Took a moment to perform my new song "Reflections" up in my writing and painting studio above the garage to submit for consideration for this year's NPR Tiny Desk Contest. This (very uninsulated and unheated space) has become the place in our new house up in Maine where I can find a little solitude to create without worrying about noise or mess. There have been a lot of changes for me since last year this time, and learning to navigate those is what "Reflections" is about at its core.

Music and Lyrics by Griffin William Sherry

Filmed Live! and on location above my garage on an iPhone 12

REFLECTIONS

Rest your weary hands in mine

I’ve been up pacing with the darkest mind

Sit with me darling now, say everything will be alright

I won't believe you, but I will not fight

Dark is the river and bright the light

Hard is the living when you’re trying to do it right

I am lost in reflections that won’t let me be

If you could see me now

Would you recognize me?

I roam through the wreckage, with a thousand-mile stare

Nothing is altered, but the alter is bare

Who is the man you see, does he still look like me

Do I even care?

All these reflections and I’m not there

Dark is the river and bright the light

Hard is the living when you’re trying to do it right

I am lost in reflections that won’t let me be

If you could see me now

Would you recognize me?

Maybe it's a long time coming

Maybe I’m tired of running

Maybe I only look for air when I’m bout to drown

You’re the one that picks me up,

You’re the one who’s tough enough

You’re the one that showed me what reflections hide

Dark is the river and bright the light

Hard is the living when you’re trying to do it right

I am lost in reflections that won’t let me be

If you could see me now

Would you recognize me