I N S P I R E D

I N S P I R E D I I

( album cover for 2015 )

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INSPIRED II will be an ALL MUSICAL, LYRIC FREE, ORIGINAL ALBUM.

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I N S P I R E D

2014

open door blows summer breeze

blowing curtains next to me

record spins around real slow

will you come or will you go

wish you'd come or will you go

colitas blowing through my hair

summer tide and summer air

hallways changing in the light

rising candle, dancing night

here we go around the flame

I see you dancing once again

round and round a rising flame

here we go once again

record spins around real slow

will you come or will you go

record spins around real slow

sun comes up and then it goes

record spins around real slow

will you come or will you go

record spins around real slow

sun comes up and then it goes

record spins around real slow
will you come or will you go
record spins around real slow
sun comes up and then it goes

sunfall

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I feel a fever burning through to you

there's a fog on the desert moon

to say the least I'm only over my head

breaking my back to worry not instead

seven more days

until you come around

seven more days

til you settle down

there's a fire burning when I'm rocking with you

a crack in the window with the breeze blowing through

by the looks of it now I'm kinda feeling the spins

our love is a Phoenix and this is where it all begins

we crossed the limit crossing through the Mojave

your lips in my ear on the back of my Harley

let's take a trek through the desert, lie under the stars

take a trip of our own and find out who we are

seven more days

until you come around

seven more years

til you settle down

there's a fire burning when I'm rocking with you
a crack in the window with the breeze blowing through
by the looks of it now I'm kinda feeling the spins
our love is a Phoenix and this is where it all begins

my hand in your hair

in the wind I

was a man born again

fool I was to think

that you would be

around eternally

I was wrongggg

there's a fire burning when I'm rocking with you

a crack in the window with the breeze rolling through

by the looks of it now I'm kinda feeling the spins

our love is a Phoenix and this is where it all begins

phoenix

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it's like pedal to the floorboard

sneaking out at midnight

knowing that rush is so wrong

it feels so right

with you by my side

straight shot of whiskey

your hand on my knee

driving with the headlights out

on the edge of town

there's no turning back now

cause when you're feeling this young

and you're thinking this dumb

I can taste the sweet regret on my tongue

going to fast 'cause we never learned slow

ohhhh I remember

you and me

the backseat of your beat up Jeep

killin' our time and breaking our hearts

before we even knew this was a

reckless kind of love

I was your tan-legged Bonnie

You're my blue-eyed Clyde

we're flying like a bullet

take my hand and we'll be alright

don't slow it down tonight

cause when you're feeling this young
and you're thinking this dumb
I can taste the sweet regret on my tongue
going to fast 'cause we never learned slow
ohhhh I remember
you and me
the backseat of your beat up Jeep
killin' our time and breaking our hearts
before we even knew this was a
reckless kind of love
reckless kind of love

reckless kind of love

the danger makes it sweeter

you're no good for me

but I ain't ever gonna give you up

I can't get enough

reckless kind of love

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drum solos and heavy metal

leather jackets and stepping on the gas pedal

and the picking is like the devil

long hair and tattered shirts

ramones and all that works

it's something in me veins and

I really hope it stays

from rock n roll to 80's pop

I love it all

hope it never stops

from Boston to Kansas

the music map is endless

Radiohead and Springsteen

it sounds all good to me

I want to see Hotel California

and visit the house of the Rising Sun

I want to realize that I can't always get what I want

listen to asleep when times get low

and shake my head to REO

it's something in me veins and
I really hope it stays
from rock n roll to 80's pop
I love it all
hope it never stops
from Boston to Kansas
the music map is endless
Radiohead and Springsteen
it sounds all good to me

it's something in my head I hope it never leave

little by little it's taking over me yeah

it's something in my head I really hope it never leaves

little by little by little by little by little by little

rock and roll

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I don't want to tell you what you already know

but the party's all over baby

and we don't have to stay here but

I don't want to go home

all the other boys were staring at you

you swear you didn't notice and that's

just another reason I love you

but oh we had a lot of laughs

when that guy with the backwards hat

he was ranting and raving and rearing about

how they ran out of beer and you said come here and

it'll be alright you'll make it through this reckless night

you'll be ok

I don't want to fight baby I wouldn't cause I riot

but I just might

if you say

I'm just a little too drunk to care anyway

Maybe we could head downtown

oh and drive

heard that band you really love

might be back around tonight

maybe we could check it out

if you think you're feeling right

oh but either way, we'll be alright

we'll make it through this reckless night

we'll be okay

I don't want to fight no I wouldn't

cause I riot

but I just might if you say

I'm just a little too drunk to care anyway

but now it's time

to make this drive all alone

yeah all your pretty friends wanted to

hang out

oh after the show

they've always been so much

cooler than me

with all their Lennon shades and got their homemade T's

but hey I'll be alright

I'll make it through this reckless night

I'll be okay

I don't want to fight no I wouldn't

cause I riot

but I just might

if you say

but then I think I may be feeling just a little too much ah

tabula rasa

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rolled up with the windows rolled down

Aviators on, the radio turned up loud

that's when I saw you with her

you expected me to play nice

how could I when I watched you back her up

on the Chevy that I used to drive

now someone better save your life

because you knew I kept a '45

in that glove box, sitting on the other side

and this stoplight town doesn't side a lot with liars

fool me once it ain't shame on me

I ain't always crazy but I'm fixin' to be

this time I'm not going to be so nice to you

because you chose to lie to me

pulled out saw the blue lights blaring

thought to myself "you ain't even worth this hell,

I'm gonna put my momma through"

she's gonna say "honey why'd you do it"

"ma you would too, if you would of watched that

scene straight out of a horror film

but I wish someone would've saved his life

but you knew I kept that '45

in that glove box, sitting on the other side

and this stoplight town doesn't side a lot with liars

fool me once it ain't shame on me

I ain't always crazy but I'm fix in to be

this time I'm not gonna be so nice to you

because you chose to lie to me

we've got the whole town talking about us

but babe it ain't you they're worried about

but you knew I kept that '45
in that glove box, sitting on the other side
and this stoplight town doesn't side a lot with liars
fool me once it ain't shame on me
I ain't always crazy but I'm fix in to be
this time I'm not gonna be so nice to you
because you chose to lie to me

rolled up the windows rolled down

Aviators on, the radio turned up loud

that's when I saw you with her

lie to me

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oh stormy winter evening

oh foggy headlights shining

wipe up the dust on your records

take off your last few garments

I'm not coming out, I'm not leaving

this empty house

make all your plans early

make all your fears hurry

move out to the country

build land and make honey

I'm not coming out, I'm not leaving

this empty house

wake up in the afternoon

see the world outside spinning

make no attempt to get up

sit fermenting in the daylight

I'm not coming out, I won't leave

this safe place

see all your friends online

hear about the places they will go

jealous of all their plans

jealous of aspirations

I'm not coming out, I'm not gonna leave

for you or me

but sometimes, you gotta learn how

to kill all your expectations

but sometimes, you gotta learn when

enough is enough and to give up, all your dreams

expectations

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you know I see the way, you know I see the way

the way you look at me

every inch of me, every inch you see

but my bones and teeth

you love to take my heart , love to take my heart

and pull it through my skin

try it and you'll see, such a tasty treat

where should you begin

I'd start with both my feet, just below the knees

so I can't run from fear

I'd pull my tongue from me, that way if I scream

not a soul will hear

then hang me from a wire, and turn me over fire

to lock the flavor in

don't ever set me free, no matter how I plea

to live so full of sin

this is my message to you all

if it's worth doing right

then why do it wrong

so lift up your head

pull your feet from the ground

there's plenty of me to go round

don't ever hesitate to improvise you ways

it's all about the thrill

this must have been the way cavemen used to play

before they learned to feel

so before you pick your teeth and rid your mouth of meat

find a friendly grave

now listen and repeat, the things you've done to me

the world is yours to save

this is my message to you all
if it's worth doing right
then why do it wrong
so lift up your head
pull your feet from the ground
there's plenty of me to go round

my message

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live to tell

do or die

rock the skies

crowds and lines

you gotta give

you gotta gotta give

thy silver sins

vanguard knife

a note of red

with black and white

you gotta give

you gotta gotta give

killing me killing me killing me

killing me to forgive

killing me killing me killing me

killing me to forgive

you say so little

you take so much

radiate your empty touch

you say so little

you take so much

radiate your empty touch

you say so little

you take so much

radiate your empty touch

quicksilver

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footsteps fall, heavy on the floor

beside me

my heart beats

straight through the sheets

there's nothing to say

just a thought quickly drifting away

before it can be heard

before another lesson is learned

but I'll love you right now

kiss my lips, pull me close

why can I not deny you

I keep my eyes closed

there's nothing to say

just a thought quickly drifting away

before it can be heard

before another lesson is learned

but I'll love you right now

when I go home

I'll say it's not demise

but even my foolish heart knows

a lie in disguise

there's nothing to say

just a thought quickly drifting away

before it can be heard

before my lesson is learned

but I'll love you right now

I'll love you right now

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come a little closer

come and try to see

take me under

the fire I need

come on closer

try to understand

I'm alone with you

take me under again and again

and again

alone with you take me under again and again

and again

alone with you take me under again

come a little closer

come a littler closer

a true feeling I miss

forgive me for my must

the way I'm feeling alone

love is a hunger for us

lay me down in a field of flames

wish I'd just burn but then you'd say the same

a fire without a flame

like there's no sunrise again

again and again and agian

like there's no sunrise again

the way I'm feeling alone

alone with you

come a little closer and

take me home

home home

a fire without a flame

like there's no sunrise again

again and again and again

no sunrise again

like there's no sunrise again

again and again

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oh Abraham

is this all you made me for

I'm not a man

and like a cruel joke you'll lay

my blood on the stone

this all for you I know

but I don't want to go

we're cutting throats

oh Abraham

I know The Lord will force your hand

but if not me

lord won't you please take the lamb

I want to be a man

Father, I

Oh I have roamed astray

oh and Father, I

oh I have roamed astray

I'm gonna pray

mmm

my father's father

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you told me we could find a place to call our own

they say we're mad cause we lost our minds

we flip them off cause we don't care what they have to say

since we have each other it doesn't really matter anyways

you asked me where I wanted to go to

and I said anywhere but here

let's take a train to San Francisco

take a plane and get away

we'll travel north to see the star lights

blazing fires in the sky

take a million chances racing

knowing everything's alright yea

grab my hand and pull me closer

let the wind carry you away

feel the music move inside your bones

let it take you all the way

let's take a trip down by the California coast

watch the waves as they crash along the shores

we'll stay all night til the sun goes down and

the fires burning low

making wishes on the stars dreaming of a place that's far away

you asked me where I wanted to go to
and I said anywhere but here
let's take a train to San Francisco
take a plane and get away
we'll travel north to see the star lights
blazing fires in the sky
take a million chances racing
knowing everything's alright yea
grab my hand and pull me closer
let the wind carry you away
feel the music move inside your bones
let it take you all the way

let's take a trip to San Francisco

we'll take a plane

just you and I we'll get away

let's get away

san francisco

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staring out the open window

I watch these birds fly by

sitting there thinking about my past

the tears start falling from my eyes

wanting to go back in time

and rid my wrongful ways it's like I'm

drowning in the sea of my despairs

regrets and mistakes that I've made

the waves are crashing harder and it's

getting hard to swim

so Lord forgive me

and save me from my drowning

now reaching out your hand

to save me from this sea

I stand before you a new man

I'm born again and free

the old me is dead

the old me is gone

so I'm not drowning in the seas of my despair anymore

regrets and mistakes I've made are gone

the waves are done crashing and now I swim

because you saved me

you saved me from my drowning

I sink deeper to the bottom of this guilty pit

and I'm crying out for help

your hand is reaching out to me

my eyes are open and I see

new life

so I'm not drowning in the seas of my despair anymore
regrets and mistakes I've made are gone
the waves are done crashing and now I swim
because you saved me
you saved me from my drowning

drowning

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you cannot breathe

you cannot smile

trapped here all alone

been here for awhile

somebody come save me

somebody come take me home

cause I can't breathe

under the ice so cold

somebody come pick me up

and do your best to save my soul

the water is so deep

and I'm scared that I can't swim

it seems I'm losing faith

cause I know that I can't win

somebody come save me

somebody come take me home

cause I can't breathe

under the ice so cold

somebody come pick me up

do your best to save my soul

where is the lifeboat to bring me to shore

where is the light in the tunnel

I think they've already closed my door

cause I can't breathe

under the ice so cold

somebody come pick me up

and do your best to save my soul

cause I can't breathe

come save me

oh come save me

save me

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like a poor man prays for a better life

like the freed man will bless his open ground

you must let go of the treasures you have found

quit your searching for that empty crown

let the sun and the moon be your spirit guides

and soak your skin in their

red and blue light

it's far too late to be afraid of dying

but I promise there's more to life

that's waiting for you after this life

like the heart it waits for that three marked sound

and time it stays for not too long around

you must let go of comforts you have found

oh but surely you will find

surely you will find them on

your way out

surely you will find them on your way out

spirit guides

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gypsy sings her song for you

has you in her hand

the way she sways your mind

is something you don't understand

has you in a minute

had you from the start

meets you at the core

at the center of your heart

music lady sings her song

lays you at her feet

the way it comes over you

is all inside the beat

know there's something you want

something you don't know

gypsy keeps on singing her song

won't let you go

her night is dark and easy

holds you safe and warm

the way she takes you down is like the

center of a storm

it's quiet and it's calming

know somewhere it sleeps

and the outside world is spinning

the spirit runs deep

music lady sings her song
lays you at her feet
the way it comes over you
is all inside the beat
know there's something you want
something you don't know
gypsy keeps on singing her song
won't let you go

zingara

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when you sing me like a song

sing me like I'm the only one

out of all the rest

that don't belong

tell a story

to the campfire sitters

who think it's boring

to believe in things that make me shiver

I don't want to excuse you

from my interests

I don't want to excuse you

from what I know best

shiver

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you and I you and I

yeah feed the fire feed the fire

yeah

and I'm for the fight and I'm for the fight

the way you are tonight

and I'm worth the while and you're worth the while

I see it in your eyes

just to make you smile just to make you smile

and the way that you are

you find a way

all that I can say

it's in the way you move

and I said you feed the fire

all of you please how I'm yours

carry me

and I'm for the fight and I'm for the fight

the way you are tonight

and I've got some time and I've got some time

time that you're not on my mind

and I've got some time and I've got some time

maybe we'll be alright

you find a way

all I can say

it's in the way you move

and I said you feed the fire

all of you please how I'm yours

carry me

to life oh

feed the fire

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where do angels sleep

where do they stay when it's dark

in mosaic corridors

then they lay in my heart

more than I could wish

as we move in the room

as in love as I am

dancing with you

I'm in despair

I'm longing

I just can't relate to that

I don't know where you're at

I see what no one else sees

as in love as I am

silent devotion

wishing emotion

madrigal

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I've been hiding

hiding all this time

all this time

every day and every night

I don't know

I don't know what to do

without you

all those nights

Christmas lights are here

and I'm here

what do you mean you can't

I know you still want to dance

I don't know how to feel

but I know it's real

I've been crying

crying for love

for love

I've been hiding

hiding all this time

all this time

we've been down

and you've been out

and I'm all out of love

stella's everest

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I N S P I R E D

inspired by Connor Eccles

Sunfall KINSGE

Phoenix Carina Point

… in memory of Grace Evans

Reckless Kind of Love Chelsea Summers

Rock and Roll Katina Rose

Tabula Rasa Alex Madison Hoffman ( PRETTYFEET )

Lie to Me Chelsea Summers

Expectations Cavalier in Clay

My Message YADDATU

Quicksilver KINGSE YADDATU

I'll Love You Right Now Emily Skipper

Again and Again KINGSE

My Father's Fathers Alex Madison Hoffman ( PRETTYFEET )

San Francisco Katina Rose

Drowning Brandon Lamar Simmons

Save Me Emily Skipper

… in memory of a friend

Spirit Guides Alex Madison Hoffman ( PRETTYFEET )

Zingara Wyatt Garey

Shiver Casey Malanuk

Feed the Fire YADDATU

Madrigal KINGSE

Stella's Everest Stella Camille Blanchard

Rest in Peace

Beebee ...

Let your LOVE and KINDNESS Disperse into the Universe

THANK YOU TO ALL THE CAROLINA ARTISTS

FOR SHARING YOUR ORIGINAL MUSIC

AGES 14 - 26