home ; 11aug2021 (Patreon)

I went over to my friend Soren's house this week with a Zoom recorder and my mom's guitar to ask a bunch of questions about recording techniques and composition. We set my field recorder up proper and recorded this song in his studio. He even cleaned up the room noise and did some lite mixing and mastering afterward. Many thanks for the lessons & gifts.

This is my newest song, Home. It's pretty transparently about grief. Lyrics follow.

home

I bought myself new sheets

hoping it would help me sleep

here I am again

stripping velvet from my fingers

gripping ropes of sand

tessellated promises

the smell of death and cigarettes

it lingers

open a damn window, please

open the damn windows

here I go again

heaving softly over the edge

even old trees bend

have you been here recently?

thought I felt a heart beat

on the wind...

come, they are circling

step with them in time

stay for the tuning bell

just don't miss your ride

home

don't miss your ride home