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Let Go

by Matt Dorsey

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1.
Before the dawn arises Between the dark of night There’s made a sacred promise Revealed in morning light Grains of Time Slipping through my hands Fading fast Like castles made of sand Dreamers defend the oceans Strangers divide the land We count our precious metals And bet a losing hand Grains of Time Slipping through my hands Fading fast Like castles made of sand Betrayed by all that matters I lose my appetite Too weak to hold my hammer I lay down for the night Grains of Time Slipping through my hands Fading fast Like castles made of sand
2.
Compromise 04:01
Here in the dark All alone in a restaurant Empty glass in hand Where did it go? That supple alacrity Help me understand Will you compromise All the starlight in your eyes Will you convince your heartbreak All of the lies Just so you can say You were always… Late in the morning The breeze fills the atrium with jasmine-scented air But your in your room Like a monk in a monastery Drunk on old affairs Back in the barn I left you a flower To say that I think of you now And, you can pick petals And see what that settles As if it could somehow Will you compromise All of the sunlight in your eyes Will you convince your heartbreak All of the lies Just so you can say You were always true Same as it was So it will always be Painful ripples of time So, take what you’ve learned Abandon the misery And make your mission mine Will you compromise All of the colors in the skies Will you convince your heartbreak All of the lies Just so you can say You were always true
3.
Up seven and seven I find myself far from downtown Been a while since I’ve felt this way I free myself to believe in myself and a beautiful future Green grass just a step away But, the weeds grow tall And I trip over them all Waiting for the fall I climb higher and higher Yeah, everything seems so small, now Wonder how I let it all get to me My dreams in reach, I can finally see That my past had purpose But, the patterns of failure have gravity And the weeds grow tall And I trip over them all Waiting for the fall And the dream begins to pall As I climb the gold-leaf wall Waiting for the fall Surrendering Now, why must I live Suspicious of good things? I’m so tired Pulled rug I shrug My shoulders against the ground now Stand up, brush off to try again But, the weeds grow tall And I trip over them all Waiting for the fall And the dream begins to pall As I climb the gold-leaf wall Waiting for the fall
4.
Man 04:41
Man the animal, man the spirit, and man the mind Maker of wars, lover of gods, and servant of time Ask yourself “what is man?”, and I trust you’ll find Any answer given thus far is at best ill-defined In the warming of the sun Connecting everyone Rising from the cave Flesh blood and bone, we live and breed Instinctively forced to sow the mortal seed We see the difference is not so great Between man and the creatures on which he feeds In the warming of the sun Connecting everyone Rising from the cave I’m sure you’ve heard the story ‘bout how man has a soul And how the soul marches on when the body grows cold With no real evidence that this is the case We live our lives de-emphasizing the overwhelming beauty of this place In the warming of the sun Connecting everyone Rising from the cave we celebrate The splendor and the flaws, The fundamental laws of pure amazing Know thyself the Delphic oracle suggests And the poet-artist-physician-philosopher knows this best Ask yourself “what is man?”, and I trust you’ll find Man the animal, man the spirit, and man the mind. In the warming of the sun Connecting everyone Rising from the cave we celebrate The splendor and the flaws, The fundamental laws of pure amazing
5.
Lemon-yellow lights Strung like clothes on a line Frame the glittering stars in the slumbering sky Wine is running quickly to my head Rings of smoke from fine tobacco spread Slowly roasted meats Drip their essence into the fire Spices over flames imbue the square But, all the finest savories despair for all that I crave is this girl waiting tables with roses arranged in her hair In the name of the gods of impossible friends Would that she look at me, the heavens and seas Would rage in a battle of souls In the name of the gods of impossible love If her language were known, my love would be shown This hole in my heart would be filled with this girl… Bottles in the bin The candles burning thin Intoxicated by this heavenly sin Meet me by the chapel on the hill No one will find us, we’ll drink in the finest Madeira that’s ever been spilled In the name of the gods of impossible friends Would that she look at me, the heavens and seas Would rage in a battle of souls In the name of the gods of impossible love If her language were known, my love would be shown This hole in my heart would be filled with this girl I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know In the name of the gods of impossible friends Would that she look at me, the heavens and seas Would rage in a battle of souls In the name of the gods of impossible love If her language were known, my love would be shown This hole in my heart would be filled with this girl I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know
6.
Echo 03:56
The call of the wind inspires The heart holds the deep desire The nature of fate defines As the fate of nature unwinds The morning blade The maple shade The river Growing wind The day begins Unreal Ooh, echo Ooh, echo The soil holds the seeds of love The rain cries from up above The sun gives the seed a shove Like desire compels the dove The morning blade The soul proclaims abundance Life begins With all her sins Unreal Ooh, echo Ooh, echo How it describes the everything Deep in our hearts How you can feel the everything Of everything alive Ooh, echo Ooh, echo Ancient displays of light Guide the organic flight The heavens come into sight As we fly through the endless night The morning fades To the growing shade Of the mountains Evening comes A day undone Unreal Ooh, echo Ooh, echo How it describes the everything Deep in our hearts How you can feel the everything Of everything alive Of everything alive Of everything alive Ooh echo
7.
Let Go 03:00
To all attachments that reside Within my ever-burdened mind To all the meaning I ascribe To all the images I think I can describe Let go Let go To all the things I’ve carried on For no other reason than the memory is strong To all the people that I know Don’t mean to make offense when I decide it’s time to Let go Let go The wind will blow your will away And the river already knows the way Enjoy the ride Enjoy the ride Enjoy the ride In joy To all the pictures stashed away Another version of myself with nothing left to say To the future, come what may We eat and drink until tomorrow is today Let go Let go
8.
Dangerous 02:40
Dangerous The two of us Staring down the borderline Serious Delirious Witnessing our paths align Let’s be clear and sincere I get the feeling You might say yes Dangerous Mysterious Running through the fields of time Had enough Of not enough Time to break the paradigm Let’s be clear and sincere I get the feeling We’re in love Let’s be clear and sincere I get the feeling We’re in love Dangerous The two of us Staring down the borderline Let’s be clear and sincere I get the feeling That we’re in love Let’s be clear and sincere I get the feeling That we’re in love

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released April 7, 2023

Matt Dorsey: Vocals, guitars, bass, keys, drums, percussion
Dave Kerzner: Keys on "Waiting For The Fall"
Marco Minnemann: Drums on "Let Go", "Waiting For The Fall", and "Man"
Jonathan Mover: Drums on "Castles Made Of Sand", "Impossible Friends", and "Echo"
All music and lyrics written by Matt Dorsey, except keyboard solo in "Waiting For The Fall" written by Dave Kerzner
Mixed by Matt Dorsey
Mastered by Andy VanDette
Artwork by Ed Unitsky

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Matt Dorsey is a singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist from Orange County, CA. He's played with Beth Hart, In Continuum, Dave Kerzner, Circuline, Simon Collins, ProgJect, and is a founding member of Sound of Contact. This page is dedicated to his original music. ... more

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