Author of order You allow #chaos Muck & murder You allow us To do what we will If it means one day We’ll see & join Your good design Author of love U allow hatred The trampling of everything Innocent, sacred To go our own way If it means 1 day I choose to be yours & u choose to be mine #vss365

The apple tree Gives us apples The grape vine Gives us grapes The tomato plant Gives us tomatoes But for humans Our #fruit’s shape Is buildings and bildungsroman Is love and joy and rage Is rockets in the sky And wondrous words Upon the page #vss365

Lend me your ears! Do you #tend to forget The abolitionist and the suffragette? The workers who Have formed a union? Those who are working Towards a good solution? Remembering song Don’t know how long We’ll have to Fight the power #vss365

This #cadence Feels like decadence This world of words A feast Into the dough We mix the verbs And nouns Just like yeast Ideas rise Our lives are changed With poetry and prose A life rearranged This cadence Feels like decadence This world of words A feast #vss365

The nude #ascends The staircase The fragile butterfly flaps its wings Can we be gentle In a world of whirlwinds? Can we undress When everything Is knives and judgment Is rich men taking Is people forcing And people faking? Is evil lurking And love forgotten? #vss365

Here's my presentation of my friend, Gregory Walker's song 'Like Grasping a Firefly.' Remember to leave the leaf litter for young fireflies and don't use pesticides! Thank you for listening. youtube.com/shorts/S8CKC...

'Like Grasping a Firefly' by Gregory Walker

YouTube video by Lucy Howard

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Life’s a gift But can I #shift The things that No longer serve my purpose? I want to live A life that’s free I want to live A life of service My habits bring me up And bring me down Help me to find My purpose in the sound Of trumpets playing Broken hearts praying #vss365

I don’t know The #road ahead But I’ve traveled The road behind this far I don’t know What’s in store But I’ve got my eye On the same star That’s shone With love From the night sky That’s given me The hope To try Now that star Is in my chest #vss365

I know the #tailwind’s coming The blessed relief The pay off for all of my work The joy to ease my grief The soft and welcome rose After all these thorns Because you died and rose again The veil has been torn The ocean has its tossing The forest fires burn #vss365

We each get a #turn Our moment in the sun Remembering our glory days And the glory days to come A dream is just a promise And hope will be fulfilled The love we have to offer The important Things we build We live to fight another day We temper grief With celebration #vss365

Like riding a bicycle You’ve got to #balance Get your two wheels turning Find peace in the Oceans of our lives In a world that is burning Destruction and building Both have their place Death and birth both happen Facing the trials of the day But still hoping For a peaceful heaven #vss365

NEW RELEASE: no cap(o) -songs of my youth A friend reminded me of some of my old songs from when I was in college, and I decided to do a recording of them. They are a little more on-the-nose than I tend to be these days, but you might enjoy! #newmusic gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/no-cap...

no cap(o) - songs of my youth, by Greg Walker

3 track album

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If you’re always Trying to have #momentum How can you ever Be still? If you’re always insistent Upon your own way How can you ever Know God’s will? Thy kingdom come Thy will be done I don’t think it looks Just like we think If you want everything If you want it all… #vss365

The #headwind Strengthens my resolve Gotta be something To help us evolve Everything is hard When you just begin Yes, hope and focus Will help us win Like a baby bird Learning to fly Success is already in Our DNA Just gotta try And get through another Difficult day #vss365

When it comes time For my soul to #depart I hope to leave a legacy Of inspired art My inspirations Have fueled my own quirky fire And helped my poor soul To fly higher and higher Sometimes by going Down in the depths Always because of Their handling Of beauty and truth #vss365

#conquer is such A dirty word A better word Is help A better word We’re always searching To love the other Love the self A better word In the dictionary The dictionary’s full Of words that empower Not subjugate That act as a bower Provide cool and shade #vss365

This crust of bread Gives me #patience If I have just enough I can endure the waiting Give me my daily bread It’s good for the head And really that’s all I need Forgive me my stupidity And give me some lucidity Treat me like a human And I’ll treat you like one too #vss365

Never #unabashed If you start weak and poor You have respect For strength and cash Like muscle and bone That’s broken and healed The body is our guide Or the cat or the deer or the lion Who still know how To run and hide Grace is for the humble Strength is for the weak #vss365

I don’t want you to be Just as I am I’m a sucker for Our differences Like a magnet Opposites attract Two vantage points Were both life’s witnesses Knowing who you are Creates a #magnetism Seeing as you do With your x-ray vision I can’t do this By myself Life’s a joint decision #vss365

You held my arm It wasn’t a full #embrace You held my arm With a smile on your face I felt such love In your fingertips Perhaps I wanted To kiss your lips You held my arm It want a full embrace You held my arm With a smile on your face #vss365

Why don’t they give Guys flowers? I’ve got a nose That enjoys a #rose, too Why is it taboo For grown men to cry? I start to cry Like a bird starts to fly Over you Gentle like starlight Weeping like a willow I lay my curly head Down on the softest pillow #vss365

Take some time To #frolic In the tulips And the daises Even if others Think you’re chaotic Even if others Think you’re crazy Sanity is overrated Anyway Don’t get stuck Inside a box Like a car That travels Miles and miles You’ve got an engine You’ve got oil And you’ve got shocks #vss365

A new indie rock album about my mental health journey over the last twelve years or so and what I've learned that has helped build me up. #nudeascendingastaircase #mentalhealth gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/nude-a...

Nude Ascending A Staircase, by Greg Walker

11 track album

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If anyone should have OCD, it’s God. Keep track of this grass hopper jumping from grass blade to grass blade, the chicken pecking at the grain when another chicken’s trying to steal it, the person going through a heartbreak, a billion times over. Man! Haha

Sometimes there’s a #villain In your story A deranged demon Trying to take you down A bitter baby Trying to steal your crown But when you finally realize That their evil Is no match for your good That history’s a story Of an epic battle Fit for Hollywood #vss365

To grow the #grain You need fun and rain To grow the tomato You need sun and sorrow Tears and smiles Drop on the lillies and the roses It takes the spectrum Of emotions to Move us and grow us The farmer knows What it’s like to wait The gardner knows How to trust to fate #vss365

RELEASE PARTY: TWIN FLAMES This latest is a collaboration with my friend Lucy Howard who has been an inspiration over the last year, seeing her wonderful songs and witnessing her turn some of my songs into her own charming arrangements and covers. gregwa8.bandcamp.com/album/twin-f...

I take a #pull On my cigarette It helps me to calm down I write another minisong My anxieties to drown I’m building a world With one hand And with the other Tearing it down Oh my vices and my virtues Oh my conflicted soul Between my inner Service dog and werewolf I’m one complicated whole #vss365

In my search I try not to #lurch Try to have peace In my two-hand reach Don’t want More than I need Though I could certainly Do with remembering That I’m freed Freed to seek Freed to love Don’t need to push Don’t need to shove Godliness with contentment Is great gain #vss365

The way has been trod By a rock star or a god The road has been travelled So after you unravel Do you get back on your feet? Or #defenestrate your dreams? You might not feel quite The same great self esteem But follow your heroes Who’ve also had their doubts You have a spark of madness #vss365