organizing an accident is a once-weekly newsletter where I leak home demos of unreleased songs, first draft lyrics, thoughts on the creative process, and dispatches from music life in Paris.
Listen to “One More Minute” (demo):
This song was written on May 19, 2021
I’m Beginning To Like It Here
Another year over.
Another year glutted with hopes and ambitions.
Some achieved, some left unresolved.
A year of duality.
Of multitudes, parallel realities.
A year spent building up and tearing down.
Of leaky skepticism plugged by faith.
A year stopped dead in its tracks.
A year of precipitous paths, too narrow for arrogance.
Insurgent change, too swift for words.
A year spent unknowing.
Of treading water in total darkness.
A year of transformative happiness, fit for grief.
Of corrupted bliss, a dented ecstasy.
Of detours and imagined horizons.
Hallucinations.
Shattered seconds, minutes, days, months.
The year that stained all years to come.
I’m beginning to like it here.Arcadia
From the vault
What I’m listening to this week
You can pay a visit to my previous demos and writing via the Substack archive + find my official music releases on Spotify, Apple, or your platform of choice. Stalk me across socials at @thisryanegan.
With love,
Ryan
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