How I’m Protecting My (Hyper) Focus
This song releases on Feb 14. (Yeah, I know... I can't seem to shake holiday themes once they take hold!) But like most of my stuff... this isn’t a typical love song. It’s about staying when memory fades and the relationship rewrites itself day by day.
Close Your Eyes is about rest as strength. It’s for anyone who ran hard, pushed long, and forgot to pause. The song holds space for slowing down, telling the truth about being tired, and choosing presence over pressure. Closing your eyes isn’t quitting. It’s how you recover and keep going.
What if the most meaningful holiday gift this year is time, not things? That question became the seed of a new song I wrote called “Something New (This Christmas).” A simple moment on a train turned into a reflection on presence, connection, and how we choose to spend our attention.
Three hard truths sit at the heart of Soft Machine. Gratitude that starts within. Rituals born from storms. Love that feels uneasy but honest. A Thanksgiving reflection for anyone learning to thank themselves.