The work
Writing
Every piece here starts with a person it was written for. Find the one that sounds like you.
Songs & Lyrics
SongInterference Is Deafening
For anyone who has tried to explain the noise inside their own mind.
SongHis War Within
For those who fought battles no one realized were never theirs to begin with.
SongBefore the Nightmare's Done
For anyone whose morning begins before the nightmare truly ends.
SongI Need You
For anyone who finally said the thing they were afraid to need.
SongLove Of My Life
For the one person the rest of the songs were always about.
SongYour Word
For anyone who learned what a promise is worth by watching someone keep one.
SongMonsters
For anyone who checked under the bed for someone smaller than themselves.
SongFear from a Lectern
For anyone who was taught to be afraid and chose to understand instead.
SongBack to Yesterday
For anyone who would drive back if the road still went that way.
SongPaper Rocks
For anyone whose smallest things turned out to be the heavy ones.
SongBean Water
For anyone who knows the best conversations happen before the coffee is gone.
SongYuengling With My Name on It
For anyone who earned the cold one waiting at the end of a long day.
SongBehind That Door
For every child who deserved protection, and everyone who believes children come before institutions.
SongThe Strong One
For the person everyone leans on, who has nowhere to set it down.
SongTwo Directions
For the ones who took a different road but never left the brotherhood.
Books
Published
What Am I Missing?
For anyone who suspects the question they haven't asked yet matters more than the answer they already have.
Forthcoming
The Herrscher Philosophy
For anyone still deciding what they will carry, what they will name, and what they will finally hand to someone else.
Essays & Reflections
Essay
Borrowed Words
For anyone who has ever used someone else's sentence to start a conversation they couldn't begin alone.
Journal
The Arithmetic of Carrying It
For the person everyone leans on, who has nowhere to set it down.
Philosophy
What Language Is For
For anyone whose unspoken things keep getting heavier instead of lighter.