Foolishness - A A J Russe Written 3rd January 1988 Recorded 1st March 2022 The Shoebox Demos Vol 1 **** While writing and recording songs for FAWM 2022 I discovered that I can create acoustic demos of nearly any song I've ever written…

I know sometimes things just ain't right Like oil and water we survive Y'know I don't hate you Maybe we're too much alike Push and pull We'll survive We're not getting younger these days And we're both sure and set in our ways We fight…

RPM 2022. I finished a song.. does that count? Well the early bird Catches the worm Eats it up And shits it out Onto the lawn And into the dirt Where the worms crawl And use the soil to form To be eaten once more By the early birds…

Some say, "It's the price you gotta pay" Some say, "You gotta learn to walk away" But I'm still standing in the light And I won't go down without a fight Some say, "True love is just a lie" Some say, "You'll give it up before you die…

Input the chord sequence from a Spice Rack Collective song I wrote on guitar, converted a bass take from that song into MIDI, added a couple of VSTs, programmed some drums, and added some royalty-free voice samples I found online somewhere. Pretty…

Human depths are darker.

In the final few minutes That I'll be around Will you waltz with me in it Would you turn me down Would you turn me down As the time's running out And I make my advance Would there be any doubt If I take the chance Can I have one…

The vastness of the ocean A darkness in the sky A lifetime of emotion How hard you've had to try To navigate the currents And the demons in the deep You have to stay awake 'Cuz they might take you in your sleep You wish that you could…

Heard something crawling in the walls this morning Later on, I heard that fateful snap The little critter never had a warning I'll have to head on down to face the guilt that's waiting When I check the trap A pair of trees I planted in…

I suppose it could be worse I know I'm lucky I'm all right But I can tell that you've been cursed And it keeps me up at night So few are born to come in first So many born into a fight If the roles had been reversed Would they still believe…

Sky is black as pitch now Moon as blood is glowing In this blood-soaked hellscape As you might expect there is a presence Out of the grave Out of the night Out of your mind One’s a mass of maggots One’s underwear’s showing All of…

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