ThomasWilliamsMusic

Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Take your head Rest it on the floor, if not your bed For now the choice is yours, but in the end We are all just visitors here take your heart make it with your brush to line the halls The beauty is in facing the walls we are all just visitors here Life means so much more for that it's spent in a short, warm moment The sunset on a perfect day provides the context to view the sunlight Take your badge place it on the wall with all the rest We only get a lifetime to see We only get a lifetime to see we're all just visitors here

"Verdigris" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic

"Rooktown" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic

"Parasite" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: It is any wonder that the lights go out when you hear his call Is it any wonder that it falls apart when you stay And if we lay in the dust and the dirt and the noise How long till they find us together forever out beyond the choice Is it any wonder that the smell is sweet when the rat finds the cat on his mind Is it any wonder that the self you greet has no time And if crypto can convince the rat that the cat is on side What hope do we have of together forever out beyond the choice

"Whalefall" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Line up for the chain gang What your crime was they can't explain It's a sickness if you're wondering Whalefall Marble crumbling Scavengers come out to feast Orpheus' lyre mumbling Tempted from what is real by the beast Dress up for the funeral pyre Masquerade as a signal fire Affectation over empathy Saddle up for the blame game There's no time to make your case Now the children run the nursery Angels cry out Warning you Keeping gates and sewing seeds Pious priests Digital Consecrating linguistic territory

"Little Read Victimhood" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Such big eyes you squander on the blaming A sharpened silver spoon is unsheathed from your lips Books that lie beneath your feet May yet improve your posturing As you tiptoe trying to find your way Through woods such as this And if you close your eyes to this lie You may yet begin to dream Such big hand to hold your pockets tightly To hide the truth that there may be something there You can't allow the world to see The track-marks of the luxury It's a shame that you're so privileged But a cross you'll have to bear And so you wear the dirt stains proudly As any little girl should And you pour soul As the wolf tears at your little read victimhood Such sharp words to cut your teeth on You'll draw the first blood to start the circling Such dull instruments to take a shot at dialect Suited to torturing but not to surgery And if you try sometimes You might find you get what you deserve Talk with me and I'll stay a while Walk with me and I'll walk with you Such big lies contort and change All the better to see you with There's good and bad no in between And victory takes everything The lie reflects the bigger truth And justifies the means But you still wear the dirt stains proudly As any little girl should And you pour soul As the wolf tears at your little read victimhood

"Platitudes" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: When bequeathed the gift of faith The child will spend it all in one place And never meet the strangers gaze So roll the dice We'll find someone to test out your convictions One stands firm without the herd To render to the world what it deserves With all his thoughts as afters The Jester broke his back to reach the branches Of the fruit hung low, bent by circumstances And the flaw he might have spoken went unseen The cordon wasn't broken And jackboots pierced the silence of the dream And so in time you'll find your platitudes remain Just like mother used to make And when you find your words Then you'll start to see the world The child tells the truth and the monsters point their fingers back at you And as the dreams of men come true, life is lent to nightmares too The child meets the man and sits in judgement of the deeds to come with age And burdened with the weight of all the things he didn't say, he drops his gaze

Suzanne Vega's "Luka" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was I think it's because I'm clumsy I try not to talk too loud Maybe it's because I'm crazy I try not to act too proud They only hit until you cry And after that you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore Yes I think I'm okay I walked into the door again If you ask that's what I'll say And it's not your business anyway I guess I'd like to be alone With nothing broken, nothing thrown Just don't ask me how I am Just don't ask me how I am Just don't ask me how I am My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was Just don't ask me what it was They only hit until you cry And after that you don't ask why You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore You just don't argue anymore

"Bridges Burned" by Thomas Williams Track 4 from the upcoming "Best Of" album. I will be uploading one new track from the album a week until they are all available. There are some new songs, some remasters of old songs, and two covers. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: If I had a voice to sing I might not hear for singing the same old things I might not feel the words anymore I might not be any use at all And if I had a plan I might make the twelfth step from monkey to man I might impose for my ideals If I could raise enough to grease the wheels Hey now I'm getting older And I've got nowhere left to turn But to follow the light out of the darkness Start to mend these bridges burned And if I had morals on my side I might crusade to fight the good fight And we could aim toward this pipe dream Abandon reason, abandon everything And if I had my way How would I know what to change And what to keep the same And after all this noise we pass away Leaving only inches on the celluloid Hey now I'm getting older And I've got nowhere left to turn But to follow the light out of the darkness Start to mend these bridges burned

"Tinker's Toys" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Indolent, recalcitrant Creation made aware Conceived by necessity To make good use of the air Cursory, perfunctory We stick to the surface noise Chained and bound by the second count Winding down like tinker's toys Nothing more than tinker's toys Drawn up from a chart Wind us up and let us go Watch us fall apart We stand like heroes Fall like men Dream our dreams like boys Play our parts And guard our hearts But we break like tinker's toys Nothing more than tinker's toys Drawn up from a chart Wind us up and let us go Watch us fall apart

Cover of "Saint Simon" by The Shins. As usual, James Mercer's melody and lyrics are wonderful. The original can be found on their album "Chutes Too Narrow". This is a new cover for me - Track 2 from the upcoming "Best Of" album. I will be uploading one new track from the album a week until they are all available. There are some new songs, some remasters of old songs, and two covers. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: After all these implements and texts designed by intellects So vexed to find evidently there's still so much that hides And though the saints dub us divine in ancient fading lines Their sentiment is just as hard to pluck from the vine I'll try hard not to pretend Allow myself no mock defense As I step into the night Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure out the nursery rhymes That helped us out in making sense of our lives The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me I value them but I won't cry every time one's wiped out I'll try hard not to give in Batten down to fare the wind Rid my head of this pretense Allow myself no mock defense As I step into the night Mercy's eyes are blue when she places them in front of you Nothing holds a Roman candle to the solemn warmth you feel inside There's no measuring of it as nothing else is love I'll try hard not to give in Batten down to fare the wind Rid my head of this pretense Allow myself no mock defense As I step into the night Mercy's eyes are blue when she places them in front of you Nothing really holds a candle to the solemn warmth you feel inside you

"Medicine Man" by Thomas Williams A new song, and Track 1 from the upcoming "Best Of" album. I will be uploading one new track from the album a week until they are all available. There are some new songs, some remasters of old songs, and two covers. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: One day soon You'll run out of sugar for your silver spoon The medicine man Now absent of wool for pulling over you The taste is new The unbroken sky now holds a different view The deepest blue Or the faint smell of bitter almonds calling you

"Dried Flowers" is a 2023 EP composed of remasters of selected tracks from the "Flowers" album, and one unreleased track from the same sessions. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic

"Since You Gave Up On Me" by Thomas Williams "Dried Flowers" is a 2023 EP composed of remasters of selected tracks from the "Flowers" album, and one unreleased track from the same sessions. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Double dealing gives way to soul stealing Plaster crumbling from the cracked facade of the ornate ceiling Face masks, pulled back covers Selfish, arm crossed lovers Since you gave up on me Storytellers mock me from the pages with cliches Exacerbating foreign feelings which seem to come at me in waves And it seems like I feel the weight of the tide Since you gave up on me The surface barely dented, but written off Throwing away the time we wasted, and possible futures lost Maybe we should have bought into the fallacy of sunken cost Do you think it's too late to make amends Been hearing tales of what we missed from idealistic friends It costs nothing to pick up the phone But I'm too proud to be the one Since you gave up on me

"Lie To Me" by Thomas Williams "Dried Flowers" is a 2023 EP composed of remasters of selected tracks from the "Flowers" album, and one unreleased track from the same sessions. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: I don't care what you're thinking It only hurts what you say out loud And though this friendship may be sinking I'm not about to go down So keep your feelings from me And take a turn on the stage And when you finally smile and leave me You'll find you're perfect for the part you played Lie to me Tell me nothing Lie to me Give me something Lie to me I need someone Lie to me Lead me on Your smile makes my heart beat But it doesn't reach your eyes You look away when our eyes meet Keep practising to hide those lies But don't feel like a faker Don't want to make you feel anxious It's not a wall you're building Just a cushion that I have sanctioned Lie to me I won't see it Lie to me I need it Lie to me I won't blame you Lie to me Not about you Lie to me Put on an act Lie to me Hide the facts Lie to me Make it real Lie to me Make me feel So hardened slate we find Fills the gaze of the masses And though we may be blind We'll still see through your rose tinted glasses There's no need to be subtle When the papers can fake it They won't print our rebuttal But you may tax our right to make it Lie to me Make my future Lie to me If it suits you Lie to me I don't figure Lie to me Just a signature Lie to me Raise the breadline Lie to me Doing hard time Lie to me Check your numbers Lie to me Golden slumbers Lie to me Lie to me Lie to me Lie to me Lie to me Lie to me

"Trust" by Thomas Williams "Dried Flowers" is a 2023 EP composed of remasters of selected tracks from the "Flowers" album, and one unreleased track from the same sessions. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: I remember when we were young People's lives were your favourite toys Hard to relate to the thrill you'd take from the methods that you employed Hope and delusion are given for free But the balance is hard to acheive When you're ruling the world and shrinking away from the working class disease Now sincerity has become a fixture When you used to be so good at telling lies Maybe I'm missing part of the picture Or maybe it's the deceit your smile implies Maybe I've been burned before But you won't know the how's and why's But you can trust me when I say there's less trust here than you surmise And you can wonder why - So throw away your manufactured face And drop your cane and hat I'm not going to buy my way into some lie That reveals itself after the fact Now sincerity has become a fixture When you used to be so good at telling lies Maybe I'm missing part of the picture Or maybe it's the deceit your smile implies

"Another Song" by Thomas Williams "Dried Flowers" is a 2023 EP composed of remasters of selected tracks from the "Flowers" album, and one unreleased track from the same sessions. Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: When you're new And life unfurls You see the world Is at your feet Another chance to take Another rule to break Another bond to make And friend to meet And when you grow Your vision shifts You see the world for what it is Another day Another way Another opportunity to call it quits And as you age your conviction wanes And perspectives change of their own accord Another aspect of the same old information Another song played with the same old chords And when you're old The garden's overgrown And you've been overthrown by something new A new disciple Another title Another cycle

"Phosphenes Pt.1" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic

"The River" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: One day a man who couldn't hear them shooed the songbirds from the trees One day a priest with no religion shunned his flock to wear his fleece And in one day everything had changed The Earth perspired, filled the cracking elevation Until it joined another stream In time, the streams became a river And the river met the sea Great desperation makes sweeter the call of the dice And blind indignation breeds hatred between you and I And one man couldn't change a thing So one million men didn't change a thing

"Whalefall" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Line up for the chain gang What your crime was they can't explain It's a sickness if you're wondering Whalefall, marble crumbling Scavengers come out to feast Orpheus' lyre mumbling Tempted from what is real by the beast Dress up for the funeral pyre Masquerade as a signal fire Affectation over empathy Saddle up for the blame game There's no time to make your case Now the children run the nursery Angels cry out, warning you Keeping gates and sewing seeds Pious priests, digital Consecrating linguistic territory

"Paraphernalia" by Thomas Williams Free download and streaming at http://reverbnation.com/thomaswilliams7 https://www.facebook.com/ThomasWilliamsMusic/?ref=bookmarks https://www.instagram.com/thomaswilliamsmusic/ Support me with a donation at: https://paypal.me/TWilliamsMusic Lyrics: Pictures fade like tears in rain This is what waits for us Silver seas of memories Trailing a path behind us Letters and rings and things of gold These are what's left to save Aging hands and best laid plans These are what dreams are made of - Missing parts and broken hearts These are the things we are Seeds to sew and a place called home These are the things we have not Fallen tears, wasted years These are the things we know Endless lists of things we've missed Waiting for someone to show us