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Silk Dress 3:390:00/3:39
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Boots 4:080:00/4:08
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Mr Nightowl 3:500:00/3:50
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Stone Cold Killer 4:160:00/4:16
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Tapping Away 3:590:00/3:59
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Fly On The Wall 4:110:00/4:11
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Star 4:030:00/4:03
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Rosary Beads 4:280:00/4:28
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Soldier 6:020:00/6:02
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Lottery 3:260:00/3:26
"Silk Dress" - Backstory and Lyrics - Released 24 February 2022
“Silk Dress” was inspired by me recently reflecting on being a 5-year-old belting out Avril Lavigne’s “Skater Boy” on SingStar. I wanted to be a musician after hearing that track. She was my Celebrity Crush! At the time I wanted to play in a band with her. So, I decided to write a song about it. It is based around a young musician who aspires to being a successful artist making it on the charts. She embraces the lifestyle and dedicates her life to her music. If follows a similar theme to my recent song “Boots” in pursuing your dreams and doing the things you want to do in your life. So here's "Silk Dress".
“Silk Dress” - Lyrics
She put a silk dress on today
Applied a fresh new coat of paint
And reassured to herself that she's doing okay
She's got those cherry blossom eyes
A candid smirk to makes things right
I swear to God that she is one of a kind
She plays the bass when I play guitar
I'll write a hook so she can sing along
We'll dance to the beat and party so hard
She will not go home till she hits the charts
She makes the most out of each day
By pushing a pen to the page
And let her thoughts run wild not putting them to waste
She's always seemed so headstrong
Even when life it got so dark
She'd power through it all no she would never stop
She plays the bass when I play guitar
I'll write a hook so she can sing along
We'll dance to the beat and party so hard
She will not go home till she hits the charts
*Guitar Solo* 8 bars
When I'm at my worst, yeah she'll be there to lift the curse and
Take away the hurt, she'll carry me to nirvana
I may not have the words to say exactly how I'm feeling
But honestly to me you'll always be the light into my dark, my harmony
She plays the bass, I play guitar
I'll write a hook, she'll sing along
She plays the bass when I play guitar
I'll write a hook so she can sing along
We'll dance to the beat and party so hard
She will not go home till she hits the charts
She plays the bass when I play guitar
I'll write a hook so she can sing along
We'll dance to the beat and party so hard
She will not go home till she hits the charts
"Boots" - Backstory and Lyrics - Released 1 Dec 2021
The underlying message of Boots is about life choices and pursuing your dreams with gusto. Living a life with no regrets. I am like everyone and have periods of self-doubt and that feeling of being paralysed in not pursuing my goals. "Boots" is all about overcoming your own reservations and making the first steps in achieving your goals in life. No matter how big a goal it is. Figure we are all on borrowed time, so we may as well do the things we dream of doing and turn those dreams into reality. Whether that succeeds or not, it doesn’t really matter. Its about having a crack and not looking back with regret of wonder what if !
So …… I wrote a song about it called “Boots”.
"Boots" - Lyrics
We've all got pressures, that we deal on the daily
We've all got problems, that we just try to hide behind
And now the fact of the matter, is that the days just keep on racing I've had enough of the chatter,
No I won't be left behind
But the world it keeps on turning
And the clock it just won't stop I better get my shit together
Before my time is finished up
Coz I've got big boots to fill
So don't you try and stop me
Chasing after what is destined
But I know you probably will
No I cannot waste my time
Coz you know I have got these boots to fill
And you know I will, and you know I will
We've all got issues, some things that need a little tweaking
We've all got secrets, to fabricate all of our lies
There's always so much stress for me to do my best
Sometimes it seems too much to handle
But I'll put my best foot forward
And best believe this time I won't be looking back
As the world it keeps on turning
And the minute hand won't stop It's time to get my shit together
Before my heart begins to pop
Coz I've got big boots to fill So don't you try and stop me
Chasing after what is destined But I know you probably will
No I cannot waste my time
Coz you know I have got these boots to fill
And you know I will, and you know I will
*Solo*
But the world it keeps on turning
And the clock it just won't stop I better get my shit together
Before my time is finished up
Coz I've got big boots to fill
So don't you try and stop me
Chasing after what is destined
But I know you probably will
No I cannot waste my time Coz you know I have got these boots to fill
And you know I will, and you know I will
(Coz I've got big boots to fill)
(Yeah I've got big boots to fill)
And you know I will, and you know I will
(Coz I've got big boots to fill)
(Yeah I've got big boots to fill)
And you know I will, you damn well know I will
(Coz I've got big boots to fill)
(Yeah I've got big boots to fill)
And you know I will, and you know I will
(Coz I've got big boots to fill)
(Yeah I've got big boots to fill)
And you know I will, and you know I will
“Mr Nightowl” – Backstory and Lyrics – Released 15 July 2021
“Mr Nightowl” is about an insomniac who struggles to get to sleep with the music in his/her brain. This is my pain at times when I need to finish off writing a song and I cant get to sleep because of unfinished business. End of the day it applies to all of us when you have something on your mind they can’t shake off until it is done.
Introducing “Mr Nightowl”
“Mr Nightowl” - Lyrics
Laying alone in my bed again
These four walls just want me dead
At least it's how it's starting to seem
These thoughts of mine aren't filled with dread
They're melodies boxed in my head
I really need to catch up on sleep
One more song, one song is all I need
To move along, to try and catch a dream
I need to break the cycle
In hope to put my mind at ease
Mr. Nightowl is watching over
But he won't get the best of me
I try every night, but nothing is alright
It is just meant to be?
These pills don't settle right
My mind's in a constant fight
I'm just looking for relief
Coz night time's a struggle
When you're caught in a bubble
And there's no way of getting out
I need reassurance
Or just some kind of motif
Just to know that I'm not alone
One more song, one song is all I need
To move along, to try and catch a dream
I need to break the cycle
In hope to put my mind at ease
Mr. Nightowl is watching over
But he won't get the best of me
*Guitar Solo*
Chorus x2
“Stone Cold Killer” – Backstory & Lyrics – Released 25 March 2021
The underlying message of the song is the adverse legacy and consequences of making bad decisions in the heat of the moment. Decisions that affect not only you as an individual but your family and friends along with the victims of violence. In this song an innocent bystander a mother confronts the criminal during a robbery which leads to her sudden and unnecessary death. All through a split-second decision which ruins many lives and something he must live with for the rest of his life. The video directed and filmed by Trevor Worden takes the message to another level where the perpetrator initially glorifies his deed but soon realises the enormity of the situation and long-standing consequences of his act.
“Stone Cold Killer” - Lyrics
There was a man by the window, he was waiting for me
He wore a mask over his face, to hide his identity
And now I should've seen it coming from a mile away
How could I be so foolish, how did I let him get away?
He made his way to the front door, with a pistol in his hand
He fired 3 shots into the air, and started barking his commands
"I don't wanna have to hurt you, so do exactly what I say.
Just put the money into this bag, so that I can get away".
He was a stone cold killer
How could he ever look into a mirror?
And come to terms with it
He'll never be the same
He'll take this to the grave
A stone cold killer, how did he get away?
There was a lady standing in the back, she was pushing 'round a pram
Yeah she was minding her business, right until she heard the man
She said "What the hell you thinking, do you think you have the right,
To put a gun right up to his head, and put a threat upon his life?
He then turned around, their eyes they met
Little did she know he saw red
He took the gun right off his head
And took his aim right at her chest
She trembled as the bullets left
The chambers empty now she's dead
The blood it poured on the cement
His life had changed it's filled with dread
Ah ah ah, ahhh ah, ahhh ah
Ah ah ah, ahhh ah, ahhh ah
He was a stone cold killer
How could he ever look into a mirror?
And come to terms with it
He'll never be the same
He'll take this to the grave
A stone cold killer, how did he get away?
A stone cold killer
How could he ever look into a mirror?
And come to terms with it
He'll never be the same
He'll take this to the grave
A stone cold killer, how did he get away?
Ah ah ah, ahhh ah, ahhh ah
Ah ah ah, ahhh ah, ahhh ah
That's all he will remain