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"Ghost" Writer

For most of my life, I've felt a little like a ghost. Not misunderstood. Not mistreated. Just unnoticed. Never the loudest person in the room. Never the one people naturally gathered around. Even in high school, I often felt as though life was happening around me rather than with me. For yea

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HELP WANTED

The older I get, the less this song feels like a prayer and the more it feels like a classified ad. Not because faith disappeared. Because guidance did. Because wisdom did. Because leadership did. Sometimes the holiest thing a person can say is simply: "Help wanted." Lord, Send Me A

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Cracked Bottom Lip—Song Story

I used to think the proper response to a song like "Cracked Bottom Lip" was embarrassment. After all, the song was inspired by a woman who was never really mine to lose. There was flirtation, confessions, and a friendship that meant more to me than it did to her, but there was never a re

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Still Worth The Reminisce

When I was younger, I thought nostalgia was weakness. A refusal to move forward. A way of getting stuck. But the older I get, the more I think memory serves a different purpose. Not to trap us in the past. To remind us what mattered. The bike leaning against the fence. The records we wore th

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Just Ghosts In Time

"You don't want this cat." I've adopted a handful of cats over the years, and to this day, I've never heard anyone at an animal shelter say that to a potential adopter. It was February of 2023. I had recently left a sixteen-year relationship and moved into an apartment of

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Redefine The Cost Here

Some prices aren't paid once. They're paid every morning you decide to get back up. "Redefine the cost here for daring not to quit." — J.S. Clockwise #writersoflemon #poetsoflemon8 #motivational #reevaluate #newmusic2026

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No God could ever care, you see

Have you ever had someone offer help after becoming part of the reason you needed it? "It's hard to hear you pray for me. You sound like such a liar." #Lyrics #songwriter #poetsoflemon8 #newmusic #jsclockwise

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...But I Think You Get The Gist

“The Gist” began with a realization that changed the way I wrote. After years of struggling to find my voice, I discovered that the only way poetry seemed to work for me was through the voice of Leonard Cohen. Not by copying him, but by reading my own lyrics back in that unmistakable baritone and a

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Looked Like A Garden

This image was inspired by a line from my song "Spider Revisited." The line isn't really about a garden. It's about those moments in life that arrive disguised as blessings—relationships, opportunities, temptations, promises—only to reveal their true cost much later. The se

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The Song I Wrote After We Forgot How to Listen

“The Tower and the Wall” was written in November of 2016, immediately after Trump’s first election victory. Oddly enough, despite how dense and layered the lyrics are, it was one of the fastest songs I’ve ever written. Most of my work feels crafted line by line — this one felt delivered. I wasn’t c

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Some rooms don’t fall apart all at once.

They just slowly become places you survive inside. “Where the web catches dust.” — Spider Revisited #JSClockwise #SouthernGothic #DarkAmericana #Poetry #Songwriter

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Why Some Songs Feel Like Confessions

There’s a line in Spider Revisited that reads: “It looked like a garden, was really a grave.” That line probably captures the emotional core of the song better than anything else in it. The song lives in that uncomfortable territory where emotional awakening and emotional destruction can exist side

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Your quiet paws, my quiet vow…— Nine Lives From Now

#cats #catsong #petpoetry #ninelives #jsclockwise

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Quiet Man’s Lament — The Story Behind the Song

“Quiet Man’s Lament” was written in the aftermath of the 2020 election, during a period where politics stopped feeling abstract to me and started feeling moral. The song came from wrestling with the idea that silence itself can become a form of participation. Not because quiet people are evil, but

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Quote from I Take It Black

Some memories don’t disappear. They just settle into the background— into old songs, late nights, rain on windows, and the bitter smell of what you lost.

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Being Whole

There’s a strange pressure now to constantly be seen. To brand yourself. Perform yourself. Prove yourself. But I think some of the most important parts of us are built quietly — long before recognition ever arrives. This line came from that realization: “I was whole before I was found.” Not per

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Still Building — Release Day

“Still Building” starts with something simple: I’m not finished. Not broken—just incomplete. Like most of us. Some people run from that feeling. Some people try to hide it. I’ve always just stood in it. Slow, maybe—but honest. Still looking it in the eye. There’s tension in that. Watching oth

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Which one are you today?

Most of us like to believe we know which one we are. The truth is… it shifts. Quietly. Constantly. Some days you’re surviving. Some days you’re hunting. And sometimes the difference is just perspective. #writersoflemon8 #deepthoughts #selfreflection #darkaesthetic #jsclockwise

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Behold the Wonders — The Story Behind the Song

“Behold the Wonders” didn’t begin as a declaration of faith so much as a challenge—to the writer, and to the form itself. After encountering a wave of devotional writing that leaned more on sentiment than structure, the question arose: is it actually difficult to write something meaningful in this

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Another Cinderella

Some people wear their stories where no one bothers to look. #Songwriting #Poetry #Lyrics #JSClockwise #therapysong

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