Category: Speciman

bookmark_borderSacrifice

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LYRICS
Don’t look now
Sacred cow
Sacrifice
At least the priest may falter
Sacrificial rites
Pray the prey on the alter
Puts up a godly fight

Not again?
Pure virgin
Sacrifice
At least the priest may falter
Sacrificial rites
Pray the prey on the alter
Puts up a godly fight

Thus began
All human
Sacrifice
At least the priest may falter
Sacrificial rites
Pray the prey on the alter
Puts up a godly fight

Chords: Dm Em F / Em F G / A G A / A G F E Dm; 116 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitar
Written and recorded live to a digital 1, 2 and 3-tracks

bookmark_borderIn a Lifetime

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LYRICS
If at first you don’t succeed
Stop the bleed
If the deed you did comes last
The flipside’s in reverse
Flying by in a lifetime

If you fall off of the horse
Stay the course
If you give and give some more
A slice of heaven is in store
Dying to get by…
… in a lifetime

Chords: D# F# C# D# / D# F# G# C# D# / A# G# C# A#; 113 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track and 2-track

bookmark_borderThe Last Train

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LYRICS
The house is in disarray
What else can I say?
Said my brain is in decay
I might be on my way….
My thought caught
The last train
My mind
Doesn’t seem to mind
A train of thought
Off-track

There ain’t no thinking back
In a situation
Of a train having left the station
there she goes
Listen as the whistle blows

Chords: Dm C C Dm / Dm F F Dm / G F D; 152 and 128 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 2-track

bookmark_borderMore or Less

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LYRICS
A little bit more
A little bit less
Maybe that’s just alright
A little less war
A bit more bliss
Baby, come see the light

A little too hot
A little too cold
Maybe that’s just alright
Why? But why not?
We’re growing old
Baby, come see the light

Chords: E / D A G E / B A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Ride Cymbal
Written and recorded live to a digital 8-track

bookmark_borderWhere We Are

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LYRICS
One thing’s for sure
There’s going to be some more
We’ve come this far
To get where we are
Time to bring this place alive
Shift into overdrive
Instilled in the thrill to live
How much can we give?

Chords: B C / F E / F G C; 140 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderPosition

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LYRICS
Can you come out
Can I go out
Can we head out today
The question
Can we get far away
Suggestion
Forget position anyway

Can you come in
Can I go in
Can we join in today
The question
Can we get close and stay
Suggestion
Forget position anyway

Chords: Am7(11) / D C Am; 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR-740)
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderHands in the Air

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LYRICS
Won’t sit with my head
In my hands
I’m going to stand
With hands in the air
Aware
Needle needs thread
We all need love
Sow our thread
Sow our love

Won’t sit with my head
In my hands
I’m going to stand
With hands in the air
Aware
Fish needs water
We all need love
Sons and daughters
Sowed our love

Won’t sit with my head
In my hands
I’m going to stand
With hands in the air
Aware
North needs South
We all need love
So goes our wealth
Sow goes our love

Chords: C F G C Em Part I; C# F# G# C# F#; 127 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar
Written and recorded live to a digital 8-track

bookmark_borderCan You Hear Singing?

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LYRICS
Can you hear singing?
Can you hear singing?
Can you hear singing songs?
Bring it on
Bring it strong
Make it last
All night long

Can you hear singing?
Can you hear singing?
Can you hear singing songs?
Use our lungs
Can’t go wrong
Let it blast
All night long

Can you hear singing?
Can you hear singing?
Can you hear singing songs?
Sing along
Sing-a-long
Time will pass
All night long

Chords: Dsus4 / D C# C C D# D; 100 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderSecond Chance

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LYRICS
Here I am
Think I can
Be human?
Think I can
Be human
Once again?
What’s your stance
Do you only live once
Or get a second chance
Born to die
Tell me why
I will try
In time I’m
Tryin’ for two
How ’bout you?
Here I am
Think I can
Be human?
Think I can
Be human
Once again?

Chords: C D Em / G A B; 112 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 2-track

bookmark_borderVerify

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LYRICS
Verify I am I
Who are you?
An eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth
On the right route
Enroute of roots
In the folly of do or die

Chords: E D / C B E; 130 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track

Also: Rawhide Underwear
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderGaelic in Him

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LYRICS
Do you think it’s the Gaelic in him
That posses him to jig?
A dash of Irish
Knew hymn
More or less roots dig
Trace it back through the saints
All day through the knights
If the veils too faint
Head to the light

Do you think it’s the Gaelic in him
That posses him to jig?
A dash of Irish
Knew hymn
More or less roots dig
The origins of the land
Come to understand
The age of romance
With “the dance”

Chords: A Am7 D / A Am7 Em Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live on a digital 6-track

Also: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderExit In

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LYRICS
Exit is the way to get back in
From where you leave
Is where you go
Exit is the way to get back in
The moment you leave
You begin
From when you leave
You come to know
The past you weave
The future show
The door swings both ways
In or out decays
Consider in the stays
How to spend the day?

Chords: riff d e a b g a d e e / Em D D Em / A G D Em; 120 BPM
Instruments: Vocals, Keyboard, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live: digital 2-track stereo

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderFlying in the Face

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LYRICS
Flying in the face of reality
At odds with rationality
Determined to define difficulty
Flying in the face of reality
At odds with rationality
Determined to define non-conformity
On a tangent
Out of bounds
Running rampant
Alarm sounds

Flying in the face of reality
At odds with rationality
Determined to define difficulty
Drying on my face… more tears flow
Odds are low at coming to know
Destined to define non-conformity
On a tangent
Out of bounds
Running rampant
Alarm sounds

Flying in the face of reality
At odds with rationality
Determined to define difficulty
Flying by the season of reason
There is no time for reason or rhyme
Destined to define non-conformity
On a tangent
Out of bounds
Running rampant
Alarm sounds

Chords: D C A D7 / A E A D7; 116 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live on a digital 8-track

Also: Rawhide Underwear and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderLet’s Go!

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LYRICS
Are you ready?
Yes, I’m ready
Then, we’re ready to go
Let’s go
You know?
I know
Let’s go

Are we ready?
More than ready
And we’re raring to go
You know?
I know
Let’s go

Gone already
Holding steady
Now that we are on the go
You know?
I know
Let’s go

Chords: riff d f g a / f d / Dm / F Dm / Dm7 Dm6 Dm; 113 BPM
Instruments: Vocals, Keyboard, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live: digital 1-track stereo

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next