August 1, 2023
Stuck in Park
A song written from inside the disorientation of dementia, where the world no longer lines up with memory. Its plea for help is simple, devastating, and impossible to answer fully.
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Songs Published in 2023
8 songs
December 3, 2023
Cassandra's Lullaby
A ballad, named for the Trojan prophetess who was never believed. The lyric moves from present calm — breezes, branches, quietude — to a contemplation of cosmic scale and personal smallness, and returns to the...
November 9, 2023
Love is What Love Survives
A song of love as ordeal, residue, and persistence. Rather than praising romance in easy terms, it treats love as something that burns, wounds, and endures — what remains after illusion and heat have passed.
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September 16, 2023
Let it Lie
A folk song about choosing not to examine what you believe, and what that choice costs. The verses address the subject directly but without contempt, and the final refrain offers an alternative: "you don't...
January 19, 2023
Ring Around the Lizard
A song about the limbic system — the reptile brain — and how it limits reason, shapes belief, and gets exploited by media and religion. Five verses work through different contexts: church, news, social media....
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December 28, 2023
Earth Sign
A folk-jazz song, following a walk with a companion through the last cold days of a season. The turns — maj7 and m7 shapes throughout — give it a warm suspension. The bridge is wordless until the last time...
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July 2, 2023
Vivid Blue
A reflective song about watching the political moment from a porch, with a hummingbird and a pipe for company. The verses describe normalcy giving way to something harder to name, and the refrain arrives at...
