Hartwell Brooks Media

09/21/2026

Nothing To Report

[Intro]

[Verse 1]
You polish every answer till it passes inspection
I ask about the crack; you tell me what the room cost
You move another chair to cover where it started
I lower my voice and you call that an improvement

[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your hands on the table
Keep your voice low and clean
You keep telling me we’re finished
I haven’t said it yet

[Chorus]
Tell me where the pressure goes
When the warning lights stay green
Tell me who gets called a liar
When the damage can’t be seen
You can file it, you can frame it
Put my name beneath your version
I was there before the wording
Don’t explain it back to me

[Verse 2]
A red mark in the margin where you took the names out
You leave a pen beside my hand and wait
The box for what I witnessed fits a single word
You suggest “unclear” and push the paper closer

[Pre-Chorus]
Keep your hands on the table
Keep your voice low and clean
You keep telling me we’re finished
I haven’t said it yet

[Chorus]
Tell me where the pressure goes
When the warning lights stay green
Tell me who gets called a liar
When the damage can’t be seen
You can file it, you can frame it
Put my name beneath your version
I was there before the wording
Don’t explain it back to me

[Bridge]
The incident got promoted
It has an office now
I need an appointment
With the thing that never happened

Put me through
Put me through
I’ve got nothing to report
And it’s getting bigger

It’s getting bigger

[Final Chorus]
Tell me where the pressure goes
When the warning lights stay green
Tell me who gets called a liar
When the damage can’t be seen
You can file it, you can frame it
Put my name beneath your version
I was there before the wording
Don’t explain it back to me

[Outro]
Nothing to report
It’s getting bigger
Nothing to report
Put me through

09/19/2026

Well hey Calhoun! And New York.

09/17/2026

I used to sing this acapella at Red Light Cafe in Atlanta at the age of 19. People used to love this one. The old man who owned the cafe said I was one of his “regulars” and knew me by name. I was living on 12th Street off Piedmont Avenue.

I had never even really been away from the country. I moved to Atlanta to “become famous” at the expense of my parents. Put me up in that apartment on Piedmont Park. It’s all long torn down.

This song was a hit to folks.

“Sex is ok, do what you will with it,
Go out, have fun, just don’t get sick.” “But just because they made one doesn’t mean that you have to too”… that song was … not as well received.

….

I Am The God

[Verse 1]

When you’re alone in your room on the phone
When you are left in your house all alone
That’s when I’ll come and I’ll take you away
I’ll whisper in ears and I’ll slowly say

[Chorus]

I am the God and the God is me
I am the God and the God is me
I seek the seven signs and the wonders
I am the God and the God is me

[Verse 2]

It’s a thrilling trip if you’re willing to try
It’s a dangerous land with a dangerous high
It’s the mountain you peak when you seek sound sight
I am the God and the God is me

[Verse 3]

Ages ago I was born in the light
I was bathed in the sacred runes and the rites
The elders they sheltered their eyes from my sight
Because I am the God and the God is me

[Chorus]

I am the God and the God is me
I am the God and the God is me
I seek the sacred signs and the wonders
I am the God and the God is me

[Breakdown]

Seven
Under
Over
Inside

There was a door
There was a sound
There was something
Before I found it

And it knew me.

[Final Chorus]

I am the God and the God is me
I am the God and the God is me
I seek the sacred signs and the wonders
I am the God and the God is me

[Outro]

I am the God and the God is me
I am the God and the God is me
I seek the sacred signs and the wonders
I am the God and the God is me

09/17/2026

Starship #9

[Verse 1]

All the sacrificial beings
To appease the mighty kings
At the level that we see
Such a reality
They would take us there
They would make us see things
They would make us believe
That we were the heroes

[Chorus]

Reciprocal retaliation
Is the right word for the
Reciprocal retaliation
Is the right word for the
Mass exodus

[Verse 2]

They would count us by the number
They would call it something more
Everybody wants salvation
When they’re running for the screen
They would tell us we were chosen
They would tell us where to go
Everybody gets a reason
Nobody has to think

[Chorus]

Reciprocal retaliation
Is the right word for the
Reciprocal retaliation
Is the right word for the
Mass exodus

[Bridge]

Starship number nine
You can feel the best choice in your life
In your rocket ship
Just get inside
Starship number nine
You can feel the best choice in your life

[Post-Chorus]

Everybody in
Everybody out
Everybody knows
What we’re running from now
Everybody in
Everybody out
Starship number nine
For the mass exodus

[Final Chorus]

Reciprocal retaliation
Is the right word for the
Reciprocal retaliation
Is the right word for the
Mass exodus
Mass exodus
Mass exodus

[Outro]

Starship number nine
Just get inside
Starship number nine
Just get inside

09/16/2026

F**k It Up

[Verse 1]
I like to f**k it up
I like to make a scene
There’s not a thing that really excites me
Except for that thing

[Chorus]
I like to f**k it up
I like to make a scene
It doesn’t matter where we’re going
It doesn’t matter much to me

[Verse 2]
I like to f**k things up
I like to make a scene
Your trivial bu****it happens to be my thing
We can go on a superstition shopping spree
It doesn’t.
Really matter to me.

[Chorus]
I like to f**k it up
I like to make a scene
It doesn’t matter where we’re going
It doesn’t matter much to me

[Bridge]
Put me in the middle
Give me five good minutes
I can turn a quiet room
Into a problem with a pulse

Everybody likes a little danger
Till the danger knows their name
If you’re waiting for good behavior
You’ve mistaken me for someone else

[Breakdown]
Should I reiterate
For you, you s**t ingrate?
I like to f**k things up, you see
I thought I made that plain

[Final Chorus]
I like to f**k it up
I like to make a scene
It doesn’t matter where we’re going
It doesn’t matter much to me

I like to f**k things up
I like to make a scene
Your trivial bu****it happens
To be exactly my thing

[Outro]
Superstition shopping spree
Superstition shopping spree
It doesn’t really matter
It doesn’t really matter to me

08/30/2026

O-I-S-T-T, minus : 1-2-3.

08/20/2026

No one tells you when it ends.
No one tells you what remains.
No one tells you what to keep
when the picture starts to change.

06/27/2026

I love my new album. It’s just so… listenable? And it gets better each time. There’s plenty to choose from or just let it go right on through as a whole thing. It’s just fun. I’m gonna make another.

06/16/2026

Streaming everywhere.

Album · 2026 · 17 Songs