Jonathan Thomas on Faith That's Foolish

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I have many musical influences, one of which is that thick Brian Wilson / Beach Boys harmony. While my songwriting is seldom as sunlit and carefree as his, this still should be considered a respectful homage.

It's the story of someone who played his role with dignity and with responsibility all his life, yet toward the end of it he has to wonder if it was all in vain...

A fable of the old west, the sins of the father cast on the shoulders of the son.

If it's really love, it doesn't matter if you're in a Park Avenue penthouse of "some old efficiency coffin built for two..."

pagan rock

This Song (Recorded and written in 06) done the conventional way. I Wrote the words 1st. I was thinking I would like to write a song kinda like those of the old days. Pretty straight forward and Not too abstract. I need to redo because the chorus…

Dat Kush, oh dat kush! Yummy, Yummy, Yummy! Nuff said. BeeOne & GregO... Mixtape coming soon!

Every get tired of the little lies we tell ourselves to get through the day? Do we really believe the truth doesn't reveal itself, even in the lies?

An interlude before "I'd Rather Be There" - Home is anywhere you'd rather be.

A melancholic reprise sets the tone for a darker "side two".

I never copped to the Beautiful Mind definition of crazy. I know people who have been deemed insane. They're not liberated; they're scared. This is for them.

An instrumental with a slow, hypnotic build. A love song for someone somewhere else.