Angel (youtube)

I remember lying with you singing me to sleep,
Trying not to drift away before I caught your eye,
One last time, before I start to dream,
One last time, before I start to dream about you.

Then I wake up, rub my eyes and head outside.
I see you standing there, I can’t believe my eyes.
That someone could be so beautiful,
Oh someone could be as beautiful…as you.

I’ve found my angel and she’s standing next to me,
She making it real easy to believe in love.
I’ve found my angel and she came and changed my life
She’s making it real easy to believe in love.

words and music copyright Kevin Ehlers 2008

Haze
by Kevin Ehlers aka Honest Artist

Haze [mp3]

I’ve been thinking about how to think about you less these days
Maybe hit the road running and clear my mind of this haze
I’ve been down from the sound that’s drowning me out these days
I think I’ve found my crutch, it’s you,
I’ve to let you know.
I think I’ve found my crutch, it’s you
I’ve got to let you go.

Cause it’s this haze these days, that’s making me blind
And it’s this haze these days, that’s clouding my mind
And it’s this haze that I’m leaving behind, try and stop me now!

Music and lyrics copyright Kevin Ehlers 2008

I’ve got a message in a bottle,
That I wrote the other day.
It says exactly how I feel,
So I tossed it in the sea.

Because I’m not ready to tell you,
just how I feel.

Standing on the shoreline,
as I watch my message float away.
I immediately jumped into the sea,
To get my message back to me.

Because I’m finally ready to tell you,
Just how I feel.

So I’ve got my message in a bottle,
and I’ve got you standing next to me.
It seems it just takes a message from the sea,
To get exactly what I need.

I need you.

music and lyrics copyright Kevin Ehlers 2007

Mr. Optimistic
by Kevin Ehlers
mp3 / youtube

Tragedy’s befallen me again it seems.
What am I to do?
Mr. Optimistic’s feeling down these days.
She broke his heart in two.

So if you see us walking with our heads hung low,
You know what to do.
Point us home.

I love you,
But I’m not in love with you.
She says, as I laugh and say
Could you be more cliché?
Well I love you too,
but it seems I’m still in love with you.
I wish that it wasn’t so hard to fall out of love,
With you.
Just point me home.

Lyrics and music copyright Kevin Ehlers 2007

Heart

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Heart
by Kevin Ehlers (aka Honest Artist)

It’s that feeling that you get when you just know
What they came to say and it shows.
It’s that feeling that you get before your heart
Disappears…

It’s that feeling that you get when she just stares at you
And you know,
That she’s not there.
It’s that feeling that you get when your heart sinks for good
Because you know
She never cared,
Like you do.

It’s because of you
I feel this way.
It’s because of you
I’ll never feel the same.

I ran in circles for you
Chasing love to the end of the world
Oh what a shame.
There’s always a catch with you
I was hoping that one day you could change,
Oh what a shame.

It’s that feeling that you get when you just know,
That she’s gone.

Well, not exactly.  But I’m traveling tomorrow and seeing “No Country For Old Men” with my dad.  Then, we’ve got the big Holiday.  So, I’m wishing everyone a happy Turkey Day now since I won’t post probably until Friday.  Enjoy the random songs I found when searching for the word Turkey.

Bob Dylan – Turkey Chase

John Lennon – Cold Turkey

The Ohio Players – Jive Turkey

P.S.  Two new demos Joe and I just finished.  Once again, unmixed, super unpolished.  But you get the idea.  Epiphany turned out extra good with the new additions we came up with.  You’ll hear them.  Joe played drums on the keyboard by the way.  Pretty impressive.

Epiphany

The Metaphor

1. The Acorn – Hold Your Breath
   
2. Yeasayer – Sunrise
   
3. Jesca Hoop – Summertime
   
4. The Mabuses – Mirth
   
5. Matt Pond PA – Wild Girl
   
6. Sunset Rubdown – Up on Your Leopard, Upon Your Feral Days
   
7. The Golden Republic – Hemel Dalingen
   
8. Enon – Pigeneration
   
9. Frida Hyvonen – The Modern
   
10. Regina Spektor – Chemo Limo
    
11. The Acorn – Lullabye (Mountain)
    

We made it! Three years of blogging and 40 Perch Mixes down. Of course, I kind of just went at my own pace as far as posting Perch Mixes, but still, 40 Perch Mixes is a good milestone to get to. This Perch Mix is a little different feeling than most, mainly because of the random music I’ve been listening to lately that are a bit out of the norm for me. Yeasayer is a great new band I’m really into. The Acorn are all time favs and have further proven that fact with their latest release. We’ve got a strange one from Sunset Rubdown which is curiously captivating, a short number from Matt Pond PA, and one of my favorite heartbreakers in “Chemo Limo” not only because it reminds me a lot of riding around listening to Regina Spektor with Tiffany, but also because the lyrics about someone fighting cancer get me every time. I also couldn’t leave out Enon, whose latest release isn’t their best, but I still really like that band.

Enjoy the latest Perch Mix and here’s seeing you 10 Perch Mixes from now for the big five-O.

P.S. Joe and I are starting to record all the songs we’ve learned so far in demo form to teach our new band members. Here’s a more polished version of “10,000 Miles”. I don’t like the very end, kind of sloppy, but Joe had a date so we had to cut the session short and this was the result. We also got a very rough take done of “Nothing Like This”. The levels are all over the place, as are the filters, but you get the picture. Honest Artist is very close to being a real band with five members. I couldn’t be more excited.

10,000 Miles (New Demo)

Nothing Like This (barebones version)

Nothing Like This live at Your Mom Fest w/drums
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