• Nate Logston

    SONGWRITER / PRODUCER / VOCALS / GUITAR / KEYS

  • Martina Barakoska

    DRUMS / PERCUSSION / BACKING VOCALS

  • Sean Byrd

    BASS

  • Liam Bornovski

    PEDAL STEEL GUITAR

  • Chapman Welch

    GUITAR

  • Sheldon Quick

    TRUMPET

  • Rob Shelton

    MIXING ENGINEER / KEYS / CO-PRODUCER

  • Andrew Maguire

    PERCUSSION

  • Carly Bond

    GUITAR

TRACK LISTING AND CREDITS

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keys

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Liam Bornovski - Pedal Steel

    Rob Shelton - Organ

    Andrew Maguire - Percussion

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Keys

    Martina Barakoska - Drums, Backing Vocals

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Sheldon Quick - Trumpets

    Rob Shelton - Organ

    Carly Bond - Electric Guitar

    Andrew Maguire - Percussion

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars

    Martina Barakoska - Drums

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Chapman Welch - Electric Guitars

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keys

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Liam Bornovski - Pedal Steel

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Chapman Welch - Electric Guitar

    Liam Bornovski - Pedal Steel

    Rob Shelton - Organ

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Keys

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Liam Bornovski - Pedal Steel

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitars

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Sheldon Quick - Trumpets

    Carly Bond - Electric Guitar

    Rob Shelton - Wurlitzer, Organ

    Andrew Maguire - Percussion

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitars

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Chapman Welch - Electric Guitars

    Rob Shelton - Wurlitzer, Synth

    Andrew Maguire - Percussion

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitars, Keys

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitars, Keys

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion, Backing Vocals

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    words and music by Nate Logston

  • Nate Logston - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Keys

    Martina Barakoska - Drums & Percussion, Backing Vocals

    Sean Byrd - Bass

    Andrew Maguire - Percussion

    Carly Bond - Electric Guitar

    Rob Shelton - Organ

    words and music by Nate Logston

All words and music by Nate Logston, © 2025 Level-Three, Inc.

Mixed by Rob Shelton at Altamira Sound in Los Angeles

Mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles

Cover art is “Silent Ballet 2” by Antoinette de Villiers Louw (licensed for use)

Special thanks to Lynn for her continued support in me and this all-consuming endeavor. Thanks to Ella and Zack for their support and enthusiasm throughout the album-making process. Thanks to all the musicians who delivered superb, thoughtful performances and have become great friends. Their belief in and excitement for the songs fueled the process the whole way through.

And thank you to you, the listener, the sharer, the supporter. Keep sharing music you love with your friends!

Lyrics

LIKE YESTERDAY

Is luck a fleeting circumstance / Crossing of paths someday by chance / Was acting on an instinct I couldn’t shake / When you drew me in with just your smile / You and I we ran away / You lured me in I still remember it / Just like it was yesterday

words and music by Nate Logston

I HAD ONCE

On the back beat watching the night in the street / In the washed light taking me back to the dream / Was thinking about the things I’d redo if I could / And wondering if deep down I’m any good / I got lucky somehow / I got you locked down / It’s a guilt I carry around / And it’s all too much for me now

In my mind’s eye I can see love, wonder why / It was fine, I handled it all like a guy / Unwilling kept emotions deep in a reserve / Not giving you the beautiful life you deserve / I got lonely and bent, I started writing laments / It’s embarrassing I can admit / And will never make up for the sins

But I need you like a drug / And I can’t seem to adjust / And now my brain is all fucked up / How can I regain the trust / I had once

At the right time I can be wrong, and a slight / Slip of tongue might show what I have on my mind / Give it time I’ll forget you can wager a bet / Not a favor too important for me to let slip / Selfish and proud / Ugly and loud / I’m out of my league no doubt / And it was never you this was about

But I need you like a drug / And I can’t seem to adjust / And now my brain is all fucked up / How can I regain the trust / That I had once / I had once

words and music by Nate Logston

MOTIVES & MORALS

I was in a blue escort in the summer / Her tarheel shirt she’s a stunner / Slaying the traitors / Gaming the players / Mixtape fueling the courage / I knew she was worth it / Mind made up, I’m in love / Dumb and determined

I knew my motives well / My morals shot to hell / No villain wants to fail / Or be alone, wishing they’d known / The rest of the tale

I was into her much more than she knew it / Tried to suppress, couldn’t do it / Imminent trouble / Prepped for the struggle / Fixed gaze adding the pressure / A willing aggressor / Sealed my fate, dug my grave / Just to impress her

I knew my motives well / My morals shot to hell / I’m recklessly compelled / Heart on my sleeve, quick to believe / Slow to rebel

Wasn’t without blame / Wasn’t innocent / I was fanning flames / A participant / It’s a losing game / Staying vigilant / If there’s a price to pay / Then I’ll pay up, I’m in love / Now I’m committed 

I knew my motives well / My morals shot to hell / I had a soul to sell / Made you a deal, thought it was real / Best I could tell

words and music by Nate Logston

HELL-BENT

Barring a setback / It seems that we might have figured something out / Feel less distracted and somehow have adapted / But I’m sure you’ve got your doubts / So I’m trading grace for grit / And there’s a lot of things I’ll quit / But I’m still hell-bent on you

Needles and pins / Breaking plans make amends / It’s a dance we learned in time / If I cared less I don’t think I’d even text  / I just wanted to remind / So I messaged “don’t forget” / I’m just not sure that it sent / And I’m hell-bent

And is it just me, or is it all you / Has it gotten cold and dark and blue / Let’s recount the times we spent / Relive the love we knew / I’ll make right, or I’ll repent / Cause I’m hell-bent

Barring a setback / It feels like the right track / It’s tough to erase the edge / If you’d have said so, I still couldn’t have let go / I never want to drive that wedge / And I still feel your resent / But that’s never what I meant / I’m just hell-bent

words and music by Nate Logston

LOUD DREAMER

I’m gonna need to keep moving / Been a month feeling stuck / Always up to play one more once I’ve run out of luck / I don’t fear for my life, but I fear for my time / Gave it all up for a dream that has turned out to be a lie

But I feel that I can say it / And I know that I can play it / But when no one wants to hear it / What’s the use in my complaining / I’m a real loud dreamer with my heart of my sleeve / Always had a way of staying when I know that I should leave

I’ve got some pain in my past I don’t think I’ll soon forget / Lost some friends to an ego I’m ashamed to admit / And experience has turned me to a cynic, it’s a shame / I don’t want to be so callous just because I am afraid

But the songs keep coming / And this motor keeps on running / And I’ve grown ok with with knowing / That there’s nowhere this is going / And I waste a lot of time that I shouldn’t waste I know / Always have a way of holding what I know I should let go

On some days I can still feel pretty chipper, pretty spry / Other days when I want to curl into a ball and cry / Sometimes I don’t feel normal that I’m not afraid to die / But I’m scared to death of doing too much nothing with my life

Cause these kids keep growing / They’ll soon be gone we know it / And we’ll have to turn and face the wind / That’s dark and cold as sin / If we can find a light, a little warmth still left within / We can make it through the winter, find out who are again

words and music by Nate Logston

DEAD WEIGHT

In a minute it’ll buckle, let it fall / I could tell you were in trouble when you called / Though you tried to pretend

On a razor’s edge with a drink in hand / It’s the bleeding edge when the pain kicks in / It’s been way too long / To make right all you’ve done wrong

And I’ll try to not to worry / I’ll stay off your case / If you’re not in my hurry / Then you’re just in my way / Like a dead weight

On a bender when I saw you, I didn’t mean / To offend you, thought I’d call you, but let you be / Let you be, you’re in deep

But I’ll try to not to worry / I’ll stay off your case / If you’re not in my hurry / Then you’re just in my way / Like a dead weight

It was messy when it ended, bless your heart / You were honest to a fault right from the start / From the start I was not / I thought I’d change you, but I got caught

But I’ll try to not to worry / I’ll stay off your case / If you’re not in my hurry / Then you’re just in my way / Like a dead weight / You’re in my way / Like a dead weight

words and music by Nate Logston

OLD MISTAKES

My God I’m sinking / I’ve taken to drinking / Shaking this could kill me yet / I’m not above it / It’s not like I love it / But it’s helping me to forget / I’m drowning in my deep regret

I came here to set my mind at ease / I’m trying to find some peace / I can’t help but face this night with shame / And I’m growing tired / Tired of trying to shift the blame

My fault for being / Gone when you needed / Someone who was on your side / No one really changes / And wisdom’s not courageous / But it helps you keep from going blind / As if this choice were really mine

I came here to set my mind at ease / I’m trying to find some peace / I can’t help but face this night with shame / And I’m growing tired / I’m tired of trying to shift the blame

I don’t deserve you / Keep finding ways to hurt you / It’s hard to work through / I’m trying but I don’t have what it takes to / Not make the old mistakes new / And I really wouldn’t blame you

words and music by Nate Logston

REAL GOOD FRIEND

I’m out of time / And could be the last thing on your mind / But it kept me up last night / I couldn’t sleep / And I’m in a bind / I’ve built a trap I can’t escape / I put poison in the place of faded dreams / It feels too late to pursue / And it’s sad but it’s true / It was harmless ‘till it harmed us / I wish we knew

Gotta win one / Gotta lean in, it’s been a long run / Gonna need you, I need a good friend when it all goes wrong / Need a hard truth / I need reeled in / I need a real good friend  

And I might’ve lied / Was it the worst that I could do / Or was it me just being me / Hiding the truth / And I’m paying for the heartache that I’ve caused / And you’re staying despite my many flaws

Gotta win one / Gotta lean in, it’s been a long run / Gonna need you, I need a good friend when it all goes wrong / Need a hard truth / I need reeled in / I need a real good friend 

I surprise myself with how dumb I can be / As if any of these words mean anything / Give me anger over sad / Underwhelmed, understand / Thought it mattered / Out of touch and out of hand

Gotta win one / Gotta lean in, it’s been a long run / Gonna need you, I need a good friend when it all goes wrong / Need a hard truth / I need reeled in / I need a real good friend

words and music by Nate Logston

SETTLING FOR ANYTHING

I went away and stayed a while / Tried to find a way to smile / Looking for my inner child / My truth, my truth / Warning you was easy then / Something we were up against / And if it made a bit of sense / Then we might too

I’m in need of true belief, but settling for anything / So grab the rope / And try to pull me through / Finding time for getting lost just isn’t worth the pain it costs / Grabbing hold is the least that you could do

I held you on a sunny day / Kept you till you ran away / Had no way to make you stay / I knew / Deadly like a crocodile / Crooked like a pirate smile / Pretty girl got all the style / It’s true

In this sea of broken dreams and all the faceless enemies / Try to tread or pack it up and leave / Change the lens and pretend it ran its course and had to end / Integrity’s an act we make believe

I spent a day in solitude / Killed the noise, changed the mood / I’m practicing gratitude / Trying to feel new

I’m in need of true belief, but settling for anything / So grab the rope and try to pull me through / Finding time for getting lost just isn’t worth the pain it costs / And grabbing hold is the least that you could do

words and music by Nate Logston

I’M FINE

Watched like the weather / And tracked like the time / I never leaned into never / But lately I’m starting to change my mind / And nothing seems real somehow / But this will to start over / And I’m not sure I know me now

Felt like forever / But now it seems like a dream / Gotta find something better / Better might not be the change I need / I’m happy to lie for you / I’m all in to fake it for something that you can’t see through / And if you happen to find my truth / Please don’t try to take it / Cause I’m trying to find it too

I thought I knew best but it feels like a guess / This is not a clean break, it’s  a huge fucking mess / We put all our time in it / We put all our love in it / And then it’s gone in a minute

Got a will to start over / But I’m not sure I thought this through / You were gone in a minute / And I was trying to find my truth / And hoping you wouldn’t take it  / Cause I’m always outdone by you

I’ll stand and be counted / And I’ll fall back in line / Cause nothing is changing / Nothing is fading / Nothing’s the matter / I’m fine

words and music by Nate Logston

BETTER THAN GOODBYE

It was half gone, I was hopeful / I was not wrong when I told you / To be patient with me / You were angry, it was tricky / Selfish like flower reaching to the sun / I once had a pride I guarded with a gun / Awkward like a teenage love that just begun / An ever-changing never-leaving feeling / Something wasn’t done

It was good when we believed it / It’s not a secret when everybody sees it / It’s not worth keeping unless you want to keep it / It’s not worth saving unless you think you need it / Selling off familiar, let’s embrace the change / Breathing in the new air, mixing it with pain / Exciting like a new song, a band you love and know / Ever-changing never-leaving feeling / That you get from letting go

Longing for some meaning / Breathing with an ease / Teasing out some purpose / Pleasure in the things / Cause I’m living for a living / And loving for the joy it brings / For the joy it brings

It was easy, now it’s not / And that’s ok because it’s all we’ve got / Nothing stays the same / Everything gets old / Putting in the work, not letting go / Trying to be better is better than not trying / Learning to find love again is better than it dying / Crashing in this field is better than not flying / An ever-changing never-leaving love is better than goodbye

words and music by Nate Logston