JOSH S. ROSE / MUSIC IN PROGRESS
Scratch Songs.
Song sketches and early recordings. A place to return to an idea, listen through a version and pass a song along.
17 songs
- 01 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:48
Everything We Wanted
Lyrics
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Cross that river To the city I would forget you If it weren't already in me So excited and so haunted If all of this weren't so close To everything we wanted This is everything we wanted This is everything we wanted This is everything we wanted This road runs forever Well beyond the city I could have missed it If it weren't so in me So excited and so haunted If all of this weren't so close To everything we wanted This is everything we wanted This is everything we wanted This is everything we wanted Every, every, everything we wanted - 02 / SCRATCH RECORDING3:13
Feels Good (But Like I'm Sinking)
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Feel it working Just under your skin I am still standing On this thin landing This is the night With no author My faults make you falter Feels good Like I'm sinking Done too much for all this thinking Feels good But like I'm sinking Freeway driving Lights keep rising Radio static Something higher This is the night The fire takes us The night that makes us Feels good Like I'm sinking Done too much For all this thinking Feels good But like I'm sinking - 03 / SCRATCH RECORDING3:29
Hold On (So Fast)
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I've traveled and I have seen On ships of morning, I have been Out in the [unclear], held tightly to the [unclear] It's a long life, We just live so fast All these holidays, it's such a shame We get caught up in this game Forget it's not things we've amassed Just a long life, we try to make it last [unclear] Hold on to the state of now I have landed I am ready On driftwood evenings, my eyes get [unclear] And this is my song My song [unclear] About this long life [unclear] so fast [unclear] Holding on to A state of now Just me and you - 04 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:17
I'm Tryin' Babe
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Give me something hard to do Lecture me on showing up for you Tell me how to bleed for you I'm trying, babe Push me hard and hold me tight Make me do what I know is right Help me sleep hard through the night I'm trying, babe Where is that heart, [unclear]? Did you hide it in the dark, [unclear]? Are you afraid to need me? It's okay, I need you too But it doesn't have to be this easy Tell me what's bothering me Make me see what I don't want to see Shake me like you shake a tree I'm trying, babe I'm trying Where is that heart, [unclear]? Did you hide it in the dark, [unclear]? Are you afraid to need me? It's okay, I need you too But it doesn't have to be this easy - 05 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:18
Not Ready
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Some of these headstones Are talking to me about rest homes But I'm not ready to be buried just yet All of these roads now Are ending somehow There are still some good people I haven't met [unclear] With their reunions While I'm on the living I'll be there soon, yeah Is this a vision? Am I having visions? And is the light just blindness From my decisions? Sleeping in this rail car Waking up in some old bar If you're taking me, don't tell me how If after all this time Ain't caught for my crimes Maybe they ain't crimes anyhow [unclear] With their reunions While I'm on the living I'll be there soon, yeah Is this a vision? Am I having visions? And is the light just blindness From our decisions - 06 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:17
So Damn Lucky
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Call it being lucky To have survived this awful winter But you came out owing nothing And nothing that you're owing Isn't that great? Out in the cold of morning Maybe freedom's breaking even To be lost among the heavens On a road so sure of where we're going And isn't that great too? Lucky, so lucky I call it luck, some call it pain Two kinds of people here One cries from petrichor And the other hates the rain Let's sit at the table For anything on your mind We'll [unclear] playing cards What suits you, suits me just fine Let's sing the songs we've written For anyone that's listening And if there's nobody out there listening I'll keep your song with mine We are all so damn lucky Lucky, so lucky, I call it luck, some call it pain Pain Two kinds of people here One cries from petrichor And the other hates the rain - 07 / SCRATCH RECORDING4:24
Up and Left
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I have been down and held inside I can't seem to let this feeling [unclear] I haven't been this down Since [unclear] left town I'm scared to stay alone It follows me everywhere I go Nothing calms me [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] for you No And this is something else [unclear] Tired of running Tired of losing This awful [unclear] [unclear] From across [unclear] Sea Sea of nothing Sea of you Sea of me Sea of me I'm tired of running I'm tired of losing This awful human race - 08 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:54
On and On
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Let's travel you and me, like we used to, Like we once did, Like we have to Let's meet up at the pier Like we're just kids Like we once did [unclear] From here we can see And tomorrow is the sun And the next day It's the next day And on, on, on Is this your yellow moon You left here Did we have kids too soon Could you live here Like we once did Like we once did Like we used to And here we can see the moon And tomorrow is the sun And the next day, it's the next day And on and on and on From here we can see the moon And tomorrow is the sun And the next day And the next day And on and on - 09 / SCRATCH RECORDING4:20
Red Ants
- 10 / SCRATCH RECORDING1:55
Remember Ten
Lyrics
From the original song file.
Remember ten ([female voice] I do) I’m more like then Than I’m like you ([female voice] aww) If you knew me when When I was young When I was ten [female voice] (so cute) You’d know me now ([female voice] I know you) Like you know the ocean (let's go!) [Chorus] Break me take me I don't need a heart I've got you, and you've had me Deep from the start I'm looking back at When I was ten, and thinking this You're just an innocent and awful piece of loneliness Remember me ([female voice] I do, babe) I wasn't always like this Had a good time ([female voice] I'm sure you did, babe) But I was far and away ([female voice] aww) When I was young When I was ten I wish you knew me I wish we could sail away [Chorus] Break me take me I don't need a heart I've got you, and you've had me Deep from the start I'm looking back at When I was ten and thinking this You're just an innocent and awful piece of loneliness - 11 / SCRATCH RECORDING1:40
Reverie
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From the original song file.
[Verse 1] I’m finally feeling free Finally feel like me All this sunlight soulful shining Sparkling in some kind of reverie [Verse 2] I'm finally feeling free Of all your misery All your darkness, willful whining Your pretty island of negativity [Chorus] It’s alright, I guess it has to be Perfect timing and traction I think you would like it If you could find it Outside your beautiful and unbelievable distraction [Verse 3] I'm finally feeling free And now you want to put your shit on me I'm running happy, blind and blissed out In some weird kind of reverie [Chorus] It’s alright, I guess it has to be Perfect timing and traction I think you would like it If you could find it Outside your beautiful and unbelievable distraction - 12 / SCRATCH RECORDING4:40
Exactly How They Want You To Feel
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From the original song file.
[Verse 1] All this miserable weather Isn’t making anyone feel any better So someone says something mean And misdirected And now you feel small And affected You’re reacting At how they’re acting It puts you on edge Til strangers feel like enemies And you’re into conspiracies And you don’t stand for things You stand against them And the thing you think keep you safe and lean To spite them Is the same thing That makes you mean And like them [Chorus] This feeling you're feeling That's exactly what they hoped you'd feel Your anger, your fear Your defenses and your bad year It’s everything they wanted Is it yours? Is this everything you wanted? [Verse 2] And no one can get their life in order And everyone’s a weather reporter Hurt and victimized, angry and worried Head down, small and hurried Were all the jerk out on the road Headed out of town Feeling so fixed up when someone else Has broken down And there’s a cold comfort in all this misery In all having bad days together In having nothing else to do But elect a bad day monster To fight against the weather With you! [Chorus] This feeling you're feeling That's exactly what they hoped you'd feel Your anger, your fear Your defenses and your bad year It’s everything they wanted Is it yours? Do you have everything you wanted? [Verse 4] There is something you can do And it's the hardest thing to do, too You just decide you’re not that mad Admit this is the best day you've ever had And then decide the next person you see Is not your enemy See the heart in humanity And here’s the hard part The insanity Is that they’ll insult you Cancel and cut you For being an idiot pacifist Instead of an idiot activist They’ll tell you your silence is violence And the only way to deal with you is violence And you’ll be the one with the open heart On the cross, bleeding through the tether And all of them will say It wasn’t me It was the weather [Chorus] This feeling you're feeling That's exactly what they hoped you'd feel Your anger, your fear Your defenses and your bad year It’s everything they wanted Is it yours? Do you have everything you wanted? - 13 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:47
Watching Space Men
Lyrics
From the original song file.
(Verse 1) This brave new world I guess I never saw it coming After so long fighting for what's mine (Verse 2) To sit here saying nothing To stop all of the running And let the world let me leave it all behind (Chorus) I'm watching these space men leave And thinking that's just not me You can have your other worldly views I'd rather hide among the rushes And if you don't mind, you're blocking my moonlight, too (Verse 3) Your existential dread We all saw it coming After so long so sure of what's true (Verse 4) I'm standing here, deep in the river My legs too heavy to be running Have you ever seen a deeper shade of blue (Break) (Chorus) I'm watching these space men leave And thinking that's just not me You can have your other worldly views I'd rather hide among the rushes And if you don't mind, you're blocking my moonlight, too - 14 / SCRATCH RECORDING3:14
Hollywood
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From the original song file.
[Verse 1] This old drive From here to Hollywood The sun fell so hard We crawled the night On Sunset Boulevard [Verse 2] This old life From here it looks good I fell so hard I went unconscious Somewhere on the Boulevard [Chorus] I squint my eyes so hard I see past the fall Any harder And I won't see at all [Verse 3] This old home Was it all just hardwood The night has run it through As it should I had to fall to meet you [Chorus] I squint my eyes so hard I see past the fall Any harder And I won't see at all [Coda] Goodbye Goodbye Hollywood Goodbye all the whiskey And the pain Goodbye Hollywood Goodbye young guns Souvenirs and necklace chain Goodbye youth Goodbye pain Hello sky and sun and rain - 15 / SCRATCH RECORDING3:12
Last Time Again
Lyrics
From the original song file.
I should say I'm aware I should mention I'm still there Where you left me By the old tree Down at the beach Wandering about you [Chorus] Stand by me? One last time before We can pretend It's for the last time again I'm okay I'm just aware Of you all the way over there I should mention I'm still here I am the old tree I am the waves Wandering around you [Chorus] Stand by me? One last time before We can pretend It's for the last time again - 16 / SCRATCH RECORDING3:23
Soft Focus Evening
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From the original song file.
[Verse 1] Fallen water glass, dried water Quiet father, boredom’s daughter The dryer sounds like birds Of the tiny wings you got her [Chorus] High above I still feel like I’m sinking If this is love Then why can’t I stop thinking [Verse 2] This freeway underpass, cars climbing Conversations are only rhyming A deep fire gathers talkers Like a day makes its own timing [Bridge] Give me birds Give me sky Give me nothing more to stand on I'm alive Oh girl, I'm alive [Chorus] High above I still feel like I’m sinking If this isn't love Then why can’t I stop thinking [Chorus] High above I still feel like I’m sinking - 17 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:31
Some of these headstones (Cover)
Lyrics
From the original song file.
[Verse 1] Some of these headstones Are talking to me about rest homes But I'm not ready to be buried just yet. [Verse 2] All of these roads now Are ending somehow There are still some good people I haven't met [Chorus] To see the resting with their reunions While among the living I'll be there soon yeah Is this a vision? Am I having visions? And is the light just blindness From our decisions? [Verse 3] Sleeping in this rail car Waking up in some old bar If you're taking me, don't tell me how [Verse 4] If after all this time Ain't caught for my crimes Maybe they aren't crimes anyhow [Chorus] To see the resting With their reunions While among the living I'll be there soon yeah Is this a vision? Am I having visions? And is the light just blindness From our decisions? [Chorus] To see the resting With their reunions While among the living I'll be there soon yeah Is this a vision? Am I having visions? And is the light just blindness From our decisions? [End] - 18 / SCRATCH RECORDING2:39
Thrown In, Eyes Wide Open
Lyrics
From the original song file.
I was thrown in eyes wide open burnt orange and flashing It snowed on the beach Thrown into the water Thrashing It's a calm wind over the ocean So warm, so glassy We are all born breach And come out tumbling Thrashing [Chorus] Only go for so long Only see so far With these sad and longing Eyes of ours The storm whipped through Dark blue and gnashing We held on to what we could reach Through the wind Thrashing We all get laid down We all end with some brassing Polished smooth and calm From all these years Thrashing [Chorus] Only go for so long Only see so far With these sad and longing Eyes of ours