Star Sign, by Ryan Adams

Star Sign

by Ryan Adams

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1.	Self Defense 03:40		buy track
2.	So Lost 03:41	lyrics	buy track
As we stand here At the end of our days Staring at the rocks below We are like strangers And I missed the names And a couple scarecrows Hey We're not the only ones they lost anyway Anyway We are waiting for Someone to come And lead us out of this path Buildings fall around us They rise and they fade Then the ash and smoke comes Hey We're not the only ones they lost anyway We're not the only ones you lost Hey We're not the only ones you lost anyway Anyway Hey We're not the only ones they lost anyway We're not the only ones they lost anyway We're not the only ones you lost anyway Anyway Hey We're not the only ones Hey
3.	Darkness 05:30	lyrics	buy track
Darkness There's a darkness in the way A darkness in the night A darkness in the day Darkness Oh I know you well You move in my soul These places that I dwell So let me count the ways As it moves through my eyes There's a darkness in these days A darkness under my eyes Let me count the ways As I step into the light There's a darkness in the day In the California light There's a darkness in the way Darkness I know you so well You always call my name As I whisper to myself Darkness Where you gonna stay? As I'm moving through this life Cast shadows on the waves And I count the ways You're comin in all the time And the birds on the bay On the darkness of the night Let me count the ways As I step in from the light There's a darkness in the day And a darkness in the night The California light
4.	Shinin' through the Dark 02:56	lyrics	buy track
What ever happened to the old me? What ever happened to us? Whatever it was, it doesn't matter now Those days went speeding by And left us in the dust Car's on empty It rattles in the rust Whatever this is is permanent A red wine stain or a scar And one of those if you put the negative You knew who I was Yeah, even before I even knew, yeah just look who wе are [Chorus] But these wheels turn fast Thеse wheels turn bright Reflecting our love The moon goes shining Shining through the dark of the night Shining through the dark of the night You know the half that I wanna buy I wanna buy it for you It's in my head when my head hits the pillow and I'm lying here Lying here next to you Whatever this is is permanent My feet are scarred and blue Everything you know I ever did before was just to get me back Get me back here with you [Chorus] And these wheels turn fast These wheels turn bright Reflecting our love The moon goes shining Shining through the darks of the night These wheels turn fast These wheels turn bright Reflecting our love The moon goes shining Shining through the darks of the night Shining through the darks of the night Shining through the darks of the night Shining through the darks of the night
5.	Be Wrong 03:02		buy track
6.	Tomorrow Never Comes 03:24		buy track
7.	Speeding Car 03:27		buy track
8.	Star Sign 05:43		buy track
9.	I Lost My Place 05:11		buy track
10.	Stay Alive 04:42		buy track

about

I have never felt like a part of the music world or music industry. I’ve banged my head on that wall plenty of times out of necessity because I want to make art and I want to find a way to deliver that art to whomever wants it –

I lost my older brother suddenly, while I was onstage on the last show of the last tour before all that. Only months before any of that. It has taken me a long time to accept losing my brother. He is a missing limb. I wake up a lot of days and you know, I can’t call him. I can’t pick up the phone and just call him. Sometimes that’s all I want to do. My brother turned me on to records when I was a kid. His kid brother, weirdo I was with OCD and likely on the spectrum. So he made me compilation tapes of Ozzy and the Scorpions and just tons of cool music. He didn’t believe in having any allegiance to one genre so there would be amazing deep cuts from Christopher Cross, then AC/DC then some cool metal.

I drew comics all the time and read lots of Issac Asimov books and I had this art desk where he would leave me notes and these complications.

In therapy I’ve learned to reconnect to those memories. To remember the thrill of those cassettes and how open they were. I used to have a quirk where I would bruise my right hand on the right side if I didn’t get the pages done I wanted or drew a dragon terribly.

Those tapes, and my brother knowing these little things that took me into a freer space saved me. He knew how.

To lose him, while on stage on the last day of the Prisoner tour, to not be able to get to him or save him. It made it hard for me to look at a guitar. But I’ve worked so deep into all of that.

When my cat Theo died in my arms after that time alone when all the, sorry, when all the suckers took off who weren’t my real friends anyway, and I had to let him go, after 11 wonderful years I think that finally broke me completely. I saw Theo slip away staring into my eyes and all I can say is, I felt my brother beside me. I felt what a lot of people describe as having a spiritual epiphany.

I got sober and into the therapy that brought me back after I had to retire in 2009 because of Menieres.

Carnegie Hall was the last place I saw my brother so it was the first place I needed to play. I had them leave him seat empty that night. But I could feel him there.

I believe in people. I believe in art. I believe in mischief and adventure. I know life is sweet but never long.

What I don’t believe in is wasting time. There’s my work and my faith. The rest is just noise and it has no place in my work or my life. It has no hope of surviving here in this beautiful machine I built inside me that feels the power and importance of every color your eyes can absorb and every beautiful thing created from the moments we are allowed to have on Earth.

So here is it, my newest songs

---If you're struggling, I hear you. If I can do it so can you---

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released January 1, 2024

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Ryan Adams Jacksonville, North Carolina

Try to live my fullest life around music

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Star Sign

Jan 2024
Prisoners (Live)

Jan 2024
Sword & Stone

Jan 2024
Heatwave

Jan 2024

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