Grayson Erhard

Plume

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Plume is a collaboration EP that was created with the purpose of exploring different genres and combining unique songwriters from around Colorado.

A purchase of this EP gives you access MP3, lossless WAV, and MP4 files.

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LYRICS

Coffee

She makes me coffee in the morning
I only have her for a moment
‘Cause I’m always up too late
She’s gone before I wake

On our horizon; first warmth of sunrise
Infatuated, I never thought twice
She chose a different start; slowly showing heart
Every single day

She makes me coffee in the morning
I only have her for a moment
‘Cause I’m always up too late
She’s gone before I wake

Now that we’re steady, life’s in a different phase
We get so busy, mix up priorities
Somehow I’m still surprised with every sunrise
I’m first on her mind

She makes me coffee in the morning
I only have her for a moment
‘Cause I’m always up too late
She’s gone before I wake

I don’t need a major display
It all adds up to me

She makes me coffee in the morning

Blue Ridge Mountains

Lie down with me, my dear, lie down
Under stormy night tell nobody

My brother, where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight
To the blue ridge mountains, over near Tennessee

You’re ever welcome with me any time you like
Let’s drive to the country side
Leave behind some green eyed look a likes
So no one gets worried, no

But Sean don’t get careless, I’m sure it’ll be fine
I love you, I love you, oh brother of mine

In the quivering forest where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen and the home got snowed in
And a yellow moon glowed bright ’til the morning light

Terrible am I, child. Even if you don’t mind

In the quivering forest where the shivering dog rests
Our good grandfather built a wooden nest
And the river got frozen and the home got snowed in
And a yellow moon glowed bright ’til the morning light

Terrible am I, child. Even if you don’t mind

Lightheart

Well my spirit’s a mess
Throbbin, fightin’ to death
Right up until you’re in my breath
Like a strong sedative medicine
Put me to rest

I know I can’t control spiraling down
But you pull me out the water right before I drown

Now I’m so full of love
I don’t need anymore
Right up until you’re out the door
You’re currency/tender to my soul

I know I can’t control spiraling down
But you pull me out the water right before I drown

Before I fall back to where I started
Lift me up like you do so lighthearted

I know I can’t control spiraling down
But you pull me out the water right before I drown

Elevation

Can’t find any tracks or a beaten path
Our breath is all but gone, but we’re hanging on
I don’t care how far we’ve come I don’t feel the sun
The smoke is exhaled but I don’t feel any higher

I’ve come to know it’s hard to find
A grip on the correct direction
Gotta see, need to believe,
We’re headed straight for elevation

Ropes got us in knots testin what we got
We’ll cut any ties; no compromise
Our clothes are lookin like rags and our eyes are bagged
The vultures circle above but we’re just getting started

I’ve come to know it’s hard to find
A grip on the correct direction
Gotta see, need to believe,
We’re headed straight for elevation

Higher ground lead my way
Up above yesterday
Shadows cast until it’s done
Broken clouds expose the sun

I’ve come to know it’s hard to find
A grip on the correct direction
Gotta see, need to believe,
We’re headed straight for elevation

Deadpan (feat. Ian Gregory & Sumner Erhard)

You think you’re somethin’ thinkin’ I’m wastin’ all my days
Such a shame
You will cooperate and feel them operate
Every move

I have lost control grinning through this rabbit hole
You can’t help yourself—Always such a deadpan
I don’t need control I like it when I unleash
This night is too cold, let’s make it third degree

I believe that some day, ya, I believe that some day
I’ll come down, all the way down
You keep waiting’. . . on permission
It’s not too late to take my bait

I have lost control grinning through this rabbit hole
You can’t help yourself—Always such a deadpan
I don’t need control I like it when I unleash
This night is too cold, let’s make it third degree

Whatever excuse you need just keep them rattlin’
Ya I know you need the sleep, but the night just ain’t done
I didn’t come alone and these demons ain’t cheap
Why do you keep telling me. . .

I have lost control grinning through this rabbit hole
You can’t help yourself—Always such a deadpan
I don’t need control I like it when I unleash
This night is too cold, let’s make it third degree

Starlit Eyes (feat. Ian & Justin Gregory, Sumner Erhard)

Where did all the silence of fresh snow find a place to call home?
Ricocheting off walls of stone

Fragments of the city are not so easily waved away
Can’t even get a break on Saturday
Frustrated and bloodshot, bloodshot

Looking through starlit eyes
Moments are magnified
Thoughts won’t stop trespassin’
Don’t have to let them in
Under the open sky you can just pause your life
Looking through starlit eyes

Don’t you get so tired of wearing black?
Threw out the color in your laundry stack
Just to pay off your sterile shack
Can’t turn back, no

Caught up in creations manufactured to consume you
Illuminated face in a dark room
Dilated and bloodshot, bloodshot

Looking through starlit eyes
Moments are magnified
Thoughts won’t stop trespassin’
Don’t have to let them in
Under the open sky you can just pause your life
Looking through starlit eyes

Look Around (feat. Nathaniel Snow)

Breathe, air flows in
Satisfied do you fathom why you live the life you live?
Trees, billowing
Rooted undertones speaking what they know as if in unison

Take a look around
Take a look around

Cease, pondering
Look up to the stars knowing what you are and found out what you missed
Bliss, is it this?
Leaping from the moon bounding towards the sun
Look from where you’ve come

Take a look around
Take a look around

Careful what you choose to
Despite of what they’ve told you
Have they shown you how to live?

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About

Hailing from Del Norte, Colo., Grayson Erhard’s style leans heavily on the technically complex tap-slap style of percussive guitar often paired with moving, airy vocals. Erhard often feels the pull between performing as a musicians’ musician and the hook writing world of pop, creating a sound that weaves between complement and contrast. This unique tension, combined with Erhard’s experience sharing the stage with Stevie Wonder, has led to Erhard’s viral success and a sound that both complements and contrasts his various styles.

Songs like “Manifest” and “Tapestry” showcase Erhard’s ability to stand on his own, organically, and represent beacons of the kind of musician Erhard strives to be.

While he daylights as a computer programmer, Erhard’s music showcases his authentic, organic style, honed since his childhood in the southern Colorado town of Del Norte—a rural community of 1,800 people on the western edge of the San Luis Valley. More commonly known as “The Valley,” it’s a section of Colorado hot with alien observatories and cosmic undertones. Here, in isolation, Erhard ground out a sound that is entirely his own, but this small town was no place to pursue a music career or develop his budding interest in programming, driving him to the Front Range.

However, after moving to northern Colorado, he quickly experienced culture shock. The oversaturation of fake news, politicking and the constant distraction of this new environment drove him to the extent that he needed to write music relentlessly. Hence his standout piece, “Manifest”, was born, a cultural narrative that laments our dependence on social media and its propensity to overwhelm our lives. “Manifest / your world is your reflection,” Erhard sings in its video, surrounded by televisions and computers that flicker with images of then-president Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and infomercial detritus. Written in part to assail the internet, Erhard’s song was championed by it. In November 2016, “Manifest” shot to nearly 1 million views from Facebook and YouTube in its first week, with an appearance on Reddit’s front page.

Recently following the viral success of “Manifest”, Erhard was finishing an abbreviated cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” to a small audience at a music trade show called NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) when Wonder himself approached the stage. Baffled, Erhard apologized to him for not knowing the lyrics to the second and third verse.

The rest is viral history.

“I’ll teach you the words you don’t know,” Wonder said, and over Erhard’s knotty guitar playing, the two launched into an impromptu duet. The crowd grew exponentially and proceeded to watch through their phones. The next day, Erhard was in Rolling Stone, taking calls from Good Morning America and appearing on major television networks all across the globe. The media attention from that second strike of viral lightning allowed Erhard to resign from his day job to pursue music full time.

Ironically, with the help of his computer programming background, Erhard has been able to capitalize on the importance of social media by building a web presence and community around his music, pushing his message of authenticity via the channels that challenge it. Erhard’s newest collection of music, EARTHSHIP, came to life inside of a Taos, NM earthship with co-writer, Bannigrin. The songs span from folk rock to hard rock and feature a style of guitar playing that’s never been placed in those genres before, percussive fingerstyle. EARTHSHIP consists of five full-band tracks; and in honor of the fans that have been with him from the start, a stripped-down acoustic version of each song will accompany the release.

 

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