Always & Forever

by Conor Walsh

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1.
That First Step 03:20
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It begins with that first step Don't you worry about the rest Leave your fears all behind you as you walk on your way Lift the weight off your shoulders on the road that you pave All it takes is that first step Do you ever get that sense or feeling you were born for so much more? Like the life you live and what you want are constantly at war? The river seems to have an endless stream but to where does it flow? Does the sun shine anywhere else but here, or is this all there is to know? Now after all the seasons, I hear the future call There must be more to life; no way I've seen it all I'm getting home sick for places unknown. I gotta see what's out there if I am to ever grow. It begins with that first step Don't you worry about the rest Leave your fears all behind you as you walk on your way Lift the weight off your shoulders on the road that you pave All it takes is that first step I'd rather regret doing something than nothing at all I can't learn to fly without a few falls I'm getting sick and tired of feeling sorry for myself It's time to turn some pages, take that book off the shelf It begins with that first step Don't you worry about the rest Leave your fears all behind you as you walk on your way Lift the weight off your shoulders on the road that you pave All it takes (All it takes) is that first step (Do you ever get that sense or feeling you were born for so much more?) It's that first step! (Do you ever get that sense or feeling you were born for so much more?) It's that first step! (Do you ever get that sense or feeling you were born for so much more?) It's that first step!
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One More Day Away 03:13
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When we first said hello we never thought of all these goodbyes All the time on the road leaving a part of my heart behind Well it sure feels good with you by me at night I'm in a king-sized bed with my queen far from sight It's one more hour that's not ours How can we live out this way? We're chasing our dreams but at what price to pay? It's one more day away Last week we talked about all the adventures we'd have But all that we've seen is from living as two separate halves When I hold your hand, right there becomes my home But my hands get full with this guitar I own It's one more hour that's not ours How can we live out this way? We're chasing our dreams but at what price to pay? It's one more day away We cross the days off slowly You tell me to come home soon It breaks my heart not to spend some time But we survive the day to day And we outrun all the pain And tomorrow, I'll be there by your side It's one more day away Yeah, it's one more day One more day away Yeah it's one more day away It's one more hour that's not ours How can we live out this way? But tomorrow I hold you, and I can hardly wait It's one more day away Yeah, it's one more day away Darling, you're one more day away
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Hard to Move On 03:19
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All my friends try to help me to get myself off of the ground Pointing out girls, and passing me drinks as we go all over town But no amount of shots can console me, nothing can save me now A thousand faces surround me but I envision you in the crowd It's another day forward but I feel so behind It feels so absurd to get you out of my mind I still can't believe that it's over and done It's hard to move on when you're still In love with someone They say time heals all wounds but my heart continues to throb Longing for hours with you that I have been robbed of I didn't know what I had before me, if I could just have one more chance I'd listen better and I'd be stronger if I could just hold your hand It's another day forward but I feel so behind It feels so absurd to get you out of my mind I still can't believe that it's over and done It's hard to move on when you're still In love with someone I hurt you bad and I cannot stand it, could this be a fence that we mend? It only took a second to let go. What I wouldn't do to hold you again It's another day forward but I feel so behind It feels so absurd to get you out of my mind I still can't believe that it's over and done It's hard to move on when you're still In love with someone
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My Eyes (featuring Isaiah Jet Vallejos) 03:39
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I don't practice what I preach I don't see the good people see in me Because I know in my heart what I've done Who I am, where I've been, what I've become The signs are always there despite how hard to see I'm falling apart at the seams I'll put on a show for all to believe But nothing is as it seems You say that you love me, say you won't leave me But you'd run away if I let you inside You say that you see me but please just believe me It's for your own good that I'm trying to hide You wouldn't wonder why If you could see me through my eyes I don't need your embrace I don't want to see another face Can I lie anymore about who I am? How I'm frail? How I feel too weak to stand? I may change the stories but I can't change the truth I'm a prisoner of all of my lies For the life that I live is not one that I choose A life led behind a disguise You say that you love me, say you won't leave me But you'd run away if I let you inside You say that you see me but please just believe me It's for your own good that I'm trying to hide You wouldn't wonder why If you could see me through my eyes Devil in disguise is an angel filled with lies Or vice versa, feels like I'm cursed an confused Constantly abusing my own mind I'm rewriting the same lines Well if you'll finally listen, hear the cries With these tears falling aren't from my own eyes I need you to realize the real eyes that define me What is truth anyway? Everyone looks at me a different way I'm splitting in two Don't know what to do I can't stand my reflection The hex in my mind The tale as old as time Got that WandaVision The mirror breaks And my hands are stained Begging you To please my numb my pain You say that you love me, say you won't leave me But you'd run away, yeah, you'd run away! You say that you love me, say you won't leave me But you'd run away if I let you inside You say that you see me but please just believe me It's for your own good that I'm trying to hide You wouldn't wonder why No, you wouldn't wonder why You wouldn't wonder why If you could see me through my eyes
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Ask For 04:14
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Love was lost, nowhere in sight But from the darkness comes the light 'Cause there you walked into my life How easily you made things right I didn't know what to make of it But everything you did just seemed to fit Oh, we fell in love I held you tighter and We leaned to kiss and then I knew we were blessed from up above And I knew it was more than I could ask for We took a chance, and we let love inside We never knew where it was all going We only knew it was only a matter of time You showed me how to love again You opened up and let me in But then that trust was on the line A failure of my own design Oh, I would rather sooner die than put the light out in your eyes I didn't know what to make of it But everything I did just seemed to slip I was falling apart I had to let go and then We met a bitter end Picking up our shattered hearts There were times I was lonely and numb Surrounded by strangers disguised as loved ones You broke through and you showed me a smile In your eyes, I could see a wildfire And there we were on top of the world Showered by the glistening sun And by night, I held you tight Two souls becoming one If I could only turn back time What I wouldn't do to make you mine You were the one that got away If I could hold you tight and then Lean in to kiss and then I'd do it all to mend our pain But I know it was more than I could ask for We took a chance, and we let love inside We never knew where it was all going But now we know it was only a matter of time But now we know it was only a matter of time
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Miss 02:55
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Times before you weren't easy It was the same old song and dance I wasn't looking for you, you weren't looking for me It was a matter of happenstance But ever since you walked in my life I pray to God that you will stay I think about you all day and night I wouldn't have it any other way All I have to say Is will you come along? Will you take my hand when you this song? May I be your man? When the moment's right In those hazel eyes And we lean in for a kiss I know You're not one I want to miss When I saw you from a distance Love was furthest from my mind But I took a chance and let love in It didn't take long to decide That you'd tell me every secret And that I make you safe You didn't have to pour all your heart I want to reward your faith What I'm trying to say Is will you come along? Will you take my hand when you this song? May I be your man? When the moment's right In those hazel eyes And we lean in for a kiss I know You're not one I want to miss The way you make me happy When I see your smiling face Tongue tied and butterflies How you melt the fears away All I have to say Is will you come along? Will you take my hand when you this song? May I be your man? When the moment's right In those hazel eyes And we lean in for a kiss I know You're not one I want to miss
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Some Sort of Way 03:48
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Oo you feel like a summer breeze that's blowing right on through my hair Girl, you make a rolling stone wanna stop and sit right there And take you in while he can Can your spirit be obtained by man? I hope it can't. I hope you're free I hope you're anything you wanna be But if you knew what you do to me You got me feeling some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way Oo you feel like a carousel, my head's spinning round and round I wouldn't know where to take you out because you own the whole damn town But if you put your hand in mind I promise to show you a hell of a time The night is young, the time is ours We will burn out each and every star And then I get that racing in my heart You got me feeling some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way Oh baby I've been thinking You're the wine that I want to be drinking Getting high on you every single night and day Baby, you don't know how you got me feeling some sort of way Yes you do, babe You got me feeling some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way Hoo hoo hoo, some sort of way You got me feeling some sort of way
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I Can't 03:28
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I still listen to each song on your playlist Each melody you wanted me to hear Maybe if I did a better job at listening Perhaps you would still be right here I go back and look at our old photos To see a smile I once knew Relive every moment so I won't let go Of the only way I still feel close to you So, if this song ever reaches you By the wind or the grapevine, too Just remember my heart is true I try not to love you but I can't I don't go back and read our conversations Every word we used to send Regardless how I loved our incantations I don't want to feel how the magic ends I still drink from that Christmas mug and your flannels still keep me warm So many times I'll write out a message And remember you won't respond anymore So, if this song ever reaches you By the wind or the grapevine, too Just remember my heart is true I try not to love you but I can't If you wonder how I sleep at night Or how I can let you out of my life If you wonder how I can forget The truth is, baby, I can't So, if this song ever reaches you By the wind or the grapevine, too Just remember my heart is true I try not to love you but I can't I try not to love you but I can't I try not to love you but I can't
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Behind Closed Doors 02:37
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It's Friday night, you're out on the prowl She's not on your mind while you're going to town She's given you more than that drink in your hand Saying goodbye is in the back of your head But now you're alone What else is there to do You got this fire burning inside of you You call her up to say your love is true But that ain't the truth When your hands miss more than your heart And your thoughts don't tear you apart You gotta think for a moment, your soul ain't broken Your heart's not knocked on the floor You only want more Of what's behind closed doors You remember the times you drove each other insane There's no room for love when lust is on the brain You forget all the fights, how much you swore You only remember that red dress she wore She doesn't pick up You wonder what's wrong You figured your call would just turn her on You're feeling so low, you miss her so That's only partially so When your hands miss more than your heart And your thoughts don't tear you apart You gotta think for a moment, your soul ain't broken Your heart's not knocked on the floor You only want more Of what's behind closed doors So take my advice, go back to the start When you think of making love you better make love to her heart When your hands miss more than your heart And your thoughts don't tear you apart You gotta think for a moment, your soul ain't broken Your heart's not knocked on the floor You only want more, yeah! When your hands miss more than your heart And your thoughts don't tear you apart You gotta think for a moment, your soul ain't broken Your heart's not knocked on the floor You only want more Yeah you only want more Of what's behind closed doors Of what's behind closed doors
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Two New Stars 04:17
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Oh Mary, won't you look upon me? A hopeless sinner lying down in defeat? How much more can my young soul hold? I'm getting cold Oh Mary, won't you look upon them? Vibrant flowers that were picked at the stems? Roots remain but the soil was sold They can't regrow Another songbird silenced By the sound of sirens It's enough to make you go deaf A gentle giant crumbles And we are left to fumble Over what is left Unthaw my heart while I'm going under I'll dance with my demons as the angels stand by We're still here made to carry on while There are two new stars in the sky Oh Mary, won't you look upon the earth? What did we do for you to desert us? We're not perfect but I thought we were yours There's no remorse Oh Mary! Where the hell do we go? Is there salvation or is that all a show? I pray it's real so at the end I can see them again Mothers cry at night Sinner douse the light All my feelings are gone And we are left to fight What is wrong and right Must we soldier on? Unthaw my heart while I'm going under I'll dance with my demons as the angels stand by We're still here made to carry on while There are two new stars in the sky I see them through the clouds with the shooting stars They blessed us for a moment, then returned to the sky A new day dawns without them here We never said goodbye Unthaw my heart while I'm going under I'll dance with my demons as the angels stand by We're still here made to carry on while There are two new stars in the sky There are two new stars in the sky There are two new stars Oh Mary, won't you look upon me? A hopeless sinner lying down in defeat?
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You & Me 02:52
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And we'd be singing like Do dodo do do, dodo dodo do Do dodo do do I hear our song on the radio Got this feeling I just can't let go I know there's something still there That I need just as much as air Maybe there was something that I said Maybe I was out of my head To let you just walk away Now I'm left standing here today Come and give me one last try Baby. come home tonight Come and give me something to believe Maybe there's more to you and me I hear your voice in my soul It weights me down like a lump of coal Because all these nights I'm all alone In my eyes, my pain is shown Do you remember all those nights we shared? All those times we didn't have a care? Because it was just us against the world Don't you wanna come back, baby girl Come and give me one last try Baby. come home tonight Come and give me something to believe Maybe there's more to you and me Come and give our love just one last try Come and come home tonight Come and give me something to believe Maybe there's more to you and me Do dodo do do, dodo dodo do Do dodo do do And we'd be singing like Do dodo do do, dodo dodo do Do dodo do do
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Tell Me Your Life 02:59
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Tell me your life, and I will write you a song Tell me your life, and I will write you a song Wherever you wander, you won't have to ponder It will last you your whole life long Tell me your dreams, and I will get you to smile Tell me your dreams, and I will get you to smile Your heart is golden, you're one in a million No evil could ever defile Tell me of home, and I will show you the world Tell me of home, and I will show you the world After all of our travels, we will unravel That life's more than diamonds and pearls Tell me your fears, all that you hide from at night Tell me your fears, all that you hide from at night When the ship rolls in, just let me in And I promise I'll be by your side Tell me your life, and I will write you a song Tell me your life, and I will write you a song Wherever you wander, you won't have to ponder It will last you your whole life long Wherever you wander, you won't have to ponder It will last you your whole life long
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Forever Ended That Night 05:22
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When I called you on the phone, didn't know what was to come When we hung up that call we were both left feeling so numb We were worn down, strung out, lost and reeling We were scared, didn't know what we were feeling Our hearts didn't say what was on our minds We made a mistake and we said goodbye We left so many things unsaid Now we have to make our beds For endless nights where we will lie awake And though we tried to read our minds And understand the thoughts inside We never heard a word our hearts would say 'Cause if we did we wouldn't have ended like this We should've put up a fight 'Cause we'd say We'd be together Always and Forever But Forever ended that night We said we wanted to break down our walls, but I didn't always listen though you didn't always talk How could we solve what we were missing We were too afraid of pain, now it's both of our faults We saw the world through rose-colored glasses We didn't think of what we didn't know We held each other as we held our tongues Afraid of what we'd lose if we let go We left so many things unsaid Now we have to make our beds For endless nights where we will lie awake And though we tried to read our minds And understand the thoughts inside We never heard a word our hearts would say 'Cause if we did we wouldn't have ended like this We should've put up a fight 'Cause we'd say We'd be together Always and Forever But Forever ended that night The nightmare's won't go away I'm haunted by the words I wish we could say Can we keep loving eachother? Can we hold on again? Though we made our choices This was never our intent We left so many things unsaid Now we have to make our beds For endless nights where we will lie awake And though we tried to read our minds And understand the thoughts inside We never heard a word our hearts would say 'Cause if we did we wouldn't have ended like this We should've put up a fight 'Cause we'd say We'd be together Always and Forever But Forever ended that night 'Cause we'd say We'd be together Always and Forever But Forever ended that night

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The year 2019 was one of the most progressive, successful, and possibly one of the happiest years of my life. It looked like I had everything all set, and that I had everything laid out for myself for after graduation college. The last two years; however, ended up being the most challenging period in my life. I was met with so much loss, pain, grief, and confusion. This album is my diary, my therapy, my whatever you want to call it of the past two years. Probably one of the strongest themes across this album is loss; whether that be loss of a relationship, loss from death, or loss of oneself. Now, this is not to say there aren’t happy songs on this album, but there is an overlying passion that holds everything together.

I'm very proud of Always & Forever for many reasons. I think that I exemplifies how far I have come as a musician and producer while it offers some of my most complex themes and some of my best lyrics to date. I am so grateful for everyone who performed on this. This process was different than most because everything was done remotely. I had the opportunity to work with most people in person; however, none of the musicians were in the same room with each other at any point. For working remote through the pandemic, I am amazed at how cohesive this project is, and how well everyone was able to grasp the sound while contributing much of their own ideas. It was a beautiful project to work on, and I am extremely proud of it. I hope you enjoy and get even a percent of the happiness I had when making it.

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released April 18, 2022

Conor Walsh: Vocals, Guitar
Ben Grant: Percussion, Piano
Alex Hitrick: Piano, Organ
Nick Pappalardo: Guitar
Samuel Walzcyk: Bass
Joe Benevento: Bass
Scott Chatfield: Saxophone, Flute
Maddie Hempstead: Vocals
Isaiah Jet Vallejos: Vocals

Producers: Conor Walsh, Ben Grant, Alex Hitrick
Album Art: Rachel D'Amico, Conor Walsh

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Conor Walsh Poughkeepsie, New York

Conor Walsh is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who tries to tell a story and send a message through his lyrics. Conor constantly looks for the most unique and poetic- yet relatable- ways to transcend emotions.
Conor believes music has the power to express emotions in a way that no other form of communication can. Through music, people can find unity. ... more

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