what happens now ; 5may2017 (Patreon)

I'd like to share some of my music as I've recorded it in bedrooms and basements over the past several years, collated here, in this curated digital space. These files are rehearsals, early iterative pieces of songs, and live performances in intimate spaces recorded using the voice memo app on my old iPhone. They are unfiltered, single take experiences.

This first song I wrote for mandolin in 2014. It is called What Happens Now. Lyrics follow.

What Happens Now

the TV keeps me company

says sex is sick and violence is the cure

it's funny, when you put it that way

I don't really wanna watch it anymore

oh, the news on the radio says that

we'll all die, but we'll be fine

if we went to college

we might be acknowledged

tell me the truth, I'm old enough to hear it

and young enough to still think it can change

what happens now can't be put off 'til tomorrow

even when you choose to look astray

now happens anyway

how come I am so far removed

from the body I was given at my birth

I don't know about you,

but I struggle finding place upon this earth

tell me the truth, I'm old enough to hear it

and young enough to still think it can change

from up in the clouds, it seems clear that we're surrounded

I hope you float