These songs were written in 3-hour writing sessions held on Lake Burton in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains
2024
Sept 8-14th
Sept 24-30th
2023
Sept 22-26th
2022
2021
Sept 2-6th
2024
Sept 8-14th
Alumni Class of 2024
Highlights from Sept 8th - 14th
And If God Existed
And If God Existed
And If God Existed
9.11.24 | Day 2 Writing Session 3
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Verse
And if God existed
Then why did my mom get so sick
She's the person that he knows I needed the most (breath)
maybe pain is some kind of joke Truman Show…… to him
(Big breath)
Maybe god's not a nice guy
Alone in the sky
That just sits on the clouds
While his children all die
But I swear I hear laughter (breath)
As I start to pray the first time
PRECHORUS
I can't believe that God is mine
I'm made to grieve, is that why I'm alive
Verse 2
Now I don't understand why she wants me to pray for her
I'm basically an atheist
I'm great at the cynicism
How could I not be (breath)
I'm hated the day I was born
So But I'll pray to the same god that takes her away
keep it cool for her sake I'll pretend I believe
(breath) If that makes her happy
cuz then that's all that matters to me
Prechorus
I can't believe that god is mine
I'm made to grieve, is that why I'm alive
Hook
And she told me "I'm at the end"
could you beg please
Maybe he'll listen
This time
Be divine
yeah so I'm beggin
wasting the air
Can't you love me
Why are you there
Taking time
Why take mine
Prechorus
I can't believe that god is mine
Why do I breathe if I'm not alive
Sam Marke
Damian Molina
John Samuel Gerhart
The Clip
The Clip
The Clip
9.11.24 | Day 2 Writing Session 3
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[Intro]
I fuckin ripped Timmy Allen's vape
Shit almost put me in a coma
It's unnatural bro
[Hook]
WHEN I WAS BORN I WAS A BITCHNEVER HAD-TO FLIPPA SWITCH
GOOD GIRL BUT I WILL FETCH A STICK
AND CLIFTON SAID UNLOAD THAT CLIP
Get 'em Lizzy
[Transition]
[Brrrrrraaaaaaatttttt]
[Verse 1a]
Mother Russian born watching Ukraine porn...
Washed up on the Florida shore
Cig lit, there goes another hit
Tchaikovsky on motherfucking tour
[Verse 1b]
Pretty bitch, nose goes stupid
Pretty comma rich, I’m Larry David Jewish
Jokes on you, I'm on roofieeees
Cuz blood hounds don't fuck goofieees
[Transition]
Hold on Hold on
Hold on
Gotta start this whole fucking record over again
Y’all get some drinks going it’ll sound a whole lot better
[Hook]
WHEN I WAS BORN I WAS A BITCH
NEVER HAD-TO FLIPPA SWITCH
GOOD GIRL BUT I WILL FETCH A STICK
AND CLIFTON SAID UNLOAD THAT CLIP
Get 'em Lizzy
[Transition]
[Brrrrrraaaaaaatttttt]
[Breakdown]
EVERYBODY IN THE 305
THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR IF YOU'RE DEAD INSIDE
EVERYBODY IN THE 305
THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR IF YOU LOST THE LIGHT
EVERYBODY IN THE 305
THROW YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR IF YOU'RE DEAD INSIDE
EVERYBODY IN THE 305 IN THE 305 IN THE 305
Liz Varum
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Tim Allen
700
700
700
9.10.24 | Day 1 Writing Session 2
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V1:
F, C
Sam
That’s the last box
All packed up
Eight months of friendship later
Riding shotgun
jacob
700 miles
sharing memories
Mine were of the both of us
Yours didn’t mention me
Pre
Gm7, C
Sam
As the weeks went by
You stayed on my mind
You couldn’t even give me the time
Chorus:
F, A, Bb, Bbm
F, A, Dm, C/dm, B/G
Bb, C
700 hours in a month
I could only ever dream of having one
700 words left unsaid
Cuz when we talk on the phone
It’s only voicemail on your end
Guess you only ever saw me as your 700th friend
V2
Went to your show
And knew all the words
Songs we wrote together
You really never heard
To me you are my brother
To you I’m just a fan
Do you even like me
I don’t understandI don’t understand
Chorus:
F, A, Bb, Bbm
F, A, Dm, C/dm, B/G
Bb, C
700 hours in a month
I could only ever dream of having one
700 words left unsaid
Cuz when we talk on the phone
It’s only voicemail on your end
Guess you only ever saw me as your 700th friend
Jacob Humber
Sam Marke
Tim Allen
Snake Tail
Snake Tail
Snake Tail
9.11.24 | Day 2 Writing Session 4
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Verse -
Pick up the pace
Outta my way
losing the race
Already
chasing a snake tail
in the wrong light kinda look like me
Why is it worth
Living today?
something to sell
Something to say
snakes eating my tail
But I taste blood as he bites on me
Pick up the pace
Outta my way
What do you know
Don’t help me
A mouthful a snake tail
And i feel sick Cuz he tastes like me
Why is it worth
Living today?
Nothing to sell
Nothing to say
Mouthful of myself
Im disgusting but I’m still hungry
Chorus -
Sometimes
I wake up and
It’s all roses
She’s so beautiful
How could I miss this
It’s everything
Greens and orange
Screens and porches
Just one moment
If I blink I’ll miss it all
But I blinked and missed it all
Verse -
Pick up the pace
Outta my way
losing the race
Already
chasing a snake tail
in the wrong light kinda look like me
Why is it worth
Living today?
something to sell
Something to say
snakes eating my tail
But I taste blood as he bites on me
Pick up the pace
Outta my way
What do you know
Don’t help me
A mouthful of snake tail
And i feel sick Cuz he tastes like me
Why is it worth
Living today?
Nothing to sell
Nothing to say
Mouthful of myself
Im disgusting but I’m still hungry
Chorus -
Sometimes
I wake up and
It’s all roses
She’s so beautiful
How could I miss this
It’s everything
Greens and orange
Screens and porches
Just one moment
If I blink I’ll miss it all
But I blinked and missed it all
Pick up the pace
Outta my way
losing the race
Already
chasing a snake tail
in the wrong light kinda look like me
Why is it worth
Living today?
Tim Allen
Jacob Humber
John Samuel Gerhart
A Tree Falls In The Woods
A Tree Falls In The Woods
A Tree Falls In The Woods
9.11.24 | Day 2 Writing Session 4
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VERSE
if my tree falls in the woods
i know it make a sound
If no body hears me out
I’m gonna make a sound
CHORUS
i'mma have myself a whiskey bottle day parade
gonna say all of the things that i'm afraid to say
you don't have to tell me that i'm gonna be okay
I fell off
Means I got on
THAT’S IT
Shawn Skye
Damian Molina
Liz Varum
Silhouettes
Silhouettes
Silhouettes
9.11.24 | Day 2 Writing Session 3
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Silhouettes
v1:
we walked the boards
along the pier
salt spray mingled
With silent tears
v2:
saw you drift
Into uncharted needs
The compass failed
Can’t find the fuckin keys
Chorus:
Sharing light, showing up
Trust that being there will somehow be enough
And for whoever’s turn it is to grieve
We stand together
lighthouse on the beach
Take all the time you need
v3
shadows lengthen
as daylight fades
Silhouettes
silent strength
v4
no words needed
in this shared space
just presence
like gentle waves
Chorus:
Sharing light, showing up
Trust that being there will somehow be enough
And for whoever’s turn it is to grieve
We stand together
lighthouse on the beach
Take all the time you need
Just keep comin back to me
Jacob Humber
Tom Sless
Shawn Skye
KUDZU GROWS 2 FEET A DAY
KUDZU GROWS 2 FEET A DAY
KUDZU GROWS 2 FEET A DAY
9.10.24 | Day 1 Writing Session 2
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[Intro]
And this was a terrifying discovery
[Hook]
Fallen
Out the sky
Like I’d fallen
Fallen
Out the sky
Like I’d fallen
Fallen
Out the sky
Like I’d fallen
Fallen
Out the sky
Like I’d fallen
[Refrain]
Hogging the sun
Black out the light
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hiii--ee--ii--ee--ii--de
Hogging the sun
Black out the light
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hiii--ee--ii--ee--ii--de
Hogging the sun
Black out the light
Nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
You were the sun/son
You were my liii--ee--ii--ee--iigh--t
[Spoken Word]
They say kudzu grows 2 feet a day, the old mountain folks call it the emperor's revenge.
It strangles everything it touches, stretching out over the forest canopy like a great green net of death …
[now listen to his words]
John Samuel Gerhart
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Shawn Skye
Sour Milk
Sour Milk
Sour Milk
9.12.24 | Day 3 Writing Session 5
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Sour Milk
[Verse 1]
Biting my tongue again
I see their hearts on their sleeve
Are these tears from the sky or from my eyes
...I'm tired
The milk went sour again
Anxiety feels like. my best friend
All of these shapes and the salt on my face feel.
so out of place to me
[Pre]
Walls are melting Colors blending Losing feeling I’m pretending
Spinning Spinning Spinning into my impending ending
[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
Why can't you ever be ok
Can't even make it through one day
This dam's about to break
How much more can I take
You threw it all away
[Bridge]
And I smile in the shame
I'm laughing with the pain
Can you smile in the shame
Are you laughing with the pain
And I smile in the shame
I'm laughing with the pain
Can you smile in the shame
Are you laughing
Are you laughing
[Verse 2]
The milk went sour again
Anxiety feels like my best friend
All of these shapes and the salt on my face feel...
so out of place to me
[Pre]
Walls are melting Colors blending Losing feeling I’m pretending
Spinning Spinning Spinning into my impending ending
Damian Molina
Tim Allen
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Country Butter
Country Butter
Country Butter
9.10.24 | Day 1 Writing Session 1
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Verse 1 -
hummingbirds
swimming in the soft air swimming in the soft air
Hummingbirds
hidden in her long hair swinging in the soft air
Chorus -
hot like dew
in a copper summer
she's her mother's daughter
meltin hearts into country butter
i'm light blue
like a water color
red when i'm beside her
inside her
god i love her
hot like dew
in a copper summer
she's her mother's daughter
meltin hearts into country butter
i'm light blue
like a water color
red when i'm beside her
inside her
god i love her
Other Chorus -
sooooooo
i don't need sunshine
and i don't need rain
when she’s shotgun in the chevy chevolet
i'ma get bread baby
i'ma get paid
put her shotgun in my chevy chevolet
Bridge -
lines of pines on the highway
perfect time when we driving
vibing, spotify playlist
turned up, good lord,
only he could save us
Chorus
hot like dew
in a copper summer
I’m a mother fucker
meltin hearts into country butter
Shes light blue
like a water color
red when i'm beside her
inside her
god i love her
Other Chorus -
i don't need sunshine
and i don't need rain
when she’s shotgun in the chevy chevolet
i'ma get bread baby
i'ma get paid
put her shotgun in my chevy chevolet
i don't need sunshine
and i don't need rain
when she’s shotgun in the chevy chevolet
i'ma get bread baby
i'ma get paid
put her shotgun in my chevy chevolet
Solo -
Outro -
hummingbirds
swimming in the soft air swimming in the soft air
Hummingbirds
hidden in her long hair swinging in the soft air
Tom Sless
Tim Allen
John Samuel Gerhart
Sept 24-30th
2023
Alumni Class of 2023
Highlights from Sept 24th - 30th
Just A Song
Just a Song
Just a Song
9.26.23 | Day 1 Writing Session 1
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Verse 1:
In my head the clock is always talking shit
In my head reacting like a little kid to it
Pre Chorus:
ball up my fists hiding my face
Cover my skin forget to taste
But mama dint raise no runner
So why am I always running
Chorus:
Find me in the middle of it
disassociating
floating above my bed
choking out the angels
Cuz if they're right
I'm wasting time
Afraid, ashamed of failing
And if they're wrong
then it's just a song
Verse 2:
In my head, I'm a character not just a writer
things I wrote would come to life and not
leave me alone behind
In my head I was always more than this
Pre Chorus:
ball up my fists hiding my face
Cover my skin forget to taste
But mama dint raise no runner
So why am I always running
Chorus:
Find me in the middle of it
disassociating
floating above my bed
choking out the angels
Cuz if they're right
I'm wasting time
Afraid, ashamed of failing
And if they're wrong
then it's just a song
Bridge:
they believe in me
I believe they’re hallucinating
they believe in me
I believe they’re hallucinating
they believe in me
I believe they’re hallucinating
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
John Samuel Gerhart
SLAY.
SLAY.
SLAY.
9.26.23 | Day 1 Writing Session 2
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Baby it's your day
Your chance to play
Get up out that work mode
We bout twerk hoe
Left cheek then right
Leave your boo home tonight
Kiss a girl or boy you like....
Or they, you jus might
We taking up space
Account say just got paid
Dont worry bout it honey
Tonight we got that money
don't care who you lovin
Be outside cuz we comin
MOVE OUT THE WAY
We bout to slay slay slay slay slay
All the boys in the back who got it like that
You slay, I slay, We slay
All the girls and the gays and my inbetween baes
You slay I slay We slay
To the trans and their fans give yourself a hand
You slay I slay We slay
If you're questioning, you straight *
You can still come out and play
So Slay
Get up out my face
No declines in this place
All access around here
Even if you're not queer
Haters have no fear
Even you are welcome here
Check your ego at the door
No room for it on the floor
Come and dance you whores
Come on gimme more
Sweat them shots up out pores
Pour pour pour pour pour
Pour another shot for mother
Sisters and brothers
One for all my kin and we hit the floor again
We taking up space
Account say just got paid
Dont worry bout it honey
Tonight we got that money
We don't care who you lovin
Be outside cuz we comin
MOVE OUT THE WAY
We bout to slay slay slay slay slay
All the boys in the back who got it like that
You slay, I slay, We slay
All the girls and the gays and my in between baes
You slay I slay We slay
To the trans and their fans give yourself a hand
You slay I slay We slay
If you're questioning, you straight *
You can still come out and play
Now purrrrrrrr
cat cat cat ka kitty katy cat cat
and purrrrrrr
let your wrist go limp
with a twist and a dip
now purrrrrrrr
blocka blocka block blah blah
Shawn Skye
Vel Stacy
Simmer
Simmer
Simmer
9.27.23 | Day 2 Writing Session 1
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Verse 1-
I’m caught in a flame
You’re the one to blame
Got me Lost in the haze
I been lost for days
It’s a beautiful place
Where I can see your face
Where we won’t be tame
and you’re callin my name
Pre Chorus-
We gotta slow down
Don’t wanna wake the town
Let’s just sit around
Chorus-
Baby can we simmer simmer
….
Baby can we simmer simmer
….
Baby can we simmer simmer
….
Baby can we simmer simmer
….
Verse 2-
We got a whole lot of options
Getting Lost on a walk and
Staying in watching TV
Tiny desk just you & me
Got so much to say, when the hour’s late
On the porch we can share the rain
Share a little smoke share a little pain
Let the neighbors complain
Pre Chorus-
We gotta slow down
Don’t wanna wake the town
Let’s just sit around
Chorus-
Baby can we simmer simmer
….
Baby can we simmer
….
Baby can we simmer simmer
Simmer simmer
Bridge idea 1
I’m good just watching you sleep
Just lay your head on me babe
With you I’m good I’m okay
I Want this moment to stayy
We always know what to say
talk through the night to the day
A moment we never waste
You are my favorite place
Damian Malik Molina
Shawn Skye
John Samuel Gerhart
BACK OF THE ROOM
BACK OF THE ROOM
BACK OF THE ROOM
9.27.23 | Day 2 Writing Session 2
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Red Velvet Verse:
Crazy how people always call out
Can’t take it by always dish out
Other people all you ever fuckin talk about
Like everything going good up in yoru house
But if the people in the back had a monologue
You’d have a full damn page of an epilogue
Small bite but you barkin like a big dog
Truth is you don’t really want this problems
Iconic resistance
Bitches be testin the limit
You claim it couldn’t be finished
I say I already did it
You keep lookin for issues
And ima help your ass solve em
You see the man in the mirror
I see the root of the problem
Lo Rida Verse:
He got 5 kids
got two wives
and that bitch with fake tits on the side
She got 30 inches
And a blow problem
Lost the money
For a pro to solve it
the once in the back wanna fuck on his mom
(UGHH)
too scared to take his girl to prom
I’ve watched your tape
From the back of the class
Don’t piss me off
Or I’mma run it back like
WOAAAH now I’m really in ur business bitch like
WOAAAAH bit my tongue just like a seizure bitch like
4 rooms and walk-in closet
no one every really know how you bought it
“had to have a lotta cribs. tohave a crib like this”
I had to cut a lotta tracks to cut you off like this
GooMan Verse:
Goddaaaaaaamn man
If another loud mouthed
Somebody
with another god complex
comes to me with some
Ego dream
And some mic to scream in
I’m sorry
Big head
Tell me now who made you platinum
Tell me now who gave you the platform
So you’re standing on your own six feet now huh?
At the front of the room
Cuz they pay when you dance for em
They don’t tell you when you’re standing at the back room
You get a hell of a view
You see ‘em fuck their friends, callin it money moves
like good Christian girls that suck dick for mixes
Like damn
Annie are you okay?
I got my receipts saed
From brooke to broke Chase
So I walk away with a bank full of bennys cuz
Business is done at the back of the room
Hook:
I see you creepin’, deceivin’
Just image keepin, ooo
Bitch i don’t know who you think that you talkin to
Somebody come get this fool
Cuz violence I might choose
Watching from the back of the room
Liz Varum
Vel Stacy
John Samuel Gerhart
Don’t Save My Soul
Don't Save My Soul
Don't Save My Soul
9.28.23 | Day 3 Writing Session 1
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VERSE 1:
been following, following my footsteps
to lands I’ve never known
tomorrowing, borrowing the goodness
of black sheep in wolf’s clothes
she’s their fallen angel
melting hellbent cold hearts made of the stone
trust me I know
PRE:
not all kings are noble
not all thrones are gold
sometimes heaven comes down to rob you of your soul
she can’t wear the white dress
her crown is made of snakes
but I’ll choose her and the underworld if they call me to the gates
CHORUS:
don’t save my soul
watch me swear to god
from inferno
he ain’t even seen the things I know
the love I can’t let go
don’t save my soul
don’t save my soul
(alright)
VERSE 2:
i’m known as a man of honor
but on her I’m divine
lowdown, flowing down her river
knelt down at her shrine
whispering her curses
salivation, salvation over wine
that’s what I like
PRE:
not all queens are royal
not all tales are told
sometimes heaven comes down to rob you of your soul
she won’t wear the white dress
her crown is made of snakes
but i’ll choose her and the underworld if they call me to the gates
CHORUS:
don’t save my soul
watch me swear to god
from inferno
he ain’t even seen the things I know
the love I can’t let go
don’t save my soul
don’t save my soul
BRIDGE:
i know i know i know i know
ain’t no sunshine in her home
i know i know i know i know
but the hellfire keeps me warm
i know i know i know i know
ain’t no sunshine in her home
i know i know i know i know
but the hellfire keeps me warm
CHORUS:
don’t save my soul
watch me swear to god
from inferno
he ain’t even seen the things I know
the love I can’t let go
don’t save my soul
don’t save my soul
don’t save my .. soul
Tom Sless
John Samuel Gerhart
jeff bridges
jeff bridges
jeff bridges
9.28.23 | Day 3 Writing Session 2
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Chorus:
You’ll never breathe if you keep sleeping with the fishes
You can’t have me if you keep fucking with these bitches
It’s not a game if everybody always misses
That’s not Jeff Bridges
That’s not Jeff Bridges
Verse 1:
what do you want from me
Yeah I’m so tired of your shitty loser tendencies
Like why’d you make us enemies?
You wanted me to stay
You smoke 10 bowls every day
Strike all that shit you promised
The Dude don’t roll on shabbos
Chorus:
You’ll never breathe if you keep sleeping with the fishes
You can’t have me if you keep fucking with these bitches
It’s not a game if everybody always misses
That’s not Jeff Bridges
That’s not Jeff Bridges
Verse 2:
I slept on the floor
My rug is not here anymore
Don’t come to my door
You tied my room together
But now it’s bye forever.
Chorus:
You’ll never breathe if you keep sleeping with the fishes
You can’t have me if you keep fucking with these bitches
It’s not a game if everybody always misses
That’s not Jeff Bridges
That’s not Jeff Bridges
Liz Varum
Damian Malik Molina
Codependent Seas
Codependent Seas
Codependent Seas
9.28.23 | Day 3 Writing Session 2
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Verse 1
Hey are you coming over?
I’m not totally sober
Maybe we could start over one more time
We were chasing perfection
Found each other’s reflections
And a common collection of warning signs
Chorus
The highest highs, the lowest lows
The bandaged voids and patched-up holes
The volatile arguments and lovemaking
Maybe we should stay apart
And cut other from our hearts
Imagine drifting out together with the breeze
Love in waves, and codependent seas
Verse 2
No we wouldn’t have wished it
When we crashed in the shipwreck
I bet we could salvage us a raft
Floating through every ocean
Swallowing our emotions
Staying safe on the surface from both our pasts
Chorus
The highest highs, the lowest lows
The bandaged voids and patched-up holes
The volatile arguments and lovemaking
Maybe we should stay apart
And cut other from our hearts
Imagine drifting out together with the breeze
Love in waves, and codependent seas
Tom Sless
Isaac Rosenberg
Hand Me Down (Family Name)
Hand Me Down (Family Name)
Hand Me Down (Family Name)
9.27.23 | Day 2 Writing Session 1
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VERSE 1:
Slow growing out of dirt
Roots shortened and it hurts
How am I supposed to find the time to fix myself
When nothing here seems to keep it’s worth
Can’t trust the cruel of his embrace
Can’t trust the blood in my own veins
I thought things were gonna change
Things tend to burn at their own pace
CHORUS:
Hand me down love, hand me down pain
Hand me down drugs, hand me down shame
I know I don’t
I don’t want the family name
Hand me down love, hand me down pain
Hand me down drugs, hand me down shame
I know I don’t
I don’t want the family name
VERSE 2:
Come and open up my chest
So I can start my heart again
Haunted by an early grave
Was it good to end that way?
CHORUS:
Hand me down love, hand me down pain
Hand me down drugs, hand me down shame
I know I don’t
I don’t want the family name
Hand me down love, hand me down pain
Hand me down drugs, hand me down shame
I know I don’t
I don’t want the family name
Courtney Paige Nelson
Tom Sless
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Salt
(So Loud)
Salt (So Loud)
Salt (So Loud)
9.28.23 | Day 3 Writing Session 2
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Verse 1:
He said no one will like me
if I try to be myself
He’s not tryna spite me
He says he wishes me well
He tells me he loves me
With his hands over my mouth
He tells me he loves me
And I try to block him out
Pre Chorus:
But what he doesn’t know is that I take it .. with no salt
I bite into his words .. like they don’t cut my mouth
Chorus:
He said that it’s love
He said that he’d save me I said
I’ll be your shadow-ooooo
but he still hates me
And when he said it, he said it so quiet…
we’re not even friends, just brothers at best…
He said it so quiet
but I heard it all so loud
But I heard it all so loud
Verse 2:
Simmer under the surface
Till it comes to a boil
Why do I make you nervous
Why am I a disappointment
Funny and charming he gets what he wants
Funny how he’d rather sell me for parts
than to hold me
Does he want to know me
Pre Chorus:
But what he doesn’t know is that I take it… with no salt
I bite into his words… like they don’t cut my mouth
Chorus:
He said that it’s love
He said that he’d save me I said
I’ll be your shadow-ooooo
but he still hates me
And when he said it, he said it so quiet
we’re not even friends, just brothers at best….
He said it so quiet
but I heard it all so loud
But I heard it all so loud
I heard it all so
I heard it all so loud
loud
Outro:
There’s so much to. talkabout
Maybe you’ll listen now
Sam Marke
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
John Samuel Gerhart
Sept 22-26th
2022
Alumni Class of 2022
Highlights from Sept 22th - 26th
I Love You In The Worst Way
I Love You In The Worst Way
I Love You In The Worst Way
9.24.22 | Day 2 Writing Session 3
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warm coffee on the patio
Randy's on the radio
everything is moving slow
I should love it here
I know this is paradise
But something’s off and don't feel right
I'm sleeping through the whole damn night
I should love it here
but it just ain't the same
arguing with my ash tray
I love you in the worst way
even though your worst days
are summertime
in paradise
the skies are blue
but you want 'em gray
I love you in the worst way
Even though your worst traits
Show all the time
And spin off mine
Til we’re walking through a hurricane
I love you in the worst way
Last year on my birthday
You took me out to celebrate
A camping trip out of the way
I know you meant well
You brought on a petty fight
I gave up and said you were right
The trip was shit, but in hindsight
don't want this with no one else
It’s not too late
Wondering why I stay
but it ain't the same
arguing with my ash tray
I love you in the worst way
even though your worst days
are summertime
in paradise
the skies are blue
but you want 'em gray
I love you in the worst way
Even though your worst traits
Show all the time
And spin off mine
Til we’re walking through a hurricane
I love you in the worst way
Heitor Borges
Joseph Soriano
Jacob Humber
Waist Deep
Waist Deep
Waist Deep
9.24.22 | Day 2 Writing Session 3
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Why do you love me like you hate me
Why do you build me up to break me
Why do you draw me to erase me
Swimming in your water like I'm waist deep
Waist deep
I Never look before I jump in
I know you hear my heart beat thumpin
you say the two us mean something
but you're fronting
yea you fronting you fronting you fronting you fronting
I fall apart from the start when I look in your eyes
ohh but i dive
as I lie
waist deep
rescue me drowning under your saliva
i'm the glowing tinder to your burning lighter
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
rescue me drowning under your saliva
i'm the glowing tinder to your burning lighter
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
under the surface
you toss me around and then you hurt me
make me feel worthless
scam of a purchase
but after the first kiss
I've been in your service
do it on purpose
finish the chorus
now back to the verses
lying awake while you stay sleep
you're the diamond that I can't keep
say I'm pretty but the talk's cheap
Swimming in your water like I'm waist deep
Waist deep
I fall apart from the start when I look in your eyes
ohh but i dive
as I lie
waist deep
rescue me drowning under your saliva
i'm the glowing tinder to your burning lighter
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
rescue me drowning under your saliva
i'm the glowing tinder to your burning lighter
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
find me in the fire
feel me in the fire
FIRE HOEZ
burning off the layers of our CLOTHES
push me down till you dont see my NOSE
but i'm in control
give you something to hold
plenty of holes
should be illegal but i'm on parole
[FIRE HOEZ] Why do you love me like you hate me
[FIRE HOEZ] Why do you build me up to break me
[FIRE HOEZ] Why do you draw me to erase me
you fronting you fronting you fronting you fronting
Shawn Skye
Tom Sless
John Samuel Gerhart
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
9.23.22 | Day 1 Writing Session 1
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sick of feeling like
I'm fallin far behind
probly isn't the best thing
but it's always on my mind
I miss those starry nights
where there's no finish lines
listening to crickets as they're humming along
somewhere in the pines
well the city
has lots to give
but I wanna find peace
where it really lives
In the heartbeat of Georgia
Feeling easy in Georgia
Eating peaches in Georgia
mm-mm-mm
In the heart beat of Georgia
There's something waiting there for ya
Ya gotta find it in Georgia
Mm-mm-mm
blowing through the trees
a quiet morning breeze
end the day with the milky way
with friends as family
Staying up til three
sharing all our dreams
Given up not doing enough
For priceless memories
well the city
has lots to give
but I wanna find peace
where it really lives
In the heartbeat of Georgia
Feeling easy in Georgia
Eating peaches in Georgia
mm-mm-mm
In the heart beat of Georgia
There's something waiting there for ya
Ya gotta find it in Georgia
Mm-mm-mm
Wherever we are
Wherever we go
We'll always find home
In the heartbeat of Georgia
Feeling easy in Georgia
Eating peaches in Georgia
mm-mm-mm
In the heartbeat of Georgia
Feeling easy in Georgia
Eating peaches in Georgia
mm-mm-mm
In the heart beat of Georgia
There's something waiting there for ya
Ya gotta find it in Georgia
Mm-mm-mm
Flo Oramasionwu
Tom Sless
Jacob Humber
The Strain
The Strain
The Strain
9.25.22 | Day 3 Writing Session 5
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Even if I walked a thousand barefoot miles I wouldn't change
My heart's a rock that reverberates
glide over the water softer ripples on the lake
I'm the silence I'm the red thread of the ache
ohh What was built will always break
I will remain, I am the strain
Push a boulder up a mountainside, with black ash in my teeth
My child the curse is the release
When there's blood in the water, give the one-eyed dog the lead
I am the stranger, not the father nor the priest
ooh til the sun sets in the east
I will remain I am the strain
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
but your bones already know that, going forward is to go back
but your bones already know thaaaaaat
but your bones already know that, going forward is to go back
but your bones already know thaaaaaat
When the red is in your eyes and the blue evaporates
You'll find the answer in the wake
If your head is heavy you already know my name
I am the fire from which everything is made
ohh What was built will always break
I will remain, I am the strain
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
Ooooo ooo-oooo ooo-oooo ooo-oo-oo-oo ooo-oooo
but your bones already know that, going forward is to go back
but your bones already know thaaaaaat
but your bones already know that, going forward is to go back
but your bones already know thaaaaaat
but your bones already know that, going forward is to go back
but your bones already know thaaaaaat
but your bones already know that, going forward is to go back
but your bones already know thaaaaaat
I am the strain
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Tom Sless
John Samuel Gerhart
Wake Me Up
Wake Me Up
Wake Me Up
9.23.22 | Day 1 Writing Session 1
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I’ve been
sleep walking til the night ends
One second turns to thousands
Maybe it’s better to run
Destructive
my thoughts will get you fucked up
Slow burning in my lungs and
I’m bout to light another one
Nother one
eyes on the walls
Don’t get involved
Screaming to god
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Shot in the dark
dying with stars
At least I’m drowning in the light
turning my nightmares into daydreams, daydreams
One hand behind my back Imma do it in my sleep
Lost it and it made me, made me
Unrecognizable
I’m fucking through, bleeding blue
Turning my nightmares into daydreams, daydreams
And I don’t want to wake up
So don’t wake me up
Visions that I lose like A dream I can’t remember
I’ve been seeing red everyday like it’s December
I don’t wanna go back
I don’t wanna get out
Even when I’m half dead
I’ll stare down
eyes on the walls
Don’t get involved
Screaming to god
Wherever you are
Wherever you are
Shot in the dark
dying with stars
At least I’m drowning in the light
turning my nightmares into daydreams, daydreams
One hand behind my back Imma do it in my sleep
Lost it and it made me, made me
Unrecognizable
I’m fucking through, bleeding blue
Turning my nightmares into daydreams, daydreams
And I don’t want to wake up
So don’t wake me up
Rachel Martin
Heitor Borges
John Samuel Gerhart
Hiding Place
Hiding Place
Hiding Place
9.23.22 | Day 1 Writing Session 2
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gridlock, time stopped
no watch, tik tok
feelin the fog roll in
menacing
but our apartment, so warm
chipped paint, but it's ours
we don't let the outside in
you're holding myyyyyyy face in your hands
and nooooooow I understaaaand
This shit ain’t easy but it’s not that hard
Like walking barefoot in my backyard
Ooo ooo we don’t we don’t need the good old days
Ooo ooo even when I’m breakin down I'm safe
This shit ain’t easy but it’s not that hard
Follow the breadcrumbs when you feel lost
Ooo ooo we don’t we don’t need the good old days
Ooo ooo even when you’re breakin down you’re safe
YOU'RE MY HIDING PLACE
Brown walls, So small
Bumpin elbows
Never really bothered me
We got all the space we need
When I bark you bite
Still on the same side
loving fighting everything that’s in between
you're holding myyyyyyy face in your hands
and nooooooow I understaaaand
This shit ain’t easy but it’s not that hard
Like walking barefoot in my backyard
Ooo ooo we don’t we don’t need the good old days
Ooo ooo even when I’m breakin down I'm safe
This shit ain’t easy but it’s not that hard
Follow the breadcrumbs when you feel lost
Ooo ooo we don’t we don’t need the good old days
Ooo ooo even when you’re breakin down you’re safe
You're my hiding place
Oooo oooo oooo oooo
This shit ain’t easy but it’s not that hard
Like walking barefoot in my backyard
Ooo ooo we don’t we don’t need the good old days
Ooo ooo even when I’m breakin down I'm safe
You're my hiding place
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Jacob Humber
John Samuel Gerhart
Head Down
Head Down
Head Down
9.24.22 | Day 2 Writing Session 4
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What you mother fuckas looking at
Ain't you seen a dude drop bars back to back to back
Acting like you special rolling in that cadillac
Throwin' ya'll into cardiac catching hands like a punching bag
Cuz these lines is way too potent, it gon' make em crack
Dealing bars like they been asking where the zannies at
But it's more than that, I'm servin' ya'll like door dash
Of course, I'm forging the future like I'm the fucking foreman
This road is only for souls prepared to give it all
Climbing heights so high I ain't afraid to fall
Cuz every time that I did my DNA evolved
Look at my history, ain't a mystery you can solve
Scaling the walls, ceilings made of glass for me to break
Read my palms, read the signs I been one of the greats
It’s fated, 5 year plan I gotta start with the first day
I started the worst and finish first place
And I’ll run outta time Waiting for y’all
I just keep my head down head down
Keep my head down head down
Cuz one day all these legends gonna Fall
So imma keep my head down head down
Keep the vibe up and head down
I'm holding on to all these dreams
It's crazy how they so much closer than they always seem
I'm finding every way to change the scene and cause a scene
A change of scenery, greenery never bothered me
It's that perspective check the talking heads lobotomy
A psycho killer on the beat I leave no room to breathe
I pour my mind into the game this ain't monopoly
Not saying sorry, domination's my neurology
Ready or not, already bossa nova
Too many models, calling me Casanova
I'mma call a cab I don't need no validation
I'm already late for work, that shit feel like a vacation
Race against the clock so my time is never wasted
Impatient I make a drop and it's rockin' round the nation
So save it I've memorized the life that I'm chasing,
While you motherfuckers sipping I been spittin in the basement
I don't stop
And I’ll run outta time Waiting for y’all
I just keep my head down head down
Keep my head down head down
Cuz one day all these legends gonna Fall
So imma keep my head down head down
Keep the vibe up and head down
John Samuel Gerhart
Joseph Soriano
Flo Oramasionwu
No Redemption
No Redemption
No Redemption
9.24.22 | Day 2 Writing Session 4
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If had a penny for every time I went to war
I would never end up ... broke
Running man, gun in hand, light it up and take a chance
we're going up in smoke
line em up hoooo
line em up hooooo
And I'll knock ‘em down
line em up hoooo
line em up hooooo
Till I kiss the ground
No redemption now
No redemption now
I've been walking city blocks, never thought I needed God
why would I start now
Fallen King, broken laws, crumbling castle walls
You can watch me drown, but I still got the crown
No redemption now
You can watch me drown, but you can't take the crown
No redemption now
line em up hoooo
line em up hooooo
And I'll knock ‘em down
line em up hoooo
line em up hooooo
Till I kiss the ground
No redemption now
No redemption now
No redemption now
No redemption now
No redemption now
Heitor Borges
Tom Sless
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Save Your Sorry (IDGAF)
SAVE YOUR SORRY (IDGAF)
SAVE YOUR SORRY (IDGAF)
9.25.22 | Day 3 Writing Session 6
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Im feeling good keeping my head down
And I like who I am now
I thought it was once in a lifetime
picket white fence and your dumb mercedes
i feel crazy keeping your stuff
finally sobered up from your drugs, no
call me crying saying you hate our break up
i think maybe you're still in love
and i'm over it
over all of it
all the shadiness
maybe gemini's
all like startin shit
thinkin you're a god
I'm like 'oh my god'
always pickin fights
finally gonna finish it
i hate all your friends
every one of them
i'm so happy
that i'll never see them again
say you're missing us
while I'm hangin up
save your sorrys cuz
I don’t give a fuck
You flippin your script like an actor
Never come clean 'til after
You said that little things don't matter
Until they all turn to disasters
i feel crazy keeping your stuff
finally sobered up from your drugs
and you call me crying saying you hate our break up
i think maybe you're still in love
and i'm over it
over all of it
all the shadiness
maybe gemini's
all like startin shit
thinkin you're a god
I'm like 'oh my god'
always pickin fights
finally gonna finish it
i hate all your friends
every one of them
i'm so happy
that i'll never see them again
say you're missing us
while I'm hangin up
save your sorrys cuz
I don’t give a fuck
find someone else to call you baby
i'm done bein the maybe you call
So fuck off
so i'm over it
over all of it
all the shadiness
maybe gemini's
all like startin shit
thinkin you're a god
I'm like 'oh my god'
always pickin fights
finally gonna finish it
i hate all your friends
every one of them
i'm so happy
that i'll never see them again
say you're missing us
while I'm hangin up
save your sorrys cuz
I don’t give a fuck
na nanana na
na nanana na
na nanana na
I don't give a fuck
na nanana na
na nanana na
na nanana na
I don't give a fuck
na nanana na
na nanana na
na nanana na
nanana nanana
na nanana na
na nanana na
save your sorrys cuz
I don't give a fuck
John Samuel Gerhart
Rachel Martin
Jacob Humber
2021
Sept 2-6th
Alumni Class of 2021
Highlights from Sept 2nd - 6th
Fault Lines
Fault Lines
Fault Lines
9.3.21 | Day 1 Writing Session 2
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It’s like flooding on the Bayou
Hurricanes in Biscayne Bay
We’ve seen tornadoes in Oklahoma, the ground move in California
Wildfires so fast we can’t escape
Fault lines, fault lines, doesn’t matter this time
Who’s wrong, who’s right? When it’s scary outside
Hold me close, please don’t let go
We’re safe inside these fault lines
These fault lines
The weight of unmet expectations
These vices I can’t quit
I’ve been strung out on the sofa lost in Arizona
How do you love a man like this
With my fault lines, fault lines, doesn’t matter this time
Who’s wrong, who’s right? When it’s scary inside
Hold me close, please don’t let go
You’re safe inside these fault lines
These fault lines
You’ve got faith and we’ve got time
When the levee breaks we’ll stay dry
On these fault lines, fault lines, doesn’t matter this time
Who’s wrong, who’s right? When it’s scary at night
Hold me close, please don’t let go
We’re safe inside these fault lines
These fault lines
These fault lines
These fault lines
Clifton Jennings Rhoad
Drew Frey
Collin Kadlec
cabin in the woods
cabin in the woods
cabin in the woods
9.3.21 | Day 1 Writing Session 1
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crying on the subway again
mascara down my face
don’t mind if people see it
most likely can relate
trying my best to drain out
the pollution in my lungs
deep down, i wanna stay, but
on these days i wanna run
wouldn’t it be really nice
to leave it all behind
leave it behind
move to a cabin in the woods
I’d do it if i could
do it if i could
thousands of miles away
phone calls are getting old
look out at fire escapes
these days are hard to hold
thinking bout leaving this place
to somewhere more remote
float on my back in a lake
evergreen trees and oak
wouldn’t it be really nice
to leave it all behind
leave it behind
move to a cabin in the woods
we’d do it if we could
do it if we could
oh wouldn’t it be nice
to leave it all behind
to leave it all behind
a cabin in the woods
we’d do it if we could
we’d do it if we could
oh wouldn’t it be nice
to leave it all behind
to leave it all behind
a cabin in the woods
we’d do it if we could
we’d do it if we could
Kari Lawson
John Caviness
Wild
Wild
Wild
9.4.21 | Day 2 Writing Session 4
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You’re spinning like a ceiling fan
Wide awake at 3AM
Missing you a little bit more right now
I end up overthinking
But when I let it sink in
It takes some getting lost before we get found
Wild
Everything we’ve been through
Wild
Someone cares like you do, it’s so
Wild
Moments I should have noticed
Start coming into focus now
Wild
Wild
Wild
If I had it my way
The head that’s on this highway
Wouldn’t flash by so quick
Can’t be so scared to slow down
After all this time I know now
I’ve never been loved like this
Wild
Everything we’ve been through
Wild
Someone cares like you do, it’s so
Wild
Moments I should have noticed
Start coming into focus now
Wild
Wild
Wild
(Soft like the ocean breeze)
(Sweet like a summer dream)
(Crazy how the years go past)
(The fireflies they come and go)
(Love someone you let them know)
(Grateful now I understand that)
Your love is so wild
(Soft like the ocean breeze)
(Sweet like a summer dream)
I’ve been swimming in the fire baby
(Crazy how the years go past)
Your love is so wild
(The fireflies they come and go)
(Love someone you let them know)
I don’t want to miss it baby
(Grateful now I understand that)
Wild
Everything we’ve been through
Wild
Someone cares like you do, it’s so
Wild
Moments I should have noticed
Start coming into focus now
Wild
Wild
Wild
