Night of the Soul — SANCTUARY WEST RECORDS

“Impasse absolves my one and only creed

The moon has set me free

The mass that represents all of my being

Dissipates with the sea

Into the flawless backdrop of a great infinity ”

No Robert LaSalle music was ever released until 2019. By the end of 2020, the artist self-released 200 songs from the previous decade and a half.

The Canon: RIDE>Lullaby>Night>Awaken

This album was written & recorded in complete darkness over a long shadow after a storm. The divine feminine is represented in every song.

CREDITS

All songs written, arranged, recorded, performed, mixed & mastered by Robert LaSalle, except:

"Mercy On Me" written by Patricia Bahia & Robert LaSalle for some TV show; additional recording by Patrick Joseph

"Home, Pt 2" saxophones & clarinets performed by Rubén Salinas; written & recorded for DC Comics Doom Patrol

"Home, Pt 3" violin by Zach Casebolt & clarinet by Rubén Salinas; recorded live at the artist’s first Sanctuary Studio in Ojai, CA

"Glacier" written by Mark Harriman & Robert LaSalle; performed live at The Lumberyard, Huntsville, AL

"Then You Said My Name" written by Rae Hering & Robert LaSalle; piano performed by Rae Hering; recorded by Nomad at Audio Authorities in Nashville, TN

Porter Rd

Lately her words live on beneath me

The world appears so empty

Falling out of line

Now all I got is time

Live for sinister pleasures

No use counting feathers

Before I fly away

The needle hits the hay

She says, "Good things last forever"

"Yes what's good only gets better," in jest

For bittersweet adverse, I said

"What's bad only gets worse"

It's a bitter-bitter world

She lost me

'Fore anybody caught me

Body meet a body

Comin thro' the rye

Won't let this world rob me

Of all that's not forgot me

I dream in fields of poppies

I dream in black and white

Now I'm dreaming of that night

They're beating me blind

Destiny is only second guessing

Teaching me a lesson

Well haven't I learned it yet?

"Put my mind to rest," she says

Irony is best in jest

Save the bane of my existence

Stuck in this hard head

Slipped through the fists of death!

You haven't got me yet

Mercy On Me (feat. Patricia Bahia)

Oh can you hear the words I cry

In the darkest dead of night

While the world sleeps

Mercy on me

I live my life down in this hole

I bear the weight I pay the toll

In misery

Mercy on me

Mercy

Mercy on me

Had too much pride I took a fall

Now I’m grown learning to crawl

Haunted by my dreams

Mercy on me

This ain’t no home this prison cell

I lost my life, I found this hell

When will I be free

Mercy on me

Mercy

Mercy on me

Mercy

Mercy on me

Home, Pt. 2

Home, home

Got to it

Fought through it

And now it's done

Once caught in

Got lost in

The setting sun

Is this it?

All there is

Who will ever know?

What's done is done

It's time to go home

Home, it's time to go home

No more fighting

No pleading

Just letting go

Can't trade places

Can't save this

It's time to go home

Home, it's time to go home

Home, Pt 3 (Live)

Tear down walls

A bridge for kindling

And build a home

From what's left of them

Fortune calls

Now I'm answering

Right where I belong

I will begin again

I'll catch the setting sun

I'm breaking free

I won't let anyone

Get the best of me

And now it's finally done

And I can finally breathe

I finally found my home

My home found me

Where the heart is, where the heart is

A lesson from the heart

Dream big

Shooting for the stars

I can't miss

On my mark

God's my witness

Fletch the broken arch

For a direct hit

Where the heart is, where the heart is

Where the heart is

I'm finally home!

Never giving up

Never giving in

Never letting go

I know there's more to this

Finally found my home!

I finally found my home!

Glacier (Live)

You're in my head

Out of my life

My slender thread

Blue skies are falling into rivers of red

Climb towers of ice to the top of the world

And out of the mire

The waters are rising

You are my song, and love is my choir

On and on and on and on

And on and on and on, we're dancing

You left me with a memory

Take my hand

I will take my chances

Spending my whole life

Dancing on thin ice

Spending my whole life

On and on and on and on

You're still in my head

I'm out of my mind

In a sea of regret

My arms are open to lead the first step

The stars hear my song

In their symphony, we both belong

The ice is breaking

Your memory's here with me singing along

On and on and on and on

And on and on and on, we're dancing

You left me with a memory

Take my hand

I will take my chances

Spending my whole life

Dancing on thin ice

Spending my whole life

On and on and on

On and on and on and on

And on, we're dancing

Don't leave me with a memory

Take my hand

And I will take my chances

Spending my whole life

Dancing on, dancing on

Spending my whole life

Dancing on thin ice

On and on and on and on

And on and on and on, we're dancing

You left me with a memory

Take my hand

I will take my chances

Spending my whole life

Dancing on thin ice

Only Sleeping

Child, quit your weeping

Your mother's laid to rest

She's only sleeping

Soon you'll meet again

Why? I don't make up the rules

The Devil preys upon heroes

Rewards the fools

Sometimes the sun shines

Sometimes there's only clouds

You might as well learn that now

God is a drifter

He made your heart from the stars

Sometimes his lessons

Sure as hell seem a little too harsh

Child, be glad you're breathing

Keep your head above the waves

Your mother's only sleeping

She left you in her wake

No, no, no, no, no, no

Why? Well I don't know

Oh, I don't know

No, no, no, no, no, no

She's only sleeping

Hush little baby

Don't say a word

She's only sleeping

Hush little baby

Don't say a word

Then You Said My Name (feat. Rae Hering)

I came from solid ground

Where footsteps lead somewhere

Somewhere I never found

I know it must be there

Where virtue meets its vice

I stand to greet it

Not knowing what I'll find

My body's leaving me

But then you said my name

Then you said my name

The name means nothing more

Than the way I hear it

Knocking at my open door

I'm only here in spirit

But then you said my name

Then you said my name

My body left me bare

Amongst forgotten footsteps

Footsteps that lead somewhere

I hear your voice somewhere

'Cause then you said my name

Then you said my name

Into the Flawless Backdrop of a Great Infinity

Caught within the estuaries

Now I will wait

Tide will either fall down over me

Or rise up under me

Only dead weight

From the influx to the lowest ebb

Slack tide's stalemate

Either way, I'm sure to float away

Above oblivion

Only dead weight

I'm only dead weight

Moon shines white light

Fateful satellite

Bring my gracious tide back to life

The river mouth is beating on the sea

Oh, It sings to me

My last hours, they must cling to me

Undaunted

Above oblivion

Only dead weight

Moon shines white light

Fateful satellite

Bring my gracious tide back to life

Impasse absolves my one and only creed

The moon has set me free

The mass that represents all of my being

Dissipates with the sea

Into the flawless backdrop of a great infinity

It Pours (Acoustic)

The rain is pouring

Lightning strikes over the gulf stream

Everyone knows where it's going

Everyone knows where it's been

Out on the ocean

No one here needs to know me

No one knows where the storm's going

Don't want to know where it's been

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

On dry land I was tripping

Over holes I was too big to fit in

With all those regrets, I kept digging

I fell to the bottom so fast

Then the rain started pouring

Carried me back to the ocean

Washed away all the emotion

Drowned all that was left of my past

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

Rain, rain, go away (go away)

You've taken me far enough

Rain, rain, go away (go away)

I can't take it all at once

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

I'm headed inland

Try and start all over again

I can't go back to where I been

Those bridges are scorched and scorned (scorned, scorned)

Take the rain as a lesson

Set my sights in a brand new direction

Bury all of my regrets

And dry out till the next thunderstorm (storm, storm)

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

When it rains

When it rains, It pours

Everything Else Repeats

I didn't want it

Didn't want no more

I lulled the monster

Lulled her in the storm

Cleanse the water

Shed the phony whore

Rid the stardust

Falling from her floor

Crack the bottle

Wash up on her shore

Clean out her closet

Wake up one more

Open up her eyes

True love breaks the paradigm

She wakes up to a lullaby

If I'm gonna burn out

The devil let me sing, sing, sing long into the night

Oh I got the fury, I got the flame

Keep on feed, feed, feeding me the fire

Oh keep on feed, feed, feeding me the fire

If I'm gonna burn out, well I'll burn out in the storm