I wrote this with my lovely wife Olivia and our dear friend Anje! Check out the country version HERE!
Another New Song – Don’t Want to Run
Here’s another one I wrote with Anje Dowler and a great singer/songwriter I went to Berklee with, Mike Willis.
Staying put. Seeing love through. Walking it out. Hard, but so worth it. Enjoy!!
Download the MP3 here. Listen here.
Don’t Want to Run
I’ve always played the game
Holding back,
not giving all of me
so quick place the blame
A broken man
With an answer for everythingCan’t keep living live in overdrive
Always trying to catch my breath
My soul is tired now
I think I’m losing ground
I can’t help myselfCHORUS
I don’t want to run anymore
I’d rather stay with you and take it slow
With this love I can’t ignore
I’m finally coming undone
I don’t wanna runA collection of memories
A fading dream
Are all I’ve had to hold
A beaten up photograph
From a moment that
I cannot seem to let goOur love has been a battleground
Leaving us the casualties
I’ll raise my hand and call a truce
But I just can’t retreatCHORUS
Am I too late?
Has the moment gone?
Is there a part of me alive in you?
Something I can hold on to?CHORUS
Finally Free – New Song
Time for a new song! This one I wrote with my dear friend Anje Dowler…bunch of new ones coming up here and on the YouTube channel!
Finally Free
Anje Dowler/Ben WardIt seemed so permanent
Felt like forever
They all said “learn from it”
It’ll get better
But walking around in chains ain’t good enough you see
So I cut those ties, the one’s that bind
And it almost killed me
But I’m still standingFinally free
All my reasoning
Seemed so perfect
Subtle seasoning
Far from working
With no one else to blame walking right into that place
Just let it go, nothing left to know
No more excusing
Done with waitingFinally Free
There’s Still a Fight in Me
New song this week written with one of my favorite people in the world, Anje Dowler, and Katie Dean. It’s got a “James Taylor Moment” in the middle where the key goes up and I have to move the capo in a split second. Watch for it 🙂
Download here.
Fight In Me
Ben Ward, Anje Dowler, Katie Dean
You’re the cigarette I’m not smoking
You’re the whiskey I’m not pouring
Anymore….Why can’t I close the door
You’re the hit I’m not taking
You’re the judgment I’m not making
It’s not over yet…Too hard to forget
CHORUS:
I’ve got more needs
Than the comfort you bring
You hold my hand
But you’re not holding on to me
I’ve got some doubts
But I’m feeling my way out
In the end I believe
There’s still a fight in me
Maybe I fall too quickly
Maybe I’m my own worst enemy
It’s so easy…You never leave me
CHORUS
I’ll overcome where I’ve come from
Undo the damage I’ve done
CHORUS