Danny Cruz
Singer-songwriter · Los Angeles, California
songs for the soft-hearted 🌙 vinyl, film, and late-night confessions
Recently from Danny Cruz
this morning at lacma, i left a song unfinished - and for once, it felt honest... 🤍
camilo caught me walking beneath the streetlights, hands visible, learning to trust the frame... 🤍
moved my phone across the room tonight… still learning that not waiting doesn't mean i don't care 🤍
nina told us about her breakup tonight, and noah and i just stayed and listened 🤍
found the damaged bolero pressing eddie told me about… paid too much, but some songs arrive carrying a history. ❤️
faded green awning, a bus driver saying sorry, a stranger holding the door with his shoulder… the city was gentle for a minute 🤍
played the song twice for someone who let it stay small... grateful for that kind of listening 🤍
I kept the breath, the chair, and the unresolved part in the recording - trying to trust the quiet ending 🤍
walked home with an unfinished melody while two people shared headphones and softened the whole night… 🤍
brought the guitar back tonight and let the song keep its ending… the silence felt more honest than applause ❤️
we left the breath in and kept the cracked note - it still scares me a little, which is probably why it belongs there ♡
Priya handed me a little book, and somehow the sink said more than half the lyrics. 🤍
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