Slice of Life, by Lava Creations

Slice of Life

by Lava Creations

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1.	Unburden My Soul 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Home, alone, in my room Hoping the muse visits me tonight So many thoughts and ideas wander through my head Waiting, wanting to give birth to a thousand words All these emotions, all these feelings, bottled up inside Verbally introverted Finding a way, my way, to lighten the load Now is the hour of my rebirth Free the mind Unburden my soul My cluttered life has been suffocating The pressure and pretense overwhelming Responsibility and guilt squeeze like a vice, so Under duress I’ve retreated into myself Where did I go, and how can I find me again? I remember when I knew who I was My goals and dreams ahead of me Now that I have it all I have nothing And find myself wanting more All these emotions, all these feelings, bottled up inside Verbally introverted Finding a way, my way to lighten the load Now is the hour of my rebirth Free the mind Unburden my soul Looking for my angel, looking for my light
2.	My Love 05:01	lyrics	buy track
I look at your face across the pillowcase Your sleepy eyes covered by wisps of hair I want to memorize this moment, freeze it in time Your perfect silhouette dipped in the morning light I want to pull you close, never let you go I want to feel your heart beat Hope you never grow old I want to steal your heart away, stay yours forevermore I want you to stay with me, my perfect, my love Such a bittersweet reality, for the day is near The day you choose to move on, I realize my fears We all grow and change, and the world it calls I don’t want to be left behind, but know that’s the way it goes I want to pull you close, never let you go I want to feel your heart beat Hope you never grow old I want to steal your heart away, stay yours forevermore I want you to stay with me, my perfect, my love I’ve resigned myself to know my role will one day be to let you go I hope your wings will take you far, my perfect fallen angel I want to pull you close, never let you go I want to feel your heart beat Hope you never grow old I want to steal your heart away, stay yours forevermore I want you to stay with me, my perfect, my love And when you want to come home I’ll be waiting right here for you My heart will leave the light on, my love will always shine through So as you lay here by my side in the glow of the morning light Just know I’ll be here by your side, with heavy heart and clear sight
3.	Phat Baby 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Love that fat belly Gimme those chubby cheeks Thunder down with those thunder thighs On those sweet meatloaf feet Impossible to tell you how hard I try to memorize these moments with you Penguin walking, nonstop talking Waving those hands in the air Don’t get maddy, love your Daddy Hug me, kiss me, my sweet little Phat Baby Phat Baby Wake me in the morning You get the coffee, I get the cream My body groans and creaks But phat baby, she’s wide awake Tumblin across the blankets No holding her back today Put a leash on Phat baby Before she runs away
4.	38,000 Feet 04:28	lyrics	buy track
Lift off Leaving the ground and the troubles below Family in tow Re-experiencing flight Through the eyes of a 4 year old Wide, excited eyes, not a care in her world And I was reminded of the promise to myself From this morning I promise to let all the small stuff go In flight and I sit here writing away No mental cramp or writer’s block today Watching the kids take turns Staring out the window Taking in the visual spectacle The world at 38,000 feet I’m making the effort to be happy and rewarded with happiness We all deal with petty problems But I find I enjoy the little things The warmth of a little girl’s smile And gratitude for the blessing of my family I don’t know what Houston will bring But I’m ready And I’ll take it all with a smile on my face
5.	I Saw Red 03:56	info	buy track
6.	Broken Pieces 03:49	lyrics	buy track
So we get up in the morning And we try Try to hide the cracks in our interior Keep ourselves from appearing inferior So we apply the makeup Apply the facade Project the image we don't see in the mirror Can't you see we're all made of Broken Pieces Shattered Pieces Beautiful Pieces A mosaic of colorful events and feelings Ordered chaos the soul unleashes I need to magnify I need to analyze I need to be let in I need to understand I need to help the mend I need to see the soul within Can't you see we're all made of Broken Pieces Shattered Pieces Beautiful Pieces A mosaic of colorful events and feelings Ordered chaos the soul unleashes So we go to bed at night And we try Try to seal the cracks in our interior Keep ourselves from becoming inferior So we apply the mortar Apply the facade Protect the image we don't see in the mirror Can't you see we're all made of Broken Pieces Shattered Pieces Beautiful Pieces I said we're made up of Can't you see we're all made of Broken Pieces Shattered Pieces Beautiful Pieces A mosaic of colorful events and feelings Ordered chaos the soul unleashes
7.	Brother 04:53	lyrics	buy track
I still cling to the image of the sweet little bright-eyed soul That camped out underneath my wing When we were kids Your sensitive heart, your vulnerable disposition Won the hearts of everyone They melted in your presence You brought joy to us all But then the darkness began to spread For reasons I can never pretend to understand The demons spoke and you listened So we all chased you deep into hell And beyond One by one those who once stood by you turn away Addiction is a heavy burden And some of us aren’t strong enough to carry on Twenty years have come and gone And a cold reality has settled in We’ve chased you and enabled the vicious cycle to continue If you won’t join us in fighting for you The only choice we have left is to turn away Sitting by your hospital bed Watching quietly as infection eats away at your body I think of your children and the carnage lying in your wake I listen as you attempt to manipulate and misdirect Burying the demons farther in sarcasm and your own brand of humor The problem is that no one’s fooled anymore Your eyes tell the addict’s story My heart aches for you, brother I long for your light to return Don’t mistake my absence as a lack of love I’m still here waiting for you to find your way home
8.	This Ain't No French Toast 03:47	lyrics	buy track
My mouth is already watering They taste so good Fry em up in a pan Like a good Papa should Buttery salty goodness With a texture so nice With that center surprise One just won’t suffice Saturday mornings were made for breakfast like this Wholesome and healthy with a warm golden kiss Eggs in a basket Eggs in a basket Bright eyes and hungry mouths Ready with fork in hand They can’t wait any longer but Only two will fit in the pan It’s time to dig in The feeding frenzy has begun Who knew that breakfast Would be so much fun? Moppin yolk up with the crispy brown center Laugh while the baby smears it in her hair The breakfast of champions Get your hands off of my… Eggs in a… basket
9.	Enigma 05:17	lyrics	buy track
She is my enigma She is my mirror She is a beauty Nothing is clearer Heady and clever Quiet and calculated She’s the world’s finest manipulator She holds my heart and has me wrapped around her finger Those icy eyes and freckled smile will always and forever linger Quiet your restless soul here for a minute Learn to love and let things be Curl up next to me for a while And let the worries wash from your mind Life isn’t a project and it isn’t a race Please don’t hurry yourself Take your time, mind your pace And savor your time with the human race She is my enigma She is unreal She is incredible She’s the real deal She is my first She sets the bar She is my special love She is my star
10.	Seagulls on the Pier 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Crisp morning Dew-dipped palm fronds A narrow but well worn dirt path Sandals on my feet A chair and a book in one arm A cooler in the other Stroll out to my favorite quiet stretch of beach Seagulls on the pier in the distance Sounds of waves crashing against the sand White noise quieting my cluttered mind Gasparilla Island, Hilton Head, Anna Maria Island, Hog’s Breath Take me there, take me away Corona and a lime on a lazy day The pages turn and my mind drifts away Recharging the batteries drained by so many long days The job, the bills, the burdens and worries far behind Melted away in the warm southern sun
11.	Down 03:01	lyrics	buy track
I’m down today And it would be so easy to say I don’t know why But I do And it would be so easy to just blindly deny Maybe it’s that I’m tired Maybe it’s that I’m under the weather Maybe it’s because I’m trying so hard to hold it all together Maybe it’s because I feel like I’ve never got any control Maybe it’s that I’ve buried my soul Under a blanket of bitterness A thousand piece puzzle missing a hundred pieces And it should be so obvious where I left them And yet they hang out there hidden in plain sight As my unwillingness to face what I see bends the light I’m down today And it would be so easy not to look in the mirror for reasons But I will And it would be so easy to see the worst in me Am I a good person? Am I being unfair? Or am I just punishing myself for years of inaction in any direction? Is there something I’m supposed to find? Because I’m searching so damn hard but feel blind Why the regret? Why the bitterness? My mind knows this is wasted energy but my heart goes its own way Is my anger and resentment really pointed outward Or is all this emotion my unwillingness to forgive myself? I’m down today And it’s because I see that I have to shed the veil of denial So I will And try to make sense of the emotions bubbling out of me
12.	El Matador 03:42		buy track
13.	Hair Metal Medley 08:12	info	buy track
14.	Sublime 04:41	lyrics	buy track
I haven’t always been the best man or the best friend But I love you, have always loved you, And will always love you to the end Rivers of emotion Flow down from mountains forged over time The reward of what we have comes From both the mundane and the sublime I’ve sat down and tried to write this song So many times But I’ve never been able to Peel the words from my mind There are times I want to kill you And times I’d prefer to die Times I want to pull my hair out And times I want to cry But nothing can change my love for you And nothing can beat the memory Of good years, of great years, of challenges In our supercharged slice of life I know I can never fully appreciate All of the daily roles you play I can promise I’ll still come home sometimes And be insensitive anyway I look back at these last fifteen years And wonder where those two kids have gone We have so much to be proud of And so much to keep building on There are times that I need your humor And times I need your embrace Times all I want is to see your body And times what I need is to see your face There are times I’m sure you want to kill me But I’ll get you to change your mind I’ll try to be a better man If you’ll remain my woman sublime

about

Always wanted to do an acoustic album, and after spending some time with good friend Joe Hildenbrand playing acoustic shows and realizing how much I had to learn about singing and playing, I set off on this "journey". I was thrilled with how it came out.