Thursday, March 12, 2009

HI HI HI HI HI !!!!!!!!!!

HELLO!

so it is 4:01 am where I am in minnesota...
hmm.

i just opened garage band and wrote a mediocre techno song.

go check it out on my bands myspace.
here:

http://www.myspace.com/downtothewireband


it might change your life... maybe not.. hmm.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Aren't You Curious?

Well, I haven't written anything in a while.. (on here) school being ..well school. I hate it.
Well this song in untitled so far.. ill change that when i get a title..

So, this song is about, well more From the perspective of a soldier, in my mind it seems better to think of it as a soldier form WWI or WWII (and to put yourself in their shoes) the imagery impressed in your mind will be greater that way.

Anyway, its about a morning after not sleeping cause you fear for your life, being camped in enemy territory, and then things going terribly wrong, having horrible memories, and coming to the conclusion, you want out. your friends just died, and this is not fair.. then just lying there horribly wounded and you cant remember anything but the screams of children and those you have killed, then it is the end, and you wonder what it would be like if you could try everything again.

Aren't You Curious?





Daybreak comes and we have not slept
The smoke comes with morning light
The bombs crash down as the buildings fall
The fields are gone, They're just trenches now
Body's strewn across the ground

My mind is numb but so awake
The sound of gunshots, my knees fall to the dust
I awoke to find myself in tears
Not a soul, no voices, silence
Just the echo of my fears

Let me out, My friends are gone
I'm lying here, I'm the only one
Let me out, This is not right
Let me out.
I am done.


The screams of children in the air
It's all I remember, this is not fair
I see the light break through the smoke
The deepest red ... like all the blood I have shed


Let me out, My friends are gone
I'm lying here, I'm the only one
Let me out, This is not right
Let me out.
I am done.


I'm sorry to say, this is the end
I wish we could start all over again

Aren't You Curious?

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Twenty-Three Below.

hello hello!
it is 5:57 am right now.. and i have still not gone to bed.
yes I am insane I know.
just tonight I saw this amazing songwriter named SHEVY SMITH. check out her songs on her MYSPACE>

So, I have been super down lately, all I wanna do it play shows with my band! I cant wait to get back this summer, I have 2 songs that I have to write.. (joke songs. of course.)
well, anyways, here is an old lyric for ya, I wrote this one on a plane.. the stewardess got kinda angry.. cause I took my guitar out and started writing a song. but hey inspiration waits for no one.. even if its 1 am any you are on a plane.. ha. so, this song is about this girl I have an enormous crush on.. she is in california, so I was flying away from Cali to Minnesota, and I really really missed her, I wrote this song.. so. It's begins on a plane, the main part of the song is about being in freezing cold weather but not "being" cold. and Then Not being able to wait to get back to be with her..
too bad she has no idea i like her.. BLAST.
so without saying another word:



Twenty-Three Below




Thirty thousand feet above the ground
Lights shining all around
I can't seem to find how
To get your smile out of my mind

The seven wonders can't compare
With your beauty so fair
Everything about you wild
My favorite color is your smile

Temperature says its twenty-three below
I can't seem to find a way to be cold
With thoughts of you running through my mind.

I can't wait to return to those shores
Stand bare feet in the sand
Watch the sun fade away
With your hand, your hand in mine

Temperature says its twenty-three below
I can't seem to find a way to be cold
With thoughts of you running through my mind.

Temperature says its twenty-three below
I can't seem to find a way to be cold
With thoughts of you running through my mind.

We'll run around without any shoes
We will act like fools
We'll skip across those California shores
And watch everyone fade away

Temperature says its twenty-three below
I can't seem to find a way to be cold
With thoughts of you running through my mind.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Tonight.

HEllo.
so this is more or less a love song.
i know the title is used a lot these days but hey its ok i wrote it a while back, before everyone started using it.. people seem to like it.. its a pretty decent song. but it depicts how i was feeling at that moment in time. so.. ya. hmm that was short. so here ya go.
i just finished it like 4 seconds ago, the last bridge is brand new. mmm.



Tonight.

As the Rain falls...
Falls Down on us..
The Ground beneath me Shakes,
The sound of thunder follows you.

I don't wanna fall asleep tonight,
I don't wanna hear you say goodbye,
I just want you here.
Tonight.

As the clouds Roar..
Thoughts of you caress me,
As I;m sitting here alone...
in the dark.

I don't wanna fall asleep tonight,
I don't wanna hear you say goodbye,
I just want you here.
Tonight.


As my soul explodes
Like Rockets from my heart
My stillness is driving me mad
Cause the stars are dancing tonight, so why can we

cause

I don't wanna fall asleep tonight,
I don't wanna hear you say goodbye,
I just want you here.
Tonight.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

When We Were Young

Well hello.
I found out I get to play a show with this awesome band called Backstories.. you should check them out HERE.
It's pretty sweet; we are paling at my school, so hopefully a ton of people come! Its gonna be fun, I was just laying out the show today, I'm gonna play normal songs just guitar and vocals, and a cover of my other band but On the UKULELE! yup, haha, and a new demo I am working on for the studio. Which are the lyrics im gonna have you read today. and I'm doing it a awesomely interesting way! On banjo, with Harmonica around my neck, and playing the Tambourine with my feet! it has been interesting getting used to playing three instruments at once..

OK. So, lyrics, this song is called When We Were Young. It's about childhood innocence, and imagination. Childhood adventure, and foresight. i will post video of this when the show is over, the show is Feb 11th, at 7. So, probably expect video around... the 14th. sweet! yup yup/ so ya, without further anything..

When We Were Young

Wont you come walk with me
We'll go hunt bumble bees
We could play hide and seek
Just count to ten, and promise not to peek

Don't you wish we were free
Like we were when we were wee little lads
We could go play in the sand
Make a castle tall and grand

Let's play make believe
Your the princess and I'm the knight on my steed
I'll storm those castle walls
Until that dragon falls

Now your standing there in that same place
With a smile on your face
But now we're twenty-three
I'm down on one knee, and you say..


Wont you come walk with me
We'll go hunt bumble bees

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Something New.

SWEET day!
so if you look right below this blog post, you will see one entitled, "Thoughts of You" so read that next before obeying instructions after reading this one.. (was that phrased confusingly? probably.. haha) ok so, the lyrics for this song are about letting out a secret, and seeing well hoping for an outcome.. which i will be living out my lyrics for the girl they were written about in hmmm 4 months.. when i get to see her! she still doesnt know i like her.. and all my friends are like "What the gay man!?" haha ya, i know its ridiculous, i have liked her for like a year and a half now almost two when i tell her.. ridiculous, but over that time, (as you can see in "Thoughts of You") I have fallen for her big time... so ya, hmm where was i.. ok. so, yes. i=both of these songs i just did demo recordings of and are on my myspace page so go to:

http://www.myspace.com/downtothewireband

and check them out after you read the lyrics for each.. and their story.
so yas,
without further a do..


Something New

There's this secret that I've kept.
Something dark something deep.
It's inside everything that I have ever said.
Every word of every song i've sung for you.
You could make me collide with my dreams

tonight.

Let's cast away all our tears and all our fears
I have you, If you'll have me
Lets start something new.

Wont you come here with me.
We'll watch the stars fade away.
From underneath a moon lit sky.
trading dreams tonight.

Let's cast away all our tears and all our fears
I have you, If you'll have me
Lets start...

something new, something true
something beyond me or you.
something new, something true
something beyond me or you.

Let's cast away all our tears and all our fears
I have you, If you'll have me
Lets start something new.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Thoughts of you.

WOW, I have not written on here in a while, school just started back up, and wow, lame. so here we are again, I am sitting here in Mankato, MN eating a Cookie.
This, song... its about. well, a girl. ya. a love song you could say. you will laugh at this once you read the lyrics. hehe. well, she is about 2000 miles away from me right now.. and she (to my knowledge) has no idea that I have, well, fallen for her. so, ya. thats pretty much what this song is about, enjoy, leave comments.

Thoughts of You.


The ocean burns like my heart.
The sun beats down like your gaze.
I'm transfixed within your site.
I'm Paralyzed.

My head explodes with these things, thoughts of you.
I don't know.... What should i do?
My heart explodes with these things, thoughts of you.
I love you...I love you.

You seem to enjoy our time.
but i hide the things inside.
everyone else, they seem to know.
Why can't I just open your eyes!

My head explodes with these things, thoughts of you.
I don't know.... What should i do?
My heart explodes with these things, thoughts of you.
I love you...I love you.

My heart explodes, i love you.
My thoughts spill out.
My thoughts explode, i love you.
My love spills out, my heart is yours.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Burning Away With Time.

Hello all!
Well, i played a show in California the day after Christmas, it was pretty sweet i must say so. had fun, first time i played a show as my new band, "The Dinner Party", pretty exciting! i got a great response to how the songs sounded, by friends and tons of drunk people........haha, and just random folks that were there for the other bands.

Well, that makes me very happy, a friend of mine told me that these lyrics were the best that I had ever written, and my other friend who played drums for me said it was the best melody I had written yet, so we decided to turn it into something huge! And, we ended with it, it was amazing, luckily I have not started to record this one yet, so I know exactly how I want it to turn out sounding.

I wrote it cause of something my friend had said on facebook and so she kinda spurred on the lyrics for this song, so, ya. the song is pretty much about, how we live, and who we are, what we do, and just Burning (that will make more sense when you have read the lyrics).

So, without more rambling:

Burning Away With Time.

What can you do without your heart?
you're not content
But can you ever really be
When you can't love?

Wont you come sing with me?
We'll yell to the people "Please,
you only got one life let it be,
something they never would have seen"

cause we're just burning away with time
just burning away
we're burning away with time
burning away

What can you do without your heart?
you're not content
But can you ever really be
When you can't love?
come now away with me
we'll live, live these songs we're singing


Wont you come sing with me?
We'll Scream to the people "Please,
you only got one life let it be,
something they never would have seen"

cause we're just burning away with time
just burning away
we're burning away with time
burning away


Well, Lets burn for the songs we sang
not burn away
Burn now with the songs we sang
not away
Burn for the world to see
NOT BURN AWAY!!!

cause they're just

burning away with time
burning away

Sunday, December 7, 2008

RECORDING!!

AHHHH!!!
yesterday was the first day in the recording studio!!
12 hrs. and we got about 1/2 a song done.. haha but it is starting to sound AMAZING!!!!! ah i cannot wait for you guys to hear it!!!! its such a fun album, and i have like this huge arsenal of instruments at my disposal!!! anything i can pretty much imagine i am able to play.. everything on this album is going to be real, real instruments that is. and completely Acoustic nothing electronically. and that has shown to be a daunting challenge.

i am very excited about this album and the direction i am going in with it. . its fun, easy listening, and epic! and that makes me happy!! the ending for the song we started yesterday is the most amazing ending to a song you will ever hear in your life! ahhh! i love church bells. haha. pure awesome. well i much go eat brunch now. so i Hope you all have a fabulous day! and here are some lyrics for you. incomplete. but in the process. hope you like. just the first verse.


untitled. (so far.)


Strolling through this barren winter land
No Inspiration comes to hand
Everyone says its so majestic
I cant seem to digest it.

The snow angels glistened
But now they've flown away
Like everything else
I'm left here cold, waiting for May.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Clamatic Silence

Alrighty! i get to start recording my album this Saturday!! so here is another song to read! ha, well its called Clamatic Silence, no i dint spell that wrong, CLAMATIC, its probably not a word but I'm using it anyways. Its the use of the word Calamity like a loud silence, kinda an oxymoron. well it works for me so I'm using it. there is no other word that works well enough so i had to make one. i have felt (am feeling this) its also for a friend who is going through some stuff that sucks monkey balls, so i wrote a song about it, mostly about feeling like there is something inside you and you need to get it out you know its there and its just growing and growing, until it snaps. something occurs at that moment something beautiful, this thing you have been feeling this calamity inside portrayed as silence, is let free, now do something with it.

Clamatic Silence-



We go by with questions
Without answers in our hearts
(We don't see the emptiness inside)
And we try to live content
But we can't haul this all
(No, its too much to hide)

And there's this Clamatic Silence
Screaming out, Inside of me
I wanna shout, scream out loud

Waves breaking
I cant breathe now
(Won't you be my snorkel)
I gasp for breath
I need your help
(Come resuscitate me)

And there's this Clamatic Silence
Screaming out, Inside of me
I wanna shout, scream out loud

BREAK!!

There's this Clamatic Silence
Screaming out, from inside of me
I'm shouting out, Screaming Now.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Moments.

OK, so.
i get to start recording my Solo record Dec 6th!!
very strange, all songs that no one has heard, and everything (well kinda) is Completely acoustic for every song, until the end of the album, you see all the songs fit together like a lifetime, everything is about thoughts, sounds, emotions, and one love song, cause what is life without love?
Then at the end of the album all the choruses and bridges of all the songs will come together, and explode, massive harmonies, and all these electronic instruments it will be the hugest most epic end to a record you will ever hear. everything will be combined, cause they say when you die your life flashes before your eyes.
The name of the album is "Over and Out" its an oxymoron, but it fits the idea of the record completely, keep in mind though this is not a Conceptualized record, not a concept record, more of a record of life. a biographical story. so, some more lyrics for you for one of the songs.. so without further a-do: "Moments"


There's a park bench at noon
I sit on everyday. everyday.
Watch the people passing by
Buried in their busy lives. buried deep.
Their racing, sprinting
Through a mapped out life, today
Won't you break away? (break away)

Could you spare a moment?
Could you spare your mind?
Are you even listening,
To whats going on?
The trees sway, the footsteps echo
The wind in your hair, my words sung in despair.

I sit here everyday,
at noon at yesterday. yesterday.
The same people passing by,
Underneath the same old sky. buried deep.
Their racing, sprinting
Through their mapped out lives again. Break away


Could you spare a moment?
Could you spare your mind?
Are you even listening,
To whats going on?
The trees sway, the footsteps echo
The wind in your hair, my words sung in despair.

These moments fading now
Time is running out
These moments fading fast
Weren't these made to last

Monday, November 24, 2008

Tearing Through The Night.

The Situation:
so I'm writing this art history paper right now, i hate school so much you wouldn't understand, i know some people don't like school sure, but, nothing as dramatic as me, seriously i would rather be in prison than here, i want to just leave, go play music all over the united states; even if i had to walk everywhere i would like it better. School was not made for me, or I just not for it.
The Rut:
I don't want to disappoint my mother, I'm going to school to try and make her proud, "be a good kid", but it doesn't feel that way, it just feels like i am getting into tremendous Debt, and not having fun doing it, not enjoying it at all, and waisting her money, that's just what it feels like, i don't know anymore, i am a sophomore. Still i want to make her proud, i know that might not be a good thing, but, she has spent her whole life just being the best mother she has ever been, doing everything she could for all four of us, most of the time understanding what we are going through, and i want to show her that, that means something to me and this seems like the best way to do it, but i can't stand it here, at this very moment a tear just fell on my desk, seriously i don't know how much longer i can take it, (no not life, I'm not talking about suicide) just this life in general, that i have been put into, where i am at, i mean sure there are little things that are good and awesome. but the big picture is i hate this. completely,
i usually write music and songs about how i feel, here is how i feel right now, the "she" in the song can be interpreted as you may like, i wrote it about 45 min ago, and my intent for it is a girl in California i am crazy about, but i guess subconsciously i could have been writing about my mother too.. her we go..

The Song Lyrics. :


Tearing Through The Night

Could insanity explain this all?
To talk to the world.

Dear moon,
Would you please not shine tonight?
I don't wanna have to write
Another limerick or rhyme
A sonnet of love I cannot express
Of actions I cannot accept as Voluntary
Not truly

The Firefly's begin to twinkle in the twilight
Like the town used to, Tearing through the night
My thoughts are tearing through the night

Darkness Screaming Now
Angels Crying Loud
Twilight Breaking, I can't breath now
I cant take this,

Could Insanity explain this all?
To talk to the world.

Dear sun,
Could you please not shine so bright?
Your hurting my tear filled eyes,
Could you fade into the distance?
That would be a glorious Surprise
I don't wanna have to write words
I cannot Verbalize
Words she wouldn't understand.


The Firefly's begin to twinkle in the twilight
Like the town used to, Tearing through the night
My thoughts are tearing through the night

Darkness Screaming Now
Angels Crying Loud
Twilight Breaking, I can't breath now
I cant take this,

My heart breaks,
Angels cry,
I just lie,
This world is full of fakes,
I just sye,
I need to try,
Even when my heart breaks.

Darkness Screaming Now
Angels Crying Loud
Twilight Breaking, I try to breath now
I fight this all.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Depressing Much?

ok so, today is an alright day, a thoughtful day. this is the beginning of a song i started working on, just the first verse, so far, kinda depressing im not gunna lie, just some stuff going on in life and with others.. i wanted to try and get it all finished today but it is better if you let this kinda stuff stool a bit, it makes you more angry and then the words come easier... but im playing a battle of the bands in about 45min. so i need to get ready, here it goes.


I feel the hate
This worthless trait,
Embraced
Around this world today.
I can't give in
I mussent fall,
Our minds play tricks on us all.
I feel so empty, so empty
Misplaced,
I dont belong here,
I can not call this home..

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Listen.

ok, so some of you may have heard of an organization called invisible children. And, if you haven't, go hear about it!
Anyways, I am a songwriter,and after I watched their documentary "Rough Cut" I wrote a song about how it made me feel. well really it started out as a poem and blossomed into a song.

Hopefully my band will get it recorded soon and ill be able to post a clip of it up so you will actually be able to hear it, so, anyways, sorry about rambling, i do it when it is 2:52 am, and i have to be at the Plasma donating place to get jabbed in my arm with a giant needle at 9am yay!!! ha.
OK so anyways here are the lyrics read them and be moved my them, listen to them and let them change you, think about life and the things around it. go. -->

Thousands of voices all as one
echo through my mind
fear and heartache, death and war
prayers of an end
(this isnt the end..)

Can you hear them screaming?
Can you feel the chill in the darkness?
Can you feel their hearts racing?
Are you even listening?
(listen..)

tales of a mother, tears for her son
a pain i can't explain
all the children missing
where have they gone?
(come back to us..)

Can you hear them screaming?
Can you feel the chill in the darkness?
Can you feel their hearts racing?
Are you even listening?
(listen..)

Are you listening to the voice
In the back of your mind
The one telling you
Everything isn't fine?