Category: Speciman

bookmark_borderBack to Where We Are

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LYRICS
All my ducks in a row
Time to fly South, you know
Round and round the Earth we’ll go
Until to becomes fro
I know it mustn’t be that far
Until we’re back to where we are

Might be too late to migrate
Time to fly North… vacate!
Round and round the Earth we’ll go
Until to becomes fro
I know it mustn’t be that far
Until we’re back to where we are

Chords: Am Em Am / C Am; 116 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderTake It All In

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LYRICS
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End… begins
Do you think we’ll go extinct
The remedy to Earth’s misery
But while we’re still
Do you think we will
Continue to kill
Kill, kill, kill?

Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End…
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End… begins
Do you think those that are fine
Will let their light shine
Shine, shine, shine
Alleviating hearts will succeed
By their light see eternity

Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End…
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End…
Wondering if I can take it all in
Before The End… begins
Do you think tortured souls freed
No humane human will be in need
As every man comes to understand
The fate of man is in his hand

Chords: F Ab Bb Db Eb F / Eb F
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderWhen You Were Gone

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LYRICS
Thought I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Couldn’t have been more wrong

Thought I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Inspiration to sing the blues
When you were gone
Thought I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Couldn’t have been more wrong
Turned out turning strong

You said “our love is true”
Now, you do the things you do
Though I was going to miss you
When you were gone
Turns out not for long
Though I was going to miss you
When you were gone
… not too long

Chords: Em E7sus4 / G A C D E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Organ
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderLifespan Parts I & II

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LYRICS
Covering a lifespan

Thinking back to a little zygote
The words get caught in my throat
Breaking free of the uterus
To make the family of us
Covering a lifespan

No notion of inevitable death
Taking my first breath
Let it out with a primal scream
Told the world what I mean
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am

Shortly thereafter learned to walk
Walk the walk and talk the talk
Using limbs figured how to climb
Using mind figured how to rhyme
(Making the best use of time)
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am
(Hope to do it again)

Thinking back to a little zygote
The words get caught in my throat
Let it out with a primal scream
Told the world what I mean

PART II
Way back when I was a little one
Couldn’t walk… couldn’t run
Each day I would rise and shine
Learning how to find fine
Covering a lifespan

Never wanted to play the fool
Learned to run off to join school
Thirds, threes, birds, and bees
Studied all of these
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am

To this day I wonder why
Earth, water, fire, sky
What is this? Where am I?
Can I serve my purpose ’til I die?
Covering a lifespan
Still living… yes, I am
(Hope to do it again)

Part I Chords: Bdim Am G F F G / Bb G
Part II Chords: G F# F E A7sus4 E / G E / E E7sus4
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (88 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderCareful! You’ll Raise the Dead

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LYRICS
“Careful! You’ll raise the dead,”
They said.
“Careful! I’ll raise the dead,”
I said,
“Careful! You’ll raise the dead.”
We said,
Skeletons in the closet
Caught in the claws, yet…
At least we’re not already dead
We said,
“Go ahead. Let’s raise the dead!”

Chords: E E7sus4 / G A G A B7 A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderDog’s Tale

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LYRICS
The tale of the dog’s tail
Got cut short
In the grand scale of things
Not much to report
Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails
What are we made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice
Boom-a-rang of love

The tale of the dog’s tail
In The End
The grand scheme of things
Return-send… return… send… return… send
The End

Chords: A Am7 A A7 / Dm Am / D A Am7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

Canine Incisors

bookmark_borderFusion Fission Vision

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LYRICS
Focus on mission
Forget the fission
Finding the reason
In fusion… on

Know who you are
Become the star
Synergy of we
Energy of be

I am continuum
I’m space-time
I am the physic
That makes me tick

Chords: Cm F F7 / Cm F G Cm; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderOpaque Romance

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LYRICS
An opaque romance
Veiled in transparency
Love far off… distance
Sailed to tranquility
Does this flesh and bones have soul
Live to the afterlife
What’s the toll

An opaque romance
Veiled in transparency
Love far off… distance
Sailed to tranquility
Does this heart of mine have soul
Living life in a mine-feeled
What’s the toll

Does this simple sole have soul
Giving life to a life
Pays the toll
An opaque romance
Veiled in transparency
Love far off… distance
Sailed to tranquility

Chords: A AM7 C E A / G D A C D A
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (80 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderSpillover

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LYRICS
Is the grass always green
Do you know what I mean
On your inside
Is the glass half empty
Or full with empathy
On the inside
Does it spill over
Discover the lover
Runneth all over
Lover of the other

Chords: E F#sus4 E F# / G# D B
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (106 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderTo Free Free Will

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LYRICS
The odds on favorite
Don’t commit to fate
The chances are slim
You can ever win
Come to understand
Fate is in my hand
To free free will
Even better still

Chords: Em Am Bm Em / C D Em Em C D Em; 130 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderE-bagage

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LYRICS
I see that light’s the entity
That enables me to see
Through a fog
Through a clog
Not a cog
In infinity

Through the downs
Through the outs
With my dogs
In eternity
Through a fog
Through a clog
Not a cog
In infinity

Karma comes round
Bouts the abouts
Guised as destiny
Through a fog
Through a clog
Not a cog
In infinity

Riff: e g e g e g a b / e-bagage
Chords: Em F G Am B C D E/Em; 133 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers
Written and recorded live

From the album: Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderMaster

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LYRICS
Is repeating competing making your life fleeting
At the crack of dawn you’ve got to get it on
… and on and on and on
You’re the master of your leading
Could go faster avoid/waive/wave receding

Do you feel you’re on a hamster wheel
Running but not making any ground
Did you fall on the carousel
Going round and round and round and round
You’re the master of your leading
Could go faster avoid/waive/wave receding

Amazed at the days
In a haze running the rat’s maze
Pushing play all day
In a fog as Pavlov’s dog
You’re the master of your leading
Could go faster avoid/waive/wave receding

Chords: Dm A7 / Em C A7 (to Ab7 to Dm)
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards, Synthesizers (126 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderThe Love Above

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LYRICS
Why don’t we climb above
And shine on love
Why don’t we climb above
And shout out “Love!”
Did your heart go missing
Or breakdown hissing
Do you want to know the best fix
An elixir to do the trick of tricks

Why don’t we climb above
And shout out “Love!”
Why don’t we climb above
And shine on love
Did your heart go missing
Or breakdown hissing
Do you want to know the best fix
An elixir to do the trick of tricks

Why don’t we climb above
And shine on love

Chords: G A C D E / Em7 Em7(11) Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (92 BPM and 102 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderCurrent (Same Star)

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LYRICS
Hover
Submerge
Lover
Emerge
Future / Past merge
Currently

The electricity currently
Flowing connection of we
Pulsating fluidity
Future / Past merge
Presently

Right here I am
On the space-time continuum
Not that far
From where you are…
Same star

Chords: A7 G7 / Em7 A7 / C A7
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers (140 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next

bookmark_borderDiamonds

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LYRICS
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Your light is showing me
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Your light is showering me
Shine on, you crazy diamond
A sparkling jewel lets me see
Your brilliance sets us free
Significance is daily
Relevance of “to be”
Set us free

Shine on, you crazy diamond
Your light is showing me
Shine on, you crazy diamond
A sparkling jewel lets me see
Your intelligence sets harmony
The difference in the key
Resonance tonality
Set us free

Shine on, you crazy diamond
Your light is showing me
Shine on, you crazy diamond
A sparkling jewel lets me see
Our circumstance in company
Can we balance empathy
A resemblance to deity
Set ’em free

Shine on your crazy diamonds
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Your light is showing me
Shine on, you crazy diamond
Your light is showering me

Chords: G A C G / A C / G
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesizers (66 to 102 BPM)
Written and recorded live

From the album: Rawhide Goggle Straps and Knew Normal
Instrumentals: This Is Next