Song: Everything Begins Here Album: Lovers, Thieves, Fools + Pretenders Year: 2018 The spark for the title of this song came from a tweet by Mike Scott of the Waterboys “Welcome to London. Everything begins here.” I reached out and asked him if I could swipe the last part of his tweet for a song & he obliged. “My screws are loose. I got broken

Song: Everything Begins Here Album: Lovers, Thieves, Fools + Pretenders Year: 2018 The spark for the title of this song came from a tweet by Mike Scott of the Waterboys “Welcome to London. Everything begins here.” I reached out and asked him if I could swipe the last part of his tweet for a song & he obliged. “My screws are loose. I got broken parts, I’m black and blue inside of my heart… Everything begins here.” This song (like many of my other songs) is about self reflection. There are always wars going on around the world. Horrible tragedies and we wonder how in the world to stop them… it feels hopeless and never ending. I think these outside wars start because of the wars going on inside so many of us. We are at war with ourselves first. Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way? The battle between our human nature and our higher spirit. The battle between what we say and what we actually do. The battle between trying to make others happy and chasing our own happiness. Some of our wars are more intense than others. I’ve built a confessional inside my mind, a songwriting confessional where I lay it all down in music and lyrics: “Oh, a confession of the soul. Wash my sin with rock and roll… a confession of the soul.” I never once thought another man could absolve me of anything I’ve ever said or done. So it’s a wake up call. A new day to start again. Everything begins here: in the heart. In the mind. This is where all the decisions are made. I’m always beating myself up in my own songs. It’s been a constant theme in my music. But there’s a lot of hope in my songs as well. “The cracks are how the light shines through” kind of thing. Misty Jones Simpson transformed this song into an absolute boom boom rocker and this makes me so happy. Enjoy it. ct