“Late Night Ramble”

My first single, “Late Night Ramble,” from my upcoming debut album, Cathartes Aura, is now available. At its core, it’s a song about staying true to yourself in a world full of deception, lies, outrage, anxiety, confusion, and smoke and mirrors.

For me, inner truth often emerges in moments of quiet, introspective solitude. It’s usually late at night, when most people are asleep, and a deep silence takes over, amplifying the noise in my mind. That voice rambles on, and I find that writing it down helps to make sense of it. Often, the thoughts are jumbled, incoherent, profane, dark, funny, offensive, brutal, and nonsensical. But after I’ve spent some time sifting through the chaos, the truth of what I’m feeling and thinking becomes clearer. Sometimes, it turns into a lyric or a few lines of poetry. This song was born from that very process.

“Late Night Ramble”

It’s a late night ramble

That’s keeping me awake

So far beyond my bedtime

So far beyond the break

Deep, deep down in the ocean

With the feelings I forsake’d 

But something’s pulled me down here

Yeah something I can’t shake

It’s a late night ramble

That shows me I’m unsure

Of what was once so certain

Now nothing but a blur

Of everything I’m thinking 

The profane and impure

Found here within these pages

The cancer and the cure

And I’ll be damned if I don’t share my story

And may be damned if I do

But that’s alright man I don’t need the glory

In a world that misconstrues

I would rather be true

Yeah it’s a late night ramble

That’s got me up all night

On this creative gamble

Been betting all my life

I may have lost religion 

I may be read my rights 

But something is a whispering

That’s says I’ll be alright

And I’ll be damned if I don’t share my story

And may be damned if I do

But that’s alright man I don’t need the glory

In a world that’s gone askew

I would rather be true

And I’ll be damned if I don’t share my story

And may be damned if I do

But that’s alright man I don’t need the glory

In a world so damn confused 

I would rather be true