salt heart

ooh baby
how you fell back
into the old swing of things
i had hardly noticed
an absence, a sinking

i knew i couldn't be
there for you
in your time of need
i hardly felt at fault
my heart
was all

torn up
and like a run down
old building, i'm still standing
while your heat is here
to conquer
i will take thee
opportunity

i knew i couldn't be
there for you
in your time of need
i hardly felt at fault
my heart
of salt

"keep an eye" remix

my buddy space ghost just remixed my single, "keep an eye on my dreaming." take a listen and go download all his groovy space tunes.

Keep An Eye On My Dreaming

new single. get hip, get with it

honey

new drone / ambient live vocal stuff

Today

a ukulele cover of a very dear song, "today" by jefferson airplane circa 1967.

Today (Jefferson Airplane) by gold-leaf

make it happen

you'll once again find your love
oh, and just when you need it most
don't hold on to those old feelings no more
you've got to forget about your ghosts

you know we all move in circles
down now, sure to come up again soon
hey man, don't dwell on those old times
clinging to your roots when you know it's time to bloom

when you're down
you gotta keep it up
call my name
i'll hear you calling
when you're down
gotta make it happen yourself

move on

Got To Tell

ya might like this...

lightly

i don't take it as light as i used to do
all because of you
i don't take it as lightly as i used to do
all because of you

always, all the time
you come runnin' back through my mind
askin' is it right
if you have to ask
you don't know do you anymore
how's a guy to get
you back up on your feet

askin' is it right
if you have to ask
you don't know do you anymore
askin' is it right
i don't take it as light as i used to do

Walk Backwards

summer fell into a pool
and august turned the palest blue
piece together what you saw before
and maybe you'll remember
walk backwards
walk backwards
keeping our heads above the water
the water

two weeks before i tossed
and turned my nightmares over
how realistically they all unfold
i just pull the cover over
talk backwards
talk backwards
keeping our heads above the water
the water

it burned me

abandoned the nest
i kept so warm so long
it burned me
i kept tidy
til it felt empty
i feel empty

found my way to the water

lord knows how i found my way
down to the waterhole, but i went
soaked my head in the water
i spent all morning bent
on my knees in prayer for you

i found my way to the water
now i don't know what to do
walk down this old path i've traveled
til i get back to you
oh this lonesome road! i know too well
i'll go on

your effects

i was sensitive
to your effects
you held me pinned down
how could i leave
with you standing there
looking at me?
i could not flee

i was sensitive
to an extent
i had to turn down
how could i be
so readily and easily
deceived?

FORGE ONATHON

new gold leaf ep, "forge onathon!"

download it for free here.

hand of god reached down for your shoulder.
i thought i saw your face when i walked through town this evening...
couldn't have been, i know you're on vacation
(if it's true what you wrote in this letter to me, addressed so long ago).

how'd you come across that idea, that you weren't good enough for me?
i thought i knew you better than i do obviously, because i thought you were much more composed

cried the ocean waves for you last night, the cobblestone erodes before our very eyes. and you ignored the sobbing foam.

in and out of dreams

a little vignette

download: "in and out of dreams" mp3



hope everyone had a nice thanksgivie

the missing apricot

mud coated pelt.
i felt your fur in the dark, dirt under fingernails.
our vow of silence won't last long,
not all alone like this.

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silk spaces - the missing apricot.mp3

oh neighbor neighbor
why'd you cut down our tree?
it was much older than you and me

keep your eyes on yourself
and your mind on your own side of the road

oh sister sister
why'd you wish on that star?
it cannot hear you, we are really much too far

keep your hands to yourself
cause you know we can never belong to anyone else

islands or sinking stones

islands or sinking stones.mp3

we are all islands or sinking stones
we are all alone
through life and death we pave our own roads
the question is how long

we're all god fearing even if we don't
acknowledge any lord
we train ourselves to live a life of law
and order

it's funny how we can feel so strongly
about someone
then just forget about it and move on
to something different

i can't stand to not see you

what do they call it when you can't move too far away?
a mental leash, or a fear that a good thing won't stay?
i can't stand to not see you
i can't stand to not see you

You're Safe