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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: The Wolf by Mumford and Sons & Worth Fighting For by The Movement

    January 25, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Mobsters + Billionaires: Extradiction by Kelly Fox

    The Wolf by Mumford and Sons for a book about a protective ex-mobster and his vulnerable billionaire walking the tightrope between family legacy and following his heart,

    Wide eyed, with a heart made full of fright
    Your eyes follow like traces in the night
    And the tightrope, that you wander everytime
    You have been weighed, you have been found wanting

    Been wondering for days how you felt me slip your mind
    Leave behind your wanton ways
    I wanna learn to love in kind
    ‘Cause you were all I ever longed for

    Soundtrack to Mobsters + Billionaires: Protection by Kelly Fox

    Worth Fighting For by The Movement for book about a do-gooding billionaire, a loyal bodyguard, a trip, a whirlwind romance, and a lasting love.

    You never knew it but you had me from the start
    I took a beating with the meeting of our hearts
    I lit a cigarette and started up the car
    You ever leave me, I will love you from afar

    Cause I know
    This is worth fighting for
    My love,
    What are we waiting on

    When we’re together we can burn away the stars
    And still we wonder why it has to be so hard

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  • quote,  Uncategorized
    January 25, 2025 / No Comments

    Wide eyed, with a heart made full of fright
    Your eyes follow like traces in the night
    And the tightrope, that you wander everytime
    You have been weighed, you have been found wanting

    Been wondering for days how you felt me slip your mind
    Leave behind your wanton ways
    I wanna learn to love in kind
    ‘Cause you were all I ever longed for

    The shelter, you better keep the wolf back from the door
    He wanders ever closer every night
    And how he waits, baying for blood
    I promised you everything would be fine

    Been wondering for days
    How you felt me slip your mind
    Leave behind your wanton ways
    I wanna learn to love in kind
    ‘Cause you were all I ever longed for

    Hold my gaze love, you know I want to let it go
    We will stare down at the wonder of it all
    And I will hold you in it
    And I will hold you in it

    Been wondering for days
    How you felt me slip your mind
    Leave behind your wanton ways
    I wanna look you in the eye
    ‘Cause you were all I ever longed for

    Been wondering for days
    How you felt me slip your mind
    Leave behind your wanton ways
    I wanna learn to love in kind
    ‘Cause you were all I ever longed for

    You never knew it but you had me from the start
    I took a beating with the meeting of our hearts
    I lit a cigarette and started up the car
    You ever leave me, I will love you from afar

    Cause I know
    This is worth fighting for
    My love,
    What are we waiting on

    When we’re together we can burn away the stars
    And still we wonder why it has to be so hard

    But I know
    This is worth fighting for
    My love,
    What are we waiting on

    We can cross this sea
    I know sometimes it feels like it’s scary deep
    But it’s just you and me
    You said that we could dance if I would let you lead
    I give it all for free
    But loving you could cost me almost everything
    Baby can’t you see I’m a mess

    I’d give my life for you
    I’d tear my soul apart
    You’re so much more than you will ever know you are

    Yeah I know this is worth fighting for
    My love, what are we waiting on
    My love, what are we waiting on

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons & All I Wanna Do by Piotr & Sans Kar

    March 5, 2021 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Aster Valley: Winter Waites by Lucy Lennox

    Soundtrack to Aster Valley: Right As Raine by Lucy Lennox

    I read somewhere that I Will Wait was about Marcus Mumford reconnecting with his childhood pen pal, actress Carey Mulligan. The lyrics “Well I came home / Like a stone / And I fell heavy into your arms / These days of dust / Which we’ve known / Will blow away with this new sun” describes the joy and relief of somebody who’s constantly on the road coming home to the arms of his loved one. It’s a great song for touring musician, Gentry and his husband, Winter.

    All I Wanna Do was an easy choice for Raine and Mickey’s story. The lyrics goes “Everywhere I go / I see you beside me / You know you got me feeling / Right as rain“

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    March 5, 2021 / No Comments

    Well I came home
    Like a stone
    And I fell heavy into your arms
    These days of dust
    Which we’ve known
    Will blow away with this new sun

    But I’ll kneel down
    Wait for now
    And I’ll kneel down
    Know my ground

    And I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you

    So break my step
    And relent
    You forgave and I won’t forget
    Know what we’ve seen
    And him with less
    Now in some way
    Shake the excess

    ‘Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you

    Now I’ll be bold
    As well as strong
    And use my head alongside my heart
    So take my flesh
    And fix my eyes
    A tethered mind free from the lies

    And I’ll kneel down
    Wait for now
    I’ll kneel down
    Know my ground, woo

    Raise my hands
    Paint my spirit gold
    And bow my head
    Keep my heart slow

    ‘Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you
    And I will wait, I will wait for you

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  • song,  Uncategorized

    SOUNDTRACK: Ghosts That We Knew by Mumford & Sons

    June 30, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Soundtrack to Rented Heart by Garrett Leigh

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  • Uncategorized
    June 30, 2020 / No Comments

    You saw my pain, washed out in the rain
    Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins
    But you saw no fault no cracks in my heart
    And you knelt beside my hope torn apart
    But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from you
    And we’ll live a long life
    So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
    ‘Cause oh that gave me such a fright
    But I will hold as long as you like
    Just promise me we’ll be alright

    So lead me back
    Turn south from that place
    And close my eyes from my recent disgrace
    ‘Cause you know my call
    We’ll share my all
    Now children come and they will hear me roar
    So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
    ‘Cause oh that gave me such a fright
    But I will hold as long as you like
    Just promise me we’ll be alright

    But hold me still bury my heart on the cold
    And hold me still bury my heart on the cold

    So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
    ‘Cause oh that gave me such a fright
    But I will hold on as long as you like
    Just promise me that we’ll be alright

    But the ghosts that we knew made us blackened or blue
    But we’ll live a long life

    And the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view
    And we’ll live a long life

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    February 21, 2020
  • song,  Uncategorized
    March 3, 2018 / No Comments


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    Soundtrack to Fence #4 by C.S. Pacat & Johanna the Mad

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  • Uncategorized
    August 11, 2017 / No Comments

    So I’ll be bold, as well as strong, and use my head alongside my heart.

    Mumford & Sons
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neverhollowed Never Hollowed By The Stare @neverhollowed ·
10 Jun

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲—𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬.

COVER REVEAL: Shaken and Stirred by Lilly Atlas



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10 Jun

NEW RELEASE BLITZ: The Spy by Mell Eight (Excerpt & #Giveaway)


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9 Jun

Unrequited love can make you blind.

COVER REVEAL: Doink by Crea Reitan



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9 Jun

Sometimes growing up means growing apart in this queer take on As You Like It featuring first loves and friend breakups, from award-winning author Julia Drake.

BOOK TOUR: Lovesick Falls by Julia Drake



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