Into the Woods – Single

I haven’t released music in over a year. This single from my next album is the studio version of Into the Woods with a beat I produced. I think it turned out pretty cool. Lyrics below:

So halfway in the breaths I take.
And made for stepping back.
To move on with such resistance
For never being asked.

Dear Lord, what did I do?
Why am I here? How did I lose?
Life at every single turn ruins my goodwill.
One of many targets with a mission to kill.

It’s the endless circle, no matter what’s in the way.
The empty void, no matter what fills the space.
I grip the rope a little longer in my hands.
Ground my grief. Perfect my plans.

Into the woods, by the water, in the weeds.
Beneath a dark blanket of trees.
Soul is tired saving self.
Some lives here are worse than death.

Dear Lord, what did I do?
Why am I here? How did I lose?
Into the woods, by the water, in the weeds.
Beneath a dark blanket of trees.

Soul is tired saving self.
Some lives here are worse than, worse than death.
Worse than death.

What Stays Is Real

Another little song. Recorded last year sometime before things in life went really off. It’s a poem I wrote thinking about what actually does stick around when people and beliefs leave us. What abandonment can turn us into.

The arctic edge I am called.
You rid me of my heart
And the memories always hand me over to the dark.
Since I taste better treated like dirt.
So much easier doubting my own worth.
In the alternate yes is my other self
Solely, willing, seeking death.

Rid of all reasons, hurt to the end.
Positions the blade and lays down her head.
Life is disturbance no others outdo
And nothing so honest survives the truth.
No one makes it through.

Some version of mercy reveals your grace.
What stays is real and dies unchanged.
Quiet the voice. We forget every face.
What stays is real and remains.

Cold of the Earth

Cold of the Earth

Leave me where I stop.
Forget my beating heart as I lean into the drop.
Wanted as much as I never am alive.
Continue me, out of sight, out of mind.

The human ruin brought to life.
Pierce my skin. The blood will cry
I don’t matter. I am alone.
And all I ever wanted. Collect my bones.

Soul in the dark, you have my dream.
Cold of the earth has a place for me.

All the wants and needs and ways you try.
To bear failure and grieve is why.
Just continue me out of sight, out of mind.
Out of every single reason left to survive.

Soul in the dark, you have my dream.
Cold of the earth has a place for me.


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