"Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad." Proverbs 12:25. I don't know how I manage to be so absent minded that I get lost on elevators. I suppose there's something about the way it moves, the quiet hum, the glow of the buttons, and being in between so many "here and there's" that I to surrender to transience as well. I just passed my floor and didn't even notice. I am escorted out by my sub conscious onto the isolated top floor, far from the loved ones somewhere below. Now, where am I? What was I thinking about? Oh yes, the strings made of steel. The felted strike of a hammer inside that maple box. The few seconds my heart is beating in syncronization with the snare. Navy blue and vintage yellow. Old leather. Dust. And loss. Sometimes losing is good. A bad habit, for instance, or a physical ail. Sometimes losing is painful. An old photograph. A treasured memory. Vision. But sometimes, I prefer to be lost, to let myself lose to the dreamer within, and return. Because that return, that moment when the tide recedes and the world is revealed again, when life finds me rescued, is where hope is defended. Produced, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Pat Brooks, Additional Engineering and Production by Justin Kennedy, Additional Engineering on Losing by Will Taylor, All Keys by Pat Brooks, Mandolin and Ukelele on Walking On by Pat Brooks, Bass on Walking On and Losing by Pat Brooks, Bass on Shipwrecked by Ryan Donald, All Drums by Titus King, Electric Guitar by Justin Kennedy, Additional Electric Guitar on Losing by Will Taylor, Acoustic Guitar by Will Taylor, All songs and lyrics by Will Taylor. Special thanks in order of introductions to my mother and father who have always supported me, my two loving sisters, Kevin Hall, Jesus Christ most importantly, Sarah Cox, Austin Schneider, Sepideh Sabooree, Kaylan Kitchings, Darrel Rewis, Ricky Fitzpatrick, the Kennedy's, The Willifords, the Phoebus', the Caldwells, the Zwemkes, Jacob Burton, Rob Coletti, the Minears, Mark Johnson, the Chanceys, Amy Gray, Patrick Savelle, Jonathan Moseley, neighbors Anna Savelle, Stephanie Anderson, Stephanie Beard and their roommates Kendall and Kaitlyn, the Schoecks, Brad Chahoy, every roommate I've ever had for putting up with random bouts of "inspiration," and anyone who ever treated me like a friend and/or encouraged me to keep pursuing God through music. Thank you.