In some instances, Mike has written an essay explaining the song’s musical and/or literary influences. Clicking on the song title will take you to the corresponding essay.
Recent work
Bob Dylan Pandemic Project (2020)
Series of Dreams (Bob Dylan cover)
Tower of Song (Cover of the song by Leonard Cohen)
Summer 2015 EP
- Activist [Lyrics]
- The Muse 2015 [Lyrics]
- Heal the Nation
- Suitcases in Dub
- Summer and a Dream (Live)
Album: “Dreams and Visions”
- Streets [Lyrics]
- Suitcases (for WalterBenjamin) [Lyrics]
- Midnight in Triana [Lyrics]
- Bandit [Lyrics]
- Different Lifetime [Lyrics]
- Boom [Lyrics]
- Soca for Soul (Reprise) (Remake of One Drop song) [Lyrics]
- Lost Cause (Cover of the song by Beck) [Lyrics]
- Virtual Bliss [Lyrics]
- Virtual Bliss and its Double
- Harbor
- Summer and a Dream [Lyrics]
- What a Shame (Trad. Blues) [Lyrics]
- Murakami Moon (from Haruki Murakami, 1Q84)
- Angel from Montgomery (John Prine) (live at The Maltshop) [Lyrics]
Mike Opitz Song Writing and Theory Project 