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Sway

by Perry Rhodes

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1.
Sway 03:02
All your hidden scars Maps of how life gets hard Go on rest your head Down by that riverbed And soothe It all away Go on and soothe As we sway Slow dance through the dark We all get lost in the garden And soothe It all away Go on and soothe As we sway You’re the only one I ever loved We barely survived Being young All the sounds from the sea They don’t mean as much to me Just sing softly Slowly to me All that rain in the dark In that void we get lost Just keep laughin' and walkin' with me And all them roads we wander down No I can’t hear a sound Just you singing softly near Just sing softly Slowly to me
2.
Underneath 02:49
Hold me tight Through troublin’ times Darlin I’m gonna make it right Home me tight Ease your troublin’ mind Darlin I’m gonna make it right Darlin I’m gonna make this right There’s the road We go Hiding where nobody knows The leaves We hide underneath There’s a light that leaks in Searing our skin There’s the ways you bleed All underneath Just for me Hold me tight Through troublin’ times Darlin I’m gonna make it right Home me tight Ease your troublin’ mind Darlin I’m gonna make it right Darlin I’m gonna make this right
3.
Why Would I Leave I got it all Find you in the garden Whisper nice and soft As I hold you near As you hold me near Why would I leave I got it all Find me in the orchards Working so hard for you dear For us dear Let’s share our lives You take me to a place I’ve never been Why Would I Leave I got it all Find you in the garden Whisper nice and soft As I hold you near As you hold me near
4.
The Fall 02:20
C'mon I know you have it in you To break the fall After years and years of yearnin’ I can break it all But maybe I don’t see it The way I did before I’m still learnin’ Wake up on the steps of a cathedral Bodies shaking bad Altar, lines and lies and drinkin’ So happy to relapse Sorrows been my shelter Will you be my home I’m still learnin’ How to be loved by you

about

I find myself longing to sleepwalk my way through the hard parts of life, now more than ever before. I fight this urge with everything in me.

The things that I live for don’t come easy. To write, I have to come to the blank page and face all my flaws and insecurities. The time and energy it takes to record and mix my songs I don’t always have. With all that storms of depression and anxiety take away, I struggle to rebuild.

When I was younger I tried hiding from my pain. I tried to numb it with distraction, sleepwalk through time, to avoid the deviation, to avoid the need to keep rebuilding after each and every storm.

—But something shook me awake.

Existence is messy. All my struggles and flaws are just as much of the experience as all the good parts of life. When I tried to avoid pain, I avoided living too. I lost all balance.

I don’t know how much time I have here, so I want to use the little time I may have left to live, to feel things more deeply, all the good and the bad, I want to love, to lead, to serve, to inspire and create.

The songs on Sway were born from this time in my life. From my struggle to live, to feel all the aspects of life more deeply.

We are here, now, together, let’s make existing mean so much more.

credits

released May 5, 2020

All songs written, recorded and mixed by Perry Rhodes

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Perry Rhodes Waynesville, North Carolina

Perry Rhodes is an artist/composer living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. His debut album, Words Underlined has been a shelter for the weary and fuel for creatives in these strange times. These instrumental works paint an ambient soundscape with the creaking breaths of old pianos and cello strings. ... more

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