tube 

Let’s talk, let’s talk about the weather
Let’s build entire worlds together
Let’s make the most of our confluence
Two comets in the sky
Paradise of just you and I 

Her mind sparkles like magic
Oh, it’s sacred to see it
One day when she gets famous
I can say I knew her when
She’s still my closest friend 

Let’s talk, let’s talk about the weather
Let’s build entire worlds together
Let’s make the most of our confluence
Two comets in the sky
Paradise of just you and I

She brings me up to the mountain
Shows me all I can be
She takes the road less traveled
She’s the sweetest song you’ve heard
To know her is to love her
And I love her
I love her
I love her

Comets - song sketch 23722

I followed Alice down the warren
After the rabbit
Into the dark 

We didn’t notice breathing spores in
We might have had it
The feral spark

Down, down, down, down, down 

I followed Alice into a garden
Two, Five, and Seven drip crimson on the roses

Gentle hypnosis, they beg our pardon 
The queen’s in the lighthouse
She’ll throw herself away 

Down, down, down, down, down 

Into the tower
The incantation just keeps going
The deeper you fall in 
With every hour
The words more recent on the wall 
The brightness in your skin 

I followed Alice to the party
The tea was bloody
The silence overpowering 

We found the journals, thirty expeditions
Who lost their minds
With pockets full of posies

Into the tower
The incantation just keeps going
The deeper you fall in 
With every hour
The words more recent on the wall 
The brightness in your skin 

Phosphorescence
Give up what’s given to you 
Drink the potion
Eat the bread

They’re all human 
Run the samples through
The eye of the dolphin
Off with her head 

Down, down, down, down, down 

I followed Alice down the warren
After the rabbit
Into the dark

Alice - song sketch 23723

Johnny’s on his way
Johnny’s gonna escape 

Johnny found a car in the junkyard
A miracle it even starts
Johnny’s got his dog in the passenger side
His cat’s in the back, she’s ready to ride
Time to place your bets
Is Johnny right?

Johnny’s on his way
Johnny’s gonna escape
A map in his pocket
It’s yellow with age 
Driving southwest of center stage
Johnny’s on his way 

Johnny drives into the gaping night
The smog chokes out the moon
But it’s alright
Cassette’s in the player singing “Johnny Be Good”
And Johnny does his best but under the hood
Johnny’s gone on longer than he should

Johnny’s on his way
Johnny’s gonna escape
A map in his pocket
It’s yellow with age 
Driving southwest of center stage
Johnny’s on his way 

Oh, once upon a time on a western coast
Somebody loved him when Johnny needed it the most
Nothing left to say, just broken roads
But Johnny’s finding his way home 

Driving parallel to open sea
Johnny takes a breath
Johnny’s not there yet
Johnny holds on to memory 

Johnny’s on his way
Johnny’s gonna escape
A map in his pocket
It’s yellow with age 
Driving southwest of center stage
Johnny’s on his way 
Johnny’s on his way

Johnny’s On His Way - song sketch 23725

Co-written with Tacoma’s own Angie Lynn! 

You were already born 
Why’re you trying to fit inside a space that is too small for you? 
You

A million pieces left behind 
You can try, but the glue will never dry, dry 

No king’s horses, no king’s men
No cavalry’s coming 
There’s nothing to mend 

You can build a second skin
But it’s always gonna shed
You’re becoming more 
With every precognition in your head

Walk on wobbly legs
All alone in the forest
Looking for a model of yourself, self 

Tendons pop into place
Taking lessons from the steady legs
Of everybody else, else 

No body doubles, no training wheels

You can build a second skin
But it’s always gonna shed
You’re becoming more 
With every precognition in your head

Give it patience, give it time 
Don’t copy/paste
Just be yourself instead 

Now you’re picking up speed
Feet hitting the ground 
Forgetting all the broken pieces scattered all around
Feel the wind on your face
There’s no need to hide 
Take up all your space
All your hopes aligned 

You can build a second skin
But it’s always gonna shed
You’re becoming more 
With every precognition in your head

Give it patience, give it time 
Don’t copy/paste
Just be yourself instead 

Suddenly, you’re standing tall
I afraid of journeys up ahead

Second Skin - Angie Lynn co-write 23727

Body double
Where have you been?
I’ve been walking the world alone

Surrounded by pretty people
In tighter skin
I’ve been searching awhile

You have a brighter sheen
Like you can do anything
You are the mirror I always needed

Landslides in my mind
I’ve been shaking for miles

You are tectonic plates
Ooh, shifting into place
You stand me up to face myself 

We’re exponential when we’re together
Feel the potential
Rise from the ground untethered

Shameless on the other side
The weight is a point of pride
Gates have finally opened wide

Oh, oh, oh

Body double
Come back again
I’ll be walking tall

Body Double - song sketch 23801

New single from the upcoming album "Burn The Answers."

Starting Line

Enjoy the single "Let's Try" from the "This Far Alive" EP, coming 10/15.

Buy it on bandcamp here:  https://wondertruly.bandcamp.com/track/lets-try

Let's Try

Wonder Truly's debut folktronica EP arrives at last! 

Order your CD here:
https://wondertruly.bandcamp.com/album/clumsy-dancers

Clumsy Dancers

Stay Put

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Ohio Blue

Song #10 of February Album Writing Month: a co-write with my incredible and inimitable friend, Emily Anderson: https://emilyanderson.hearnow.com

Don’t Give Up - Emily Anderson co-write 2/16/21

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