5 songs
May 6, 2022
A folk song, about being stranded by history — "a casualty of one of history's near rhymes." The walking verses and the plain refrain carry a Woody Guthrie-adjacent feel, and the narrator sounds more resigned...
October 19, 2019
A reflective song about being too far gone to try. The verses use a three-part structure — love you/want you/touch you but can't reach you — and the bridge acknowledges the other person's good intentions...
2024
A song, about watching someone you disagree with get what they wanted — and knowing the costs will be paid by others. The bridge admits the narrator's helplessness, and the refrain gives the only available...
2010
A wry, easygoing song about loving someone whose pace is impossible to match. Rather than fighting it, the singer steps aside with a smile, letting the refrain carry equal parts affection, admiration, and...
May 19, 2019
A political song built as a rolling catalog of public types, false prophets, and ordinary people trying to get by while things decay around them. The refrain carries a tired fatalism, but the song itself still...
