Forecasting Emptiness

Forecasting Emptiness

The poignancy of loss couched in an aura of shame is amplified by the anxiety and inability to hide from the oppressive judgement from others.

Poignant, Wistful, Literate, Melancholy, Introspective, Relationships, Ballad, Folk, Cinematic, Choral, Acoustic Guitar, Dramatic, Singer-Songwriter

• Lyrics

  She slipped in this way
  Footprints at the door
  Some others will say
  Some others will say

  No callers today
  No cars on the streets
  Some others will say
  Some others will say

  Cold nights ahead
  Forecasting EMPTINESS
  Alone in this bed
  Forecasts of EMPTINESS
  Heading this way

  She slipped out again
  No key for the door
  Some others will say
  Some others will say

  No silver is set
  No blankets or sheets
  Some others will say
  and others will say

  Cold nights ahead
  Forecasting EMPTINESS
  Alone in this bed
  Forecasts of EMPTINESS

  Heading this way
  Forecasts of emptiness

The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones

A drum and bass ballad chronicles the confessions of a duplicitous political operative caught in the turmoil of an unfolding coup. We are not quite certain of the magnitude of their crimes or just what sides this partisan was on.

EDM, Drum and Bass, Thriller, Political Intrigue, Electronic, Storytelling, Betrayal, Spycore

• Lyrics

  Oh, you lucky ones, arrived today
  To play this forward, back, replay
  Our lucky ones, arrived, today
  The leaning forward guards in grey

  I have counseled and misled them
  I have cheated and I’ve lied
  Everything for love of country
  I am here and I survived

  and, those shouting ones, who ran away
  YOU play this forward, back, replay
  without the guns, or teeth to stay
  and meet the forward guards in grey

  I have courted and betrayed them
  I deleted and denied
  Everything, for myth of country
  We are here, and he survived

  Oh, you lucky ones, arrived today
  Let’s play this forward, back, replay
  To chart a path and hide the way
  for leading forward guards in grey

Never

Never

Pensive cinematic trip hop fuels this interior dialogue of betrayal and abandonment. Is this a rumor of an illicit affair, a clandestine meeting, an incidence of espionage, or an invention of her panicking imagination?

Soundtrack, Betrayal, Romantic, Relationships, Psycho-Drama, Strings, Distress, Cinematic, Atmospheric

• Lyrics

  is that you?
  I know we said, let’s take this somewhere else, instead,
  is that you?
  I thought I heard but can’t remember,
  maybe missing, maybe later
  is that you?

  I know we said, let’s take this somewhere else, instead,
  is that you?
  I thought I heard but can’t remember,
  maybe missing, maybe later
  is that you?

  ta ta ta ta ta ta
  talk to me, say you never
  ta ta ta ta ta ta
  talk to me, say we never, never …

  is that you?
  where is the key, I left another in my sweater,
  is that you?
  I thought I knew your name, I called
  you didn’t, ever answer
  is that you?

  I know we said, let’s make this one time even better,
  is that you?
  I heard this sound but that’s real long that I can’t remember,
  is that you?
  maybe lost it, losing us together
  is that you?

  ta ta ta ta ta ta
  talk to me, say you never
  ta ta ta ta ta ta
  talk to me, say we never, never …

Wild Skies

Wild Skies

A gothic country ballad with a hint of techno recounts the inability to save someone who cannot see their own plight or admit surrender to the well-meaning care from others.

Ballad, Poetic, Cinematic, Soundtrack, Songwriter, Country, Gothic-Country, Country-Rock, Electronic, Ambient, Shoegaze

• Lyrics

  There was that awkward pause in her parting phrase,
  going down this road before the world was paved.
  That silent ah--awards an early grave,
  is our bridge too far for those we want to, save

  When all the time was just another shifting load,
  on the shoulders of three brothers down the road.
  All hesitating and unevenness displayed,
  on the bridge too far for those we want to, save away

  Ohh, the wild skies are not safe shelter in the storm
  But their beauty is a fury we all know
  Down from heaven, into heaven we all go,
  from these fields of dust and clay where we were grown.

  When your sister, or some mother sits alone
  In a cell made out of cardboard for a home
  In a nest of all the troubles she can claim
  the bridge too far for those who won’t be saved

  Ohh, the wild skies are not safe shelter in the storm
  But their beauty is a fury we all know
  Down from heaven, into heaven we all go,
  from these fields of dust and clay where we were grown.

  Ohh, the wild skies are not safe shelter in the storm
  But their beauty is a fury we all know
  Down from heaven, into heaven we all go,
  from these fields of dust and clay where we were grown

A Crossing

A Crossing

An acoustic folk song unfolds as journal entries made by those fleeing a dangerous life-threatening conflict, invasion or industrial disaster. The chorus is a damning lament against those who would choose chaos over peace.

Ballad, Poignant, Melancholy, Protest, Folk, Cinematic, Introspective, Acoustic Guitar, Singer-Songwriter, Political

• Lyrics

  we turned face
  at the crossing
  tumbled back
  toward a town
  we fled
  before that morning
  when the metal rains
  fell to the ground

  we strayed through
  brush and brambles
  off the roads
  away from crowds
  we slept
  by day in ditches
  inching and uncertain
  following the sound

  when you’re summoned by a savior
  who disdains all those we love
  will you follow blind and willing
  will you kiss the empty glove
  will you bellow, bleed and kill then
  will you shoot the white wing dove?

  we chanced there
  at the river
  a shivering child
  in tear-stained gown
  we fed
  her full at morning
  and repaired
  her golden crown

  we turned to face
  the current
  no falling back
  no standing down
  we braved
  despite the warning,
  drones were swarming
  gathering in clouds

  when you’re summoned by a savior
  who disdains all those we love
  will you follow blind and willing
  will you kiss the empty glove
  will you bellow, bleed and kill then
  will you shoot the white wing dove?

Beyond the Size of Me

Beyond the Size of Me

Set within a fusion of contemporary electronic styles, a nomadic cyborg woman searches through her synthetic memories to discover herself as an indigenous girl looking toward a resplendent future. A time where her ancestor’s world will be gloriously revived to thrive again.

Trip-Hop, IDM, Ambient, Singer-Songwriter, Avantgarde, Experimental, Glitch-Hop, Future Bass, Folktronica, Cloud-Trap, Pop

• Lyrics

  all the seasons lost
  deer people calling all
  toward the shining peak
  we see, we see, I see
  beyond the size of me
  our destiny – unsealed

  light was stolen

  Sweet smoke leans in
  Leans in to our eyes
  Sweet tears
  Are the tears of our fathers
  All those fathers
  Who climbed this way,
  Way, way back
  climbed this way before us

  way, way, way back
  before the sun
  that bore us, before the moon
  illumined
  she wept
  into this song

  their sweet smoke sways and circles
  my ember heart.
  Our trilling tears are iridescent
  When remembered
  Lives recalled

  When remembered
  Lives recalled
  all the seasons lost
  toward the shining peak
  we see, we see, I see
  beyond the size of me
  our destiny – unsealed

  be yours, doesn’t fall

  we see, I see

  beyond
  beyond the size of me
  our destiny

Voltage in the Wire

Voltage in the Wire

Jazz inflected groove with a nod to music of the Middle East gives a dark and unflinching look at human frailty and the consequence of our choices.

Alt Rock, Soundtrack, Songwriter, Spoken Word, Dramatic, Hypnotic, Poetic, Gritty, Trip-Hop, World, Jazz, Noir

• Lyrics

  This small man goes bumpin' to the top
  where the sad man sits shattered and lost
  There were two men in the ring for a night
  Neither man had a stomach for the fight

  This blonde chick goes bendin’ for some cash
  where tha blue girl’s slippin’ roofies down the hatch
  both women with a leper’s luck to lose
  skippin’, flippin’ in some shiny shiny shoes

  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a drink, takes another never learns
  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a drink, takes another never learns

  Two kids wearing daddy’s pistol just for fun
  Swipen’ comics, Shootin’ bottles, Chewin’ gum
  One trips, loses balance, on the curb
  Nails the other, in the silence, not a word

  Two men, cutting corners, carved in steel
  Shaking hands, behind our backs, cementing deals
  Both, tongue waggers wielding armies, might and fire
  Set a scene, where no one will escape the voltage in the wire

  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a drink, takes another never learns
  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a shot, takes another never learns

Twin Flame

Twin Flame

Soaring 70’s era British glam rock with impressionistic lyrics for time travelers tells a tale of alienation, loss, and bittersweet illumination. Channeling an uncanny early Bowie vibe, the singer watches from a distance as his old comrades fall in ruin unable to keep pace with life’s challenges.

Anthem, Singer-Songwriter, Poetic, Nostalgic, Glam, Rock, Emotional, Bowiesque, Epic, Introspective

• Lyrics

  and those other men left wanting
  without wings they cannot fly
  though the era they were haunting
  left them standing by the side

  of the road that glowed in ruin
  never reaching far inside
  they are frozen left there standing,
  when the center starts to slide

  here we are a place apart
  so near we are to center
  here we are a place apart
  the port before we enter

  and those other men left wanting
  without wings they cannot fly
  in this era we are haunting
  wait and watching by and bye

  here we are a place apart
  so near we are to center
  here we are a place apart
  the port before we enter
  here we are a place apart
  so near we are to center
  here we are a place apart
  the port before we enter

Lover’s Reel

Lover’s Reel

Blending Celtic folk with contemporary pop production, this light and festive celebration is based on drawing archetypal cards from the Tarot. In turn, the priestess, the child, the sun, the wheel, and the lovers all make an appearance in this dancing lover’s reel.

Soundtrack, Reel, Folk, Tarot, Electronic, Folktronica, Celtic, Classical, Fiddle, Mystical, Period-Drama

• Lyrics

  burst through the door
  all welcome smiles
  across the floor
  and in the aisles
  the circle spinning
  on the dial

  and wrap your arms
  around another
  meet his eyes now
  greet another
  the circle spinning
  on the dial

  Here comes the priestess on her drum
  Here comes the child
  Here comes the Sun
  Here comes the one who spins the wheel
  Here comes the dancing lover's reel

  now watch them soar
  all blissful smiles
  rise off the floor
  leap from the aisles
  the circle spinning
  on the dial

  and wrap your arms
  around another
  meet her eyes now
  be the other
  the circle spinning
  on the dial

  Here comes the priestess on her drum
  Here comes the child
  Here comes the Sun
  Here comes the one who spins the wheel
  Here comes the dancing lover's reel

Breathe

Breathe

Expansive electronic lyricism asks the listener to fully embrace themselves to live each moment to its fullest potential, triumphant and fully embodied in one’s own skin.

Ecstatic, Sprituality, Minimalism, Singer-Songwriter, Electronic, New Age, Breathwork, Positive-Vibe

• Lyrics

  Bring In
  a deeper peace
  Exhale
  lay down the weight
  Breath in
  all you see
  and out again
  now deep release

  Be in
  the soaring grace
  Breath out
  the brilliant air
  Inhale
  a vital life
  now out again
  expanding peace

  We’re near and always hold you dear
  We see what pins and pains
  A breath of fire will mend and clear
  Our love surrounds your name

  Embrace
  be in your skin
  Exhale
  to your toes and down
  Breath in
  to fill the world
  and out again
  to bless the ground

  Be in
  the soaring grace
  Breath out
  the brilliant air
  Inhale
  a vital life
  now out again
  expanding peace