THICKNESS LYRICS

Someone asked me to post the lyrics to THICKNESS, so here you go. You may be surprised to learn that 'the thickness' isn't necessarily referring to what you think it is... or is it?

THICKNESS

Masochistic reminiscing
My ears ring with things you said
Lips fixed to revisit kissing
Just need someone to knock you out my head
Bind my senses to the bedpost
Gag me with the taste of you
Run for days and still be too close
Drug I stay addicted to

But you would never fall apart for me
So I don’t know why letting go’s so hard for me

Blame it on the thickness
That kept me ‘round
Cuz you fucked me up and spit me out
Stuck in love and sick of it
Let you get me down
Need to get you out my head somehow

Drowning in your tea cup ocean
Deafening silence, loud and shrill
A fool to entertain the notion
Hard pressing you against my will
Agonizing revelation
All is coming clear to me
Through your sweet manipulation
Love I swallow bitterly

How the hell did I get be so dense*
That loving you makes any fucking sense?

Could it really be the thickness...
I'm gettin' so sick of this...


* thick = dense = stupid

THIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!

The SUGARTANK EP is on iTunes today. For those of you who don't know, SugarTank is the musical alter-ego of Jamie, one of the main characters in my novel, SHORTCOMINGS. I produced this little collection of songs on my own (you should know, it was all put together on my MacBookPro, so it's got a homemade vibe... all ME) as a companion piece to the book. People have been asking me about new music and while I'm working on other projects, I thought this was a nice way to appease the hardcore "Angels" and share some original music that ties in with the story...

As a thank you to all of you who have been so patient and eager to hear what I've been doing, I'm giving away the song THICKNESS.

Thickness by DarrylStephens

Simply click on the 'down' arrow on the right and the song will download for free.

And check out the rest of the EP on iTunes. Thanks babies!

eBook Conversion for Shortcomings

I've been asked this a few times and I just wanted to make a note of it somewhere so I could remember this answer...

If you need to convert the PDF of Shortcomings to a Nook-friendly file format, download Calibre for free here.

B.Slade's START

B.Slade's new video is kind of amazing, isn't it?  The power of the TRUTH...

Envious Moon Lyrics

The lyrics were posted on The Darryl Stephens facebook page around the time the song was released... but here they are for anyone who missed them. Glad you guys are liking the remix. Thank you!

By the way, click on the DOWN arrow on the link to the remix (far right) to download...

ENVIOUS MOON REMIX

The song was remixed for the video release party in March.  Logan Alexander and MDoc Williams got together about a week before the party and cranked this out. For some reason, with all the commotion around the party, we never got around to mastering the track, so we never released it.  As it turns out, the track ended up on a mix CD that my friend Camilo got a hold of and he keeps telling me how he's been playing the track non-stop.  So... I decided I'd share it with you guys too.

Enjoy... 01 Envious Moon (Indasoul Remix Produced by Marc 'MDoc' Williams and Logan Alexander) by DarrylStephens

Andrew for the Second Edition...?

As some of you know, I'm about to release SHORTCOMINGS for wide distribution via amazon.com and book stores. I've been re-reading the book and getting feedback from a few people who have read the book in its previous incarnations. I'm considering replacing Andrew's back story... It would be PART FOUR and we would pick up with Danny and Colin in PART FIVE. I love the story and people have responded really well to it, but I'm not sure if, in the context of the rest of the book, it just comes off as distracting. Andrew is a supporting character and while his back story does give some insight into how he ended up at Androfiles, I'm not sure if it would come off as superfluous.  

Obviously, this is something I have to decide on my own. If I had a proper editor, I would consult them. But I'm just wondering if you guys have any thoughts on the subject...  Chime in.