Unwanted Gift

This song was distributed in November or December of 2012.

There were 2 other songs between Touch Your Heart and this one, but I could never ascertain that the other 2 songs were exclusively to or about Jessie Bobenmoyer of Hail Your Highness, and they were never sent out on the list of songs to her.

These weren't the only songs Motuphi was doing during this era of his life. He was also heavily engaged in online collaborations, some of which went into heavy rotation on urban radio stations, and writing songs for any new music act he may encounter to join or form. While those other songs have that "edge" designed to make them have mass appeal, his intimate disclosures to Jessie were obviously never meant to be marketed or received by a huge audience.

The other guy in the video is Motuphi's little brother who was visiting Motuphi at his wife's house in Grayling at the time of this video, at least that what it said in the video description. He also appeared in one of the videos not included here, from May of 2012, because it was never tagged as being to Jessie.

Touch Your Heart

This was a song that gives the appearance of giving up. There's a few versions of this video, of the video sampled with Bass and lead guitars added. One sampled version has the Bass and guitars. Then there's a switch-off of 2 versions of the other guitars from opposite sides. This song was really sad and originally recorded in a hospital bed, as the beeping of the heart monitor in the background makes evident.

Motuphi's eccentric mindset gets disclosed here as he makes his way through this era of his life, unrealistically expecting the object of his affection to know he's trying to communicate with her and to respond to him.

No one really knows what Motuphi was hoping to accomplish with all of his online serenades. We do know that the world was secretly riveted, waiting to see how it played out. Many were disappointed to see someone else on stage with Hail Your Highness after all of this, as we were all prepared to become fans of Motuphi's guitar goddess and her muse, even those of us who don't necessarily like Christian music.

Just another example of how Motuphi can pull you into his dreams. We were captivated by his online romance and were anxiously awaiting a release incorporating their talents as a product of their "love".

We hopeless romantics anticipated a fairy-tale outcome that never happened, which left us feeling let down. How unique would that've been, the band built on the power of love? In today's world, success combined with love is all but unheard of; so we watched and we waited. The magic connection never happened. It was a sad ending to what could've been such a beautiful story.

Circus

I don't know why Motuphi never sent us the video for this song. He sent us the mp3 instead. Some theorized that he shot the video, which was just his guitar, from a hospital room being as Motuphi was undergoing health complications during that time. It's obviously to Jessie and about her "circus", thinly veiled symbolism referring to her band. This video was uploaded in March 2012, but this version of it was made from photos and the mp3. The original video is lost forever.

My Pretty Bubble

My Pretty Bubble was uploaded in February of 2012. Another obvious song about Jessie Bobenmoyer.

My World (Blood Tainted Tears)

This song was dedicated to Motuphi's best friend, Dawn "Cuzin" Tarket, who was reputedly dying during the hours that this song was being written, but the song is to Jessie Bobenmoyer of Hail Your Highness. From January 2012.

Flaming (Phantom Love)

This is the 1st song Motuphi wrote about Jessie Bobenmoyer. It was uploaded in late October-early November 2011. At this point it's obvious that Motuphi thinks he's walking away from Jessie with the writing of this song. He regarded her as a "distraction" probably due to her age. But such was not the fate of Motuphi, as future songs to his goddess disclosed.

The Guitar Goddess' Identity Revealed

On Saturday, June 15th, 2013, Motuphi jumped from the Belle Isle bridge to "go for a swim". Many who don't know the history of the bridge don't know that there's a strong undercurrent responsible for the deaths of more than half of the people who've jumped from it over the years. Motuphi knew of this undercurrent and tested fate on occasions before with previous dives from the bridge. But, this time, he never resurfaced. His now famous last words were again repeated before this jump: "If God wants me to live, I'll be one of the few who survives the undercurrent". This is a statement he made on all previous jumps that he survived without incident.

I promised I'd release the name of his guitar goddess if he hurt himself. Now, he may be dead. Many have taken to searching for him on the shores of the river beyond the Belle Isle bridge. In most cases, the bodies of those who jumped from the bridge washed up on shore miles south of the island. "We hope to find him alive" stated one searcher through her tears.

If he's dead, it won't much matter to him that the identity of the object of his affection has been revealed. But many wanted to know who she was and I believe I have the riddle solved. Her name was Jessie Bobenmoyer of the Christian Rock band Hail Your Highness. Motuphi wrote her songs in attempts to connect with her. Many believe it was just to join her band because he was bored, but there was obviously something more to it than that.

I saved the videos to those songs Motuphi wrote to and about Jessie, all except for one ("Circus") that he never sent out to his mailing list subscribers. For that video, I just used some photos I downloaded from his old music profiles and the mp3 he sent out as the audio.

The following posts are songs to Jessie from Motuphi.