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[Instrumental Intro]
[Driving Bass, Electric Guitar, Hammond Organ, Tight Drums; Rhythmic, Urgent Groove]
[Spoken]
Did you see…
(The energy)
Comedy…
(Or tragedy?)

[Verse 1]
The energy is everywhere
Moving through the air
Heat is rising
Winds are flying
Water’s going who-knows-where

[Refrain]
The energy
(Is hitting me)
From every side
(Both far and wide)

A climate primate
(Getting hit)
… quite a bit.

[Chorus]
How is it hitting you?
(How is it hitting me?)
Energy
(Dramatically)

[Verse 2]
Evaporation till saturation
Pulling the heat high
(Way across the sky)
How long will it stay…
Waiting for the day

[Refrain]
The energy
(Is hitting me)
From every side
(Both far and wide)

A climate primate
(Getting hit)
… quite a bit.

[Instrumental Break]
[Heavy Guitar Riff, Hammond Organ, Bass and Drums; Sudden Stop-and-Start Rhythms]

[Bridge]
Energy… transformed!

[Response]
TRANSFORMED!

Energy… transported!

[Response]
TRANSPORTED!

Store, store store!
(Some more)

[Response]
STORE!
RELEASED
(Doesn’t cease)

[Spoken]
Never created.

Never destroyed.

[Pause]

So…

Where does it go?

[Whisper]

(You’ll soon know)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Hit!
(Hit!)

From the side!

Wide!
(Wide!)

Far and wide!

Where it goes
Nobody knows?
(Feel the flows)

Pour!

More!
(More!)

Knocking at the door!

Extreme…
(Know what I mean?)

Primate!
(Irate!)

Climate!

Getting hit
Quite a bit!

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass Pulse and Sparse Piano]

The question…

Is no longer…

Whether the energy exists.

[Pause]

It does.

[Pause]

The question is…

How…

Is that energy…

Hitting you?
(Tell me do)

[Build]
[Drums Enter Slowly; Guitar and Hammond Rise]
The energy…

Synergy…

HITTING!

[Final Refrain]
The energy
(Is hitting me)
From every side
(Both far and wide)

A climate primate
(Getting hit)
… quite a bit.

[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Progressive-Rock Finale: Massive Guitar, Bass, Hammond Organ, Synth and Drums; Rhythmic Repetition of the Main Hook]
[Spoken Over Instrumental]

Energy cannot be created.

Energy cannot be destroyed.

Not the norm… not the mean
(Mean extreme)

[Pause]

And eventually…

Destructively

[Final Hit]

HOW IS CLIMATE ENERGY HITTING YOU?
(Tell me, do)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade: Guitar Feedback, Deep Bass and Distant Thunder]

The energy…

Is hitting me.

Quite a bit.
(Feel the hit)

About the Song
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

But it can be transformed.

It can be transported.

It can be stored.

And it can be released.

The climate system is doing all four.

The question is no longer whether the energy exists.

The question is: How is that energy hitting you?
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You?

From the album “Fluidization“

[Arrangement: Dark, driving piano-rock / organ-rock anthem. Starts with a sparse piano and bass pulse, builds into pounding drums, distorted guitar, and a huge call-and-response chorus.]

[Intro]
Cash register ringing…
(Cha-ching!)
Hear that sound?
(Going down!)

[Verse 1]
We put a price on everything
From the mountain to the sea
Put a dollar sign on tomorrow
And called it “free”

[Chorus]
Liquidation sale!
(Epic fail!)
Everything must go!
(What little we know!)

The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

Sell the future
(Sell it cheap!)
Dig it deeper
(While we sleep!)
… with the sheep

Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling (falling)
We’ve been calling too long!

[Verse 2]
Heat waves in the marketplace
Floodwater through the door
Insurance walking out the back
Saying, “We don’t cover anymore”
[Chorus]

Liquidation sale!
(Moral of the tale?)
Everything must go!
(Everything we know!)

The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

Sell the future
(Sell it cheap!)
Dig it deeper (deep, deep, deep)
While we sleep…
(With fellow sheep)

Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling
(We’ve been calling too long!)
… falling, calling, falling…

[Refrain]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale)

Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!

[Bridge]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale)

Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)
Same ole song…
(Not for long)
No, no more!

(Whoa-oh!)

The price is rising
(Not surprising!)
The cost no longer hidden
(The apple… bitten)

… the bill’s comes due…

[Breakdown]
For me n’ you

Going once!
(Once!)

Going twice!
(Twice!)

Sold to the highest bidder!
(Who?)

Sold the future!
(That’s you)
… for sure…

Going once!
(Going once!)

Going twice!
(Going twice!)

Sold!
(His story told)

[Instrumental]
[Pounding piano / organ riff]

Hail!
(Hail!)

Hail!
(Hail!)

The mighty dollar!
(The mighty dollar!)

But who will save us
(When the sale is over?)
… we’ll discover

[Final Chorus]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

No more hiding
(No more lies!)
No more selling
(Our demise!)

Liquidation sale!
(Going, going, gone!)
The sky is calling
(Hey! I’m falling!)
No more “same ole song”
(We’ve been calling too long!)

Liquidation sale!
(Liquidation sale!)
The final warning bell!
(The final warning bell!)

You can sell the future
(Still… you can’t escape the bill!)

[Final Refrain]
The mighty dollar
(Holler:)
Hail!
(Liquidation sale!)

Fear the atmosphere
(That you ignore)

Same ole song…
(Not for long)

No, no more!
(No, no more!)

NO MORE!

[Outro]

Cash register ringing…
(Cha-ching!)
Ding. Ding. Ding.

[Whisper]

Liquidation sale…
(Epic fail)
Souls for sale

[Repeat, Fade out]
[Silence]
[End]

From the album “Fluidization“

[Instrumental Intro]
[Acoustic Guitar, Warm Piano, Bass, Light Drums, Hammond Organ; Gradually Building]

[Verse 1]
We had the moment
We had the chance
A door was open
We could’ve advanced

We saw the warning
But looked away
Thinking tomorrow
Would be another day

Time kept moving
We let it pass
Held onto shadows
And watched them last

The future whispered
But we didn’t hear
Now looking backward
The message is clear

[Refrain]
The thought still lingers
(Has the opportunity…)
Slipped through our fingers
(Should’ve thought prudently)

[Verse 2]
We measured the cost
But forgot the price
Mistook convenience
For something called nice

We waited for certainty
Before we’d decide
While uncertainty
Was standing outside

Then suddenly
Years disappear
And what seemed distant
Is already here

[Refrain]
The thought still lingers
(Has the opportunity…)
Slipped through our fingers
(Should’ve thought prudently)

[Instrumental Break]
[Electric Guitar and Hammond Organ; Piano Arpeggios; Drums Slowly Intensify]

[Bridge]
Prudence isn’t fear
It’s seeing what may come near

… knowing that tomorrow
Is built on what we’ve done

You don’t have to know
Exactly where you’ll go

You only have to recognize
The direction that you know

[Rap Vocal Break]

Opportunity!
(See reality!)

Knocking at the door!

Yesterday!
(Fades away!)

Think ahead!
(Instead)

Look around!

What we lose
May not be found!

Wait!
(Wait!)

Too late!

That’s the price
Of tempting fate!

Reach!
(Reach!)

Hold tight!

Do what’s prudent
While we’ve got the light!

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Piano and Acoustic Guitar]

The thought still lingers…

[Soft Response]

What if?

[Pause]

We would’ve moved?

[Pause]

Improved…

[Whispered]

Changed our groove

[Build]
[Low Bass Enters; Percussion Builds]

A moment…

A chance…

A warning…

A glance…

[Final Refrain]
The thought still lingers
(Has the opportunity…)
Slipped through our fingers
(Should’ve thought prudently)

[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Band: Electric Guitar, Piano, Hammond Organ, Bass, Drums and Synth; Hopeful Rising Progression]

[Spoken Vocal]

The lesson isn’t
that we lost the opportunity.

The lesson…

Is recognizing
the next one
before another day slips away.

[Final Hit]

HOLD ON!

[Outro]
[Acoustic Guitar and Piano Fade]

The thought still lingers…

The opportunity…

Slipped through our fingers

Clearly.

From the album “Fluidization“

[Instrumental Intro]
[Slow Blues-Rock Guitar Riff, Deep Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ; Gradually Building]

[Verse 1]
Started at the top
Didn’t think we’d move
Just a little push
Just a little groove

Gravity was waiting
Patient as can be
One little nudge
And suddenly…

We’re moving faster
Down the line
Picking up momentum
One step at a time

What looked so small
At the start of the ride
Has become something
You can’t push aside

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Faster now
Than we know

What begins
As all alone
Can become
A force of its own

[Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)

Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)

Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)

[Verse 2]
All that energy
Waiting on high
Stored in the scenery
Under the sky

Then gravity says
“Let it go”
And suddenly
Watch ‘er flow

[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Down we go
Faster now
Than we know

Mass in motion
Changes things
Momentum has
Its own set of wings

[Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)

Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)

Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)

[Instrumental Break]
[Electric Guitar and Hammond Organ Trade Short Bluesy Phrases; Bass Locks Into a Driving Repeating Pattern]

[Bridge]
… falling
(A moving mass)
Calling…
(Better move out fast)

While the choices last…

And when the time
Gets smaller and smaller
It’s time you’ll find…
The pitfalls of “taller”

[Spoken]
Mass times velocity.
(Oh the simplicity)

Of course…
(An enormous force)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass and Sparse Drums]

Gonna hit ya…

[Whisper]

Like a rolling stone.

[Pause]

You saw it coming…

[Response]

You’re not along

[Pause]

But once it starts…

[Low Response]

It’s moving.

[Build]
[Drums and Guitar Gradually Return]

One stone…

(Grooving)

Rock…

(Moving)

Rock…

(Proving)

A new grooving.

[Final Refrain]
Gonna hit ya…
(Like a rolling stone)
Ya…
(Too late to moan)

Yes, indeed…
(As it gathers speed)
The momentum…
(Is really somethin’)

Roll…
(Roll, baby, roll)
Still…
(Rolling down the hill)

[Final Hit]

ROLL!

[Outro]
[Slow Guitar Riff; Bass and Hammond Fade]

Roll, baby, roll…

Still rolling down the hill…

Like a rolling stone.

(Loss of freewill?)

From the album “Fluidization“

[Instrumental Intro]
[Deep Bass Pulse, Electric Guitar Harmonics, Piano, Hammond Organ and Slow-Building Drums]

[Verse 1]
Where does it go
When the fire dies?
Can you follow the flow
To where the energy rides?

[Pre-Chorus]
Heat in the pavement
Wind in the trees
Water keeps moving
Across the seas

The world keeps turning
Round and around
Energy shifting
As thoughts keep drifting

[Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)

Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)

Revitalization
Deployed

[Verse 2]
A mountain holds it
High in the air
Gravity’s waiting
Potential there

Then comes the falling
Down comes the stone
Potential transforms
Into motion alone

Heat from the friction
Sound from the crash
Light from the lightning
Energy in a flash

[Pre-Chorus]
Exasperation
Can turn into drive
Annoyance can signal
That something’s alive

A setback can become
A reason to try
A spark can become
A fire in the sky

[Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)

Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)

Revitalization
Deployed

[Instrumental Break]
[Electric Guitar Riff, Hammond Organ and Driving Bass; Drums Build Into a Heavy Rhythmic Groove]

[Bridge]
You can’t make it
Out of nothing

You can’t make it
Disappear

Can you redirect it
Transform it a bit
Just to be clear…
Can you make it useful here?

[Spoken]
Anger…

Into action.

Frustration…

Let it become invention.

Exhaustion…

A beacon… a signal
that something needs to change.
(Rearrange)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Energy!
(Transforming me!)

Moving through the system!
(Yes, “I am”)

Heat!
(To the beat!)

Motion!
(Notion!)

Potential waiting
For promotion!

Stored!
(Roared!)

Released!

Changed!
(Rearranged!)

Reconfigured!
(Go figure)

Nothing lost!
(Nothing gained!)
Just not… quite the same!

… keeps
Moving on!
(And on and on and on)

Exasperated!
(Annoyed!)

Turn it into motion!

Revitalization!
(Deployed!)

Set the energy
In a new direction!

[Build]
[Drums Enter Gradually; Guitar and Hammond Rise]

Change the form!

(Change the norm!)

Change the direction!

(Change the introspection!)

Take the frustration…

And make it…

REVITALIZATION!

[Final Refrain]
Oh can’t you see…
(The energy)
Can’t be created
(Or destroyed)

Exasperated
Annoyed
(… or…)

Revitalization
Deployed

[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Band: Massive Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Hammond Organ, Piano and Synth; Rising Progressive-Rock Finale]

[Spoken Over Instrumental]

The question isn’t…

Where did the energy go?

The question is…

What form did it take?
(What impression did it make)

And what will we do…
(I’m asking you)

[Final Hit]

THE ENERGY!
(Certainty)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Fade: Bass Pulse, Sustained Guitar Chord and Hammond Organ]

Can’t be created…

Can’t be destroyed…

Only transformed…

Redirected…

And…

Deployed.

From the album “Fluidization“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Hammond Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Heavy Guitar Riff, Deep Bass, Slow Building Drums, Hammond Organ and Dark Synth; Tension Increasing Like a Mountain About to Break Loose]
[Spoken Vocal]

Humpty Dumpty…

Had a great fall.

But here’s the thing…

The fall…

Was the beginning of it all

[Verse 1]
Sitting high upon the wall
Didn’t think he’d ever fall
Solid mass
And standing tall
Till gravity
Would have it all

[Refrain]
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)
Can’t put ’em back together
(After all)
Not a matter of “whether”

Oh, can’t you see
(Humpty Dumpty)

[Verse 2]
Well…
First the shell
Hits the floor
Then comes more
Splattered yoke
Ain’t no joke

[Physics Breakdown]
[Music briefly strips to bass pulse and percussion]

Momentum…

[Spoken]

Mass times velocity.
(Ends in tragedy)

[Instrumental Hit]

[Refrain]
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)
Can’t put ’em back together
(After all)
Not a matter of “whether”

Oh, can’t you see
(Humpty Dumpty)

[Instrumental]
[Heavy Progressive-Rock Instrumental: Distorted Guitar, Tremolo Bass, Huge Drums, Hammond Organ and Metallic Percussion; Repeating Collision Motif]

[Bridge]
A stationary egg
(On it’s last leg)

[Pause]

Into the valley.

Onto the ground.

Splat!
(Imagine that)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Mass!
(Mass!)

Velocity!
(Velocity!)

Put ’em together
That’s momentum, see!

I meant…
(Movement!)

Coming down!
(All around!)

Impact!
(Not intact!)

And of course…
(Force!)

Stop it!
(Stop it!)

Turn it!
(Turn it!)

Shake it
(Break it)

Moving mass!
(Moving fast!)

Nothing like
A stationary past!

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Piano, Low Bass and Distant Guitar Feedback]

Humpty…

[Whispered]

Had a great fall.

[Pause]

But…

[Low Response]

The fall wasn’t all.

[Pause]

The impact…

[Soft Response]

Splat!

[Build]

Collision…

Collision…

Collision…

[Full Band]

COLLISION!

[Final Refrain]
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)
Can’t put ’em back together
(After all)
Not a matter of “whether”

Oh, can’t you see
(Humpty Dumpty)

[Climactic Instrumental]
[Extended Guitar Solo: Crushing Progressive-Rock Lead Over Massive Drums, Hammond Organ, Bass and Synth; Rhythmic Impacts Mimic Cascading Collisions]

[Spoken Over Instrumental]

Humpty Dumpty
(Sat on a wall)
Humpty Dumpty
(Had a great fall)

[Final Hit]

HUMPTY DUMPTY!

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Heavy Guitar Chord Repeats While Bass Descends; Drums Gradually Fade Into Distant Impact Sounds]

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men

[Pause]

Couldn’t put Humpty together again

(No, nowhere to begin)

Never together
(Again)

About the Song: The Fall Is Only the Beginning
The fluidization of the mass on the way down is remarkable physics. But the energy transfer at the bottom may be even more consequential.

The material did not strike the valley floor all at once.

The leading edge arrived first.

It collided with the valley floor and surrounding terrain, fractured, compressed, deformed, and began spreading. Behind it, enormous quantities of ice, rock, water, and sediment were still moving downhill.

That means the impact was not a single collision.

It was a cascading sequence of collisions.

The first material to arrive effectively became an impact surface for the material immediately behind it. The incoming mass continued transferring momentum into material that had already slowed, while the valley floor resisted the movement from below.

The basic relationship is:

p = mv

where p is momentum, m is mass, and v is velocity.

Changing the momentum of an enormous mass requires an enormous force. The rate at which that momentum is transferred matters as well:

F = Δp / Δt

The shorter the time over which momentum is transferred, the greater the instantaneous force.

This is why the impact of a massive debris flow is fundamentally different from simply placing the same amount of material on the ground. A stationary mountain weighs an enormous amount, but its weight is distributed through relatively stable structures. A mountain in motion has momentum. When that momentum is suddenly redirected, compressed, fragmented, or stopped, enormous forces are generated.

From the album “Fluidization“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Hammond Organ, Synth]

[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Slow, Dreamy Guitar Arpeggio, Warm Bass, Soft Drums, Hammond Organ Swells and Airy Synth]

[Spoken Vocal]

Oh…

Can’t you see?

I’m falling.

[Pause]

Falling for you.

Or maybe…

It’s just gravity.

[Verse 1]
Started with a little tilt
Barely noticed, hardly felt
One small move
One little sway
And suddenly
I’m on my way

Could’ve stopped
Could’ve stayed
Could’ve chosen
Another way

But once you start
To lose your ground
There’s nothing quite like
Coming down

[Pre-Chorus]
Higher!
(Lower!)
Dire
(Pull me closer!)

[Refrain]
Oh… oh can’t you see
(I’m falling for you)
Self-fulfilling destiny
(Heavy? Must be gravity)

[Verse 2]
Potential waiting
Way up high
Anticipating
If I can fly….

Then something changes
Something breaks
And all that energy
Awakes

Down we go
(oh, no, no, no!)

Picking up speed
(Yes indeed!)

[Instrumental]
[Progressive-Rock Guitar Solo: Singing Lead Guitar Over Driving Bass, Rolling Drums, Hammond Organ and Rising Synth]

[Bridge]
Oh… oh can’t you see
(I’m falling for you)
Self-fulfilling destiny
(Heavy? Must be gravity)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Hear me calling?
(Falling!)

For you!
(It’s true!)

Can’t deny
(Won’t even try)

Heavy!
(Gravity!)

Something here
Is very real

Potential!
(Essential!)

Turns kinetic!
(Kinda like magnetic)

Pullin’ me down
(All around!)

Pull me through
(On top of you!)

Rock n’ rollin’ bowlin’
(’cause I’m falling for you!)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Piano, Acoustic Guitar and Soft Bass]

Oh…

Can’t you see?

[Whispered]

I’m falling for you.

[Pause]

Self-fulfilling destiny…

[Soft Response]

Heavy?

[Pause]

It’s gravity.

[Build]
[Drums enter gradually; Bass and Hammond Organ rise]

Gravity…

Gravity…

Gravity!

[Final Refrain]
Oh… oh can’t you see
(I’m falling for you)
Self-fulfilling destiny
(Heavy? It’s gravity)

[Final Chorus]
Falling for you!
(Our love must be true?)

Feel the pull tonight
(Insight into incite)

Falling for you!
(It’s all I can do!)

[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Band Progressive-Rock Surge: Electric Guitar, Bass, Hammond Organ, Synth and Huge Drums; Guitar bends upward while the rhythm drives downward]

[Spoken Over Instrumental]

Potential (our energy)

Kinetic (strategy)

A little change…

… accelerates…

At amazing rates

(Our first and last dates)

[Final Hit]

GRAVITY!
(See?)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Guitar and Hammond Organ sustain over a descending bass line; final soft piano chord]

Oh…

Can’t you see?
(The reality)

[Whispered]

I’m falling for you, too

From the album “Fluidization“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Hammond Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Wobbly Guitar Riff, Rolling Bass, Off-Kilter Drums, Hammond Organ Swells and Warbling Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]

Uh-oh…
Something gleaming’s leaning.

A little bit unfit…

Tipsy.
(Hard to see?)

[Verse 1]
Standing straight
Or so I thought
Didn’t notice
What I’d lost

One little tilt
One little sway
And suddenly
I’m on my way

Push too far
And you may find
Gravity
… made up my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
Leaning!
(The meaning…)

Teeter!
(Totter!)

Getting closer
To the meter!

Tilt!
(Tilt!)

Slip!
(Slip!)

There goes
The grip!

[Refrain]
I’m feeling…
(A little tipsy)
Gone reeling
(Oopsie daisy)
Gone crazy

(Jostling)
From the top
(Toppling)
To the bottom
(Never again)
To begin

[Verse 2]
One small movement
Starts another
Sends me hellbent
Hate to have to smother

[Instrumental]
[Progressive-Rock Guitar Solo: Angular Guitar Lines Over Lurching Bass, Rolling Drums, Hammond Organ and Pitch-Bending Synth]

[Bridge]
The world suddenly
Turns upside down.
(No… still spinning round n’ round)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Tipsy!
(Tipsy!)

Teeter!
(Totter!)

Don’t ignore
The little meter

Jostle!
(Hustle!)

Rock!
(Rocked!)

Watch the balance
Start to unlock

Toppling!
(Tippling!)

Down!
(Down, down, down!)

One change
(Two!)

Two change
(Three!)

Watch the cascades
(Come to be)

Never again?
(Won’t happen!)

Can’t put Humpty
(Back together again)
Can’t you see…
(Don’t know where to begin)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Sparse Piano and Distant Guitar Harmonics]

I’m feeling…

[Whispered]

A little tipsy.

Gone reeling…

[Soft Response]

Oopsie daisy.

[Pause]

Gone crazy.

[Jostling]

From the top…

[Low Response]

Toppling…

[Silence]

To the bottom.
(Watch it happen)

[Whispered]

Never again…

[Pause]

To begin.

(Fell down, down down)
Broke his crown

[Build]
[Drums gradually return; bass begins a repeating descending-and-rising pattern]

Round…

And round…

And round…

[Full Band]

We go!

[Final Refrain]
I’m feeling…
(A little tipsy)
Gone reeling
(Oopsie daisy)
Gone crazy

(Jostling)
From the top
(Toppling)
To the bottom
(Never again)
To begin

[Climactic Instrumental]
[Full Progressive-Rock Surge: Distorted Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass, Huge Drums and Warbling Synth; Rhythm repeatedly shifts between stable and unstable patterns]

[Spoken Over Instrumental]
Can’t you see
(You can’t begin)
No, can’t put Humpty
(Back together again)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Wobbly Guitar Figure Slowly Straightens Into a Steady Chord; Bass and Drums Fade]

A little tipsy…

A little jostling…

A little change…

[Spoken, fading]

Then…
That’s when
You can see
(You can’t begin)
No, can’t you can’t begin
(To put Humpty back together again)

From the album “Fluidization“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Funky Electric Guitar, Warm Bass Groove, Tight Drums, Hammond Organ Chops and Bright Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]

Why not?

Why not find the place
where everything works out fine?
(At least most of the time)

Not too much…

Not too little…

Right in the middle.

[Verse 1]
Too far left
(Too far!)
Too far right
(Too far!)

Push too bizarre
And you lose the light

Too much pressure
Too much heat
Too much running
In the wrong heartbeat

Find the flow
(Get in the know!)

[Refrain]
Why not…
(Hit our sweet spot)
Perhaps we ought…
(I mean… why not?)

Sweeeet spot
(Sweet, sweet, sweet)
No, no, no
(Know you can’t beat)
The sweet spot…
(So hot)

[Chorus]
Sweet spot!
(Sweet spot!)

Right where we belong

Sweet spot!
(Sweet spot!)

Where the balance feels strong

Not too cold
(Not too old!)

Not too hot
(Not too not!)

Findin’ the place
That hits the spot!

Sweet spot!
(Sweet spot!)

Why not?

[Verse 2]
A little less
Can give you more
A little change
Can open the door

Less destruction
(More to gain!)
Find the balance
(Break the chain)

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Funk-Rock Lead With Wah-Wah, Hammond Organ, Slap Bass, Tight Drums and Synth Stabs]

[Bridge]
[Saxophone Solo]

[Rap Vocal Break]
Sweet!
(Sweet!)

Spot!
(Forgot? Not!)

Find the place
That eye’s the dot

Findin’ the place
In the race

Sanity (in humanity)

Open up
Another door

(One more!)

No fear!
(No fear!)

Findin’ the the way clear…
… the choice… right here!

Why not?
(Why not?)

Perhaps we ought!

I mean…

Why not?

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Muted Guitar, Hand Claps and Soft Hammond Organ]

Why not…

[Whispered]

Hit our sweet spot.

Perhaps we ought…

[Soft Response]

I mean…

Why not?

[Synth Pulse]

Sweeeet spot…

[Pause]

Sweet…

Sweet…

Sweet spot.

[Final Refrain]
Why not…
(Hit our sweet spot)
Perhaps we ought…
(I mean… why not?)

Sweeeet spot
(Sweet, sweet, sweet)
No, no, no
(Know the dancin’ beat)
The sweet spot…
(So hot)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Funk-Rock Groove With Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass and Drums; Synth and Hand Claps Build Into a Final Stop]

Sweet!

Spot!

Sweet!

Sweet!

Sweet spot!

[Spoken, fading]

Right place…

Right time…

In rhyme…
One race
(Won race)
One race
(Won race)

From the album “Robust“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Aggressive Electric Guitar Riff, Distorted Bass, Tight Drums, Hammond Organ Stabs and Cutting Synth Pulses]
[Spoken Vocal]

Careful…

That’s sharp.

[Pause]

Really sharp.

Careful…
(Don’t wanna become “awful”)

[Verse 1]
Walking on the edge
With a razor in your hand
One little wrong direction
And you might not understand

Sharp ideas
(Sharp!)
Sharp minds
(Sharp!)

Cutting through the noise
And leaving doubt behind

Don’t confuse the bleeding edge
With knowing where you stand
Sometimes pushing forward
Means knowing when to land

[Pre-Chorus]
Cut!
(Cut!)

Through!
(Through!)

See what’s really
Coming to you!

[Refrain]
Ouch!
(Razor sharp)
I can vouch
(Ouch)

Razor sharp!
(The bleeding edge)
Solemn pledge

[Chorus]
Razor sharp!
(Razor sharp!)

Cutting through the haze

Razor sharp!
(Razor sharp!)

Lighting up the maze

[Verse 2]
The future moves quickly
The present can’t keep pace
New ideas arrive
And old ones lose their place

You can sharpen up your thinking
You can sharpen up your view
But the sharper that the edge becomes
The more it asks of you

Stay aware
(Stay aware!)

The bleeding edge
Is never safe out there

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Fast, Cutting Progressive-Rock Lead With Wah-Wah, Hammond Organ, Distorted Bass and Precision Drums]

[Bridge]
Ouch!
(Razor sharp)
I can vouch
(Ouch)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Razor!
(Razor!)

Sharp!
(Sharp!)

Cut through
The static

Think!
(Think!)

Fast!
(Fast!)

Bleeding edge
(Bleeding edge!)

Leading edge
(Leading edge!)

What’s the difference?
Look at the pledge

Push the limit
(Push!)

Test the claim
(Test!)

If the answer
Can’t survive the game
(It’s not the best)

Cut it!
(Cut!)

Shape it!
(Shape!)

Build a better
Human landscape

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Muted Guitar and Sparse Drums]

Ouch…

[Whispered]

Razor sharp.

I can vouch…

[Soft Response]

Ouch.

[Pause]

The bleeding edge…

[Whispered]

Solemn pledge.

[Build]

RAZOR SHARP!

[Final Refrain]
Ouch!
(Razor sharp)
I can vouch
(Ouch)

Razor sharp!
(The bleeding edge)
Solemn pledge

[Final Chorus]
Razor sharp!
(Razor sharp!)

Cut through the doubt

Razor sharp!
(Razor sharp!)

Figure it out

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Driving Guitar Riff With Hammond Organ, Bass and Drums; Guitar Feedback Sustains Over a Final Cymbal Crash]

Sharp!

Sharp!

Razor sharp!

[Spoken, fading]

Respect the edge.
(Respect the pledge)

From the album “Robust“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Mysterious Electric Guitar Arpeggio, Warm Bass, Light Drums, Hammond Organ and Atmospheric Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]

Where about?

Where are we going?
(With no one knowning)

Where have we been?
(Tell me again)
And where…

Are we now?
(Wow!)

[Verse 1]
Lost somewhere between the lines
Looking for a place to stand
Following a trail of signs
Trying hard to understand

North is south
And up is down
Signals flying all around

[Refrain]
Where about
(Are your whereabouts)
Oh, don’t cry n’ pout
(We’ll figure it out)

Everyone shouts:
(Beyond a doubt!)

[Verse 2]
A map can show the road ahead
A compass points the way
But neither tells you what to do
With choices made today

You can wander
(You can wonder)

You can wait
(Hesitate)

You can change
(Rearrange)

Your destination
Before it’s too late
(At any rate)

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Atmospheric Progressive-Rock Lead With Delay, Hammond Organ Swells, Warm Bass and Rolling Drums]
[Saxophone Solo]

[Bridge]
Where are we?

[Pause]

Right here.

Where do we go?
(Do you know)

[Pause]

That’s the question.
(Up for suggestion)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Whereabouts!
(Whereabouts!)

Check it out
(Check it out!)

Don’t mistake
A shout for doubt

Find the facts
(Find the facts!)

Find the track
(Find the track!)

If you lose your way
Then circle back

Left?
(Left!)

Right?
(Right!)

Which direction
Feels right?
(Into the light)

Stop!
(Stop!)

Think!
(Think!)

Before you jump
To the brink

Everybody shouting
(Beyond a doubt!)

But certainty
Can still be wrong

Figure out
(Work it out!)

What the evidence
Is about

Then move along!
(And join in song)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Acoustic Guitar, Bass and Sparse Piano]

Where about…

[Whispered]

Are your whereabouts?

Oh, don’t cry…

[Soft Response]

Don’t pout.

[Lead Vocal]

We’ll figure…

[Response]

… out why!

[Build]

Everyone shouts…

[Big Vocal]

Beyond a doubt!

[Final Refrain]
Where about
(Are your whereabouts)
Oh, don’t cry n’ pout
(We’ll figure it out)

Everyone shouts:
(Beyond a doubt!)

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Builds Into a Driving Groove; Guitar and Hammond Organ Trade Short Phrases Before the Music Fades]

Where are you?

Where are we?

Whereabouts?

[Spoken, fading]

Right here…

(See your way clear)

From the album “Robust“

[Silence]

[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Quirky Electric Guitar, Bouncy Bass, Tight Drums, Hammond Organ Stabs and Curious Synth Motif]
[Spoken Vocal]

Bewildered?

(Good.)

That means
there’s something
(… you could)

[Verse 1]
When the answers don’t come easy
And the picture isn’t clear
Don’t run away from questions
Let curiosity appear

A puzzle on the table
A riddle in the air
The stranger something seems to be
The more you want to stare

Don’t settle for the simple
Don’t settle for the sure
The question keeps you moving
Mystery is to explore

[Refrain]
Bewildered
(Seek the answers)
Be wildered
(Mind dancers)

… find the answers…
(See curiosity)
Be wildered!

[Chorus]
Be wildered!
(Be bewildered!)

Let your mind run free

Be wildered!
(Be bewildered!)

[Verse 2]
The Earth can keep you guessing
The weather changes fast
A pattern may look certain
Until the pattern doesn’t last

So when the pieces shift
And the old ideas collide
Don’t close your eyes and call it noise
Go see what rises with the tide

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Playful Progressive-Rock Lead With Hammond Organ, Syncopated Bass, Drums and Synth Countermelody]

[Bridge]
(Set the pace)
… the space
Between the question…
(The suggestion)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Be wildered!
(Be bewildered!)

Wild your mind
(Wild your mind!)

Leave the easy answers
Far behind

Find why!
(Go… try!)

Ask when!
(… then…)

Ask what happens
If we try again

Curious!
(Curious!)

Serious!
(Serious!)

Maybe being puzzled
Makes us wiser

Turn it round
(Turn it round!)

Begin
(Look again!)

New game
(New name)

Let the knowing…
(Get growing)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Acoustic Guitar, Bass and Soft Piano]

Bewildered…

[Whispered]

Seek the answers.

Be wildered…

(One with the mind dancers)

[Soft Response]

Mind dancers.

[Pause]

Find the answers…

[Whispered]

See curiosity.

[Build]

Be wildered!

[Final Refrain]
Bewildered
(Seek the answers)
Be wildered
(Mind dancers)

… find the answers…
(See curiosity)
Be wildered!

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Groove With Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass, Drums and Playful Synth; Gradually Stripping Down to a Single Repeating Guitar Note]

What’s the answer?
(Find the dancer)
[Pause]

Inside of you

[Spoken, fading]
(Knew point of view)
About to find out.

From the album “Robust“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Driving Electric Guitar Riff, Punchy Bass, Tight Drums, Hammond Organ Stabs and Rising Synth; Building Momentum]
[Spoken Vocal]

About to find out…

What happens
when we stop doing
what we’ve always done.
(Battle lost… war won)

[Verse 1]
Locked inside the old routine
Running round the same old scene
Same old road
Same old route
Same old question
No way out

Push that door
Kick that doubt
Turn the handle
Breakout!

[Refrain]
About to find out
(Breakout)
There’s no doubt
(We’re about)
… to breakout!
(Breakout)

[Chorus]
Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Out of the box
Out of the lock

Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Stop watching the clock

Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Find another route

What we’ve been doing
Is wearing us out

[Verse 2]
You don’t need to burn
Just to get ahead
You don’t need to buy
What you’ve already got instead

Cut the waste
(Cut the waste!)

Change the pace
(Change the pace!)

Put a little daylight
In its place

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Energetic Progressive-Rock Lead With Hammond Organ, Driving Bass, Big Drums and Rising Synth]

[Bridge]
Break out
Of the habit.

Break out
Of the fear.

Break out
Of the thinking
That keeps the past here.

The future isn’t
Something we inherit.

It’s something
We enter… (hear it?)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Breakout!
(Breakout!)

No doubt!
(No doubt!)

Find another
Way about

Step up!
(Step up!)

Step through!
(Step through!)

Find what
You can do

Less consumption
(More direction!)

Less destruction
(More connection!)

Change the pattern
Change the projection

Don’t wait
(Don’t wait!)

For a sign
(For a sign!)

… the future
(Starts beyond “mine”)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Muted Guitar and Sparse Drums]

About to…

[Pause]

Find out.

[Whispered]

Breakout.

There’s no doubt…

[Soft Response]

We’re about…

[Build]

To breakout!

[Final Refrain]
About to find out
(Breakout)
There’s no doubt
(We’re about)
… to breakout!
(Breakout)

[Final Chorus]
Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Kick down the door

Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Don’t do it like before

Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Find another way

Make a different choice
Today!

Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Leave the old behind

Breakout!
(Breakout!)

Open up your mind

[Outro]

[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Surges Into a Repeating Guitar Riff With Hammond Organ, Bass and Drums; Synth Rises Before a Sudden Stop]

Breakout!

Breakout!

Breakout!

[Spoken, fading]

About to find out…

What happens…

When we break out.

From the album “Robust“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]

[Instrumental Intro: Crunchy Electric Guitar Riff, Bouncing Bass, Big Drums, Hammond Organ Stabs and Rowdy Synth]
[Spoken Vocal]

Did you say…

Ruckus?

[Pause]

Or did you say…

Rock us?

[Verse 1]
Something’s shaking in the room
Feel it coming, hear the boom
Quiet never lasted long
Somebody turned it into song

[Refrain]
Did you say…
Ruckus?
(Rock us!)
Oh, we’ll play
(Rock us!)
Ruckus us!

[Chorus]
Ruckus!
(Ruckus!)

Rock us!
(Rock us!)

Shake the ground
Ruckus sound!

Raise a little dust
(Robust)

If the world gets much too quiet
(Make a little noise with us!)

[Verse 2]
All the people saying, “Hey!
There’s another way!”
Turn the old idea around
Then make a new sound

A little disruption
Can open up a door
A little revolution
Can make you ask for more

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Raucous Blues-Rock Lead With Wah-Wah Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass, Drums and Hand Claps]

[Bridge]
Movement is what is meant

The willing
… don’t sit still.
(Ruckus us!)

[Rap Vocal Break]

Ruckus!
(Ruckus us!)

Get the rhythm
In the room

Ruckus!
(Rock us!)

Make a little
Boom-boom-boom!

Shake the habit
(Shake it!)

Break the mold
(Break it!)

Make the story
Something bold

Not just noise
(Not just poise!)

Not just fuss
(Not just puss!)

Make a meaningful
Ruckus!

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Percussion and Muted Guitar]

Did you say…

Ruckus?

[Audience]

Ruckus!

[Lead Vocal]

Rock us?

[Audience]

ROCK US!
(Ruckus us!)

[Lead Vocal]

Oh, we’ll play…

[Audience]
(OK!)
RUCKUS!

[Final Refrain]
Did you say…
Ruckus?
(Rock us!)
Oh, we’ll play
(Rock us!)
Ruckus!

[Final Chorus]
Ruckus!
(Ruckus!)

Rock us!
(Rock us!)

Shake the ground
And wake us!

Ruckus!
(Ruckus!)

Let the good noise rise

A little ruckus
To open up your eyes!

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Band Rock Groove With Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass, Drums and Crowd Claps; Repeating Riff Builds to a Sudden Stop]

Ruckus!

Rock us!

Ruckus!

[Spoken, fading]

Did you say ruckus?

[Pause]

Yes.

From the album “Robust“

[Silence]
[Instrumental, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Piano, Organ, Synth]

[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Bouncy Electric Guitar, Funky Bass, Loose Drums, Hammond Organ, Piano Stabs and Playful Synth]

[Spoken Vocal]

Make some room!
(Shake the gloom)
Move your feet!
(Off your seat)
If you’re wanna stomp…

You might as well romp.

[Verse 1]
Stuck inside the little box
Counting every step
Worrying about tomorrow
And forgetting what you’ve got yet

Open up the doorway
Let the fresh air in
Shake away the cobwebs
Let the good times begin

There’s a rhythm in the sidewalk
There’s a rhythm in the street
There’s a rhythm in your heartbeat
When you move your feet

[Pre-Chorus]
Move!
(Move!)

Shake!
(Shake!)

Stomp!
(Stomp!)

Wake!

[Refrain]
Room to romp
(Romper room)
Dance n’ stomp
(As in… Boom!)

[Chorus]
Room to romp!
(Room to romp!)

Give yourself some space

Room to romp!
(Room to romp!)

Put a smile upon your face

Dance!
(Dance!)

Stomp!
(Stomp!)

Let the rhythm boom

Make some room
In the room!

[Verse 2]
You don’t need a mansion
You don’t need a throne
Just a little open space
To call your own

A kitchen floor
A backyard patch
A beat inside your head
That you can catch

Jump around
(Jump around!)

Turn it loose
(Turn it loose!)

Life is short
So what’s the use
Of standing still?
(Show your freewill)

[Instrumental]
[Electric Guitar Solo: Playful Funk-Rock Lead With Slap Bass, Hammond Organ, Percussion and Big Drums; Occasional Stop-Time Hits]

[Bridge]
Room…
(Not measured by the walls.)

Room…
(When the wall falls)

Room to breathe.

Room to move.
(Groove)
Room to become.
(More than one)

[Rap Vocal Break]
Room!
(Romp!)

Boom!
(Stomp!)

Shake the floor
And wake the block

Dance!
(Dance!)

Chance!
(Prance!)

Give your feet
A fighting chance

No permission
(No submission!)

No excuse
(No recluse!)

Cut the loose
And cut loose!

Move your body
(Move!)

Move your mind
(Move!)

Leave a little
Fear behind
(Out of your mind)
Make some room
(For some room!)

Let it boom
(Let it boom!)

[Breakdown]
[Music Drops to Bass, Hand Claps, Percussion and Muted Guitar]

Room to…

[Pause]

Romp.

[Whispered]

Romper room.

[Soft Response]

Dance n’ stomp.

[Big Vocal]

BOOM!

[Final Refrain]
Room to romp
(Romper room)
Dance n’ stomp
(As in… Boom!)

[Final Chorus]
Room to romp!
(Room to romp!)

Let the whole thing shake

Room to romp!
(Room to romp!)

Give yourself a break (Quake!)

Dance!
(Dance!)

Stomp!
(Stomp!)

Make the floor go boom!

Room to romp!
(Room to romp!)

Make some room!

[Outro]
[Instrumental Outro: Full Funk-Rock Groove, Hammond Organ, Guitar Chops, Bass and Percussion; Final Stop-Time Hits]

Stomp!

Dance!

Romp!

Boom!

[Spoken, fading]

Make some room…

… to bloom.

From the album “Robust“