“You could melt the ice off anyone.” I fell in love for the first time when I was 18. I never fell out. I am still falling. This is the oldest song on the album, written in September of 2020. I was sitting on the porch of a friend’s house at the Jersey shore, noodling… Read more

“They can’t see the light that shines inside of you. But I do.” It is the mind’s eye, not the ones in our sockets, that needs training to perceive things clearly. Stevie Wonder perceives things as clearly as anyone. There have always been people who can see the better world we could be living in,… Read more

“If your life’s like mine you’re gonna need some day drinking time.” I know I said that the songs on this album are not about the events of our recent history but as the drummer Chris pointed out, this one is. Like a lot of people, my consumption of alcohol increased noticeably during the pandemic.… Read more

“Who I am is only who I love” Every addict has their conceits. We all have a story to tell ourselves that explains why our behavior is different from those who, to the untrained eye, look the same. For me, the conceit is that rather than getting into fights, screwing around on my partner, or… Read more

“If there’s more life after death I bet I’ll like that too.” There are a lot of things in life that are painful or unfair. Most people are too caught up in the web of their own pain or injustice to help you with yours. So, when you find someone who is kind, who wants… Read more

“When you were a lake in the clouds I dove right in” Taoist philosophy encourages harmony with nature, illuminating a path that exists in the universe and flows through each of us. Lao Tsu, the founder of Taoism, said, “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” The path isn’t just a direction, it is… Read more