bookmark_borderAutobiography

[Silence]

[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]

[Intro]
Here we go
(Auto…)

[Verse 1]
Pages turning in a borrowed name
Every memory reshaped by flame
What I was and what I became
Don’t always answer to the same

Footnotes whisper what I left out
Silent chapters built on doubt
Ink bleeds where the truth should be
In the margins of identity

[Pre-Chorus]
Every line is a version of me
Edited by what I choose to see
Somewhere between fact and confession
Lies the shape of my progression

[Chorus]
An autobiography
(Stranger than fiction)
Personal history
(Full of friction)
Written in contradiction
(Marked by flawed precision)
Truth in slow collision
(Stranger than fiction)

[Verse 2]
I recall what I want to recall
Build my story around the fall
Heroes carved from broken stone
Villains made of flesh and bone

Time rewrites what I believed
What I gave and what I received
Even silence tells a tale
When the details start to fail

[Pre-Chorus]
Every truth has a shadow line
Running parallel through time
And what I swear I know for sure
Changes shape behind the door

[Chorus]
An autobiography
(Stranger than fiction)
Personal history
(Full of friction)
Edited in repetition
(Rewritten by recognition)
I am the flawed narration
(Stranger than fiction)

[Bridge – Spoken/Whispered, Sparse Piano]
If I am the author…
why do I forget the plot?
And if this is my story…
why does it feel like it’s not?

[Final Chorus – Full Instrumentation, Rising Intensity]
An autobiography
(Stranger than fiction)
Personal history
(Full of friction)
Every page a contradiction
(Every truth a new condition)
I exist in my description
(Stranger than fiction)

[Outro – Instrumental Fade: Soft Piano, Tape Hiss, Distant Vocal Echo]
Who I was…
(Just because)
who I am…
(where I’m goin’)
somewhere in between the two…
(Loving it with you)

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderStrange Brew

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Psychedelic Guitar Swirl, Warped Organ, Pulsing Bass, Loose Drums]

[Intro]
[Slurred Spoken Vocal, Echoed]
Pour more flow… don’t need to know…
Just drink it down…
(And, pass it ’round)

[Glass Clink, Reverse Cymbal Rise]

[Verse 1]
They lined it up in crooked rows
Nobody asks where it goes
Red in color, sweet in taste
But something’s off in mental waste

Eyes get heavy, thoughts get thin
Truth dissolves and slips right in
Smiles get stuck a little too wide
Like something else is on the inside

[Pre-Chorus]
Every sip takes something more
Than you ever bargained for
Til the world begins to sway
And logic slowly fades away

[Refrain]
I don’t know about you
But they’re drinking
(A strange brew)
Reality’s shrinking
(Drinkin’ a strange brew)
More red Kool-Aid
Watch sanity fade
(Strange, strange brew)

[Chorus]
Sip it down and don’t resist
Taste the edge of what exists
Every drop a new belief
Hiding deeper underneath

Strange brew in the air tonight
Blurring wrong and turning far-right
Nothing here is what it seems
It’s dissolving all your dreams

[Instrumental Break – Acid Guitar Solo, Swirling Synths, Reverse Echo Drums]

[Verse 2]
Now the room begins to tilt
Built on something poorly built
Words repeat but don’t align
Spinning out of space and time

Crowds are laughing just the same
But nobody recalls their name
Every story starts to blend
With a loop that won’t end

[Pre-Chorus]
What is real and what is sold?
Something warm but growing cold
Every thought begins to bend
Til it breaks or can’t defend

[Refrain]
I don’t know about you
But they’re drinking
(A strange brew)
Reality’s shrinking
(Drinkin’ a strange brew)
More red Kool-Aid
Watch sanity fade
(Strange, strange brew)

[Bridge]
Is it poison? Is it peace?
Is it just a false release?
Every answer starts to blur
In the taste of what they stir

[Breakdown – Minimal Groove, Whispered Vocals]
Drink it slow…
Don’t let go…
You won’t know…
Til it shows…

[Final Chorus – Full Psychedelic Explosion, Layered Vocals]
Sip it down and don’t resist
Nothing here is what exists
Strange brew in every vein
Riding down into the brain

Strange brew, don’t ask why
Watch the clear turn into lie
Strange brew, drink it deep
Til reality won’t keep

[Outro]
[Slow Fade – Warped Organ, Dripping Sound, Distant Laughter]
I don’t know about you…
(But I hope to make it through…)

[Silence]

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderSeen a Ghost

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Low Synth Drone, Heartbeat Kick, Echo Guitar Harmonics]

[Intro]
[Whispered Vocals, Reverb Heavy]
(Quick!)
Did you see it…
Or did it see you…
(Whatcha gonna do?)

[Beat Drops – Tight Drums, Pulsing Bass]

[Verse 1]
You froze mid-step, eyes wide open
Like a word that’s never spoken
Shadows shifting out of place
Something moving with no face

Air went cold, the sound cut thin
Like it slipped beneath your skin
Tried to laugh it off, but no—
Something there you didn’t know

[Pre-Chorus]
Every nerve begins to light
(Every instinct says don’t fight)
But you’re caught inside the stare
(Of something that was never there)

[Chorus]
You look like
You’ve seen a (ghost)
Crowd strike
Gonna make the (most)
Heart spikes
(Yikes!)
Sure you want to (boast?)

[Instrumental Break – Echo Guitar, Glitch Effects, Driving Beat]

[Verse 2]
Room’s the same but something’s off
Quiet pressed, a hollow cough
Mirrors don’t reflect quite right
Edges blur in broken light

Footsteps fall with no one near
Breathing close beside your ear
Every second stretching long
Like reality’s gone wrong

[Pre-Chorus]
Try to turn and walk away
(But it’s closer than before you say)
Every doubt begins to fade
(As the fear begins to take its shape)

[Bridge]
It never fails
(You turned so pale)
Every story leaves a trail
(You can’t derail)
What you thought was just a tale
(Now prevails…)

[Breakdown – Minimal Beat, Whispered Layers]
Was it real…
(Was it you…)
Did it follow…
(Or break through…)

[Final Chorus – Full Energy, Layered Vocals, Heavy Drums]
You look like
You’ve seen a (ghost)
Crowd strike
Gonna make the (most)
Heart spikes
(Yikes!)
Burn in hell where all (roast?)

You look like
You’ve seen a (ghost)
No disguise
Left to oppose
Now your eyes
Tell it the most—
You don’t doubt it anymore…
(No, not like before)

[Outro]
[Slow Fade – Wind, Soft Piano, Distant Echo]
You saw something…
Or something saw you…
(Whatcha gonna do?)

[Silence]

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderSci-Fi

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Pulsing Bass, Distant Radio Static, Rising Synth Drones, Mechanical Rhythm]

[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
They call it sci-fi
(I wonder why?)

[Instrumental – Glitching Synth Layers, Filtered White Noise, Echoed Guitar Licks]
[Synth Solo – Warped, Modulating Pitch, Futuristic but Uneasy]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]

[Verse 1]
The head hog blob
(An attack on science)
An angry mob
(Lacking coming sense)
Spinning words into broken code
(Walking down a fractured road)

Facts get bent into new disguise
Underneath artificial skies
Signals lost in a feedback loop
Truth diluted in the group

[Pre-Chorus]
Every signal starts to fade
In the stories that we made
What is real gets redefined
(Left behind, left behind)

[Bridge]
They call it sci-fi
(Now ya know why?)
Future dressed in yesterday
(Truth rewritten every day)
Lines are blurred until they die
(That’s why they call it sci-fi)

[Chorus]
Replacing truth
(With a lie)
Removing all couth
(Watching children die)
Building worlds on fractured ground
(Where nothing solid can be found)
Replacing truth
(With a lie)
Turning reason into why

[Instrumental Break – Heavy Synth Bass, Industrial Percussion, Distorted Guitar Surge]

[Verse 2]
Screens glow bright with altered facts
History bending in the cracks
Every voice becomes a thread
Pulling toward what’s misread

Signals echo, multiply
Truth gets filtered through the sky
What was known becomes unclear
Lost in manufactured fear

[Pre-Chorus]
And the louder that they speak
The more the structure starts to leak
Reality begins to bend
Where does truth begin or end?

[Chorus]
Replacing truth
(With a lie)
Removing all couth
(Watching children die)
Systems built on shifting sand
(Slipping through the grasp of man)
Replacing truth
(With a lie)
Till even reason asks you why

[Bridge – Breakdown, Minimal Piano, Low Drone]
Is it fiction? Is it fact?
(Or just a mirror looking back?)
If we lose what we define
(Do we cross a final line?)

[Final Chorus – Full Arrangement, Driving Drums, Layered Vocals]
Replacing truth
(With a lie)
Removing all couth
(Watching children die)
What we build begins to fade
(In the choices that we’ve made)
Replacing truth
(With a lie)
While the real world passes by

[Outro]
[Soft Synth Fade, Distant Static, Organ Dissolves Into Noise]
They called it sci-fi…
But never asked why…
Now the signal’s gone…
And the silence stays on…
(On and on and on)

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderLittle Green Men

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Retro Synth Arpeggios, Theremin Wails, Soft Bass Pulse, Spacey Reverb]

[Intro]
[Whispered Radio Transmission]
Do you read…? Do you see…?
Something’s landing… quietly…

[Low synth swell]

[Verse 1]
Lights in the sky doing loop-de-loops
Breaking through the midnight blue
Nobody sure what’s really there
But something’s shifting in the air

Fields go quiet, dogs won’t bark
Shapes move fast through falling dark
Not quite seen but still felt near
Buzzing static in the ear

[Pre-Chorus]
Is it myth or is it real?
Something you can almost feel
Every answer starts to bend
When the signal won’t descend

[Refrain]
Little green men
(Say it again)
Little green men
(From Mars)

Are their stars
(Far from ours)

Little green men
(Say it again)
Little green men
(From Mars)

[Chorus]
Out past reason, out past night
Something flashing in and out of sight
Every telescope turns blind
When they cross the edge of mind

Little shapes in silver glow
Moving faster than we know
Questions hanging in the air
But nobody’s really there

[Instrumental Break – Theremin Lead Solo, Pulsing Synth Bass, Echo Drums]

[Verse 2]
Farmers swear they saw them land
Tiny footprints in the sand
Circles cut into the field
Like reality won’t yield

Government calls it atmospheric tricks
But the signal still won’t stick
Every channel starts to glitch
Something scratching at the switch

[Pre-Chorus]
Every theory starts to fail
Every story loses trail
What we know begins to shake
As the sky begins to break

[Refrain]
Little green men
(Say it again)
Little green men
(From Mars)

Are their stars
(Far from ours)

Little green men
(Say it again)
Little green men
(From Mars)

[Bridge]
Are they watching? Are they near?
Or reflections of our fear?
Every answer starts to spin
When the unknown leans in

[Breakdown – Minimal Synth, Whispered Vocals, Distant Radio Static]
Do you see them…
Or do they see you…?

[Final Chorus – Full Retro Sci-Fi Build]
Little green men
(Say it again)
Little green men
(From Mars)
Crossing space in silver threads
Inside our thoughts and in our heads

Little green men
(Say it again)
Little green men
(From Mars)
If they’re real or just a spark
They’ve already lit the dark

[Outro]
[Fade – Space Wind, Faint Beeps, Theremin Dissolve]
Little green men…
Does it feel (for real) when we stare up again…

[Silence]

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderFreak Events

[Intro – distant thunder, low synth drone building, wind ambience]
(Oh… oh…)
[Soft crackle of static, rumble rolls in]
[Refrain – half-time groove, sparse drums, echoing vocals]
(Oh, no, no!)
Thundersnow
(Threatening winter sky)
What the hell
(Baseball hail)
Does it make you wonder why
[Build – drums tighten, bass enters, rising tension]

[Verse 1 – steady beat, pulsing bass, muted guitar chops]
Summer heat in April air
Ice falls hard from nowhere
Sirens cry, the sky turns green
Like something from a fever dream
Lightning cracks through falling snow
Storms we used to never know
Seasons blur and lines all bend
Patterns break we can’t pretend

[Pre-Chorus – drums open up, layered vocals swell]
Watch the pressure rise again
Read the signs, don’t just pretend

[Chorus – full band, driving rhythm, big harmonies]
Man presents:
(Freak events!)
Freaks of nature
(No longer future)
Watch it rise
(Warning signs!)
All around you
(Coming true)
[Post-Chorus – instrumental hook, synth lead mimics siren]

[Verse 2 – heavier groove, distorted guitar added]
Rivers swell and coastlines shake
Drought then floods in one heartbeat
Winds that howl at hurricane pace
Tearing time and tearing space
Heat that lingers through the night
Cities glowing, no relief in sight
What was rare now takes the stage
Front page storms in a modern age

[Pre-Chorus – layered chants, tension builds again]
Numbers climbing, year by year
All the signals crystal clear

[Chorus – bigger, more aggressive, stacked vocals]
Man presents:
(Freak events!)
Freaks of nature
(No longer future)
Read the signs
(Connect the lines!)
It’s not random
(It’s the pattern)

[Breakdown – drums drop out, atmospheric pads, heartbeat kick]
(Oh… oh…)

[Whispered vocals]
You can see it… if you try…
[Bridge – spoken/rap style, minimal instrumentation, building intensity]
We wrote it down in numbers clear
Year by year, it’s all right here
You can doubt or you can deny
But you can’t outrun the why
Feedback loops and shifting flow
More extreme than we used to know
You can argue, you can defend
But the trend line doesn’t bend
[Build – drums roll in, rising pitch effects, tension peak]

[Final Chorus – full power, double-time drums, layered harmonies]
Man presents:
(Freak events!)
Freaks of nature
(No longer future)
Turn it up
(Time’s up!)
Hear the thunder
(Feel it under)
Man presents:
(Freak events!)
No more warnings
(Only mornings)

[Outro – instruments drop out one by one, leaving thunder and wind]
(Oh, no, no…)
Thundersnow…
[Thunder crack, long fade into wind]

About the Song
Lightning in the winter, especially when accompanied by snow instead of rain, is called thundersnow. While rare, this phenomenon occurs when an intense winter storm produces strong upward air motion (updrafts), allowing snow to collide and create electrical charges that result in lightning and thunder. It is often associated with heavy snowfall rates.

Frozen precipitation in the spring and summer can also seem like a contradiction. On April 19, 2026, a multi-day severe weather outbreak impacted the Midwest, Great Plains, and Southern Plains. Severe thunderstorms produced baseball-sized hail, destructive wind gusts up to 80 mph, and tornadoes across several states.

Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of these “freak” events.

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderFlying Pigs

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Bright Horn Stabs, Swing Beat, Whistling Synth Lead, Upright Bass]

[Intro]
[Spoken, Lightly Comedic]
They said it would never happen…
But then again, they said a lot of things…

[Beat kicks in – jaunty rhythm]

[Verse 1]
Out in the sky where the rumors go
Past the places we think we know
Something’s flipping the rules around
Upside logic, skyward bound

Barnyard legends breaking free
Defying gravity casually
Wings or will or just pure spite
Taking off in plain daylight

[Pre-Chorus]
Shake your head but don’t deny
You just saw one pass you by
Truth gets weird when vision shifts
Reality starts doing flips

[Chorus]
Flying pigs
(Doing aerial jigs)
Have you seen stranger things
(Flying with wings)
Barnyard myths on silver springs
(Loop-de-looping everything)

Now you know why
(You hear them say)
When pigs can fly
(That’ll be the day)
But here they are
(Up in the sky)
So don’t be shocked
Just blink and try

[Instrumental Break – Swinging Guitar Solo, Trumpet Flourish, Light Percussion]

[Verse 2]
Farm below in disbelief
Rubbed their eyes in shared relief
Some called magic, some called joke
Some just stared and quietly spoke

“Guess the world has changed its tune”
Underneath a rising moon
Even logic takes a break
When impossible’s awake

[Pre-Chorus]
Every rule begins to bend
Every ending has a friend
What was fixed is up and gone
Now it’s flying all along

[Chorus]
Flying pigs
(Doing aerial jigs)
Have you seen stranger things
(Flying with wings)
Even doubt begins to swing
(As they loop through everything)

Now you know why
(You hear them say)
When pigs can fly
(That’ll be the day)
But look again
(They’re passing by)
So maybe truth
Just learned to fly

[Bridge – Soft Jazz Breakdown, Upright Bass Solo]
If the ground can lose its hold
And stories start to grow bold
Then maybe “impossible”
Was just mislabeled all along

[Final Chorus – Big, Joyful, Full Band Swing]
Flying pigs
(Doing aerial jigs)
Reality’s doing flips
(On unpredictable trips)
Sky is full of little myths
(That no longer fit the scripts)

Now you know why
(You hear them say)
When pigs can fly
(That’ll be the day)
But here they soar
(Above the fray)
Guess “never” just got updated today

[Outro]
[Whistling Melody, Light Laughs, Fading Horns]
If pigs can fly…
What else might try…
(They say today)
… it’s do or die.

[Soft final chord]

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderLie After Lie

[Silence]
[Instrumental – Soft Piano, Low Synth Pulse, Subtle Snare Tap]

[Intro]
[Muted Guitar, Distant Organ, Slow Bass Line]
Words fall heavy in the air…
But none of them are really there…

[Verse 1]
You built your world on shifting sand
Truth slipping through your hand
Every promise, every line
Twisted further every time
Faces change but not the game
Different words, same old blame
Every answer breaks apart
Before it even has a start

[Pre-Chorus]
You keep spinning what you say
‘Til meaning drifts away
But the echoes still remain
Calling out through all the pain

[Refrain]
Lie after lie
(You don’t even try)
To say what’s true
(You never do)
It’s time to come clean
(Know what I mean)
Come and be upright
(When confronted with the light)

[Chorus]
Stacking shadows in the air
Like truth was never there
Every word becomes a mask
Hiding what we didn’t ask
Lie after lie
Till the reasons all run dry
No more hiding in disguise
When the truth is in your eyes

[Instrumental Break – Rising Guitar, Echo Piano, Tight Drum Pattern]

[Verse 2]
Every story bends and folds
Turning silver into gold
But the shine begins to fade
In the mess that you have made
What you built can’t stand for long
When the foundation’s wrong
Even silence starts to speak
When the structure turns too weak

[Pre-Chorus]
And the weight of what you’ve said
Echoes louder in your head
No more running from the past
It was never meant to last

[Refrain]
Lie after lie
(You don’t even try)
To say what’s true
(You never do)
It’s time to come clean
(Know what I mean)
Come and be upright
(When confronted with the light)

[Bridge]
No more hiding in the shade
No more deals that you have made
Every mask begins to fall
When honesty is standing tall
What remains when lies are gone?
Can you finally move on?

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Driving Drums, Layered Vocals]
Lie after lie
Now the silence tells you why
All the fiction, all the disguise
Fades out in a final sigh
Lie after lie
But the truth will still survive
Even after all your tries
It’s still there when everything dies

[Outro]
[Soft Piano, Fading Guitar Harmonics]
No more lies to amplify…
Just the truth you can’t deny…

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderBlockade ^2

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Driving Bass, Staccato Guitar, Mechanical Beat, Synth Pulse]

[Intro]
[Filtered Voice, Low Drone]
One wall… becomes two…
(None too few)
Then multiplies…
(… like flies)

[Beat drops]

[Verse 1]
Lines drawn hard across the ground
“No way through” is the only sound
Every path gets shut down tight
Turning day into endless night

What was open starts to close
Every answer overdosed
Stack it up, reinforce
Block the flow, deny the course

[Pre-Chorus]
Every barrier you create
Only amplifies the weight
One becomes a mirrored view
Now it’s doubled coming through

[Bridge]
I see your blockade
(Ace of spades)
And raise you to two (too)
Blockade (Blockade)
Double down, divide the space
Watch it multiply in place

[Chorus]
Blockade
(Raised to the state)
…of confusion
Blockade (Blockade)
An insane
(Criminal institution)
Disdain
(For evolution)
Blockade (Blockade)
All hopes fade
Blockade (Blockade)

[Instrumental Break – Distorted Guitar Riff, Syncopated Drums, Rising Synth]

[Verse 2]
Walls on walls, no room to move
Nothing left to disapprove
Every door gets locked in line
Echoes of a grand design

Logic trapped inside the frame
Every rule repeats the same
What was once a single line
Now expands and intertwines

[Pre-Chorus]
Every push becomes a shove
Every “below” becomes “above”
Mirror systems feed the loop
Building up the doubled group

[Bridge]
I see your blockade
(Ace of spades)
And raise you to two (too)
Blockade (Blockade)
Squared away but out of hand
Now it spreads across the land

[Chorus]
Blockade
(Raised to the state)
…of confusion
Blockade (Blockade)
An insane
(Criminal institution)
Disdain
(For evolution)
Blockade (Blockade)
All hopes fade
Blockade (Blockade)

[Breakdown – Minimal Beat, Echoed Vocals]
One… becomes two…
Two… becomes more…
Block the path…
Then block the door…

[Build – Percussion Layers, Synth Swell, Guitar Feedback]

[Final Chorus – Full Intensity, Layered Vocals]
Blockade
(Raised to the state)
…of confusion
Blockade (Blockade)
System made
(Self-collusion)
Decay
(In conclusion)
Blockade (Blockade)
All hopes fade
Blockade (Blockade)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade – Pulsing Bass Slows, Static, Final Guitar Hit]
What you built to keep things out…
Now keeps you in… without a doubt…

[Silence]

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderMakeshift Alibi

[Silence]
[Instrumental – Muted Piano, Low Bass Pulse, Distant Tick-Tock Percussion]

[Intro]
[Soft Guitar Harmonics, Breathy Vocal]
Say it again…
But say it like you mean it…
(Where’ to begin…)

[Verse 1]
You walked in late with a borrowed line
Stitched together just in time
Eyes won’t hold, they drift aside
Like there’s something left to hide
Every word just slightly off
Like a mask about to drop
Too rehearsed, too clean, too fast
Like it wasn’t built to last

[Pre-Chorus]
I can hear it in your tone
You’re not standing on your own
Every pause gives you away
More than anything you say

[Chorus]
Makeshift alibi
(Why even bother to try?)
Makeshift alibi
(Enough to make me cry)
Paper-thin disguise
(Falling right before my eyes)
Makeshift alibi
(There’s no truth you can deny)

[Instrumental Break – Echo Guitar, Subtle Synth Swell, Tight Snare]

[Verse 2]
Now the story starts to bend
Every sentence needs a friend
Cover one, uncover two
Nothing’s lining up with you
Fragments falling out of place
Truth is written on your face
Even silence speaks out loud
Through the cracks you can’t cloud

[Pre-Chorus]
Every step you try to take
Leads you deeper in the fake
You can build it up so high
But it’s still a makeshift lie

[Chorus]
Makeshift alibi
(Why even bother to try?)
Makeshift alibi
(Enough to make me cry)
Stacking up your replies
(But they’re easy to deny)
Makeshift alibi
(A universal sigh)

[Bridge – Minimal Piano, Low Drone, Slow Tempo]
If you just said what was real
Maybe something we could heal
But you chose the “easy” way
Now there’s nothing left to say

[Breakdown – Whispered Vocals, Sparse Beat]
Try…
Deny…
But the truth won’t comply…

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Emotional Peak]
Makeshift alibi
(No more reason to comply)
Makeshift alibi
(Nothing left to justify)
All your words run dry
(Underneath a clearer sky)
Makeshift alibi
(Now there’s nowhere left to hide)

[Outro]
Let’s see the inside
[Soft Piano Fade, Ambient Air, Final Note Lingers]
I didn’t even pry…
Why the makeshift alibi…
(Makeshift alibi… bye… bye)
[Silence]

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderNegate Hate

[Intro]
[Soft Piano, Warm Pad, Gentle Percussion Pulse]
A breath between the noise…
A pause before the choice…
(Raise your voice!)

[Verse 1]
Words like sparks in a dry old field
Burning faster than wounds can heal
(Wildfire burnin’ higher)
Every echo turns into flame
But nobody’s winning this game
(Wildfire burnin’ higher)

We build our walls out of yesterday
(Stacking fears in a fragile way)
Each side shouting louder still
(Until silence bends to will)

[Pre-Chorus]
But underneath the breaking sound
There’s still some common ground
If we listen, peace defend
Maybe this is not the end

[Refrain]
If it’s not too late
Can we negate hate
(Negate hate)
Because at this rate
We’re casting our fate
(Irate state)
Negate (hate)
Alleviate
Before it’s too late
(Change the state)

[Chorus]
Turn the fracture into space
Let the anger lose its place
Not erase what came before
But not repeat it anymore

We don’t win by standing still
We don’t heal by bending will
We just find a different way
To reshape what we say

[Instrumental Break – Melodic Guitar, Soft Strings, Steady Beat]

[Verse 2]
History carved into every tone
Echoes in how we’ve grown
Somewhere between blame and truth
We lost the thread in our youth

But even now in fractured air
There are still hands reaching there
Not to fight, not to defend
But to try to comprehend

[Pre-Chorus]
Every cycle can unwind
If we choose a different line
Not erase, but reframe
Not the same, not the same

[Refrain]
If it’s not too late
Can we negate hate
(Negate hate)
Because at this rate
We’re casting our fate
(Irate state)
Negate (hate)
Alleviate
Find a way to translate
(Not instigate)

[Bridge]
What if power is not control?
What if healing is the goal?
What if we could learn to see
We’re not as far apart as we believe
(We can relieve!)

[Final Chorus – Full Arrangement, Rising Vocals]
Turn the fracture into space
Let the anger lose its place
Not erase what came before
But not repeat it anymore

We don’t win by standing still
We don’t heal by force of will
We just learn another way
To negate what hate can say

[Outro]
[Soft Piano Return, Fading Ambience]
Negate…
Alleviate…
Not too late…
If we choose… to change the state…
(Put love above)

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderKing Louie

[Intro]
[Jungle Percussion, Upright Bass Groove, Clarinet Riff]
Swingin’ through the canopy, rules don’t apply
Banana republic under blackened sky
Who’s calling shots from the tallest tree?
You don’t need a crown—just a loud decree

[Verse 1]
Clappin’ hands, got a rhythm so wild
Half wise elder, half reckless child
Talkin’ big from a vine-made throne
Every echo says he’s not alone
Deals in coconuts, trades in harm
Keeps the jungle under his arm
Smiles wide with a sideways grin
You never know what game he’s in

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I’m starting to see
(He’s the head monkey)
Pullin’ strings through the canopy
(Calls it all lucky)

[Chorus]
King Louie
(Orange orangutan)
Real screwy
(No, not human)
King Louie
(Rules the jungle clan)
Acts screwy
(Doing harm the way man can)

[Instrumental – Clarinet Lead, Walking Bass, Hand Drums]

[Verse 2]
Got a council of chatter and swing
Every branch offers the same thing
As Louie laughs from high above
Says hatred will reign over love
Writes the rules then he rewrites fast
Future tangled up with the past
Promises hanging by a vine
Break one, say it’s by design

[Pre-Chorus]
Now it’s plain to me
(He’s the head monkey)
Bends the truth so easily
(Calls it all lucky)

[Chorus]
King Louie
(Orange orangutan)
Real screwy
(No, not human)
King Louie
(Runs the jungle plan)
Acts screwy
(Screwin’ man the best he can)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Minimal Percussion, Finger Snaps]
Swing high, swing low
Truth moves fast, lies move slow
Laugh it off, steal the show
Where it stops, nobody knows
[Build – Brass Hits, Rising Rhythm]
Is it power or parody?
Just a jungle anomaly?

[Chorus – Full Band, Bigger Energy]
King Louie
(Orange orangutan)
Real screwy
(No, not human)
King Louie
(Top of jungle span)
Acts screwy
(Throwing feces at man)

[Outro]
[Slow Groove, Clarinet Fades, Jungle Ambience]
From the treetops to the ground
Every whisper, every sound
Carries stories twisted free
Of what is… and what might be
[Spoken/Whispered]
“He’s the head monkey…”

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderThe Curse of Akkad

[Silence]
[Instrumental – Low Drum Pulse, Ancient Flute, Wind, Distant Thunder That Never Arrives]

[Intro]
[Drone, Sparse Percussion, Echoed Voices]
They built with brick and river clay
A rising world that would not sway
From north to south the grain would flow
A kingdom vast, a steady glow
But something shifted in the sky…

[Verse 1]
Canals stretched veins across the land
Guided water by human hand
Fields once green beneath the sun
Fed the many from the one
Northern winds carried the yield
Bread and barley from the field
Cities rose on surplus grown
Strength was something widely known

[Pre-Chorus]
But clouds grew thin, the rivers slowed
A silent change no one foretold
The balance tipped without a sound
As cracks appeared beneath the ground

[Refrain]
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
The thick clouds will not rain
(Nothing we do will sustain)
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
The fields (will not yield)
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
No syrup. Yup, no wine
(Whine:)
All is not fine

[Instrumental – Drum Echoes, Hollow Strings, Dry Wind]

[Verse 2]
Orchards withered branch by branch
Empty nets where fish once danced
Irrigated lines ran dry
Dust replaced the river’s cry
Granaries began to thin
Silence where there once was din
What was stored could not outlast
The tightening grip of seasons passed

[Pre-Chorus]
Year by year the pattern stayed
Hope deferred and plans delayed
No relief from sky or stream
Breaking more than just a dream

[Refrain]
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
The thick clouds will not rain
(Nothing we do will sustain)
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
The fields (will not yield)
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
No syrup. Yup, no wine
(Whine:)
All is not fine

[Bridge]
[Low Chant, Rising Tension, Marching Rhythm]
From the north the people came
Driven not by war or fame
But by hunger, thirst, and need
Following where they could feed
Walls were raised from fear and strain
Between the rivers’ ancient plain
Holding back what could not stay
As the system gave away

[Breakdown – Minimal, Whispered Vocals]
No grain…
No rain…
No river remains…

[Final Refrain – Full, Layered Voices, Heavy Drums]
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
The thick clouds will not rain
(Nothing we do will sustain)
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
The fields (will not yield)
The Curse of Akkad
(To the worse add)
No syrup. Yup, no wine
(Whine:)
All is not fine

[Outro]
[Wind, Fading Drum, Distant Echo]
What was built to stand through time
Fell not to sword, but slow decline
A lesson written in dust and sand—
Even the strongest yield to land…
[Silence]

About the Song (Scientific Context)
“The Curse of Akkad” reflects the collapse of early complex societies under environmental stress. While irrigation and centralized systems increased resilience, they also created dependence on stable climate conditions and regional agricultural surpluses.

Around 4,200 years ago, a major climate shift brought prolonged drought across the Middle East. Evidence suggests reduced rainfall, possibly linked to volcanic activity and broader atmospheric changes, disrupted food production—especially in northern Mesopotamia, a key agricultural hub.
As crop yields failed, supply chains collapsed, leading to famine, migration, and social conflict. The movement of populations southward likely intensified tensions, prompting defensive measures such as large-scale walls between the Tigris and Euphrates.

The song captures a key idea: resilience can delay collapse—but when environmental thresholds are crossed, interconnected systems can fail rapidly and simultaneously.

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderSuper Power

[Intro]
Look! Up in the air
(Right there… the latest scare)
[Grungy Bass, Distorted Guitar, Punchy Drums]
Yeah…
(Yeah, yeah)
From nothing… to something… maybe too much…
(And such)

[Verse 1]
Started out crawling in the dust of the street
No rhythm in the walk, no heat in the beat
Talked big dreams with a broken tone
But never really built it on their own

Always pointing fingers at the sky
Blaming the world for the reason why
Nothing ever seemed to stick
Just another shortcut trick

[Pre-Chorus]
Then somebody flipped the frame
Rebranded the blame
Gave it a mask, gave it a name
And suddenly everything changed

[Chorus]
You took a down and dirty
(Nitty gritty)
No good loser
(Wanna be poser)
And turned ’em into a super power
(The aftertaste is sour)
Built up fast, but it won’t empower
(Just a hollow tower)

[Instrumental Break – Driving Rhythm, Rising Synth, Sharp Guitar Stabs]

[Verse 2]
Now they walk like they own the place
Same old story, different face
Confidence stitched from borrowed thread
Echoing words someone else said

Crowds gather like it’s all real
But nobody’s sure what they should feel
Shiny surface, shaky ground
Truth gets lost in the sound

[Pre-Chorus]
Every myth needs a spark
Even if it’s just in the dark
Turn a weakness into disguise
Sell the story, watch it rise

[Chorus]
You took a down and dirty
(Nitty gritty)
No good loser
(Wanna be poser)
And turned ’em into a super power
(The aftertaste is sour)
Built it high in a single hour
(But it won’t empower)

[Bridge]
Such a contradiction
(Is stranger than fiction)
Power born from imitation
Masked in self-declaration
Truth and image start to blur
What they are and what they were

[Breakdown – Minimal Beat, Echoed Vocals]
Super… power…
Or just borrowed hours…
Super… power…
Built on crumbling towers…

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Heavy Drums, Layered Vocals]
You took a down and dirty
(Nitty gritty)
No good loser
(Wanna be poser)
And turned ’em into a super power
(The aftertaste is sour)
Every rise comes with a counter
(Truth gets louder)
What was weak becomes a flower
(But it still won’t empower)

[Outro]
[Distorted Guitar Fades, Static, Low Drone]
From nothing dressed up as something new…
A super power built on what isn’t true…

From the album Stranger Than Fiction

bookmark_borderGodlesszilla

[Silence]

[Instrumental – Deep Sub Bass, Industrial Percussion, Distant Alarm Sirens, Rising Synth Drones]

[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Yo! Look out Tokyo
(Are you ready to go?)
Heave ho
(The ground begins to glow)

[Instrumental – Guitar Riff Intensifies, Organ Stabs, Metallic Percussion Clanks]
[Snarling Guitar Solo – Distorted, Screaming Bend Notes]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]

[Verse 1]
Steel bends under shadowed weight
Skyline fractures, seals its fate
Something ancient, something new
Breaking through the concrete blue

Footsteps echo like falling stone
A force that walks but feels like drone
No divine hand guiding its flame
Just chaos wearing a name

[Pre-Chorus]
No prayer, no plan, no guiding light
Just endless force in endless night
What it destroys, it doesn’t know
It only moves… and lets it go

[Chorus]
Godless (Zilla! God!)
(Trampling out life)
Godless (Zilla! God!)
Bringing on strife
Godless (Zilla! God!)
Harbinger of evil
(Bringer until)
Freewill
(Crushed beneath the seismic thrill)

[Instrumental Break – Heavy Drums, Rising Choir Pads, Distorted Guitar Lead]

[Verse 2]
Searchlights cut through dust and flame
Calling out a nameless name
Science fails to hold the line
Between destruction and design

Cities shake like fragile thought
All resistance comes to naught
Every tower, every wall
Learns how quickly giants fall

[Pre-Chorus]
No meaning carved in stone or sky
No reason left to ask it why
Just motion without any goal
A force that swallows whole

[Chorus]
Godless (Zilla! God!)
(Trampling out life)
Godless (Zilla! God!)
Bringing on strife
Godless (Zilla! God!)
Harbinger of evil
(Bringer until)
Freewill
(The cost of standing still)

[Bridge – Slow Tempo, Echoed Vocals, Minimal Organ]
Is it wrath or is it void?
Something born or something destroyed?
We name it fear to understand
But it leaves no master plan

[Build – Percussion Rises, Guitar Screams Return]
No god above it
No god behind it
Just the echo of a world that designed it

[Final Chorus – Full Power, Choir + Heavy Band, Explosive Energy]
Godless (Zilla! God!)
(Trampling out life)
Godless (Zilla! God!)
Bringing on strife
Godless (Zilla! God!)
End of illusion
(Born from confusion)
Freewill
(Drowned in the seismic chill)

Godless (Zilla! God!)
No redemption thrill
Only will…
Of the unstoppable still

[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade – Distant Sirens, Crumbling Bass, Slow Guitar Feedback, Organ Dissolve]
The skyline falls… the echoes stay…
(No god remains to guide the way…)
Just dust… and silence… after will…
(Where motion was… it lingers still…)
Ah, ah, zilla
(Nevertheless godless)
Ah, ah, zilla
Godless (Zilla! God!)
God (zilla)

From the album Stranger Than Fiction