fragments of ills (songs of 1994-95)

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1.	cement bed 05:04	lyrics	buy track
CEMENT BED 1994 NOW I FEEL LONELY MY SIGHT IS HAZY MY HEAD IS SWIMMING AND THE ROAD AHEAD IS BENT A RIVER FLOWS BESIDE ME, I FEEL WET I HAVE THESE FEELINGS I CAN’T QUITE LET OUT I CAN’T QUITE EXPLAIN I THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING LOST IN MY ROOM, I CAN’T QUITE GET OUT I HAVE NO ROOM, I HAVE NO AIR TO SHOUT COLD MAN WONDERS THEN HE TAKES A DRINK WIZE MAN WATCHES THEN SAYS WHAT HE THINKS NOTHING QUITE LIKE THIS LAYING DOWN ON CEMENT, LAYING AROUND BACK HURTS AS I’VE BEEN, LAYING DOWN I CAN TELL ITS WINTER WITH THAT SCENT IN THE AIR UNDER MY HOUSE NOW I HEAR THE RATS EVERYWHERE NOTHING QUITE LIKE THIS I CHOOSE EVERY MOVE SLOWLY SO NOT TO TRIP ON MY FEET LITTLE THOUGHTS LITTLE DREAMS EASILY SLIP AWAY MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M.
2.	the energy from our bones 02:05	lyrics	buy track
ENERGY FROM OUR BONES WINTER 94 G# C D# E GOD IS A GIFT, WRAPPED FOR YOU, WRAPPED FOR ME TAKE ONE TAKE TWO, MINE MAKES THREE GOT A GUN A KNIFE IN THE BACK PLASTIC GARDEN OUT IN THE YARD DANCING OUT THE ENERGY FROM OUR BONES RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE TILL THE COWS COME HOME THEN WE’LL SING OF STARS AND BANNERS THEN WE’LL SING OF COPS AND ROBBERS TIRED CLOUD MINDED CAN’T SEE STRAIGHT CAN’T LOOK BEHIND DROWNED IN THE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO COME THIS WAY CLOCK STOPPED, NO TIME TO REWIND IT NO TIME TO THINK OF IT WHOLESOME ARE THE WORRIES LOST ARE THE SOULS BUT DON’T YOU WORRY MOTHER WILL NEVER KNOW IT’S OKAY TO FEEL A LITTLE TIRED OKAY TO BE A LITTLE LATE TIME MOVES AS YOU WALK SLOW RIGHT ON TIME NO ONE WOULD KNOW MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M.
3.	open eyes closed 02:55	lyrics	buy track
OPEN EYES CLOSED SPRING 1995 HERE I AM WRITING IN GLASS IN STONE FOR TODAY SOMEDAYS SUNNY DAYS JUST COME, SOMME JUST RUN AWAY MY EYES SEE WHAT FEW CAN VIEW, BUT ISN’T GREAT LONELY SOLDIERS ROAM THESE PLANS NOW THE GHOSTS WON’T FADE WORDS WON’T GO AWAY I CAN’T BELIEVE IN HANDS WIDE OPEN EYES CLOSE STANDING STILL MOVING AROUND CIRCLES INMOVABLY MOBILE WALKING QUITE A WHILE I COULD KEEP THESE QUITING WAYS AND SHINE I’M THE CLOWN I’M THE CHILD WHO KNOWS HOW TO SMILE FRIENDLY PEOPLE ONLY SAY WHAT FEW DO AND FEW KNOW THEY LIVE THE WAY THEY CHOOSE, WITHOUT THE ABUSE LITTLE IDIAN BOY WITH POCKET OF SOUL IT’S IN HIM THEY PULL HIM IN AND MAKE HIM BLEED MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M.
4.	precipice of happiness 02:35	info	buy track
5.	unknown clown 03:23	lyrics	buy track
UNKNOWN CLOWN 1994 TODAY IS THE DAY WHEN ALL THINGS MOVE ABOUT SLOWLY SO MANY HOURS SPENT AWAKE DREAMING ABOUT BEING ASLEEP A THREAT, I HEAR, I KNOW, I SEE MY BOREDOM UNESTABLISHED REPERCUSSIONS UNESTABLISHED DAILY A LITTLE SLEEP… I GET BY A LITTLE BOREDOM… I GET BY SLOWLY WE PASS ON.. I GET BY DAY BY DAY IN ANYWAY… I’LL NEVER CRY I’LL PUSH MY WAY TO THE LEAD SOMEHOW BUT TODAY I WILL PLAY THE UNKNOWN CLOWN TODAY I’LL LET THEM ALL WALK ON ME AS I LAY ON THE FLOOR I’LL LET THEM LAUGH AT ME, JUST BECAUSE I’M BORED ALL BECAUSE I’M BORED MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M.
6.	caught 05:27	lyrics	buy track
CAUGHT DECEMBER 1994 CAUGHT INTANGLED IN THIS WAY ALONE AND RESTLESS AM I NOT OKAY MUD AND DIRT IN MY TOES MOTHER EARTH FATHER KNOWs DON’T FORGET MY SORROW I HAVE NOT CRIED HERE FOR NOTHING DON’T YOU REMEMBER IM ALONE HERE CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING AND HOPE ALONE IN THE DARK CRYS A CHILD WHY HE CRIES I CAN NOT SAY PULLING CLOSE A TEDDY BEAR ALONE HE SLEEPS NOW ITLL BE OKAY TORTURE KILL DESTROY THE ONLY AXE IN MY SPINE THEY HAVE KILLED A MILLION FOR YOU THET’LL KILL A MILLION MORE OR TWO MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M.
7.	you were my friend 04:56	lyrics	buy track
YOU WERE MY FRIEND JANUARY 1995 YOU SAID YOU WERE MY FRIEND BUT WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE YOU YOU REMEMBER HER, THE ONE WHO USED TO LOVE YOU YOU SAID YOU LOVED HER TOO BUT WHAT DID YOU DO YOUR NAME IS BULLSHIT YEAH MAN THAT’S YOU YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE FAMOUS BUT YOU HAVE NO CLUE JUST BECAUSE YOU SUCK YOU WISH I DID TOO GUESS WHAT MOTHERFUCKER THE JOKES ON YOU YOU HAVE MANY FRIENDS I HAD A FEW BUT WHAT DID YOU DO YOU SAID SOME THINGS YOU WISH WERE TRUE BUT WE BOTH KNOW BEFORE I KNEW YOU I RESPECTED YOU BUT THEN I FOUND OUT YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A WANNA BE YOU’LL NEVER BE WHAT YOU WANNA BE YOU’RE JUST A WANNA BE MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M.
8.	wheeling out again 02:43	lyrics	buy track
WHEELING OUT AGAIN MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEVEN DONALD MORRIS © S. D. M. SPRING 94 WHEELING OUT AGAIN WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME LAST TIME WHEN ONCE UPON A TIME I HAD A FRIEND SHOUT DO YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU CARE ABOUT MY WHEELS LOVE IN A BUCKET FOR THE FIRE ON MY WHEELS JUMPED UP IN A TREE AROUND THE HOUSE AROUND MY WHEELS I’M AFRAID TO GO OUT TODAY AFRAID TO TAKE MY BIKE FOR A RIDE BECAUSE THEY’LL LOOK AT ME THEY HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED AT ME THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE YARD NEEDS MOWED BUT THE SIDEWALKS ARE FULL OF CHILDREN I’M OUT OF MILK AND I NEED MY CEREAL BUT THEY ALWAYS LOOK AT ME SO I’M IN HERE (C) S.D. MORRIS
9.	the ballad of mr dolsid ravenstone 02:28	info	buy track

about

having nothing better to do i've gone back and recorded some of the first songs i ever wrote (some weren't worth the time or lost). i was in a "grunge" group at the beginning and ended up as the singer because my guitar amp wasn't loud enough. a side effect of this is that i only wrote lyrics for that band and kept all my songs to myself. i played some of them out live here and there but never recorded them. i guess i wanted to do something for my 15-year-old self. these songs are hugely flawed and reflect the raw emotions i think we all feel at that age. this was a very cathartic experience.

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released December 19, 2022

written recorded and performed by steven donald morris at Pop's and Westover House.

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dolsid Roanoke, Virginia

Notes from an anti social escapist between mundane moments demanded by corrosive reality,

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